Category: Color

  • Bead Museum Arizona needs help

    The Bead Museum in Arizona has a serious shortage of funds.  Below is a letter from Alice Scherer to the bead community, asking for help.  To read how the Bead Museum has strongly influenced one person’s life, read Andrea Adams’ post.  I was planning a trip within the next year or two to visit for…

  • Beading for a Cure auctions start tomorrow!

    Auctions for BFAC start tomorrow, March 1st.  Every year, participants buy the same kit, of unknown beads. From the Beading for a Cure website: Layne’s Legacy is an annual beading challenge dedicated to raising money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association in honor of our friend Layne Shilling, who lost her battle with colorectal…

  • Bead Star

    Interweave tweeted about Bead Star 2008, “the first-ever beading publication comprised entirely of prize-winning projects designed by reader/contestants.”  I totally missed this – but check it out in case you want to try for the 2009 publication.  Check the Bead Star page to see 2008 finalists, winners, and 2009 rules.

  • Antique Czech wire and bead Christmas ornaments

    I just read about this holiday event at the Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota in St. Paul.  Next Saturday, when I WORK, there’s going to be a two hour program of someone’s private collection of antique bead ornaments.  Check out the picture at the link — I love the bicycle, and I can see some…

  • Today at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts

    It’s such a treat to have a great museum like MIA in my city, and free — then I can go and enjoy a few of the galleries, spending an hour, and not feel guilty or like I should spend more time. I get more out of a museum experience when I don’t spend so…