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While taking a class at last week's Bead&Button Show , the woman in front of me placed a square bean bag at the edge of her table, anchoring a cylindrical cloth container -- a thread catcher! This handy waste receptacle provided her a place to...
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The 2011 Bead&Button Show is closed, and the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee is quiet again, but the memories, friendships, and cool purchases live on. This year, I overheard some of the funniest quips from show-goers, quirky quotes that perhaps...
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For all of you that have been patiently waiting to find out who the ribbon winners are in the 2011 Bead Dreams competition, the wait is over. Ribbon winners have been posted in the Bead&Button Forum . Don't forget to vote for the People's...
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We need your vote for the Bead Dreams People's Choice Award! If you've ever questioned if beading is an art or a craft, here is your answer! Every year Bead&Button sponsors Bead Dreams , a juried competition for bead artistry. This is an
international...
Published
Thu, Jun 2 2011 9:45 AM
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Jane Cruz
Filed under: Bead&, Button Show 2011, People's Choice Awards, Button Magazine, lampworked beads, crystal jewelry, jewlery, polymer clay, magazine survey, beaded jewelry, jewelry competition, wirework, seed beads, Bead Dreams, Beading competitions, buttons, ButtonButton, metal clay
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Normally Bead&Button adds a new online pattern and project to the website on the first of every month, but I put the June projects up today. I decided to take a short vacation over the Memorial Day weekend (and before the Bead&Button Show ) and...
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Only 78 days until the start of the Bead&Button Show ,
but who’s counting? We are! I just read the latest Bead&Button Show e-newsletter, and I can
feel the excitement building. Plus we just found out that the first run of this
year’s commemorative...
Published
Thu, Mar 17 2011 2:15 PM
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Jane Cruz
Filed under: Button, Bead&, Button Show 2011, Button Magazine, James A. Jones, Sara Sally LaGrand, February 2011 Bead&, Button Show classes, February Bead&, Spotlight Designs, Button Show, Grade Nehl
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I'm so glad it's Friday. It's bitterly cold here and I really wanted to stay holed up in my house today. However, I braved the cold and came to work and I'm really glad I did. I received an email from the School of Beadwork showing a new...
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I have a friend whose child attends a nonprofit school for students with autism. Every year my friend organizes a fundraiser for the school and I donate handmade jewelry for the silent auction. In past years, my jewelry has helped raise thousands of dollars...
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If you keep up with us on Facebook and Twitter , you've probably seen the announcements that it's time to start ordering your Bead&Button Show badges, special events tickets, and souvenirs, including this year's commemorative bead by Sara...
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Whether you're looking for a stocking stuffer or a long-term project to get you through the cold winter months, we have it! New online this month, we're offering: This adorable peyote stitch stocking by Collette Hunt, free to anyone registered...
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Only 210 more days until the Bead & Button Show and I'm already excited. Registration for the classes opens January 11 th at noon, and the course catalog is due out in early December. To prepare for the show, I got out my bead bank, which is
nothing...
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It's a gloomy, stormy day today in Wisconsin, but I'm thinking about summertime 2011 in Milwaukee. It's funny, as a staff member of Bead&Button magazine, teacher, and exhibitor, my mind never wanders far from the thought of the Bead&Button...
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