-==- Beading Demos & New Work -==-

Hey Folks!

Been very busy these past few week, finished up all my bead orders. To the left here are the gorgeous beaded rosettes I completed for Jerry Evans. He will be making Arm Roaches with these rosettes to add to his Regalia for the Pow Wows this summer. I've also included a picture of the hair ties I made to match the Arm Roach Rosettes (below).

I now have the official dates for my beading demos. Unless something comes up that will makes it impossible for me to attend I will be at the following locations in the Month of June and July:

Devon House Crafts Council

St. John’s, NL
June 20th, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
National Aboriginal Day celebrations

Beothuk Interpretation Center, Boyd’s Cove, NL

July 12th, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
“See How It's Made 2009– Jewelry Week”

March Museum, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL

July 16th, 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

"See How It's Made 2009 – Jewelry Week”

I’m trying to schedule a day at Terra Nova National Park but not sure yet….still waiting on a confirmation for that. I’ll update here if I get a demo date for Terra Nova. If you get a chance, drop out to see me. Come see how I make my beautiful beaded necklaces.

I will be demonstrating bead embroidery. I will have some of my work on display as well as extra products on which will be available for retail.

Hope you like the pictures of my new work. This lighter cover to the right is for my sons teacher for guitar lessons.

My latest project that I'm working on now is a beaded cuff with a huge chunk of labradorite. This will be my first bead embroidery cuff....I'll post pictures here when I get more work done on it!

Talk soon folks.....take care and have a safe and fabulous weekend!!!

Welalin!!!

-=New Stuff=-

Wow!! Cannot believe it's the middle of May ......where has the time gone. I've been so busy beading over the past couple months I haven't had much time for anything else.

Things are not slowing down for me yet, I'm still working on one more order. Then I have to prepare for the "See how it's made 2009." The Department of Industry, Trade and Rural Development are once again organizing workshops and demonstrations in studios and shops around the province.

July 12th to the 18th is Jewelry Week and I'll be demonstrating my work at the Beothuk Interpretation Center at Boyd's Cove, Newfoundland on July 12th, 2009. Also, during this week I'm hoping to be demonstrating at the Mary March Museum in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. So I have to get busy making products for those shows.......just busy busy. No complaints.....gotta luv it!!!

You can check out the picture to the left of the new display items and custom made gift boxes created by Pamela Barry. She has designed a variety of gift boxes for my home business which simply finishes the product so beautifully. Each box is custom made to fit my products.

They are finished with a ribbon of real birch bark which is just so unique, I love them!!! Pamela also designed my care cards, brochures and business cards. Drop by her website and check out her other products.

Yesterday, I updated my website. I added new products to the earring, bracelet and miscellaneous item galleries.

Check the website when you get time to view all the new products. Items are priced now for your convenience. The newest products have been shipped to the Glen John Arts & Crafts Center in Conne River. These items are currently available if not already spoken for. So you can contact Mardina at the shop, if you want to enquire about any of the new products on my website that were updated as of yesterday's date.

Also, if your interested in anything on my site and would like to purchase any of my products or you want to ask me a question regarding a particular item.....you can contact me at: bettysbeadedcreations@nf.sympatico.ca . Think that's all for now folks, thank you again for all your support. Have a safe weekend and I'll be in touch soon!

Cheers!!!

Congratulations Cheryl!!!

The winner of the blog candy was announced on Friday. I was contacted today by Cheryl Van Guilder she is the winner of the dreamcatcher earrings. Congratulations Cheryl!!!! Your earrings will be in the mail to you on Monday...hope you like them!

This was just one of many contest. Everybody loves to win something...it may not be the lotto but hey it's something free...gotta luv' that! So stay tuned for more contest, beautiful bead work and much more. Hmm maybe next time I'll have a free earring kit with instructions for the prize.....I've so many ideas!!!

Again, thank you Cheryl for your support and I hope you love the earrings...take care..till the next time.....

Cheers!

The Winner is.....

Good Friday morning everyone! The sun is shining and it's a gorgeous morning here in Central Newfoundland, what a glorious way to kick off the 1st of May. Well as you all know, I've been running a contest since the month of March for subscribers to my new blog. I would like to thank those people that subscribed to my blog and supporting me. Your continued interest and support in my work is very much appreciated!!! Thank you so much!!

Now I would like to announce the winner of the blog candy: Congratulations cccvan65@gmail.com for being the winner of the blog candy contest. Please contact me within 48 hours to claim your prize. I'll need your snail mail address to send you the earrings!!! Congratulations again on being the winner of a pair of dreamcatcher earrings. I hope you like them!

Well I will be posting again soon with photos of my new products. I have designed a few new things to show you......till the next time folks..take care..be well!

~~~have a safe and great weekend~~~

Cheers!

Well it's been a very busy few weeks since I launched this blog. I've been ordering supplies, trying to complete some beadwork and updating my business cards and brochures. My best friend Pam Barry who is the owner/operator of Trinity's Designs & Photography created a unique line of gift boxes, brochures and cards for my home business. They are fantastic and I simply cannot wait to share them with you. Photos coming soon!!! I've added a few photos of my new work here in this blog update but if you'd like to see more you can visit my website or my facebook group.


I'm so happy for those of you that subscribed and took an interest in my work. Thank you for your support. I will be announcing the winner of the blog candy sometime next week....I'm very excited!!!!!!

This May... The 9th Annual Memorial and Feast to Honour Canada’s Missing or Murdered Aboriginal Women will be held Sunday May 24th. Amber O' Hara organizes this event. Amber does all the work for this memorial on her own with no funding whatsoever. She contacted me last year looking for a gift donation for the family members of the missing woman. I was so honored. I did not hesitate to send her a few beaded treasures. I will be donating gifts for the families again this year which will be presented to them during the memorial. I'm am very honored to participate in something so important.

That's all for now....I hope you like the new items I've created. I will be posting photos next week of more products when they are completed. Take Care folks....be well!!!

Cheers!

PMC Workshop Highlights

The PMC workshop finished up on March 9th, 2009, it was a great learning experience and lots of fun. I have posted two pictures here in my blog and you can see a few more of the class,Shannon and some of the other students in my PMC Album.

The picture to the right shows the projects we worked on: a hollow bead that we added texture to on one side and carved on the other, a triangular box with a cover (made a big booboo on mine but it's still very pretty), a pendant with set moonstone, carved pendant, a ring, basket weaved earrings and our final project was up to us. I decided to do an 8 point star with double curve design in the corners. It’s amazing what you can do with this clay…..I’m so “hooked.”

I’d like to say thank you again to Pete for making it happen (coz if anyone can make it happen it’s Pete lol) and also to Shannon Kennedy of Cynosure Jewelry for coming to Newfoundland in the dead of winter to help us learn about PMC. Shannon is an amazing instructor and had so much to offer each of us. She is very talented… just blew me away. I truly enjoyed the workshop and hope to add this new medium to my beadwork.

My fellow PMC classmates were: Tom Barrett of Barrett Designs, Jason Holley of Twisted Metal, Lisa Guy, Susan Stephen, Andrea Sharpe, and Tracy Keats (these folks are overflowing with artistic talent..........just amazing). Pete Barrett - Craft Industry Development Consultant and Robert Lodge (Manager for the Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts) also sat in on the class and worked with the clay. I sincerely enjoyed meeting each of you; it was a wonderful experience and lots of laughs (at least at my table with Pete and Robert).

To the left: Shannon working her PMC magic.

Hope you like the pics!!!

Welcome To My Blog

Hey folks!

I've finally managed to take some time out of my evening to get this blog on the go. Since Survivor was a "clip" show (which ticked me off) I decided it was time to try and work on a blog because I had nothing else to do. I was basically just waiting for Lost to come on so I had an hour. Not bad for an hours work eh!!! lol

Once I've mastered "blogging", I will be posting pictures, videos as well as having some fun here with a contest maybe every 3 months. You'll have the opportunity to win some blog candy!!! I think the term 'blog candy' is what is used to describe prizes that you can win by visiting a persons blog...."I think" lol. I have to research the 'lingo' for this stuff.

Eventually, I'll use this blog as a teaching tool. I will be uploading a variety of "how to" videos plus illustrations so those of you that are interested in learning beadwork can look no further than my blog to find out how to make a simple pair of earrings or a netted necklace...etc.

This is a whole new area for me....so stick around visit often. I have so many ideas I would like to use here on the blog. I will try my best to keep you informed and interested.

Please continue to visit my website Betty's Beaded Creations and also my Facebook Group. If you are interested in purchasing any of my products, you can contact me via email. I've updated my website to now include pricing to make it more convenient for you.

Take care & Happy Blogging!

Cheers!!!