Recent Classes and Events This Week and Next...

We had two classes this past Saturday. Before the shop opened, I started four new beaders down the bead-stringing path...showing them the basics on how to use findings, crimps, pliers, etc. Later in the afternoon, Sharon Kay taught a fun freeform-y bangle-ish wire bracelet. Extremely fun!

The beginners and their first projects.

"Wire Bangle-ish Bracelet" class and results...

Info about this week+, holidays, vacations, etc. ...

The shop will be open this week on Wednesday (8/31) from 12-8P, Friday night from 6-9P, and on Saturday (9/3) from 12-6P. (This is a change. Yes, I will be open on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. We'll see if a living soul is in town to come in...hee hee! If you are here, come in!)

More details...

* Wednesday (8/31)...shop is open 12-8P. Weasel Wednesday sit-and-stitch from 4-8P. The bead embroidery class will run from 6-8P, so the Weasels will be in the back room.

* FIRST FRIDAY (9/2)...shop is open from 6-9P. This is an "unplugged" First Friday. Bring your own project, your own drinks/food...and sit-and-stitch on your own thing. Free, but RSVP by Wednesday is required, please.

* Saturday (9/3)...shop is open from 12-6P. I normally close for holiday weekends as Midland becomes a ghost town. But I have other closures in September and want to be as available as I can be. So if you're in town, please stop into the bead shop!

The following week...

* Wednesday (9/7)...shop is open from 12-8P. Weasel Wednesday sit-and-stitch 4-8P. And a class...

* 9/7 CLASS: 5:30-8:30P, Sharon Kay is teaching her "Spiral Link Wire Bracelet," using wire, pliers, and lampwork beads to create unique links in a bracelet. Fun! (Pre-register/pre-pay for the class.)

* Saturday (9/10) may be weird. Right now, the shop "may" be closed. There is a class scheduled...if the class is a "go," it can proceed while the shop is closed. Will update you as it gets closer. (Call with questions.)

* 9/10 CLASS: 1-5P: Daileen Anker-Adams is teaching the beautiful "Netted Lace Cuff Bracelet." Using needle, thread, and seed beads and crystals, you will embellish a netted base of seed beads. Sparkly!

* CLOSED on guild night (9/12). (That's the night my Dad died last year, so I'll be home with my Mom.) Unsure about that Wednesday...will update you when I know. Call ahead to make sure I'm open.

We have lots of other classes scheduled later in September: "Bling Ring and Beginning Wire Link Bracelet" (9/17), "Bead Embroidery Cuff with Feature Fabric" (9/21 AND 9/28), "Freeform Brick Bracelet" (9/22), "Drop Petal Necklace" (9/24), and "Flat Spiral Bracelet" (10/1).

On Facebook, see Bead Weasel's "Events" listing for more class details. Find Bead Weasel here: www.facebook.com/BeadWeasel

- Anne

Pearls at the Bead Weasel Bead Shop

June is the month for pearls.

In addition to LOTS of diverse strands of real freshwater pearls (in whites and lots of colors), Bead Weasel Bead Shop also carries the uniform "crystal pearls" or "glass pearls."

We have some Swarovski brand pearls (Austrian) in a few colors. We have many more color options in the newer Preciosa brand pearls (Czech), shown in the photo.

There are also mother of pearl and shell beads in the shop.

Come check out the selection.

Bead Weasel on George Street

If you haven't heard, the Bead Weasel Bead Shop is located at 716 George Street in Midland, Michigan. We have more space than ever!

We're not on a "main drag," unless you're a school bus. Our industrial-looking building is next to the Midland Public Schools Administration Building and the school bus lot. There's parking on the side of the building (by the buses) and in front. We are one of two storefronts in the front of the building. Come up a couple of steps, into the foyer, and then we're on the right.

We have a classroom, beading space, and lots of retail space.

If you visited us when we were open on Jefferson Avenue (by LaLonde's and the 7-11 on Sugnet), we have more inventory and more space now.

For information, follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beadweasel. Email us at beadweasel@outlook.com.

Our "regular" hours are very limited...as in, we shoot for being open on Wednesdays from 12-8P and on Saturdays from 12-6P. (Elder care and job emergencies can get in the way, so it is ALWAYS okay to double-check that we're open before you make the trip.) That said, we are HAPPY to open by appointment. REALLY!

Anne Sturtevant
Bead Weasel owner