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Posted on April 4, 2015October 31, 2015 by Christina — Leave a comment

Classes I teach: Bead Stringing

BEAD STRINGING: In this class you will learn the basic bead stringing techniques, including crimping and how to make a basic loop and a wrapped loop. Class fees are $40.00 and includes all supplies. This is a one secession, 3 hour class. You will take home a completed necklace or bracelet.

Classes are available by appointment only:

Due to limited space available for teaching, my Classes are limited to 1, 2 or 3 students per class depending on the class. I can accommodate more students if the class is held at the location of your choice.

Small class settings allow my classes to be very individualized providing you the one-on-one instruction that you will not receive in a larger class setting. Small classes also allow me to be flexible in my teaching schedule.

Classes are generally weekday evenings, or Saturdays during the day or evenings, but I can work with you to fit your class around your schedule. I thoroughly love teaching, click here to see a list of other classes I teach: http://creationsbychristina.net/?page_id=913

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Posted on November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 by Christina — Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving.

Wishing all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I am back to blogging and creating new jewelry. Look for new posts and pics coming in the next few weeks. Will get back in full swing after the holidays. So sorry I have not posted in such a long time. What can I say, life happens.

I leave you with this collage of some of my work. The background is a hand painted silk scarf I designed with butterflies, a pair of black and blue handmade (lampwork) beaded earrings, and a black, red and white memory wire bracelet with a handmade (lampwork) black, red and white focal bead.

Wishing each and every one of you a blessed holiday season. Christina

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Posted on August 30, 2011October 20, 2012 by Christina — Leave a comment

Upcoming Blogs

In the next few weeks I will post some blogs about free form design, i.e. designing a necklace or bracelet when you have not drawn out a sketch in advance. As in the pic below.

This is a carved bone pendant, strung abstractly with 6 of my handmade glass beads (lampwork) and various bone beads. I dropped the beads on the bead board and let them fall where they may, then strung them.

Most of the time I am very symmetrical in my designs, making each side of the necklace match, left and right of the focal piece in the center, whether it be a bead, a carved bone pendant or a fused glass pendant I created, but occasionally I get a little wild and just drop the beads and string them. (My husband likes it when I do. The necklace in the pic is one of his favorite pieces.)

Maybe you purchased some semi-precious gemstone beads or just some glass beads, and you have been looking at these beads in your bead box for quite some time trying to figure, what am I going to make with them. How do you take them from just being a pile of beads, just sitting around the art studio, to finished jewelry? I will do some layout on my bead board and shoot some pics and post them to give you a concept of how I get creative, whether symmetrical or abstract, how does one come up with a design.

How do I get ideas for my designs, you ask? I look at the seasonal color charts that are published and I look at clothing magazines and jewelry design magazines. I get ideas from various places, nature, leaves, flowers. I never copy anyone’s work. All my pieces are my originals, but I can look at someone work and get a basic idea and then create my own unique piece from there.

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Classes I teach: Bead Stringing

BEAD STRINGING: In this class you will learn the basic bead stringing techniques, including crimping and how to make a basic loop and a wrapped loop. Class fees are $40.00 and includes all supplies. This is a one secession, 3 hour class. You will take home a completed necklace or bracelet.

Classes are available by appointment only:

Due to limited space available for teaching, my Classes are limited to 1, 2 or 3 students per class depending on the class. I can accommodate more students if the class is held at the location of your choice.

Small class settings allow my classes to be very individualized providing you the one-on-one instruction that you will not receive in a larger class setting. Small classes also allow me to be flexible in my teaching schedule.

Classes are generally weekday evenings, or Saturdays during the day or evenings, but I can work with you to fit your class around your schedule. I thoroughly love teaching, click here to see a list of other classes I teach: http://creationsbychristina.net/?page_id=913

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Upcoming Blogs

In the next few weeks I will post some blogs about free form design, i.e. designing a necklace or bracelet when you have not drawn out a sketch in advance. As in the pic below.

This is a carved bone pendant, strung abstractly with 6 of my handmade glass beads (lampwork) and various bone beads. I dropped the beads on the bead board and let them fall where they may, then strung them.

If you have any questions, please post them. I will try my best to answer them.

Christina

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BEAD STRINGING: In this class you will learn the basic bead stringing techniques, including crimping and how to make a basic loop and a wrapped loop. Class fees are $40.00 and includes all supplies. This is a one secession, 3 hour class. You will take home a completed necklace or bracelet.

Classes are available by appointment only:

Due to limited space available for teaching, my Classes are limited to 1, 2 or 3 students per class depending on the class. I can accommodate more students if the class is held at the location of your choice.

Small class settings allow my classes to be very individualized providing you the one-on-one instruction that you will not receive in a larger class setting. Small classes also allow me to be flexible in my teaching schedule.

Classes are generally weekday evenings, or Saturdays during the day or evenings, but I can work with you to fit your class around your schedule. I thoroughly love teaching, click here to see a list of other classes I teach: http://creationsbychristina.net/?page_id=913

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In the next few weeks I will post some blogs about free form design, i.e. designing a necklace or bracelet when you have not drawn out a sketch in advance. As in the pic below.

This is a carved bone pendant, strung abstractly with 6 of my handmade glass beads (lampwork) and various bone beads. I dropped the beads on the bead board and let them fall where they may, then strung them.

If you have any questions, please post them. I will try my best to answer them.

Christina

To follow my blog, click on the purple diamond on the right hand side of the screen below the links section.——>

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