*New this Month – Lapidary – We are now offering to cut and polish your favourite crystal stone. We can polish it up for use as a pendant, loose crystal stone, and cabochon or paper weight.

This service starts at $10.00 and up depending on the size and requirements of the stone. $10.00 extra if the crystal stone is to be wire wrapped.

Netting Weave with pearls and delica's

*Wire Works – This is a 4 week course starting on Sat. Jan. 14/12, registration is required. Students will learn a variety of techniques from basic wiring to moderate advanced. Cost of this course is $180.00 and includes most materials. Extra cost for materials is $10.00. Tools required. Available at Bead Rock for 15% off.
Garnet – January’s Birthstone – The name garnet comes from the Latin word “Granatus” meaning “grain” or “seed”. The name was given to the garnet because of its close resemblance to the succulent pomegranate seed. Garnet is also known as the stone of passionate devotion and will assist in friendship and fellowship making you very attractive to other people by bringing out your best qualities. It aids in attracting like minded people to you, provides a stable, balanced connection between the physical, the spiritual, and the nervous system. Garnet has been also used to help blood disorders and fertility.
Calendar for January 2012 – Please check my website at www.beadrock.ca for more details on the calendar

Jan. 4 & 5 @ 1:30 – 3:30 pm – Make your own large hole paper beads – how much fun can that be!

Jan. 6 – Stimulus Friday Ladies – SeedabeadaPillar – A wonderful seed bead bracelet project

Jan 7 – Beginner Beading

Jan 11 – Chainmaille – beginners

Jan. 12 – Netting weave with bicones or pearls

Jan. 13 – Stimulus Friday Ladies – Crystal Necklace Pandora Style

Jan. 14 – Wire Works

Jan. 18 –  Beginner Basic Beading Class

Jan. 19 – SeedaBeadaPillar

Jan. 20 – Stimulus Friday Ladies – Crochet Bracelet

Jan. 21 – Wire Works

Jan. 26 – Swarovski Crystal Necklace Pandora Style

Jan. 27 – Stimulus Friday Ladies & Dragon Scale Chainmaille

Jan. 28 – Wire Works

Merry Christmas!

December is here:) Our aim this year is to make it a Canadian Christmas, if your lacking knowledge on how to keep our Canadian Dollar in Canada, then come on out and make your jewellery for your sweety at BEAD ROCK Store/Studio.

Bead Rock has many ideas and classes available. If your still finding it hard then what about a gift certificate, that can be purchased for a workshop and time spent with that significant other. Bead Rock will help you to achieve what you are looking for and still are having difficulty, we do custom orders too.

Be a good Canadian citizen and help our economy, Bead Rock can show you how:)

Here is a list of classes this month at Bead Rock Store/Studio

Classes for the last month of December.

December 8th – Basic Beading 101 – learn all about how to make a simple design and placement of beads and finish off your necklace. Included is simple headpin earrings. $45.00

Dec. 9th – Bead Weaving 101 – introduction to bead weaving, the road is endless.
$45.00

Dec. 10th – SHAMBALLA – the most popular class in November is back! from
1:00 pm and is only $25.00

Dec. 10 – Wire Works with Kyle, this is a 4 week wire workshop
Dec. 13 – Peyote Bracelet – $45.00

Dec. 14 – Beading Babes of Durham Club, last one of the year!! Right angle weave Necklace – sparkly!! ready for Christmas and New Years!

Dec. 15 Modern Beading for Beginners – So cool, new twist to old designs, you will love it.

Dec. 16 Right Angle Weave Necklace – sparkle – sparkle – sparkle

Dec. 17 – Swarovski Christmas Spider Ornament $30.00 All incl.

Dec. 20 – Angel earrings and pendant, including the chain necklace $45.00 all incl.

Dec. 21 – Swarovski Tree of Life – $55.00 all inclusive

Dec. 22 – Pendulum workshop $45.00 all incl.

Dec. 23 – Swarovski Dome Ring – 2 rings included $45.00 all incl

Dec. 24 – Japanese Right Angle Weave – $45.00

Dec. 27 – Kids of all ages make and take Pendant and earring – boys will make robot men out of beads.

Dec. 28 – Shamballa Bracelets

Dec. 29 – Modern Wire Classes

Dec. 30 – Bead Weaving

Swarovski and hammered copper wire pendant

Where did the summer go? I hope everyone had a great time over the summer with family and friends. I know I sure did and even got in a little gold panning on Black River near my cottage in the Muskoka’s.

Another successful camp was held at Bead Rock Store/Studio. I’m telling you – what these kids can make just blows me away. They are all so amazing! We held the camp every Tuesday and Thursday. Endless ideas and projects. Beading is so much fun when you are with young adventuress minds. They see things from such a fresh perspective and bend all the rules with wonderful results.

Maria Rypan was back and she taught us how to weave on the loom. Boy, both Carole and I are wondering what we got ourselves into. No not really, a new experience for both of us. Thanks to Maria she, with all her knowledge is teaching us how to sail through this with ease.

Nice to see her again after almost a year! She looked great with a sporting suntan.

This fall we are offering many new and exciting classes and a 6 week course for ages 6 and up every Saturday, starting Sept. 24th at 11:00 – 12:30 pm

check the events on Bead Rock’s facebook site for all the latest classes and updates.

A WISE man once said: GOLD is everywhere you just need to know where to look!

A good friend of mine (John W. Downs) has been teaching URBAN GOLD PANNING – You ask? What is this all about – well…..

John teaches URBAN GOLD PANNING by showing you that you don’t have to go out in the bush to find GOLD, you can find it in a river near your home. He also teaches you how to use DOWSING RODS to make it easier to find that GOLD. You might be wondering what dowsing has to do with GOLD PANNING.

GOLD is hard to find at the best of times but in this workshop John teaches you how to make your own DOWSING RODS & PENDULUM, program them and then use it as a valuable tool in assisting you in discovering and locating your GOLD.

GOLD PANNING can be a great way to have a relaxing day, it isn’t difficult but does require skills. John W. Downs has written a manual that gives the 8 most likely spots to find GOLD.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in please contact me at beadrock@rogers.com, The workshops will be each weekend in July and August, weather permitting. Spaces are limited, sign up early so as not to be disappointed.

The old saying “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink” – is so true! Don’t be that thirsty horse.

URBAN GOLD PANNING
BEAD ROCK STORE & STUDIO
109 Old Kingston Road
Store #2
Ajax, Pickering Village
Ontario – L1T 3A6
905-683-9900

Maria Rypan is coming to Bead Rock to teach her Ukraine Contemporary Beaded Jewellery! How exciting is this.

Students will learn to make the Chicklet Bracelet in the morning and the Diagonal Weave or Cascading Swag in the afternoon.

Lunch is included.

It doesn’t get any better than this, who can complain about the Winter Blues and being bored.

Make these beautiful pieces of jewellery and you’ll be shining the rest of the winter through.

All this and emotional boost for only $70.00, of course kits are extra.

Just a note:

Thank you to all my customers for a successful Trunk show that specialized in semi-precious stone beads.  Who would believe that the first day of my show and Chocolate Margaret Grand Opening in the Village, we had a gas leak.  One of the construction workers hit a gas line and the next is history.   Everything had to come to a complete stop by 11:30 am and all the stores and residence of the village had to be evacuated.   By 5:30 pm we were permitted back into our stores.  You never know what to expect, all in a day’s work. Saturday and Sunday went on without a hitch.

Bead-It in Whitby has closed its doors.  Merry the owner of Bead-It  may have closed one door but will be opening another door to her new ventures.  Merry and I had a wonderful working relationship.   We wish you all the very best and looking forward to her visiting us at Bead Rock.

Bead Rock will be welcoming Maria Rypan on Saturday, January 22, 2011.  We are very excited and honoured to have the guru of Ukraine Beadwork coming to our store.  Maria Rypan is known around the world for her bead work, books, magazine articles, inspirational seminars and her beautiful, unique designs.   www.rypandesigns.com

Two Workshops with lunch & Trunk Show

Date:        Saturday, January 22, 2011

Time:       10:30 to 4:30 pm

Where:     Bead Rock, 109 Old Kingston Road, Store #2, Ajax,  Hwy# 2 and Elizabeth Street

Cost:         $70.00 – included lunch

Register early…lunch included to maximize your beading experience…  space is limited

call and register at Bead Rock:  905-683-9900

www.beadrock.ca, beadrock@rogers.com

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This elegant pearl and crystal necklace was crocheted with 28 gauge wire.  My husband and I were invited to the Venetian Ball 2010 fundraiser for the Villa Columbus Centres.  What a night, I wore this necklace with my little black dress.  I felt like a million bucks!  Stevie Wonder was the guest entertainer and he didn’t disappoint us fans.  Just think I almost didn’t make it, my poor dog Carley was sick and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving her.  My son came to the rescue and stayed home with her.

If this necklace is something you would like to make for the your Christmas or New Years Eve celebrations, give me a call and I will set up a workshop.  I usually have to teach this one at least a couple of times a month.  Looking forward to hearing from you.

Beth