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• Basic Wire Wrapped Pendant

  • When
    09 May 2026
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    New Mexico Bead Company, 4111 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM
  • Spaces left
    3
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Deb Cole - Instructor Bio

  I started making jewelry for dance costumes in the early 1980s.  Later, I learned the basics of metal smithing and then became really interested in wire wrapping stones.  In the early 2000s I started beading to make necklaces and earrings to match the wire-wrapped pendants.  I love to create jewelry designs using wire, stone, and beads.  Through the Bead Society of New Mexico, I am learning bead embroidery, bead crochet, and more. I loved studying geology, art, and art history at UNM, and became fascinated with jewelry through the ages from ancient to modern.

  Class Description:

  Basic Wire Wrapping that can be used to capture stones of different shapes and sizes. This is a beginning wire wrapping class with variations for finishing the wrap based on the shape of the stone. Instructions will be provided.  Students will select a stone cabochon at the beginning of class.

  Instructor will provide:

  •  Square Copper wire
  •  Half Round Copper wire
  •  Stone Cabochon

  
  

  Students should bring:

  • Round nose pliers
  • Chain nose pliers
  • Flat nose pliers
  • Wire Cutters
  • Bead mat or work surface
  • Task light
  • Magnification eye wear, if needed

  
  

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• Peek-a-Boo Bracelet Class

  • When
    06 Jun 2026
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    New Mexico Bead Company, 4111 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM
  • Spaces left
    2
  • Registered
    7 registrants

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  Nan Card - Instructor Bio

  Nan Card started taking formal beading classes around 2010 before I moved to New Mexico. I learned some bead embroidery and bead weaving doing small projects such as earrings and bracelets. My sister and I retired from our jobs in the Washington, DC area and moved to NM in 2012. I joined three organizations that beaded, including BSNM, and took more classes and learned a lot more about beading. It has become my favorite craft and now I enjoy passing on my knowledge in beading to other people.

  Class Description:

  This bracelet is made using Right Angle Weave and top-level construction.  Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate.
  

  Students should bring:

  • Two colors of 8mm beads or 6mm beads. They can be pearls, stones, or crystals; just don't mix the sizes! You will need twice as many in one color and half that in the second color. Estimated number of beads for 7” bracelet: 8mm about 28 or 6mm about 38.
  • Two colors of size 11 seed beads. The lesser bead count color will edge the 8mm/6mm layer, the greater bead count color will be used on the upper layer.
  • One color of 4mm bicones or fire polish beads to go down the upper layer of the bracelet.  Estimated number of bicones or fire polish beads: 13-17.
  • Your favorite clasp (as you can see, I like toggle clasps)
  • Fireline or other beading thread you like to use
  • Other general beading supplies: bead mat, scissors, battery-operated light, magnification, anything else you like to have with you when beading.

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• Beginning Beaded Embroidery Bezel around a Cabochon

  • When
    20 Jun 2026
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    New Mexico Bead Company, 4111 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM
  • Registered
    8 registrants

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  Class Description: 

  Laura will teach you how to create a beaded bezel around a cabochon using peyote stitch.  Once you learn the basics there are endless possibilities as seen in the photos above.  Knowledge of Peyote even stitch is required.

  Class Day/Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026 (Postponed from March 28, 2026)

  Class Start & End Time: 1:00-4:00pm

  Location:

  New Mexico Bead Company

  411 Louisianna Blvd., NE

  Albuquerque, NM  87043

  Instructor provided Components:

  • Instructor will have cabs and seed beads available plus Lacy's Stiff Stuff for purchase - or you can purchase supplies at NM Bead Company.  If you already have items needed, there is no additional cost.
  • Come at least 15 minutes early if you need to purchase supplies.

  Students should bring:

  • Flat back Cabochon Round or Oval between 15mm & 25mm in Stone, Resin, or Glass (not high domed)
  • Glue on backing- Lacy’s Stiff Stuff or similar backing (not felt or reg fabric)
  • Delicas/Seed Beads Size 11s, 15s, 8s
  • Needle & thread of your choice such as Nymo, Fireline

  • Bead mat
  • Scissors/Cutter
  • Ruler
  • Light/Magnifier
  • Anything else you would like to have to be comfortable when you bead, such as magnifiers, beading light, needlework supplies/tools, etc. 

  Class Cost: $40

  Maximum Students: 8 (waitlist will be available)

  Laura Bosch: Laura was born in Washington DC and lived most of her life in Silver Spring Maryland. She & her husband, Jonathan, moved here in 2023. She joined the Bead Society of NM even before moving here! Laura is our Facebook board member.
  
  Majoring in crafts at the Univ of Maryland in the early 1970’s, her main focus was fabric arts like macramé and loom weaving. She started beading again in the 1990s, mainly seed beading amulet bags, earrings, bracelets. Now she does all kinds of beading. After working for a wholesale jewelry business in Maryland for 10 years, in 2002 she left to start her business Multibeadia. Selling first on eBay and now selling on Etsy, her store has a large variety of stone beads, large hole beads, findings, tools, Czech glass beads, 2-hole beads & her own jewelry designs. 

  Store address is Multibeadia.etsy.com.   Bead Society members receive 10% off, and you can even make an appointment to buy in person. 

  
  

  
  

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