B E A D S O C I E T Y O F N M
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2024 Meetings and Events
BSNM Sellers’ Market at the Wheels Museum, October 26, 2024
September
17th General Meeting
Rick
Hatfield is a sculptor and bead artist. His works are currently on display at
the Corrales Bosque Gallery.
Turquoise United Conference, August 11-12, 2023, BSNM Booth
August General Meeting
Claudette Jaramillo’s Copper
Stamping Necklace Class
Field Trip to Madrid, New Mexico
July 18, 2024
Lunch at the Mineshaft Tavern and Shopping in Town
Pam Troutman’s
Wire Lace Bracelet Class
June 25, 2024
June 2024 Turquoise Challenge
The entries for the Turquoise Challenge at our June 2024 General Meeting!
June 8, 2024 - BSNM at the Placitas Seller's Market
Boy was it HOT!
Volunteers: Pat Verrelle, Twyla Caudill, Deb Cole, Mary Neel, Emmy Lou Garcia
Esther Bone Library Display and Classes
Display Set Up by: Deb
Cole, Laurye Tanner, Pat Verrelle, Helen Yackel
and Helen’s granddaughter Isabel Archuleta
Some Bracelets for the Ester Bone Library Class
Anna Holland’s Multistrand Necklace Class
May 25, 2024
Fiber Arts Fiesta
April 12-13, 2024
Melody MacDuffee Classes & Soul of Somanya Trunk Show
April 20-21, 2024
Melody MacDuffee Soul of Somanya Presentation & Trunk Show
April 16, 2024, BSNM General Meeting
February 20, 2024, Annual Gala and Fundraiser
Wonderful Food and Over 100 Raffle Items – So MUCH FUN!
BSNM 2023 Events
Craft In America – PBS Episodes
JEWELRY, episodes on PBS, explores the history, artistry, and impact of personal adornment. Featuring classic jeweler Tom Herman; Harriette Estel Berman who creates jewelry using recycled materials; the legacy of modernist jeweler Art Smith; bead artist, Joyce J. Scott; nature-inspired artist Gabrielle Gould; and Navajo/Hopi master jeweler Jessee Monangya, plus others!
EVENTS
Beading for Operation Christmas Child at BSNM June Meeting
Cherry Hills Library Display May 2023
BSNM 2023 Gala Tea Party!
Wow! What an amazing tea party! (If you weren’t there, you missed a great time.) Several people wore hats or fascinators. There was lots of conversation and laughter as we played “Whose Clues?” and tried to guess which obscure fact belonged to which person. Thanks to Claudette Jaramillo for organizing this game. We had one attendee who found six clues, one attendee who found five clues, and four attendees who found four clues. All of these winners received certificates for $15 worth of beads and findings from a bead estate donated to BSNM.
Below are some of the fabulous Teapot donated by Board Members and designed by Pat Verrell and Laurye Tanner. These Centerpieces were given to one person at each table.
Laurye Tanner presenting Claire Yackel with her prize teapot. It was Claire’s first tea party and she loved it!
Raffle baskets representing tea-growing and –consuming areas of the world. Thank you to our business members who donated some of the items in the baskets: A Few of My Favorite Beads, Baskets of Africa, The Beaded Iris, Mama’s Minerals, and Stone Mountain Bead Gallery. These baskets wouldn’t have been possible without you. Thank you also to Jill Bartel for gathering items and designing the baskets. Marcia Newmon won the Tea and Beads of India and England Basket. Code Sister won the Tea and Beads of China and Japan Basket. Linda Gregory won two Baskets, the Indonesia/Vietnam Basket and the African Basket. Joyce Wolf won the Tea and Beads of Russia Basket.
It was great to see so many members and guests! Thank you!
2022 NM State Fair Jewelry Beadwork Entries
June 2022 General Meeting
Jacob Lowry, Executive Director of the Turquoise Museum relayed his extensive knowledge about turquoise with a lots of humor!
March 2022 General Meeting Winners
Fiber Arts Education Display Challenge Winners
1. Laurye Tanner’s Beaded Bracelets
(gold, silver, copper & gunmetal)
2. Marry Ellen Merrigan’s Metal and Beaded Sculpture
(brass, silver/gunmetal, copper, and pale pink.)
March Raffle Basket Winner – Betty Smith
Door Prize Winner Laura Caffey!
October General Meeting Costumes included! Beautiful pieces Thanks for attending! |
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Booth at Placitas Flea Market Event hosted by James & Nancy Holley Booth setup Cael Chappell donated $100 plus Kronos beads to BSNM Elizabeth Reisinger donated her beautiful paintings to BSNM Fran's new scarf purchase Great crew!!! |   
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2021 NM State Fair Winners! Jamie Welles- Best In Show Pam Troutman- 2nd Place Pat Verrelle 1st Place-multi-strand Pat V 1st Place- Cross
Pat Verelle's 3rd Place and Deb Cole's 1st Place Barbara Rosen's 2nd prize necklace
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Anik's Necklace Design Class |
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Pat Troutman's Larimar Necklace Class |
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July General Meeting
| Creating turtles at Pam Troutman's Polymer Clay class
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| Sun Catcher Class with Collette Chamberlain |
BSNM Annual Outing The Sawmill & Shopping at Mama's Minerals
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Making Bead Boards Extraordinaire!
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Judi Buckhalter wins April's Mermaid Raffle drawing! |
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Fun creating macramé necklaces & bracelets! THANK YOU Helen Yackel
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Pat provided her home and a nice luncheon venue for the team hard at work creating this years bead boards.
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| Helen Yackel receiving her BSNM raffle prize from the February General Meeting. |
Pam Troutman did a wonderful talk on The Jewelry Business & little teaser....
| THANK YOU PAM! Links for the documents Pam shared with us |
| Covid restrictions have driven changes within the Bead Society and Zoom meetings are just the beginning. Like many others, we are conquering that learning curve! |
