Wednesday I headed out to the East Branch Library to take a paper bead making class. This class was taught by crafty Ronda Haley. I had met Ronda at Joann’s several weeks ago while waiting to speak to someone in framing. She walked up to me and asked if I was Lynda with a blog! We talked for quite some time and then I saw her again when I attended the Small Book Making class.
I’ve made paper beads before, but I love learning how others craft. Ronda is not only a crafty gal, she also plays and will be teaching at the library about the musical instrument she loves – the dolcemer! What a talented woman. I’ve encouraged her to blog so she could share and inspire all of us with her craftiness.
Ronda was so organized. She started the class with a video she had created. After the video, we made several beads with strips from glossy ads out of the local newspaper. Since time was limited, we didn’t seal those beads. Instead we picked from the 500 beads she made just for this class and string made from cutup t-shirts to complete our necklace to take home.
I had never heard of using cutup t-shirts to string the beads which I found really interesting. I’ll be cutting up an old t-shirt for sure.
I love this recycled craft and such a fun class. If you live in the Evansville Indiana area, check out the East Branch Library classes. Teresa has done a great job of bringing together talented people to teach and the classes are FREE! What a deal!
Thanks to Teresa for taking the pictures of Ronda and her stuff for my blog.
Ronda is a STAR. Besides being a wonderful teacher she is a terrific artist too. Everything she attempts turns out beautiful!
I love this! I have made paper beads once or twice, also fabric beads… but never did anything with them. Sounds like I need to add another item to my creative ‘to do’ list! Thanks for sharing about Ronda… she definitely needs to start a blog!
Lynda,
Thank you, for your kind words and encouragement. The art classes offered at EVPL have been fun and informative. I was happy to share this paper bead technique in class.
Lovely article on my friend (since childhood), Ronda. She has so much talent & creativity! The classes at the library sound wonderful. I work part time & don’t think I can make any of them….bummer. And I thank Ronda for turning me on to your wonderful local blog!!!
Donna, Thanks so much for commenting – letting me know you dropped by and that Ronda told you about BB&C. She is so talented!
Ronda, You are so welcome. Thanks for sharing your talent and enthusiasm.
This is so nice Lynda! I can’t wait to try this. Thanks for sharing this with us and i’m looking forward to read more from you.
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Awesome! I love this. I’m working on creating a bead making class and I hadn’t even thought about showing a video to help with the class. Plus, I’ve made bracelets before with cut up t-shirts, but the idea of stringing the paper beads on them it a wonderful thought. Thanks for the inspiration! By the way, since you said you didn’t have time to seal your beads, check out my article on “How to Protect Your Paper Beads” on my Paper Bead blog (See the link below.)
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Dara, Thanks for the link. She did tell us how to seal them and I’ve sealed mine before, but we just didn’t have time. Thanks again. And thanks for dropping by. Lynda