The Bead Society of the Palm Beaches
Presents Our 2021 Retreat!!
October 21, 2021 to October 24, 2021
Sign up today for this Retreat so you don’t miss out.
Space is limited and we’d love to have you there!
Club Med Sandpiper Bay
The beautiful Club Med Sandpiper Bay is located along the Saint Lucie River, amid wonderfully lush vegetation. It’s a family resort with tons to do, but if you want to recharge in the adults only infinity pool it’ll be quiet and relaxing. You might even want to make time for a luxurious spa treatment (additional charge) and really indulge yourself.
Deposit is $149 to reserve your spot.
Double-Occupancy Rate $649.00
Single-Occupancy Rate $918.00
Non-Beader Rate. $500.00
Teachers and Projects
Marcia Balonis
She has worked with beads since her hippie years, a very long time ago. She has taught a variety of bead pieces at national, regional, and local levels for over 20 years while travelling for work as a financial manager. After retirement from the financial world in 2008, Marcia says she changed from being a “bean” counter to a “bead” counter.
Her publications include numerous articles in many bead and mixed medial publications including Bead and Button, Beadwork, Jewelry Crafts, Perlen Posie, Bead Jewellery Magazine (UK), Expressions, and Belle Armoire. Marcia taught at various national conventions including Art Continuum, Celebrate Art, Bead Fest, and at The Bead and Button Show every year from 2005-2019. Her book, Lush and Layered Beadweaving was published in 2018. She loves to share her passion for bead work with her students.
Designing with beads and creating patterns has led to opening an Etsy shop where she primarily sells patterns and kits. Her talent for bead pattern construction led to several years as a Starman Trendsetter.
Now living in Florida, she enjoys teaching jewelry at local bead stores, at retreats, regional conventions.
Bubbles Meets Raku Kit $85
This necklace features a custom pendant by the well known RAKU artist Marianne Kasparian, MAK. The drop style pendant will be featured on a herringbone woven neck cord with exploding bubbles of weave that are further embellished. Additionally, a bit of fun fringe finishes the design at the attachment to the pendant.
Pamela Garbig
I started at the very young age of 5 at my grandmother’s house. No real toys there, but a big can of buttons and beads to sort for hours. Rocks and shell collecting came next, along with all other kinds of media. By age 8, I started to learn embroidery stitches with the strings I snuck out of my mother’s sewing box. When I grew up, I opened my very own art gallery and shared my beads in the store. That turned into a full blown Bead Shop and I haven’t stopped since. I have been formally trained in Art and Bead Weaving, but Bead embroidery is where my heart is. I am currently a National Bead Embroidery Instructor and have been published in, and taught at Bead & Button Show and published in Bead Work magazine. I have also taught several times for Bead Fest Philly as well as other National events. My classes are taught by the storytelling of a piece, looking at the design as it might be in nature. And transferring that beauty into a wearable piece of art. All of my kits are unique to each student. As I appreciate each student’s individuality. I look to nature for inspiration as well as natural beads to create with. The simplicity of Bead Embroidery allows anyone to paint their dreams, and I’m so proud to able to share it with you.
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Pebbles & Ponds Bracelet Kit $65.00
Kit includes- Vintage button dome, seed beads, druks, delicas, FW pearls, crystals, etched beads, bracelet template, cork backing & clasp. You will need your standard beading supplies….. Scissors, E6000, needles & thread
Can also be made as a pendant & earrings! WOW!
Julie Isaacs Haymaker
Julie the founder of Shrinkets, mixed media maven and teacher.
Creating to her is a burning passion and the students she teaches keeps that fire burning.
Julie attended Kendal School of Design and graduated with a degree in Illustration.
Julie attended California College of the Arts and studied Fine Metal Smithing and Ceramics .
Julie brings a life time of artistic skills to the work she creates today.
“Art is what centers me. My burning passion is making, creating, sharing.”
A lifetime background of artistic skills illustration, ceramics woodworking, fine metal smithing prepped Julie for the rewards of teaching. As Founder and CEO of Shrinkets, she is proud to teach you a versatile way to expand your own creativity.
Childs Play Kit $85.00
Includes everything-Use of teacher’s tools & class kit. Included are 8 rewrapped beaded dangles. In this class you will learn to create unique shrink plastic beads, such as a bead cage and a fluted spacer bead connector link. You will also create a very unique pendant that is double sided and has a shrink plastic bail and handmade lamp work focal bead.
