CZs & How to Use Them

CZs & How to Use Them

CZs – Tips on Using Them in Beads Following Alexx Cheng’s wonderful demo on using CZs in your beads, Alice Henry organized a large group purchase of CZs. So here are a few tips for using those sparkly gems:   Spot heat and plunge a hole with a metal poking...
Google Slides for Social Media

Google Slides for Social Media

Google Slides for Social Mediawith Kathryn Lagassey Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Join our host Kathryn Lagassey as we partner with Virginia Firebirds. Using Google slides, we will learn to make graphics for Zoom backgrounds, posters, memes etc. for social media. Members...
Ongoing Challenge No. 9 – Frit Happens

Ongoing Challenge No. 9 – Frit Happens

Ongoing Challenge No. 9 “Frit Happens” By Janie Jones Yes, frit happens. Many of us purchased even MORE frit in 2020, probably a lot more! Now’s the time to show examples by using some of that frit and sharing the results. The bead pictured above was made...
Spotlight on – Sarah Stern

Spotlight on – Sarah Stern

Meet Sarah Stern When Eileen asked me to write about how I got started lampworking I thought – serendipity has defined my life in glass. In 2004 I was at the Highlands Guild Art show in Asheville, where Teresa Brittain was selling her lampwork jewelry. I told...
Karen Crown Polzin – Lentil Soup

Karen Crown Polzin – Lentil Soup

An Evening with Karen Crown-Polzin Lentil Soup! Friday, January 29, 2021      Karen Crown-Polzin will be sharing how she uses a lentil press to make some of her favorite beads for Beads of Courage. One of her favorite shapes to use when creating...