Monthly Giveaways

Thanks for stopping by our blog! To show our appreciation for being a valuable friend and follower, we are going to do monthly give-aways! Everything from free classes, beads, handmade jewelry, hoops, Green Lotus Organic Soaps, gift certificates and more. Dont miss out on all the free stuff!
I will announce the winner at 12pm on July 1st, 2011
All you have to do is one or both of the following
~follow us on our blog
~like us on facebook
After you have done one or both of those,you must leave a comment here and tell us what inspires you!

First on our giveaway, a free wire wrapped bangle class. Learn basic wire wrapping techniques in this fun class while creating a super funky bangle bracelet. $45 value. (beads and wire not included)

Marias adventures in far away lands!

For those of you who know my business partner Maria, you know she LoOoOvEss to travel! For those of you who dont, well Maria loves to travel to fArRrR away lands in search of the perfect treasures to line our eclectic and well stocked bead shop, as well as to stock her shop, Midnight Sun.
She recently returned from her once a year buying trip to India bearing a beautiful selection of the most CoLoRfUl and tExTuReD recycled silk yarn, gorgeous SUPER SIZED handcrafted copper beads with swirls and flowers and a nice selection of natural stone cabachons.
In just over a week she is off on another adventure, Bali Indonesia.
Stop by in late August and we will have a huge new shipment of gemstone beads, sterling thai silver and many other treasures to choose. Something for everyone.

Foldforming

Everyone who knows me knows I love to play with sheet metal. I love to heat it and fold it, bend it and hammer it, then see all of the wonderful textures that come from doing all of these fun things.
This is known as foldforming.
Foldforming is a technique invented by Charles Lewton Braine. It is a technique of taking sheet metal and forming it into beautiful 3-D forms without the use of solder. You fold sheet metal, work it, then unfold to create beautful pieces of art or jewelry!
This has quickly become one of my most popular classes here at Bead Here Now. Back in April, I had a group of 6 ladies all the way from Canada and we had a day of heating and folding and hammering and creatings beautful copper bowls! I have also had students come from South Florida as well as Texas just to take this wonderful class.
Look for a blog tutorial coming soon and be sure to check out our class schedule to sign up for this fun class!

New Etsy SIght

Be sure to check out our new etsy sight, I will be adding items daily, so if you dont get a chance to stop by the shop or dont live here in town, we have lots of beautiful treasures on our sight and new ones added daily so be sure to check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/beadherenowriverside?ref=pr_shop_more

Beading business is booming in historic Five Points | Jacksonville.com

Beading business is booming in historic Five Points | Jacksonville.com

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Riverside Artists Market

Scheduled to open on Saturday, April 4th, 2009, the Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelous family entertainment destination each weekend on the St. Johns River.
Myself along with artist and blacksmith Robert Noelke, and local glass artist Bryon Nobles have joined forces (yes, we are super heroes) and created Lucky Dog Artist Co-op of Jacksonville. You can find us every saturday from 10-4 at the Riverside Artist Market.

for more information go to www.riversideartsmarket.com