2015 - AUGUST MEETING
*** Bead Exchange ***
Once a year Southern Flames has a Bead Swap - a meeting that makes everyone happy because we all go home with a new bead - or sometimes even a new piece of jewelry!
Before the meeting members were given the following instructions:
"Get to your torch, and create a bead or bead creation everyone will want to steal. Or perhaps you already have the perfect bead all ready to go.. Wrap it in unidentified packaging for the party, and bring it to the August meeting for the annual Bead Exchange!"
Below the party photos, you'll see the beads exchanged at our 2015 Bead Exchange. You'll find listed the person who made the bead, a brief description or comment provided by the artist, and the lucky winner. This year you'll see a few beadmakers listed two or three times. They provided beads for non-bead-making friends and family who wanted wanted to play, too.
The Wrapped Beads!
Socializing around the snack table.
We're Ready to Play!
Yes, we are!!
THE BEADS!!
Lea Gaslowitz's Puffin and Sheep
Won by Nita VanTil
Nita VanTil's Masked Dots Set
Won by Linda Edmunds
Linda Edmund's Stained Glass Flower
Won by Lynn Short
Lynn Short's Silvered Ivory with Aqua & Teal
Won by William Fisher
Susan Patterson's Horse
Won by Lea Gaslowitz
Margo Knight's Silver Blue Spiral
Won by Gillian Burr
Robin Snuttjer's Abstract Flower
Won by Vicky Thompson
Martha Fuerst's Greens with Dichro and Silver
Won by Elissa Burr
Elissa Burr's Teal with Dichro and Silver
Won by Albert Cousins
Elissa Burr's Blue with Copper & Silver Foil & Wire
Won by Stephanie White
Stephanie White's Pandas - Ground & Polished Bead
Won by Suzanne Patterson
THE JEWELRY, ETC!!!
Susan Oltman's Copper, Silver, Gold Leaf on White
Won by Paige Horton
Paige Horton's Wire-wrapped Blues & Greens
Won by Robin Snuttjer
Paige Horton's Wire-wrapped Teal Set on Cord
Won by Fred Fuerst
Martha Fuerst's Silver Glass Spiral on Silk Ribbon
Won by Brad Shute
Lynn Short's Galaxy Bead Cord Necklace
Won by Jamie Fulsang
Martha Fuerst's Ice Blue Silver Glass & Dichro on Silver Chain
Won by Susan Oltman
Jennifer & William Fisher's Turquoise and Opal Bead & Natural Stone Bracelet
Won by Martha Fuerst
Jennifer & William Fisher's Purple & Green
Focal Pendant on Natural Stone Necklace
Won by Greg Short
Vicky Thompson's Copper, Silver, Gold Leaf on Enameled White with Frit
Won by Jennifer Fisher
Brad Shute's Three-Silver-Glass-Beads Pen
Won by Margo Knight
Remember the exchange beads of 2012? For a quick review, check them out HERE.
How about the ones from 2013? Check HERE. And HERE for 2014.