Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrings

Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrings: A great starter class! You'll make two pairs of earrings. Please Note: This class is a pre-requisite for our Wire-Wrapping Pendants class. Cost: $15, 1 hour, materials included..
Wednesday, March 7, 6pm

Please preregister and prepay for this class at the shop. A facebook yes is very nice, but does not guarantee your place in a class.

The earrings pictured are just for illustration, and are not the specific project covered. (In other words, you will choose from a variety of beads to make your unique earrings.)

Beads N Botanicals

117 North Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

217-365-9355

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Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrings

Lisa Reads Tarot at Beach Party at Beads N Botanicals, Champaign Urbana, Friday July 16th

The lovely Lisa will give Tarot Readings at this Friday's Beach Party at Beads N Botanicals at 117 North Broadway Ave in Urbana, IL (call 217-365-9355 to schedule an appointment or stop by).

Also on Friday, in addition to beach jewelry projects, free iced tea and lemonade, there will be special, Beach Party Friday ONLY, discounts on selected beads, jewelry and other items, including some BOGO (buy one, get one free) offers.

Beach Party Fridays at Beads N Botanicals in Champaign-Urbana, Central Illinois

Beach Party Fridays: Celebrate Summer the third Friday of the month at Beads N Botanicals, 117 North Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

When the heat is on, it’s time to stop in at Beads N Botanicals for cool Summer drinks, Beach party music, jewelry making and readings on “The Boardwalk." Special sales discounts will also be available on selected beads and other items each Beach Party Friday.

Cool off with some iced tea or lemonade, make beach-themed anklets, bracelets or necklaces. Enjoy the casual beach party music and atmosphere and kick back for some Summer fun without a long drive. Cost: $5 per jewelry project. Children welcome to make a project (accompanied by an adult).

--Readings on “The Boardwalk.” Different readers will be scheduled each month ($20 per 15 minute session). Call for appointment (217-365-9355) or just stop in!
Friday, June 18th , 12noon-5pm Friday July 16th , 12noon-5pm Friday, August 20th , noon-5pm

Cost

Payment required. $5 per jewelry project. $20 per 15 minute reading session.

Links

• [Info] Beads N Botanicals Shop Info
• [Website] Wise Weeds Shop

Closing of Danville's Hobby Lobby Silver Lining for Hoopeston Businesses

I was looking around for some other info and found this article online.

Apparently our local weekly paper is posting more articles on line
nowadays, which is great.

This article is about Danville's Hobby Lobby closing and how Hoopeston
has a lot of shops that can fill the gap.

The upcoming closing of Danville's Hobby Lobby craft and home décor store has local crafters in a panic. However, local businesses in Hoopeston are stepping up to fill the gap.

Beads N Botanical's owner, Catherine Novak, says, "I've been hearing that a lot of people are very upset about Hobby Lobby's closing. Most of them haven't realized that several Hoopeston businesses carry the crafting and home décor items that they need."

"For instance, at my shop, we offer a nice selection of charms, seed beads, semi-precious stones, sterling silver beads, sterling silver wire supplies, Swarovski  crystals, jewelry, herbs, herbal products, handmade incense, more than 200 fragrance and essential oils, reed diffusers, origami and other crafting supplies. Plus, I will always special order items not in stock."

Novak adds, "Anyone looking to learn how to make jewelry can take one of our basic classes in making earrings, bracelets, necklaces, or wire wrapped pendants."

While Novak teaches many of the classes herself, an upcoming class on making dream catchers, on Saturday, March 29, will be taught by Woodland's Marlita, also known as Rainbow Buffalo.

BTW, I was the one who submitted this article, although the Chronicle staff included information on corporately held stores, not just the small businesses that I had listed. Just the Facts printed
this article, but only keeps up links for a week.

Chronicle
News Article

Not sure if any other newspapers put this out.

Dreamcatcher Workshop

Let’s Make A Dream Catcher…..

Marlita (Rainbow Buffalo) will lead us in this workshop.

You will use your vision, energy and creativity to make
your own dream catcher and decorate it the way you desire, while learning the history and application of this sacred medicine.

All materials will be provided.
However, if you have special beads, feathers, animal hide or hair with which you wish to decorate your dream catcher, bring them.

If you choose to gather willow or grapevine from Nature, gather it in a Sacred Way.
Address and give thanks to each direction - The Creator, Mother Earth, the East, the South, the West and the North. Give a tobacco and Cornmeal offering to the plant,
and now you can cut your branch.

There will be an optional Pipe Ceremony before the workshop. (starting at 12 noon) It is traditional to gift the Pipe Carrier with tobacco, sweetgrass, cornmeal, beads or some token of thanks and respect wrapped in red cloth. (money is unacceptable)

DATE: Saturday, March 29, 2008
TIME: 1p.m. (12 noon for the pipe ceremony)
COST: Adult: $65.
Child accompanied by an adult $15.
Elder: (65 yrs +) $45.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call:
Beads N Botanicals to R.S.V.P.
and pre-register with payment at 217-283-6380,

Class starts at 1 p.m. at Beads N Botanicals, 227 S. Market St., Hoopeston, IL 60942

Store owner, Catherine Novak, has served as an adjunct faculty member for Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pa., been a featured speaker at Barnes & Noble; and spoken about medicinal herbs on the Health Nuts NJ radio show. She appeared on the Judy Lewis show: Psychic World. Most recently she and her son appeared on ABC's Sunrise This Morning out of Champaign, IL.

Catherine is available for individual herbal and health consultations, hypnotherapy for behavior modification, relaxation and pain management, Reiki energy balancing, tarot readings and classes at her office at Beads N Botanicals, and can be reached at at 217-283-6380 or beadsnbotanicals@gmail.com
Webstore: http://wiseweeds.net

Beads N Botanicals Celebrates Its Second Anniversay

Beads N Botanicals Second Anniversary with Holiday Open House

Beads N Botanicals' Second Anniversary Holiday Open House takes place on Saturday, November 17, 2007, from 10 am to 5 pm

There will be door prizes, refreshments, gift ideas, special discounts, craft demonstrations, one-minute tarot readings and more.

“It’s been very satisfying to see how so many people have come to our shop in Hoopeston,” says Catherine Novak, proprietress of Beads N Botanicals. “Whether someone is interested in learning how to make jewelry, or reduce stress in their life through meditation, they’re finding out how to do that here.”

The shop, which opened in 2005, features aromatherapy, crystals, essential oils, books, handmade jewelry, handcrafted oil blends & incense, soaps, bath salts, candles, herbs for tea, medicinal and culinary use; beading and wire wrapping supplies: including sterling silver wire, seed beads, semi-precious stones, sterling silver beads, milfoil, seed beads, Swarovski ™ crystals and much more.

Can't make it on Saturday? Don't worry, we'll be celebrating the whole week of November 20 through November 24 (but remember, we're closed on Thanksgiving!).

New at our shop....REED DIFFUSERS. Don't want to worry about lit candles or using electricity? We've got the answer: Reed diffusers that work to disperse fragrance naturally throughout a room. And we offer OVER 200 scent blends. Custom bottling of any blend you want, including aromatherapy blends with REAL essential oils.


Beads N Botanicals, 227 S. Market St,
(next to the Harris Agency), Hoopeston, IL 60942
Phone: 217-283-6380

STORE HOURS: Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday-Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Catherine Novak has served as an adjunct faculty member for Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pa., been a featured speaker at Barnes & Noble; and spoken about medicinal herbs on the Health Nuts NJ radio show. She appeared on the Judy Lewis show: Psychic World. Also, she and her son appeared on ABC's Sunrise This Morning out of Champaign, IL.

Catherine is available for individual herbal and health consultations, hypnotherapy for behavior modification, relaxation and pain management, Reiki energy balancing, tarot readings and classes at her office at Beads N Botanicals, and can be reached at at 217-283-6380 or beadsnbotanicals@gmail.com

http://wiseweeds.net

80,000-year-old Beads Shed Light on Early Culture

Heather Whipps

Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.comMon Jun 18, 8:50 AM ET

Even the very first modern humans may have spruced themselves up with beaded bling.

Twelve shell beads discovered in a cave in eastern Morocco have been dated at more than 80,000 years old, making them one of the earliest examples of human culture. The beads are colored with red ochre and show signs of being strung together.

Similar beads have been found in other parts of Africa and the Middle East, suggesting the first Homo sapiens literally carried their penchant for baubles with them as they populated the world.

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80,000-year-old Beads Shed Light on Early Culture