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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
11:00am - 12:00pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 21, 12:30pm - 1:30pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 21, 3:30pm - 4:30pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Simple Leather Wrap Bracelet
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Simple Leather Wrap BraceletMarch 21, 4:00pm - 6:00pm (ALREADY PAST)Jewelry Design Class By Joyce TrowbridgeClass Fee: $35.00
Skill Level: All
Learn the basics of making wrap bracelets with a single wrap made with 6mm glass and leather. All-inclusive fee includes class instruction and provides materials.

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 21, 5:00pm - 6:00pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Water Casting Silver Gemstone Pendant
10:00am - 4:30pm
Water Casting Silver Gemstone PendantMarch 22, 10:00am - 4:30pm (ALREADY PAST)Metalwork Class By Vilina HutterClass Fee: $100.00Kit Fee: $150.00
Skill Level: All
This class is appropriate for total beginners but also has much to offer a more advanced jewelry student.
Metalsmithing skills taught in this class: Soldering Using shears and files to cut a shape Water casting for organic decorative pieces Granulation Making a fold over bail Heat riveting Stone setting Polishing In this class, you will learn how to use water casting, a fun and interesting technique to cast organic silver cup shapes in silver using just a butane torch--simple equipment you can safely use at home. Once you have made a collection of silver shapes, you will pick several and, under the careful guidance of an experienced instructor, you will use them to create the illustrated pendant, or a close variation of that design. You will construct the pendant from sheet and wire using traditional metalsmithing techniques such as soldering, texturing, filing, granulation, stone setting, and polishing. All tools are provided, but will be affordable and approachable options for the home jeweler. you will also learn to make your own bail and to suspend your pendant kinetically from its chain using a heat riveting technique. Using a pre-made bezel cup, you will add a gemstone to your pendant, and finally you will learn efficient and effective polishing techniques. This class is a full six hours so that a small group (enrollment is limited to eight) of students can be carefully and calmly coached through a simple series of steps that combine to create a sophisticated piece of jewelry. We will take a short break at a mutually agreed upon time in the middle of the day. You will receive comprehensive illustrated handouts for the class. My teaching style and goal is for all my students to see a successful conclusion in a safe and fun learning environment. If you have any questions before enrolling, please email me at studiominerock@gmail.com . Things to bring with you to class: any magnification you might need for close up work, plus a battery operated task light if you want it—the classrooms at the show can be a little dimly lit! No cancellations or refunds can be made less than a week before class due to travel and shipping logistics. If the class is full, please send me an email. I will put you on a cancellation notification list.

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
11:00am - 12:00pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 22, 11:00am - 12:00pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Flowing Fringe Earrings
11:00am - 1:00pm
Flowing Fringe EarringsMarch 22, 11:00am - 1:00pm (ALREADY PAST)Beadwork Class By Joyce TrowbridgeClass Fee: $35.00
Skill Level: All
Create simple seed bead fringe earrings with an easy threading technique. All-inclusive fee includes class instruction and provides materials. Level: Beginner

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 22, 12:30pm - 1:30pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Ombré Multi-Strand Bracelet
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Ombré Multi-Strand BraceletMarch 22, 3:00pm - 5:00pm (ALREADY PAST)Beadwork Class By Joyce TrowbridgeClass Fee: $35.00
Skill Level: All
Play with color and learn to crimp with this multi-strand bracelet. All-inclusive fee includes class instruction and provides materials.

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Custom Wood Earrings Workshop
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Custom Wood Earrings WorkshopMarch 22, 3:30pm - 4:30pm (ALREADY PAST)See Other DatesMixed Media Class By Sneddon, FrancineClass Fee: $30.00Kit Fee: $10.00 Which includes wooden earring blanks, paints, beads, and hardware
Skill Level: All
Unleash your creativity at our fun and hands-on earring painting workshop! Join us for a crafty, colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint up to 10 pairs of unique wooden earrings—perfect for personal wear or gifting! What to Expect: Choose Your Theme – Pick from a variety of fun designs, including Fourth of July, Easter, Christmas, beach vibes, floral patterns, boho styles, and more! Customize with Beads & Colors – Add your own artistic flair with vibrant paints, stylish beads, and embellishments to make each pair truly one-of-a-kind. Guided Creativity – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, we’ll provide tips and techniques to help you bring your designs to life! Take Home Your Creations – Walk away with up to 10 stunning pairs of earrings—handmade by YOU! Grab a friend and join us for a fun-filled, creative experience where you’ll craft earrings that match your style and spirit! Limited spots available—sign up today!

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Knotting with Glass Pearls Bracelet
10:00am - 12:00pm
Knotting with Glass Pearls BraceletMarch 23, 10:00am - 12:00pm (ALREADY PAST)Jewelry Design Class By Joyce TrowbridgeClass Fee: $35.00
Skill Level: All
Learn a traditional knotting technique using tweezer/awl. Build your knotting skills while making a bracelet with Czech Glass Pearls on silk. All-inclusive fee includes class instruction and provides materials.

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Silver Circle Necklace with gemstone
10:00am - 1:00pm
Silver Circle Necklace with gemstoneMarch 23, 10:00am - 1:00pm (ALREADY PAST)Metalwork Class By Vilina HutterClass Fee: $100.00Kit Fee: $75.00
Skill Level: All
In this class, you will learn how to create a silver circle necklace using a commercial silver chain as the starting point. Metalsmithing skills taught in this class: Soldering Wire shaping Hammer texturing Stone setting Controlling solder flow Protecting fine chain when soldering Polishing Once you have chosen your gemstone from a selection made available in class, you will make a silver ring, texture it, attach it to your chain, add a bezel cup or a tube setting for a small gemstone, and finally you will learn to polish your completed jewelry using affordable and approachable tools and techniques. Soldering attachments to a fine chain is an art, and you will learn techniques to control the solder flow and to protect your chain from the heat of the torch. You may supply your own gemstone, but it must be a calibrated 5 or 10 mm flat back cabochon stone, or a 5 mm calibrated faceted stone, and it should not be too fragile. I do reserve the right to suggest your use of a class gemstone for learning! You will construct the necklace from chain and wire using traditional metalsmithing techniques such as soldering, texturing, filing, stone setting, and polishing. This class is appropriate for total beginners but also has much to offer a more advanced jewelry student. All tools are provided, but will be affordable and approachable options for the home jeweler. You will receive comprehensive illustrated handouts for the class. My teaching style and goal is for all my students to see a successful conclusion in a safe and fun learning environment. If you have any questions before enrolling, please email me at studiominerock@gmail.com . Things to bring with you to class: any magnification you might need for close up work, plus a battery operated task light if you want it—the classrooms at the show can be a little dimly lit! No cancellations or refunds can be made less than a week before class due to travel and shipping logistics. If the class is full, please send me an email. I will put you on a cancellation notification list.

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Tube Set Gemstone Ring
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Tube Set Gemstone RingMarch 23, 2:00pm - 5:00pm (ALREADY PAST)Metalwork Class By Vilina HutterClass Fee: $100.00Kit Fee: $75.00
Skill Level: All
This class is appropriate for total beginners but also has much to offer a more advanced jewelry student.
In this class, you will learn how to create a tube set gemstone ring in silver using just a butane torch-- simple equipment you can safely use at home. Once you have chosen your gemstone from a selection made available in class, you will create this entire ring. Using a purchased tube setting, you will also add a faceted gem to your ring, and finally you will learn to polish your completed jewelry using affordable and approachable tools and techniques. You may supply your own gemstone, but it must be a calibrated 5 mm round stone, and it should not be too fragile. I do reserve the right to suggest your use of a class gemstone for learning! You will construct the ring from sheet and wire using traditional metalsmithing techniques such as soldering, texturing, filing, stone setting, and polishing. You will learn how to measure your metal precisely for an accurate ring size—and how to adjust if your plans go awry! All tools are provided, but will be affordable and approachable options for the home jeweler. You will receive comprehensive illustrated handouts for the class and a list of tools for purchase if you choose. My teaching style and goal is for all my students to see a successful conclusion in a safe and fun learning environment. If you have any questions before enrolling, please email me at studiominerock@gmail.com . Things to bring with you to class: any magnification you might need for close up work, plus a battery operated task light if you want it—the classrooms at the show can be a little dimly lit! No cancellations or refunds can be made less than a week before class due to travel and shipping logistics. If the class is full, please send me an email. I will put you on a cancellation notification list.

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