Hi folks,

We had seventeen people at our last meeting, including one new member. A big thank you to everyone who made the meeting a success!

Our next meeting is Thursday, June 21st. The project is a nice statement necklace, the pictures do not do it justice. Don't forget to order your dagger beads if you don't have any in your stash:

Dagger Necklace Material List
Size 11⁰ seed beads (A) One large tube
Size 11⁰ seed beads (B) One large tube- if you want to use a second color…the choice is yours
100-4mm beads-crystals,firepolish, metal, druks, etc. round or bicone
Daggers 16x5mm, any drop bead, 3mm cube, etc.
1 shank button or clasp of your choice
6 lb. fireline
Size 12 beading needle
Bead Mat
Ott light (optional)

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New time for Bead and Chats!

The meeting time for monthly Bead and Chats has changed. It will remain the 4th Wednesday of the month, but the new time will be 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. The library is open during those hours so there is no need to contact Peg by phone.

Bead and Chat

West Dennis Library

Route 28

4th Wednesday of the month (starting June 27)
Time: 1 P.M. to 4 P.M.

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Tonya Kappes is an independent author who has written a couple of stories set around beading. The first is a short that begins a mystery series centered around the regulars at a bead store and the second is about a woman "finding herself" via beading.

From Bead of Doubt's description:

Holly Harper's life is finally getting back on the right track after her divorce from "what's his name." She and a group of divorcees have formed a strong bond plotting creative ways to get back at their exes by creating a self-help group known as The Divorced Divas where the meeting are held in Holly's bead store, The Beaded Dragonfly. There's more than just beading going on when Diva Marlene's rare Spinet Yellow Diamond goes missing and Holly was the last one to see it, or so they thought.

You can read more about Bead of Doubt here.

From Carpe Beadem's description:

Hallie finds some sanity at a local jewelry-making class where she uncovers a hidden talent for beading. When her talent is discovered by a major department store jewelry buyer, Hallie realizes that what she had in Chicago might not have been her dream life after all.

You can read more about Carpe Beadem here.