Our holiday party was on December 10th at the Wellington in Arlington Heights.

During our meeting on Nov 12th:

* voted for our officers
* listened to speaker Vicki Tucker discuss

Art for the Holidays and the Children:
Scrap-booking Mixed Media Beaded Frame Project

For our Oct meeting we had our 2009 bead challenge - wow what great entries we all saw and what fun we had. And our winners were . . . .

• First Place: Diane Caruso,
  "It's My Party"
  Gift certificate from Adelia's Closet
  
  
  
• Second Place: Vanessa Walilko, "Garden Party", Gift certificate from Bodacious Beads
• Third Place: Stana Coleman, "Happy New Year", Gift certificate from Studio Beads
• Fourth Place: Vonna Maslanka, "Storm", Gifts from Chelsea's Beads
• Fifth Place: Carol Ann Carr, "Unnamed Joy #5", Gift certificate from Bead In Hand

Thanks to all who participated in this challenge and special thanks for the generous donations of prizes from some of our member bead shops.