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Archives from beginning of the BSGC to new site in October 2009


Oct 2009 to Dec 2009

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.