Join Trollbeads and Suzie Q Studio for an amazing display of creativity and talent to see how every glass Trollbeads comes to life!
At our GLASS ARTISAN EVENT on Saturday, December 1, 10am-4pm, Trollbeads Glass Artist, Mariela Chavez, will show you how a single flame is used to manipulate rods of glass in ways to create the exquisite colours, bubbles, stripes, flowers and patterns that Trollbeads are famous for. You will be mesmerized by the meditative flow of fire and molten glass!
During this event, Mariela will be creating 15 Custom-Designed Glass Trollbeads. You can work with Mariela to design a bead of your very own!
What kind of glass bead would you have Mariela create for YOU?
Not sure what to ask for? You can always consult with Glass Artisan's Mariela's expert creativity; after all, she was trained by Trollbeads founder, Lise Aagaard, herself!
How can you be ONE of the "LUCKY 15" to have Trollbeads Custom-Designed glass bead created for YOU or a loved one?
FYI... Proceeds from the sale of the 15 Custom-Designed glass Trollbeads will be donated to Beads of Courage.
What is Beads of Courage about? Executive Director for Beads of Courage Canada, Victoria Plouffe explains the program in this heart-touching VIDEO:
The Custom-Designed Glass Artisan Trollbeads will be created throughout the day of the event on December 1st, approximately 3 beads/hour, and, just to let you know, they won't have a sterling silver core insert in them, which I think will make these creations all the more unique!
If you'd like to be one of the "LUCKY 15" to have a glass Trollbead created just for you, here's the SCOOP...
• The COST of each of the 15 Custom-Designed Glass Trollbeads is a $50.00 Donation to Beads of Courage (if you wish to make a bit larger donation, it would be greatly appreciated!)
• Be ONE of the first of 15 Trollbeads Fans to email me with the FOLLOWING INFO at: suzie@suzieqbbb.com
1. Name
2. Phone #
3. Time of Day that you'd prefer to attend the event to consult with the Glass Artisan to create your bead OR if you have a flexible schedule and can attend anytime during the event.
4. The amount that you wish to donate to Beads of Courage, $50.00 min.
5. Everyone who sends an email request to be ONE of the "Lucky 15" will receive a reply, either way.
GOOD LUCK!
For information about our AMAZING Trollbeads Glass Artisan Event SPECIAL OFFERS & PRIZES, please CLICK on this >>> LINK
Don’t miss this rare and wonderful chance to observe rods of coloured glass being heated, twisted and combined to create the unique glass Trollbeads you love, and to take advantage of some incredible TROLLBEADS $AVINGS, just in time for Holiday Gift Giving!
... OF STRENGTH, HONOUR AND HOPE, which sums up what Beads of Courage stands for.
Here's the Mission Statement for Beads of Courage:
"Caring for children coping with serious illness, their families and clinicians by helping them to RECORD, TELL and OWN their story of COURAGE through beads."
Because of my lifelong connection and passion for beads, Trollbead's main theme of "Every Bead Has A Story" and Beads of Courage's "Every Bead Tells a Story of Strength, Honour & Hope", I came up with an idea for our upcoming Trollbeads Glass Artisan Event. I decided to pull this trilogy of "Bead Love" together and donate the proceeds from Mariela's "You-Design" custom glass Trollbeads, which she'll create when she's here in Calgary at my shop, to Beads of Courage!
It seems to me to be the synergistic thing to do, and after reading through the story of Beads of Courage below, I hope you'll think so too.
In a nutshell, this explains a bit more of how the program works:
"What is the Beads of Courage Program? The Program is a resilience-based intervention designed to support and strengthen children and families coping with serious illness. Through the program members tell their story using colourful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that they receive to honour and acknowledge each step of their treatment journey. Beads are given according to a program specific program bead guide. For milestones in their treatment journey, they receive handmade one-of-a-kind glass beads that are donated by members of the International Society of Glass Bead-Makers (ISGB)."
For a more "visual" idea of the Beads of Courage program, please take a look at this touching and poignant VIDEO:
Beads of Courage Canada from Beads of Courage-Canada on Vimeo.
Isn't this video heart-warming and inspiring?
Interested in getting involved in this wonderful program? Here's one way, if you enjoy making stuff...BEADS OF COURAGE DONATIONS.
If you're not a maker but you'd still like to contribute, please check out the Beads of Courage "CARRY A BEAD" program. It's a way to participate in a very cool way! Check it out by Clicking on this Link: CARRY A BEAD Program.
It’s maybe a bit too early to say, “Feliz Navidad”, but the season for extra entertaining is here, so I thought I’d share this ultra-fun video about fancy napkin-folding!
They’re all so fab, I can’t decide which one is my favourite… the tuxedo?… the rose?… the tree?… hmmmm….
Which one will you create to WOW! your guests over the holidays?
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