The Bead Society meets the first Thursday of every month with the exception of July. The meetings are held from 7-9pm in the recreation room at St John's Lutheran Church, 1410 Ponce De Leon Avenue in Atlanta.

THE JUNE 7th ATLANTA BEAD SOCIETY MEETING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES Jamey Allen is a person who has been involved with beads for over thirty years. He has studied all aspects of bead work from origin to utilization. Jamey has written a number of publications on many forms of bead work. With all this said, we are please to have him come by and share a lecture on "GREAT BEADS" for our June meeting. Not only will he share with us many aspects of beads, but his lecture will also include a slide show. Hold on though don't leave those beads at home. We will be beginning our second continuous project , beading lizards and snakes. We will learn how to do a number of stiches around the body. For those of you who have not had a chance to get your lizard or snake, we will have some for sale at the next meeting. You will need; Size D thread, size 12 needle, scissors,and seed beads in three or four colors size 11 and 14. Sherry suggests making the colors of the 11 & 14 match. FREE PATTERN Jacque Owens noted bead artist, instructor and aurthor is making available to us a free pattern and instructions for making an ndeblele bracelet. Here is the link to those instructions: http://www.jacqueowensbeadart.com/Ndebele_Tutorial_page1.htm

DUES

The dues are $25 per year for an individual or a family of two. Membership is effective from January 2001 to December 2001. If you want to become a member after August, your dues are prorated to $15 which covers the remainder of the calendar year. Make checks payable and mail to: Atlanta Bead Society, P.O. Box 69 Decatur, GA 30031-0069. There is a charge of $5 for non-members who attend a monthly meeting. Your first visit to the society is free.