Register for Workshops for BeadFest

Registration has now opened for the workshops at BeadFest Portland, to register, click here. Remember as posted earlier, Portland BeadFest is the 24th – 27th of September.

It looks like there are some great workshops taking place. The bracelet pictured here is from the description of the Antique Connections Cuff course taught by Melinda Barta. This course focuses on combining antique brass findings with seed beads to make new and exciting pieces. The course fee includes beads and brass finding to work with. The piece pictured here looks quite interesting.

There are lots of other interesting course to choose from, but one in particular that caught my attention is the Resin Flower Pollanate course which will teach how to create flowers etc out of wire and mix and fill them with exciting colors of resin.

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Whenever you go to the beach with kids, you’re sure to come home with some seashells and more than a little sand. Let’s use some of those treasures to make fun crafts.

This handprint craft is made with a sand-infused salt dough and some little shells from the beach. It’s a cute way to remember how little your kids were on that beach trip. Find the instructions at From Under a Palm Tree.

Here’s another take on sand dough that was used to make little ornaments and sculptures. Get the details from Pink Stripey Socks.

Moms and Crafters used air dry clay and seashells to make these cute necklaces. She used the storebought clay but you can also make your own air dry clay if you’d rather.

Crafts on Sea used a shell to make a whale, but I’m sure you could take this idea and make lots of different creatures. I love the idea of sea creatures made with shells like fish or a jellyfish or an octopus using the same method. They also have a seashell decoration made with salt dough that’s really cute and would be fun for kids to paint. Poke a hole before it dries for hanging if you want.

Or take a bunch of little shells and decorate a frame like these from Rhythms of Play. They used a handprint instead of a picture but you could also put in a picture from the beach trip.

This is probably one for the mamas to make because it uses epoxy, but I also wanted to share these cute and easy shell hair pins from Thrifty Mama Ramblings, which kids are sure to want for their mermaid pretend play.

Or how about some sensory play straight from the beach? Use store bought sand if you don’t have a beach nearby to make this beach sand slime from The Mama Notes. Thrown in some shells and kids will love playing with this one.

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