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After a not-so gruelling one hour at the gym (ooo…I like saying that…”at the gym”…hehe…), I attended a two hour jewelry making workshop at The Curve, organized by Foodies ‘n’ Friends. The instructors are from Strands Bead Gallery & Academy @ Plaza Damas (there were three of them, two ladies and one cute guy…even the older aunties were flirting with him…*grin*), and about 22 people attended the workshop.

We learnt how to make a simple bracelet consisting of square beads (there’s another name for it, but I just can’t remember) and seed beads, and since we were given a choice of eight different colours to mix-and-match, I chose the see through (white) square beads and turquoise seed beads. Once we were taught the basic pattern of the bracelet, it was just a matter of repeating it till it’s long enough to wear. But it’s the technique of pulling the nylon string tight enough so that the beads sit pretty, how to end the bracelet and hide the string, how to attach the lobster clasp that we struggled with! And man, I swear my eyesight got slightly worse after beading those seed beads…they’re sooooo damn small. Anyways, I had a good time and time passed rather quickly as we were chatting and beading at the same time (not a good thing actually…I lost count of the number of beads I was supposed to put in countless times!).

If you’re interested in taking a course, The Strands Bead Gallery & Academy does offer classes on bead jewelry and design. There are three levels (8 classes each), priced at RM360, RM380 and RM400 respectively. I can’t remember the time slots, but they have about five per day, Mondays to Saturdays. I’ve decided to sign-up for Level 1, hopefully, I can begin this coming Tuesday! =)