{"id":5631,"date":"2018-03-06T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:21:34","slug":"meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Road 2018 Vendor and Teacher i-bead.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beadwork \u2013 the art of using glass beads to embellish fabric art, jewelry, and other personal items \u2013 is as popular as ever.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/img_5813\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5637\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5637\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5813-e1520378015502-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\nFor over 20 years, Amy Kupser of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-bead.com\/i-stitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">i-bead.com<\/a>, has been creating unique bead designs and art applique patterns and kits that she shares with the world\u2014including Road to California.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/headline\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5636\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/headline.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a>\ni-bead.com specializes in offering kits that are easy to put together and ready to go. They are perfect to take along on road trips. Most of the fabrics in the quilt kits come from either Sew Batik or Anthology. \u00a0The beads Amy uses in her kits come from all over the world. Some of the beads featured in her booth were from Japan as well as some glass, hand-pressed buttons from the Czech Republic. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/344a0404\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5641\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/344A0404-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"663\" \/><\/a>\nRoad 2018 was i-bead.com\u2019s 5th time vending at the show.\u00a0 Sharing space with Amy in the i-bead.com booth was Cloud\u2014a white shepherd medical alert dog that adores children.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/img_5808\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5640\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5808-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a>\nCloud was modeling one of i-bead.com\u2019s dog collars that are handwoven and fair traded from the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/img_5812\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5638\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5812-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a>\nIn addition to vending, Amy also taught three popular bead classes at Road 2018:\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Empress Bracelet<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/2008c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5633\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5633\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Celtic Dance Bracelet<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/3063c-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5634\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3063c-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just a Little Snippy<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/1009c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5632\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5632\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1009c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\u201cBeading is not as hard as you think,\u201d remarked Amy who loves to share her knowledge and joy of beading at shows, bead retreats, bead escapes and bead cruises.\nA fun way to embellish jewelry and quilt designs, is to add BRANCH FRINGE. Amy has developed an easy method for using this technique. Simply add beads to desired length for the fringe. Go back up to where you want the first &#8220;branch.&#8221; It is usually 4 &#8211; 6 beads or more depending on how dense you want your fringe to be. Continue until you have the number of branches you want. Adding a larger or unique bead to the end of each branch gives added dimension. Also try creating branches in different colors.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/meet-road-2018-vendor-and-teacher-i-bead-com\/attachment\/branchfringediagram\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5635\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/branchfringediagram.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a>\nTo learn more about i-bead.com or to get information about joining Amy for one of her bead adventures, please visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-bead.com\/i-stitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.\n&nbsp;]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,33,37],"tags":[83,146,147,306,400,552],"class_list":["post-5631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes","category-road-to-california-2018","category-vendors","tag-amy-kupser","tag-beaded-dog-collars","tag-beading","tag-czech-republic-glass-beads","tag-fair-trade","tag-i-bead-com"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}