Central California Bead Society

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See below for the wonderful beady-happenings planned by the Central California Bead Soceity!

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CCBS is happy to welcome Sherry Serafini to teach in person classes for us January 9-11, 2026!

 

Sherry will be teaching at the Fairfield Inn and Suites – 50 N. Clovis Avenue, Clovis, CA or you can choose to take these classes as a ghost at home.


Classes are $85 for each class. You can take all of them, or just one or two.


These class fees are for CCBS Members, you must be a current CCBS member (or sign up now) to get this price.


 


Class fee does not include hotel stay, meals, or materials. Kits are required for all 3 of these classes. Please check your email for more details.  

Class fees are nonrefundable.


Friday, January 9 – Winona

Saturday, January 10 – Lil Bag

Sunday – January 11 - Caliope

Class is from 10 am - 5 pm (PST) with a one hour lunch. 

Lunch and dinner can be on your own or you can join us (dutch treat), more details to be announced later

 

Kit Information


Once you have secured a space in the class, Sherry and I will handle selling you the required kits. We will be doing kit pre-orders after sign ups and you will be invoiced at some point prior to class.

There will be open beading and socializing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in the beading room, times to be announced later. 


Feel free to bring snacks to share on any of the 3 days. 


Any questions, please email Class Coordinator Vicci Lane at snoopyave@aol.com


Please note that you DO NOT OFFICIALLY HAVE A RESERVED SPACE IN THE CLASS until you get a confirmation email from me saying that you have a reserved space in the class.  The paypal links don't have the ability to stop accepting payment once the class limit has been reached. We will only keep and process your payment if you have signed up in time to secure one of the class slots before the class sells out. If your payment is received after all the slots have been filled, we will put you on a waiting list and your payment will be returned to you. In no other circumstances are the class payments refundable. After your payment has been made, I will send out an email confirming you have an official reserved space in the class. If you have not heard from me within a few days after making your payment, please email Vicci at snoopyave@aol.com


Friday - Winona
Saturday - Lil Bag
Caliope
 
Weekend bundle - All 3 classes
$255.00

Friday - Winona

$85.00

Saturday - Lil Bag

$85.00

Sunday - Caliope

$85.00
 

CCBS is happy to welcome Nancy Cain to teach in person/zoom hybrid classes for us November 14-16, 2025!

 

Nancy will be doing a hybrid class format that will allow for in person students at the Fairfield Inn and Suites – 50 N. Clovis Avenue, Clovis, CA or you can choose to take these classes at home via Zoom.

 

Classes are $85 for each class. You can take all of them, or just one or two.

 

These class fees are for CCBS Members, you must be a current CCBS member (or sign up now) to get this price.

 

Class fee does not include hotel stay, meals, or materials. Kits are required for some of these classes, but not all of them. Please check your email for more details.  

 

Class fees are nonrefundable.

 

Friday, Nov 14 – Mystery Class A SOLD OUT

 

Saturday, Nov 15 – Mystery Class B SOLD OUT

 

Sunday – Mystery Class C

 

Class is from 10 am - 5 pm (PST) with a one hour lunch. 

 

Lunch and dinner can be on your own or you can join us (dutch treat), more details to be announced later

 

 

Kit Information

Once you have secured a space in the class, Nancy and I will handle selling you the required and optional kits. We will be doing kit pre-orders soon after sign ups and you will be invoiced at some point prior to class.

 

There will be open beading and socializing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in the beading room, times to be announced later. 

 

Feel free to bring snacks to share on any of the 3 days. 

 

Any questions, please email Class Coordinator Vicci Lane at snoopyave@aol.com

 

Please note that you DO NOT OFFICIALLY HAVE A RESERVED SPACE IN THE CLASS until you get a confirmation email from me saying that you have a reserved space in the class.  The paypal links don't have the ability to stop accepting payment once the class limit has been reached. We will only keep and process your payment if you have signed up in time to secure one of the class slots before the class sells out. If your payment is received after all the slots have been filled, we will put you on a waiting list and your payment will be returned to you. In no other circumstances are the class payments refundable. After your payment has been made, I will reach out to you via email to confirm your name, address, phone number, and reconfirm whether you are attending in person or via Zoom. After I have received that information, then I will send out an email confirming you have an official reserved space in the class. If you have not heard from me within a few days after making your payment, please email Vicci at snoopyave@aol.com


Friday – Mystery Class A
Saterday – Mystery Class B
Sunday – Mystery Class C

   
 

Sunday - Mystery Class C

$85.00
 
 

  **  Calendar  **

 

We are currently meeting in person and via Zoom for every meeting.

Meetings are at the Madera Ranchos Public Library
37398 Berkshire Drive, Madera, CA 93636 

01-25-25            Regular Meeting

01-31-25 to 02-02-25 Sabine Lippert classes

02-22-25            Regular Meeting

03-22-25            Regular Meeting

04-26-25            Regular Meeting

05-24-25            Regular Meeting

06-28-25            Regular Meeting

07-26-25            Regular Meeting

08-23-25            Regular Meeting

09-27-25            Regular Meeting

10-25-25            Regular Meeting

11-14-25 to 11-16-25 Nancy Cain Classes

11-22-25            Regular Meeting

12-13-25            Tentative date - Holiday Party