THE BEE BOOK

INGRID DIJKER WAS COMING  TO NYC TO TEACH HER FABULOUS WORKSHOPS AT LITTLE BIRD CREATIONS STUDIO......MY HEART DID FLIP FLOPS OF HAPPINESS 'CAUSE I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO MEET HER LAST YEAR AT ART UNRAVELED IN PHOENIX AZ.  I LOVED JOURNALING WITH HER
 LITTLE BIRD IS THE BRAINCHILD OF MICHELLE LUXENBURG  A WONDERFUL, COZY STUDIO IN MANHATTAN.  IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN A CLASS AT HER STUDIO ......WAIT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

THE TABLES WERE SO BEE U TEA FULLY INVITING

MICHELLE AND SANDI PAINTING THE EDGES OF THEIR COVERS

SALLIANNE BEE JEWLED FOR THE OCCASION 

CHI AND BEA WORKING ON THEIR COVER STORIES

FRANCINE BEEZY WORKING NEXT TO MIZ BEE

BEEOUNTFUL INSTRUCTION FROM INGRID

GLUEING TECHNIQUE 

CHAIN BINDING, LACE FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF  THE PAGE

OPEN THE "LOOP" ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO LOOK LIKE A BUTTERFLY, THREAD THE WAXED STRING THROUGH THE CENTER AND GENTLY PULL TIGHT.... VOILA.... YOU GOT ONE PAGE CHAINED

MICHELLE CHECKING OUT ALL THE DELIGHTFUL  IMAGES THAT INGRID PREPARED FOR US

SANDI GETTING SOME EXTRA INSTRUCTION FROM INGRID

A SWEET BEE IN ALL HER GLORY

STEPHANIE IS ALL SMILES WHILE WEAVING HER BINDING

THE FINAL STEPS IN BINDING THE BEE BOOK

AFTER THE LAST CHAIN ON THE FRONT COVER BRING THE CORD BACK TO THE FRONT INSIDE COVER (ONE STRAND ON EACH SIDE OF THE BINDING AND KNOT

REPEAT ON THE FRONT AND GET READY TO ADD YOUR BEADS.... YEAH YOUR BOOK IS BOUND!

INSIDE PAGE OF INGRID'S BOOK

BEE U TEA FUL IMAGE THAT WE ALL RECEIVED IN OUR KITS

A HONEY OF A QUOTE 

ALL BEE'S SHOULD REMEMBER THIS

BZ & FRANCINE 

MIZ BEE & OUR QUEEN BEE

MICHELLE AND INGRID

BZ & QUEEN BEE INGRID.... A PHOTO FOR MY BOOK

WORKER BEES SWARMING FOR A PHOTO

BZ AND SALLIANNE BUZZING 

IT TRULY WAS A HONEY OF A DAY AND CLASS,  CAN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER....THIS WORKER BEE GOTS TO GO WORK ON HER BEE BOOK.... BUZZING TILL NEXT TIME