Betty Stephan is a highly regarded artist in the world of beads and is best known for her exceptional talent in creating beautiful bead embroidery projects. She has been recognized and awarded in various competitions such as Bead Dreams, Bead Star, and Battle of the Beadsmith. Her exceptional work has also been featured in several books and magazines, where her artistic talent and impeccable eye for details were recognized and appreciated throughout the world.

Betty's beading classes are suitable for everyone, regardless of skill level. Her extensive experience in beading and teaching, combined with detailed, illustrated instructions, ensure that all students can successfully complete her stunning class projects.

One of the best things about Betty's classes is that they are held throughout the year, making them accessible to anyone, regardless of location. Whether you're in Detroit, France, or anywhere else in the world, you can benefit from Betty's extensive knowledge and experience, and her warm and approachable teaching style.

Beki Haley has been in love with beads for over 50 years now. She was introduced to the amazing art form of seed bead weaving by her grandmother when she was a child. That early start in exploring the intricacy and fine detail that can be attained with seed beads has stayed with Beki throughout her life. Even as a young teen, Beki loved teaching others all the beautiful things that can be created with beads. She has over 36 years of teaching experience in several different venues from large auditorium settings to intimate one-on-one classes and everything in between.Training as a classic silversmith at a young age gave Beki an appreciation and understanding of the art and beauty of jewelry design. Beki uses those formal skills to teach the technical aspects of jewelry design. In her classes, the students learn the importance of attention to detail and craftsmanship while exploring their natural creativity. During any stressful time in her life, Beki turns to her beads for comfort and calm. The meditative action of beading is the perfect tool to bring peace and joy to her otherwise busy and chaotic life. Sharing that joy by teaching others how to create with beads is a blessing beyond measure.

Kinga Bledsoe was born in 1980, in Hungary. At 19, she packed up her life in a backpack and moved to the US. One way or another Kinga has been always making things, which started turning into a career when she was painting murals at the time she lived in New York. The murals were fun, but she did not feel like painting was her calling. Eventually she picked up a bead and Button magazine in 2007, found a bead embroidery project, and slowly but surely the obsession took over. After that first project, she started creating her own designs and quickly found her own distinctive voice that allowed her to translate her imaginings into beadwork. Kinga is always brainstorming, and her imagination provides an endless supply of fanciful ideas that she translates into bead embroidery. Her work first got noticed in the first Battle of the Beadsmith, quickly followed by her being a BeadDreams finalist in 2013 and getting 3rd place in the same competition in the Swarovski category in 2014, and a book feature in Marcia Decoster Presents, 2014. In 2015 she won first place in the crystal category in BeadDreams. She has done a number of instructional bead embroidery videos for Interweave publishing in 2016 and 2017, and has been featured in magazines in the US and Europe.