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Our Staff:Anna, Carol, Karri, Liz, Linda,
and Lydia.
Other Helpers: You may see Shama, Gail,
Frank, Edna, Lauren and Jennifer around who
help out in the store from time to time.
Instructors:
Vicki Lapp, Lydia Chapman, Carol Bernau, Iris
Sandkuhler, Steven James, Tom Colson, Lynn Cobb,
and Shama Backliwal
Be
part of the team!
Share your love of beads with our wonderful customers!
We hire part-time sales associates and operational assistants from time to time.
Is it right for you or someone you know? See the job
posting. What is special about Bead Inspirations classes:
• You choose materials in class to make your class project, selecting
from a broad range of styles. Most bead store classes select the materials for
you, and give you the least expensive clasps to use. In our classes, you choose
whether you want to use the finest materials, economical materials, or something
in between.
• Teaching methods are professionally designed by an instructional
designer. The steps of each technique is broken down to ensure that you will learn
them.
• Most classes are designed so that you will leave with a finished
project that you designed and made.
• The instructor and staff will guide
you in selecting materials and designing your project. We're experienced at taking
the overwhelm out of the process. You don't have to do anything to prepare for
the class.
• Your learning style and pace is respected and your creativity
is nurtured (not pressured). You can relax and feel nurtured.
Philosophy of Bead Inspirations
• Every person is naturally
creative. We strive to foster an environment where people are encouraged, supported,
and acknowledged in expressing their natural creativity.
• Every person
is immensely capable. We offer classes and training that give people an opportunity
to develop their skills and get enlivened by finding that they can do more than
they knew they could. They leave classes with an expanded sense of their potential.
They will take joy in learning something new and saying "I can do this!".
• Color is inspiring and healing. We offer products that stimulate and nurture
our spirit.
• Giving gifts that you make yourself is a powerful expression
of love. We encourage people to make gifts to give to people in their lives.
•Each person is valuable because they are individual and unique. Their personal
self-expression is an important way to express their uniqueness. When people make
jewelry for themselves it is a loving thing to do for themselves, as they are
allowing their spirit to flow through them and be expressed.
• Being
of service to others is an honor and a joy. When we are working we are being of
service to others.
• Everyone needs to relax and have fun. We are a stand
for people to relax and have fun, whether it is in our store or at home.
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Many of our customers are busy people. When people come to our business, our processes
for signing up for classes and making purchases are efficient and don't waste
people's time.
• We do what we say we are going to do. We act with integrity.
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Vicki
Lapp began Bead Inspirations in early 2003 as a home-based
business. She taught jewelry making classes out of
her home in Alameda and sold supplies. Over time,
she expanded both her repertoire of classes and a
community of beaders. Vicki has a diverse background
that includes many different types of arts and crafts.
Professionally, she has been an engineer and a corporate
trainer/consultant. When she discovered her love of
beading, it was natural for her to want to teach it
to others. Bead Inspirations began as a home-based
business offering beading classes.