Welp, here it is--the long overdue and much anticipated blog post about our weeks of 2009 Bizzy Beads Summer Camp!

In my estimation, this year's summer camp was a huge success! We made all sorts of a fun projects with beads and other cool materials. The most raved about project from this year would have to be our tile dry erase board. We beaded a handle for the dry erase board and then decorated the tile with paint pens. Our second place winner for most popular project of the summer was our recycled jewelry. We made pendants out of bottlecaps and fun paper, rings out of old Scrabble tile pieces and decorated dominos to create colorful keychains.

The girls learned so many things during camp! Those things include (but definitely aren't limited to) the following:

*How to use rubber stamps to create custom beads that they can use in other jewelry.

*How to tie beach towels together to create the perfect bag for toting their flip-flops or a yummy snack to the pool.

*How to create fashionable jewelry from unusual items.

*How to make their very own beads out of paper and glue.

*How to embellish ordinary flip flops or other clothing items with crystals for a little splash of bling.

I learned a lot during camp too:

*Taylor Swift is super popular among girls age 7-14 and a lot of girls can sing along to every one of her songs.

*There are probably about a bajillion different variations on the classic "why did the chicken cross the road" joke. ("Why did the chicken cross the road?"... "Because he thought it would be fun!"..."Because the monkey told him to!"...so on and so forth...)

*Lots of girls pretend to not like The Jonas Brothers but then can tell you every detail about Kevin's recent engagement.

*I LOVE all of the kids who come to Bizzy Beads!

So there it is, a wrap up of our summer camps! Be sure to check out the pictures below of our campers and the projects.

-Katie