About the Bead Cruise
The Bead Cruise is an annual event hosted by Beki Haley
Beads + Islands + Friends = The Perfect Vacation
Each year we travel to different locations and on a different ship, which makes it fun and exciting for those joining us again. Our Bead Cruise participants make fast friends! One of the best parts of the cruise is seeing our returning Bead Cruisers and spending another perfect vacation with them.
The camaraderie is important to our events. We limit our class sizes which affords lots of one-on-one attention from our instructors. On the Bead Cruise we enjoy the feel of a close-knit community. Along with our classes, we dine together in the formal dining room before gathering for evening sessions with a Bead Bazaar, cocktail party, demos, pajama beading party and more!
We schedule our events so that we have the best of all worlds - time to take classes with our nationally known instructors, fun evening events, open beading sessions, time to enjoy the luxuries of the ship and relax on the islands.
Join our community in our Bead Cruise Facebook Group.
Classes for All Skill Levels with Nationally Known Instructors
Our incredible classes have something for everyone: off-loom beading, wire-work, bead embroidery, metalwork and unique bead stringing projects. Our instructors teach all over the world, including at the biggest beading events in the country. Our cruise focuses on quality classes with innovative designers!
Amazing Sponsors & Creative Challenges
Each Bead Cruise has a theme and we have loads of fun dressing up and giving our prizes for various categories with your costume and jewelry!
And we also hold a design contest on board the ship - nothing too crazy as we want you to also enjoy all of the fun the ship has to offer - with more prizes!
Want to read about our past events?
SoftFlex Company Article March 2010
Review from past instructor Margie Deebs, part 1 and part 2
Video demo with Heather Powers on Bead Cruise 2010
Barb Switzer's review of Bead Cruise 2010
Marcia DeCoster's review of Bead Cruise 2009
Photos from our past cruises on Flickr