Hi Everyone, I’m off to Milwaukee tomorrow morning for the big BEAD AND BUTTON 2014 bead show! It’s supposed to be the largest bead show in the country. My sister, Melanie Ricks Ladd and I will be demonstrating THE RICKS BEADING LOOM in The BeadSmith booth. I’m sure we’ll be meeting many “RICKS LOOMATIKS” at […]
Ricks Loomatiks group photo
Greetings to Ricks Loomatiks everywhere! As mentioned earlier, we had a GREAT event at The Birds and The Beads shop in Morganville, NJ. I received the photos from the event and wanted post the group photo of all the wonderful Loomatiks there! We have three chapters of Loomatiks now and inquiries for more. (I promise […]
JTV’s JEWEL SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND
Hi Everybody! I get the chance to appear on JTV’s LIVE nationally televised JEWEL SCHOOL again this week. The show is Sunday and Monday from 10 am to 12 noon (Eastern Time). I got the production schedule yesterday and my first segment begins about 10:49 am. There will be another segment between 11:45 and 12 […]
A “Loomarick” from the Loomatiks!
At the big kick-off event for THE RICKS LOOMATIKS at The Birds and The Beads shop in Morganville, NJ, I was presented with a copy of a “Loomarick” (not a Limerick, but a Loomerick) written by a young man especially for the occasion. I wanted to share it with you: There once was a man Mr. Ricks […]
The Ricks Loomatiks!
Hi Everybody, I’m getting ready to head off to New Jersey to install the charter for the founding chapter of THE RICKS LOOMATIKS! What are the Ricks Loomatiks? They are a group of people who own The Ricks Beading Loom and get together on a regular basis to bead on their looms and exchange ideas […]