This is more than a bead retreat, it's a true vacation. You have the option of adding two days at the discounted group rate to turn this into a
7-Day/7-Night getaway!

Additional classes plus optional day tours of Yellowstone and Teton National Parks are being offered on the 29th - 30th. Sign-up for extra classes with the individual instructors. Or, you can just kick back and enjoy the resort and surrounding area.

Mastering the Curl
with a Pop Toggle Closure
Instructor:  Jeannette Cook

There is so much to do around here that it is the perfect vacation spot. For the non-beaders tours of Yellowstone & Teton National Parks, golfing, fishing, hiking, biking and more.

Suites, Lofts and 2-Bedroom Condos are available for family or larger groups. Click here to learn more about the retreat options.

Beads by Instructor:
Rashan Omari Jones

Each day will be a different class with a different instructor so you can truly "learn" the process and be able to do more. They have developed designs specially for this retreat. Besides having fun exploring exciting seed bead techniques you'll also be spending a full day on the torch learning how to make your own lampwork glass beads with Borosilicate glass. Click here to learn more about the classes.

Great instructors from all over the country! Jeannette Cook of Beady Eyed Women, Jill Wiseman of Tapestry Beads, Kelly Wiese of The Bead Parlor and two of the premier lampwork artists George O'Grady of Glo Glass Art and Rashan Omari Jones of Jones Art Glass teaching a basics in Boro Glass! And if you've been on a torch before, you can move at your own pace and explore the possibilities with the input of these two instructors. We will also have one other guest instructor in the Teewinot Lobby on Saturday July 24th to help with the free welcome kit! Click here to read about our instructors.

Enjoy the rustic lodge setting at Grand Targhee Lodge and Resort nestled in the Caribou & Grand Targhee Mountain ranges. Located just over the boarder of Wyoming south of Yellowstone & Teton National Parks and just over the hill from Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

DRIVING:  Grand Targhee Resort is located at 3300 E. Ski Hill Road, Alta, Wyoming 83414. Though you have to go into Idaho to get here! Click here for driving directions.

FLYING: Fly into Jackson Hole, WY or Idaho Falls, ID. If you're coming with a non-beader, we highly recommend renting a car for the time you're here so they can get around. For those traveling singly, we will try to help coordinate a shuttle bus or taxi service to share the costs of those coming in around the same time. Click here for more information on the location.