Jewelry Workshop: Earrings with Opuntia Flowers

Irasema is leading a jewelry workshop at North Market Bridge Park on Monday, November 16, from 6 PM to 8 PM. It's a two-hour session where you'll make a pair of earrings from scratch, and the best part is that you don't need to bring a thing—they provide all the tools and materials you'll need to get through the night.

Here's how it works: you get to choose your metal and your gemstones, and the session includes pre-cut wire and freshwater pearls to work with. Since you're picking your own materials, you end up with a pair of earrings that actually looks like something you'd want to wear, not just a generic project. If you've never touched a piece of jewelry wire in your life, that's fine—the whole point is that they walk you through it.

It helps to have a sense of where this fits in. North Market Bridge Park is an outdoor market and event space in Columbus that keeps a pretty steady rotation of things to do throughout the year. It's not just a place to grab food; they host trivia nights, live music, and a variety of hands-on workshops like candle making and floral arranging. This jewelry class is part of that mix, so it's one of many things you can drop into if you're looking for something to do on a weeknight.

One practical thing to keep in mind: if you sign up and then realize you can't make it, you can cancel up to three days before the event. After that three-day window, there are no refunds, and the same goes for no-shows, so just be sure of your schedule before you commit. The workshop runs from 6 PM to 8 PM on Monday, November 16, at North Market Bridge Park.