Archive for the ‘bead’ Category
Glass Glitter?
I was playing around online, and found this stuff I’d never seen before called “glass glitter”. Evidently it is being used to make cards and mushrooms like you see in the picture. It was on the Meyer Imports site, and this is what they had to say:
Welcome to the world of Gorgeous Glass Glitter! Packaged [...]
February 5, 2010
Tags: frit, glass glitter, lampwork Posted in: bead 
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Something I never thought I’d hear….
When I took Sylvie’s class, I got a ton of new size 15 seed beads in 10 gram bags. Well, actually I got 2 of each and sent one set to my mother in law, Judy. Judy is a beadaholic, and makes really cool things out of those teeny tiny beads. These [...]
January 28, 2010
Tags: beaded Christmas ornament Posted in: bead One Comment
Finally finished!
I finally finished the dolly I started in Sylvie’s class. I made her into a decoration instead of a bracelet. The sleeve’s are different from the ones we learned to do in class too.
I did have a few problems with the neck, mostly because I didn’t measure how far around it was first. So the [...]
January 18, 2010
Tags: doll, lampwork, seed bead, sylvie lansdowne Posted in: bead 3 Comments
Beads from Class!
With hubby visiting his family this past week, I have been very lazy. Most of what I’ve done has been read books, watch movies, and take care of the dogs. In fact, these are the beads I made during the Gathering in Rashan Jones‘ class. I must say that I am really pleased with them. [...]
August 8, 2009
Tags: inside out bead, rashan jones Posted in: bead 2 Comments
More beads
These are some more of the dicro beads I’ve made. I like the big flat one with the ruffles, but hubby doesn’t think it will sell. I guess we will see at the Gathering! Just a week and a half to go until the biggest lampwork bead party of the year.
July 12, 2009
Tags: bead, glass, lampwork Posted in: bead 6 Comments
A new shape
I’ve been trying out some new shapes too. Using different curved objects to roll the glass on to get different shapes of indentations. I think these turned out pretty cool. They are about 3 inches long.
July 2, 2009
Tags: bead, glass, lampwork Posted in: bead 6 Comments
Different color experiments
Here I was trying out some of the different murrini and stringer I had made using several base colors. The ivory base didn’t work so well, but I’m really partial to the green bead with purple flowers.
June 29, 2009
Tags: bead, glass, lampwork, murrini Posted in: bead One Comment
Unexpected
Well, these didn’t turn out like I expected. I was aiming for something that looked like a field with flowers in it. It didn’t turn out like expected. I had used 3 different shades of green enamal and green stringer on a different green base hoping for something interesting. Instead it looks kind of like [...]
June 28, 2009
Tags: bead, experiment, glass, lampwork Posted in: bead 2 Comments
I’m back with beads!
It has been a whole week since I’ve been able to be online. Ack! I’m just glad to have this loaner laptop. I’ll be without again for a couple of days when mine gets fixed so things can be swapped around. In the meantime, I have beads to show. I’ve [...]
June 27, 2009
Tags: bead, experiment, gathering, isgb, lampwork Posted in: bead, bead show One Comment
Murrini and Glass Beads
This is one of Trey Cornette’s fabulous glass beads. He makes the most amazing flower and dot/squiggle beads. What I like to do is make the murrini that goes onto beads like Trey’s, rather than beads like Trey’s, cause I sure don’t want to steal his cool ideas.
What is murrini you ask? Well, let’s start [...]
May 19, 2009
Tags: glass bead, lampwork, murrini, trey cornette Posted in: bead, lampwork 3 Comments
