Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Twisted (but in a good way)
My larger tube beads arrived and I am pretty pleased with the results! There was a little bit of a reaction between the yellow and the blue on the multicolored bead, but otherwise, they are bright and fairly uniform. Yay!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
All Fired Up!
I am so excited!
Two years ago, my boyfriend bought me an amazing gift- a glass bead kit. I gave him a list of things I would like for Christmas and where they could be found, etc. and that was one of the items. I was SUPER excited when I opened it. He is a little craft oblivious, so he was a little surprised to find out it had a blow torch in it. Yes. You read that right. I was pregnant at the time, so I didn't dig right in. Come the following Spring after my son was born, I decided I wanted a little guidance before I tried it. So I added classes to my wish list the following year. My mom found a great class for me to take where I could learn safety and technique. Here we are, almost a year later and I found the time to take the class. Thanks to two very generous gifts from two people I love, I have a new favorite art form!
My teacher, Diane http://www.dkdesigns.biz was so helpful and informative. She has a lot of experience and it showed. Under her tutelage, I was able to make some really great beads:
Two years ago, my boyfriend bought me an amazing gift- a glass bead kit. I gave him a list of things I would like for Christmas and where they could be found, etc. and that was one of the items. I was SUPER excited when I opened it. He is a little craft oblivious, so he was a little surprised to find out it had a blow torch in it. Yes. You read that right. I was pregnant at the time, so I didn't dig right in. Come the following Spring after my son was born, I decided I wanted a little guidance before I tried it. So I added classes to my wish list the following year. My mom found a great class for me to take where I could learn safety and technique. Here we are, almost a year later and I found the time to take the class. Thanks to two very generous gifts from two people I love, I have a new favorite art form!
My teacher, Diane http://www.dkdesigns.biz was so helpful and informative. She has a lot of experience and it showed. Under her tutelage, I was able to make some really great beads:
The first few were a little tricky, but in the end, I had some nice matched pairs that I was happy with. We also made some larger beads that I will post another day. They needed to anneal (see how I used my fancy glass art term there?) for strength.
Since I have my own torch and supplies, I hope to have more examples to show you soon!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
New Friends
I haven't made anything for the Pumpkin Monkey lately (bad mommy). So I decided to fix that. As I have mentioned before, his room has a forest theme with lots of woodland animals. Here are the latest forest friends:
Monday, September 19, 2011
That Time of Year
Do you feel the chill in the air? We finally have a break in the exeedingly hot weather in Georgia. I walked outside last week and I didn't have my breath taken away by the wall of heat. Instead, it was... comfortable!
When the weather changes, I know all those great holiday things are right around the corner. The first of which is Halloween! Check out the lastest of the creepy crawly Fear Things collection:
When the weather changes, I know all those great holiday things are right around the corner. The first of which is Halloween! Check out the lastest of the creepy crawly Fear Things collection:
Granted, these might create some all-together different chills, but fun all the same!
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