Just the right outfit for that Saturday when the air is crisp, the sun is glowing and life is perfect. You'll love wearing my wire weaved rose with rosebuds glass necklace. Light & airy, it brings just the right touch of Spring to this fun outfit!
Rose bud Lampwork Beads Everywhere! Can you find them???? A friend of mine, Tammy Scott, emailed me pics of her latest art collage creation 'Spectra'... Isn't this beautiful? She will be teaching a class in September on how to create this amazing piece of artwork !! Email her for details....Scott Tammy <tscott@san.org> The [...]
WOW! Can you believe it's already July? I hope everyone had a sparkling 4th of July! We went to Shiner, Texas and watch an amazing display of fireworks sponsored by Shiner Beer. After that we went dancing! The city of Shiner has a festival that day and it ends with a street dance under the [...]
Hi, First, I want to express a heartfelt 'Thank You' for all the kind and thoughtful comments I got on last week's lampworking tutorial questions. As I work on Tutorial 103, I'll keep your ideas in mind. I wish there was a way to have more personal contact and interaction with the tutorials... I would [...]
Romantic hearts with roses immortalized in glass, a rose giveaway, plus Flower inspiration...WOW! I plan to start creating my 3rd lampworking bead tutorial in June This 3rd tutorial will center on Sculptural flowers. I will be focusing on three beautiful, 3 to 4 petal flowers in this tutorial that will be perfect for creating a [...]
I've made May's Rose Lampwork Giveaway Bead! It was at the end of my exploring roses. But, let's start at the beginning and I'll share with you how I got to May's Giveaway Bead. I started my lampworking journey with one of my favorite roses in my garden. My 1st Lampwork Rose Was Inspired by [...]
May is here and it's time for a new Flower of the month! This flower is blooming in my gardens right now. It has many faces, comes in many colors and is the Birthday flower for the month of June. It's the sign of love for many cultures and we especially like giving them in [...]
One of the most asked questions when I did bead shows was "How did I create that", pointing to a bead. So I am thinking... "What a great blog post"! I sat for 30 minutes and thought about the answer and realized that I'm not consciously aware of how I create. It's kind of like [...]
I love being an artist! I see the world in bursts of vivid colors, flashes of unbelievable beauty and moments of inexpressible perfection so wonderful that sometimes I feel my heart will explode! It makes me strange acting on occasions, especially if I'm standing next to my cool, collected, reserve husband. But, no matter, my [...]
My first dilemma Expressing my personality with my new venture into jewelry making. Sounds obvious but I had a little difficulty deciding what kind of jewelry I wanted to make. I haven't made any in 5 years and things have changed. Silver is sky high!! Has anyone noticed? A lot of jewelry makers on Etsy [...]
