Many jewelry designers purchase my glass lampwork beads and I always wonder what becomes of my babies. I thought it would be great fun to have some posts highlighting inspirational jewelry that my glass beads have been incorporated into and their designers. Debbie Fang is honoring me on being the first of these jewelry designer [...]
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 [...]
It's Spring time here in my part of Texas and my orchids are blooming! This beauty I bought at Walmart last year around Mother's Day. The bloom is wonderfully speckled, with each bloom having a different variation of purple speckles. Isn't it sumptuous? Even the buds have speckles! Biggest No No that kills Phalaenopsis is [...]
This week we are going to talk about my FAVORITE 2011 jewelry trend-Vintage & Retro. This trend seems to me to be a splitting off from the Steampunk trend. It has all the characteristics of Victorian era jewelry without the alternate futuristic reality theme of Steampunk. Continuing, though, is the era's steam engine influences, reflected [...]
I wanted to share with you 3 ways how I incorporated some of the elements I blogged about last week into my jewelry. 1. I saw a lot of chains in the 2011 jewelry trends and I really liked the look so I included chains where ever I could in my jewelry. I achieved 2 [...]
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 [...]
Celebrating Valentine's Day with Roses This gorgeous glass lampwork bead has 3 luscious pink roses that are gathered by glass pink and red ribbons. A yummy red heart is the wonderful background to accent these pink roses. Red roses have always expressed a passionate, romantic love while pink roses denotes attributes of desire, passion, joy [...]
I AM SOO EXCITED for you! Why? Beading Times online magazine opened a door for me. It was a fabulous opportunity for me to share wonderful photos, behind the curtain secrets and connect with you in a very intimate way! I hope EVERYONE can buzz over to the link and read it! Beading Times I [...]
This lovely sculptural Periwinkle Blue Iris is made out of glass using lampwork techniques! Amazing, right? How do I do it? I take molten glass and manipulate the glass while it is hot into petals. This is a perfectly timed dance of being in and out of the flame. Too much time in the [...]
Cheerful Christmas Hibiscus has secrets to tell! Hibiscus cheerfully exclaim how fantastic it is to live in the Tropics. Life always seems to be in celebration with hot, bright colors, cool breezes and the sounds of frothy waves happily slapping the shore. Wearing a piece of this scene instantly entices you to partake of this [...]
