This salsa spiced outfit is infused with hot reds, ruffles, tassels and sparkling glass jewels. Ruffles, tassels and roses... the perfect start for a spicy evening of fun. You'll find the red glass rose necklace adds just the perfect sparkle to the salsa spiced outfit. White silk blouse 2. Red mini skirt 3. Red tassel [...]
Bead making pitfalls! Learn 5 ways to avoid them! My first ISGB bead making convention was a roller coaster ride of awe & amazement with a brain overload from the abundance of creativity there. Mix that with a heavy dose of envy of others' talents, peppered with a tinge of jealousy that they were so [...]
Are we Kindred spirits, connected on a deeper level? Do You have a Deep passion for flowers? I'm not talking 'Oh, that's pretty' response when you see a gorgeous flower. Instead, . It's as if you are in the presence of the holiness Dalai Lama! It feels like a form of spiritual worship that tingles [...]
I've been selling my glass art, myself, for 15 years. My friend thought I was crazy to give away a large percentage of my art's selling price to an art gallery. She doesn’t understand why I am willing to do that. Back in Georgia, for 10 years, I loved doing indoor bead shows each month. [...]
Here’s a FUN way to practice making your glass flowers from your Tutorial 103 & make something fabulous... "Fairy Gardens" Fairy gardens are so precious but finding unusual flowers befitting a mystical miniature garden is next to impossible. So I decided to make my own exotic flowers worthy of my fairy gardens and you can [...]
Has the weather been dreary for you, too? Colorful, bright flowers of glass always uplifts the spirits. All my flowers have died here… except the weeds, of course! They are happily thriving, thumbing their noses at me! They know I won’t come out in the cold and weed them! About this time of [...]
Do you revisit your lampwork dreams periodically? Do you feel a breath of fresh air from new ideas bubbling up inside of you? Or does 'overwhelmed & frustrated with lampworking' describe your feelings? For me, when I ventured into my studio after a lapse of time, I always have to clean up the tornado of mess [...]
Do you want to learn how not to overpay for the glass beads or jewelry you buy? Then you better know the differences between a “Production” & a “Fine Artisan” glass bead maker. "Yellow Victorian Posy" Glass Lampwork Bead Flower, Go to my SHOP! This can be tricky because the line is [...]
Lots going on here… a NEW Hydrangea tutorial in the works, a painting exhibition & a beginner's lampwork class! Christmas came and went in a blur here. Within the hustle and bustle of the Christmas and New Year's season, I managed to have a wonderful sale of my 3 first tutorials. I also finished Christmas [...]
MY Lampwork Beads Flower Journal I've been working for the last 2 weeks on NEW flowers. I started with silver lampworking glass and my Tutorial 103 flower. After about 8 flowers, tons of experimenting, bouncing off the walls of my creative limitation box, I finally broke through and emerged into a whole new and very [...]
