Wedding Bouquets + My Lampwork Bead Art It's amazing how life has a way of winding us down our path of opportunities. My niece, who is an editor of a wedding magazine, asked me years ago if I had any jewelry that would fit her magazine. At the time, I wasn't making a lot of [...]
Last Day Making Glass Lampwork Beads! I'm exhausted but today, Monday, was my last day of torching my glass lampwork art beads! I've been at my torch for weeks, building up my inventory for the Dallas Bead Fest Show. I wish everyone could see my stash!! I've made NEW flowers and colorful fish and even [...]
The Austin Bead Show has come and gone! It was a wonderful bead show and I had a great time making new friends! I was so happy with the terrific response I received from people about my glass art beads! Being able to touch, feel and choose their favorite art beads was quite exciting to [...]
EXCITING NEWS! I am doing my first bead show in 4 years this weekend! It's a little scary dipping my toes back into the bead show world. I hope to meet new friends that I've gotten to converse with over FB, Lampwork Etc. and my blog. It would be wonderful to put a face on [...]
It's been busy around here creating my glass lampwork video. I started it about 2 months ago. My goal was to get more information about lampworking to the general public. It seems nobody in Hallettsville knew what lampworking was and it got me to thinking.... I wonder how many people in general have never heard [...]
This past week has been stressful and I had to do EFT tapping everyday to keep myself afloat! My son's 13 year old cat stopped eating. We had to feed her with a syringe every few hours all last week. She died Tuesday, in my son's arms. She was his constant companion and it felt [...]
I played hooky Sunday and went dancing. People dance a lot in this part of Texas. We are learning how to polka and waltz. It is extreme exercise and I had trouble keeping up with couples on the dance floor who are over 80 years old! No kidding! I've been working on making a fish [...]
If you met me at a bead show, I'm sure you noticed I have a weakness for fibers. I was incorporating fiber into my necklaces way before it was popular. Thank goodness it's gotten easier to find. I used to search out yarn stores in whatever town I was doing a bead show at and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
