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more frogs coming this Wednesday, June 30th, thought I would be done by 2
pm, but as usual, I'm running late, and it will be more like 7-8 pm...
I just changed this site, and I couldn't believe that my last sale was in FEBRUARY? I mean, February seems like just a few weeks back, but I don't think the calendar agrees with my feelings. Anyway, new beads (and more frogs) today, June 29th.
The first bead is actually for sale, but more than that, it's a test to see how much time it takes to create a buy now button...
# 1 - The Mega Quark Egg
4 pictures are worth more than lots of words - the bead is 1 1/2 inches long, and the slightly yellow tint is only in the picture (yes, I tried the white balance thing...but this is the best I could do, and it's not really good, o well). $ 125
   
# 2 - Mega Quark Lentil
Usually encased designs don't look so good pressed, because the encased elements squish down and distort. The thick lentil makes it possible to create a flatter shape (which is usually more comfortable to wear, unless you have ample cleavage...) AND maintain the depth and the detail. The diameter of this focal is 1 1/8th inch, $ 85.
  
# 3 - A Quark in the hand is better than...
The last quark today, and this one is special because - I don't know, do we need a reason for things to be special? If so, we can always make one up that makes sense to US. A small bead, perfect to showcase on a short chain. 3/4 inch wide, $55
New Beads - Monday, 8th of February
The first 4 strand are all "Chadwick style" (small bracelet beads with a variety of raised stringer decoration) - if those are "not your thing", scroll right down, there are other beads below.....
# 1 - "Little Red Ridinghood"
Really cute strand of Chadwick beads, encased white with superfine metallic stringer decoration and tomato red (slightly different from the red hue in the picture) spacers,
7 beads, 9 spacers, 5 inch long strand, $ 70 (SOLD)
# 2 - More Princess Diaries
For someone who love a romantic look - the base beads are an apricot-pink, encased and decorated with gold stringer (the stringer lines are a little wider to make full use of the gold color....), 5 beads, 6 matching Czech crystals, 4 inch long strand, $ 55
# 3 - Encore at Cirque De Soleil
Need a little lift this February? This strand might do the trick - 7 slightly larger (12-13mm x 15-16mm) beads in super-vibrant purple dichroic with stringer in two blended shades of orange. 4 inch long, $ 75
# 4 - It's a fine line
I really love this strand - mostly because I am proud of the stringer control in this one. I had one inch left of this mysterious batch of "Intensive black", which turned metallic without any apparent reason. I used this last inch on "Litte red ridinghood" and this set, now I'm out and doubt I'll ever find more of it, so, it's a little special. Base is purple dichroic, 10 beads, cool black "effect" spacers, 6 inch long strand, $ 100 (SOLD)
# 5 - A Groundhog Odyssey
I always feel the need to explain about these beads, whenever I have a set for sale, which doesn't happen very frequently. They are called "Groundhog Beads" because when I first started with this design, I made nothing else for like 5 days in a row - and every day at the torch felt the same, in a GOOD way. But though it's the same kind of bead, I don't think I have ever made the same bead twice.
One of the "problems" I have with these beads is that although they are rather small (9-10mm wide), they are super time consuming to make, because the designs are created by carefully layering the colors, and each layer has to be melted flat before the next layer can be applied. Thus, a single bead can take up to 20-25 minutes....and from an "economic point of beadmakers view", they are a "waste of time". Still, the result is so much fun that about twice a year I DO waste that time, hoping that someone will appreciate the detail more than the size....
This particular strand has 19 beads (4 are less complex), it measures 7 inches, so you could just string these onto Stretch Magic and wear it as a bracelet just like that....$ 200 (SOLD)
# 6 - "Pinky Panther", aka Ghost of Pink Beads past
I just found this in my beadbox - can't even remember when I made it, but it's sweet and pretty - lots of quarky detail on a small scale. 15 mm x 20 mm, $ 20 ("have-no-idea-where-this-came-from-discount") (SOLD)
# 7 - Water-No-Lilies
This is a really lovely bead, with lavendar flowers floating over aqua with specs of green dichroic. Very "airy", if that's an expression that can be used for glass. 1 inch wide, $ 45 (SOLD)
# 8 - Sixty and into Pinks
This is one of the lentils I should in my little pile-up about the Custom Order with 60-Murrini for the 60s Birthday of a friend of a friend....blabla....
This 1 1/4 inch high and 1 inch thick encased pink lentil quark would typically be $ 75-85, but this one has a strange flaw that you can't SEE, you have to FEEL it. The clear encasing layer is slightly uneven....I think after spending about an hour putting all the stuff inside of the bead I Just spaced out when it came to flame polishing the surface. Sh....t happens, right? Still, this flaw is really not a big deal, (and IF you should buy it and decide that it bothers you, you always know that you can return it....)...... $ 40
 
# 9 - Pinkish Panther - Hidden 60
Really beautiful pink Quark with a 60 Murrini somewhere in there, slightly Oval shape, 1 1/8th inch tall (colors much prettier in person!)
$ 65 (SOLD)
 
# 10 - Peekaboo
Someone always watches over you, hope this bead will remind you of that. 1 1/4 inch dark silver plum bead with goldstone swirls (on both sides), $ 30 (SOLD)
# 11 - How does the water drain in Australia ?
Simply elegant - 1 1/8th inch Medallion, Palladium foil on black with silver plum spiral. $ 18 (SOLD)
# 12 - Highway to Heaven ONE
1 1/8 inch Medallion, black with Palladium foil, can be worn as a simple pendant on a short silver chain. (Backside is about 50 % Palladium foil. $ 20
# 13 - Highway to Heaven TWO
Same as above, but this one would look better as a pendant with the hole vertically. $ 20 (SOLD)
# 14 - From Paris with Love, ONE
If you are getting ready for springtime and love, this 1 1/8th inch medallion might get you in the mood. Backside has a touch of dichroic. $ 32
# 15 - From Paris with Love, TWO
1 1/8th inch medallion, $ 30
# 16 - From Paris with Love, THREE
1 1/8th inch medallion, partially etched, (again, my camera got a little overboard, the green is not THIS green), $ 30
# 17 - Tavern on the Green
WOW - I love this bead! If nobody wants it, I won't cry....I picked the title a) because it was the first thing on my mind when I held it in my hand. The "Tavern on the Green" was the very fist "fancy" restaurant I had a reservation in when I came to the States 14 years ago, and it's kind of said to see it disappear. Hopefully this bead will outlast any fancy restaurant you have ever been to - 1 1/2 inch diameter Medallion, $ 75
 
# 18 - Eureka
Does turning glass into Gold qualify as successful Alchemy? I sure hope so. In this case, the material cost (Double Helix Triton and Ether....$ 80/60 for a pound of GLASS) make it feel like you're turning gold into gold. Technically simple beads (wind, encase, press) but the resulting color and shine is amazing. This is more "look" than creativity and technique, but sometimes that's just okay. 5 medallions (1 1/8th inch), 6 1/2 inch long strand - this size bead works PERFECTLY for a bracelet, and 5 is the number you'll need for most wrist sizes....$ 125
# 19 - Fairy Wings, ONE
I was so enamored by the combination of Swirled Fossil Glass, random shapes of silver plum shards and silver plum stringer and dots to follow the lines of the "beadmakers Jasper" that I made over 15 beads in this design. Since nobody needs all that many beads for a project I sorted them into sets of five, perfect for bracelets and long and short necklaces. These beads will be great for any "waiting situation", because you can discover all kinds of things in the fossil base beads.
Each medallion is 1 1/8th inch in diameter, the strands are 6 inches long. $ 110
# 20 - Fairy Wings TWO
Same measurements, $ 110 (SOLD)
# 21 - Fairy Wings THREE
same as above, with really beautiful wing, $ 115
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY!
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Friday, October 9th 2009
I am really excited to "unveil" my new bead design, I have worked on these beads for almost two weeks now, and one of the reasons I made so many is because with each new bead I thought "Oh, I LOVE this one, I will have to keep this for myself, so I better make another one for sale...". Well, I DID keep one for myself, and I gave some to local friends, I have lot's left for you!
So, what's up with the eye and the hand? Of course, they are universal symbols for something - and I did some research and decided not to write at length what they are symbols for - because there are so many different versions, depending on religion or belief system, so, chose which one suits you best. If you're not into symbols to begin with, you can still just enjoy the design as such.
As you will see below, each eye looks exactly the same (kind of like a porcelain doll eye): an amber colored iris murrini on a white almond shaped "eyeball", framed with Goldstone "eye-liner". Eventually I will make murrini in different colors, with non-glitzy eye-liner, but for now I thought this design was just perfect. So, if you still have your eye pendant in 20 years from now, you might remember that it was made in the "golden phase" of Corina-vision. Or so.
Some more basics, so I don't have to repeat them for each pendant: The diameter of each flat orrb shaped bead is 3/4 inch. I turned them into ready-to-wear pendants using Sterling Silver head pins and oval jumprings. If you need a chain, I can include one (16 or 18 inch 1mm snake chain) for $ 5.00 extra.
The "base price" is $ 50, but some are a little more (either based on the type of glass used, like silvered glass, the addition of dichroic or just a complex design underneath). Some are a little less, if I thought the eye wasn't quite as perfect as I wanted it to be. I tend to be very critical about my work, so, if I find it's not "totally perfect", it will still be totally acceptable for someone else.
As for the names, I used what I call "0-Association", meaning, the FIRST thing that came into my mind when looking at the bead. So, no deep meaning, just that....
# 1 - Firestorm, $ 52 (SOLD)
 
# 2 - Open Water (one), $ 60 (SOLD)
 
# 3 - Creamy Dreams, $ 50 (SOLD)
(This is the style of bead that I kept for myself, I have two more, very similar, but not turned into a pendant, since I ran out of head pins. they would be $ 45 each)
 
# 4 - Garden Fairy, $ 60 (SOLD)
 
# 5 - Unafraid, $ 50 (SOLD)
 
# 6 - Flirty, $ 65 (pink quark base) (SOLD)
 
# 7 - Wispy Thoughts, $ 50 (SOLD)
 
# 8 - Fireworks, $ 58 (SOLD)
 
# 9 - Dune, $ 45 (SOLD)
 
# 10 - The Fire within, $ 60 (green gold shimmer) (SOLD)
(I have two more beads like this, I was so fascinated by the color/design of the base bead that I FORGOT to make the hand. Also, they are not turned into pendants, so they are $ 45 each)
 
# 11 - Sweet Dreams, $ 52 (etched lavendar) (SOLD)
 
# 12 - Snowflakes, $ 50 (SOLD)
 
# 13 - Cleopatra, $ 48
 
# 14 - Open Water Two, $ 60 (SOLD)
 
# 15 - Secret Trails, $ 50 (SOLD)
 
# 16 - Fire within (two), $ 60 (SOLD)
 
# 17 - Big Brother watches the Tidepool
2 inches long, $ 100 (can be turned into pendant upon request)
 
# 18 - Looking at Golden Pond
Bracelet set matching # 10 and # 16, $ 150
# 19 - Dancing with the Stars, tiny (!), the base bead is 11 mm high, $ 65 (SOLD)
 
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Monday, September 21st
# 1 - A long long summer
Shaded purple flowers with black stamen on a light aqua background, with hints of green dichroic, green vines and tiny white blossoms. At 2 ++ inches one of the biggest encased florals I have ever made, really beautiful. $ 95 (SOLD)
 
# 2 - Roundabout Gardendelight
The same design elements as the bicone above, but the larger flowers are on two different layers, which gives the bead even more depth. A perfectly shaped round bead, 1 inch in diameter, $ 75
  
# 3 - Stringing the Flowers along
For those of you who prefer bracelet beads (or a string of beads for a necklace), here is the same flower scheme on a much smaller scale, but with all the details seen above, including the dichroic and the stamen. One of the largest difference between these beads and earlier small encased flowers is an additional layer of clear between the vines and the blossoms, which allows me to poke them deeper and give more dimension. 6 beads and commercial glass spacers, each bead is about 1/2 inch wide (slightly higher), the entire strand measures 4 1/2 inches, $ 175 (SOLD)
# 4 - Pink Panther Attack
Oh, I had so much fun with these (thus I ended up with 2 sets) - these are a variation on my favorite "Quark theme"- all in pink, with very faint lines of black and white. It's much harder to come up with murrini and cane if you limit the colors you can use, but it's also a rewarding challenge. And of course to people who like pink, this is "All you can eat", so to speak. The beads in the first set are slightly smaller (1/2 inch in diameter), there are 5 beads in the set, paired with bright pink freshwater pearls, for a total length of 3 3/4 inches, $ 200 (SOLD)
# 5 - Pink Panther grand attack
Same comments as above, just slightly larger beads, and strung with different stuff (I love those swarovski crystal roundelles, they instantly add bunches of "value" to a set, as do the 6mm pink bicones). Are they still usable for a bracelet? Absolutely. The total length of this set is 4 1/2 inches, $ 210 (SOLD)
# 6 - Victorias Secret
A gigantic set of chadwick beads (slighly larger than earlier beads, 11-12 mm wide), and they should actually be called "Lezlie's Secret", because I used the little trick my friend Lezlie Winemaker shared with me, to add a different hue to the purple dichroic. The color doesn't show very well in this picture, it's purple/pink with a strong touch of gold. The strand of 11 beads plus etched black commercial spacers is 6 1/2 inches long, if you like to add "stuff" between your lampwork beads, you could probably get 2 bracelets or a bracelet and matching necklace out of these. $ 150 (SOLD)
# 7 - "Ode to Joy"
Here is the set I wrote about yesterday, so I don't have to say much, other than that I (again) strung these guys wrong (and I was looking at my printout of the notes when I put this strand together, maybe I am musically dislexic, because I did the same thing with the original set.) The original (lost) strand was $ 250, since I spent so much more time on this one I am asking $ 275 - and the package will go out with insurance!) Total lenght of the strand is perfect bracelet size: 6 1/2 inches, all you need is a clasp...(SOLD, to the ORIGINAL customer, love that!)
# 8 - Costa Rica Dreams
This is by far my favorite set of late, speaking of growing, I think I did a little bit of that. And I could write a blog twice as long as that I did yesterday about failure and perfection. You should see the pile of naturebooks and internet printouts scattered around my work bench, I even did some "schematic drawings" of butterfly wings. The whole thing took me 3 days (only a few hours of successful torching, the rest was planning and cursing), so when it came down to figuring out how much to charge for these beads, I realized that no amount of money would buy me something that I would enjoy half as much as these beads (maybe a ticket to Austin...but thank god, I can still afford that) - so, no wonder, I decided just to keep these beads for myself for the time being. And that made me feel really good, because I always hope that other people will love my beads enough to spend (sometimes a lot of) money for them, and how can I expect that from others if I wouldn't be willing to do so myself? So, I just because my biggest fan (sorry Linda!) - and I'm sure my dear friend Jaquie down-under would cheer me on with "good onyamate!"
# 9 - Trust me on this one
This might be a strange name for a bead - but as you can see, there is no picture, because I didn't manage to take one that would really show the bead. The base of the slightly ovalish focal (which is 3/4 inch long and wide) is clear, with lots of tiny air-bubbles. I made it as a test for using a "Pin-frog" (from Michaels, Floral section) to created bubbles. The pins aren't as close together as I would like, but I still got my bubbles. The surface is decorated with green vines and tiny (!) raised roses and f4-petal blossoms. The whole bead has a feel of "Dornroeschen" (the princess who fell asleep for 100 years, don't know the English name), very delicate and romantic. Sight unseen, $ 20 (SOLD)
Not everybody needs a bunch of beads to be creative with - the following beads have large holes that would fit Pandora or Troll of whatever else there is bracelets or necklaces, but of course, they could also be strung on silver chain, leather cord, or just treated like any other bead. IF you like the idea of an interchangeable flexible bracelet, but don't have one yet, I have a special offer:
A brandnew, authentic Pandora bracelet (8 inches), for $ 25.
The retail price for these is $ 50 (in stores and on-line), I got lucky and found a good deal, so I bought 10. YOU get a good deal, and I make a little extra money, so, I think everybody will be happy. Here is a picture of the bracelet, it comes with the "pandora clip clasp" - still wrapped and all. I have tested all the beads below, they fit perfectly.
# 10 - Pink Phantasy
4 Bright fuchsia millefiori on a green background with striped green vine. $ 25 (SOLD)
# 11 - Shimmering waterlilies
Abstract waterlilies on a background of Tritone, which has this really amazing mysterious mother-of-pearl blue shimmer. $ 20 each, or $ 50 for all three (saves and packing)...(3 SOLD)
# 12 - Jellyfish at 1000 fathoms
This is the big-hole version of one of my "classics" from PTF - I still love the look, although it all ends up to be much more difficult to make on the big mandrel...This one has a tiny CZ embedded - like a star in the sky. Stars at 1000 fathoms? The beauty of making beads, they don't have to make sense at all. Just dreaming... maybe this bead will remind you of that. $ 18.00 (SOLD)
# 13 - Green Dichroic
I couldn't come up with a better name for these, they just are what they are. I am totally addicted to dichroic (particularly the green, although there is nothing green in my wardrobe) - but this stuff just glows. Sometimes it's okay for a beadmaker to just let the glass speak, and we can shut up for a while. 2 matching beads (which of course could be used in earrings) for $ 25 (together) (SOLD)
# 14 - The lone Pink Panther
The last bead for today is the largest one of the beads I made while in the Pink Panther mood. The hole is larger than that of the bracelet beads, but not as large as the Pandora beads. I still have some sterling snake chain left (16 or 18 inches), so I will include one with this small focal. $ 50 (SOLD)
One more on the way - and lots of frogs!
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Monday, August 10th
I always wanted to make beads that could be worn by themselves on a short silver chain - so, that's what I have today. ALL beads shown below come WITH THE CHAIN included! The chains are either 16 inches long or 18 inches long, sterling silver snake chain with lobster clasp. Please let me know which one you want!
# 1 - "Tickled Pink"
4 pretty pink Italian Millefiori on green, encased in sparkling clear. 1/2 inch wide, $ 20 with chain.(SOLD)
# 2 - "Blooming Love
3 wispy flowers with pink stamen on a base of green with hints of green dichroic. 1/2 inch wide, $ 20 with chain.(SOLD)
# 3 - "Dainty Groundhog"
This bead would be a perfect accent for someone who likes things small and elegant. 9 mm wide, $ 15 with chain (SOLD).
# 4 - "Fairy Simplicity"
This bead is a lot prettier in person, the picture somehow didn't capture the golden-mother-of-pearl shimmer inside. Be pleasantly suprised - 11mm wide, gently barrel-shaped, $ 13 with chain(SOLD) .
# 5 - "Golden Kompass"
This bead kind of named itself, no idea why. Really beautiful shimmer. 9mm wide, $ 15(SOLD)
# 6 - "Eco Quark"
Why eco? Because of the beautiful green millefiori. I have tons of bags with milli-assortment, but so far I have only found TWO of this particular color and design. So, if you get this, you've got something really rare - for what that's worth. A little over 1/2 inch wide, $ 50 with chain (SOLD)
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Monday, July 20th
# 1 - The Aquarium is no inspiration
A flat focal of my popular "Dead Fish Society", 55mm long and 21 mm wide, the rest you can see in the picture...$ 45 (SOLD)
 
# 2 - Oups, I stepped on the turtle
This one was definitely a "blooper" (blurper?), I meant to just flatten the initial bicone with the bead-squeeze, but I didn't realize that I had a lentil press in my hand for the top-part. At this point I had already spent 40 minutes on this bead and I had no intention to give up, especially since I was already in love with the little turtle. So, I covered the center indentation by putting a juicy starfish on top. Kind of cool. Still, since it's not a bead that was meant to look this way, it's only 50% of what I would have charged regularly. 2 1/4 long, skinny, $ 25 (SOLD)
 
# 3 - Mini-Quark Bonanza
I made a set of bracelet quarks for my Oregonian friend Sherri (who bought one of my very first big quark focals, and always wanted a matching bracelet). Every bead I made always seemed a bit too big for her tiny wrist, so, like eating candy, I made another one. And another one. So, obviously I ended up with "quarks to spare" - and here they are. I am basically selling one quark at a time (for $ 45), but if someone wants them all, I would also sell them as a set (for $ 250, which is a $ 20 discount)....each bead could be worn as a small pendant - they certainly stand "on their own". The average size is slightly wider than 1/2 inch and a little higher. I added a picture of the strand on top of my wrist to give you an idea how they might work as a bracelet. (SOLD)
# 4 - Quark Barrel
This bead I kind of made for myself, I was looking for something I could wear as a short necklace all the time. So, I came up with this barrel with a fairly large hole to string over a silver chain - only to discover that I didn't have any silver chain. I browsed on ebay, and ended up ordering a "bulk" of 16 and 18 inch Sterling Chains for a ridiculously low price - from China. From previous experience with ordering stuff directly from China, it's going to take at least 3 weeks for them to get here - and I can make another bead for myself in that time.... So, someone else who already has a chain hopefully will enjoy this cool bead, which is 15mm wide (meaning, for the life of me I couldn't tell you how many 100s of a part of an inch that is) and 3/4 inch high. $ 55 (SOLD)
  
# 5 - Sheri's Find
This is a "classic" style for my bracelet beads, mixed up with some super-matching Chadwick beads - once in a while Sheri looks through my bead boxes and finds things that I had totally forgotten about - either I wanted to keep them for myself, or they sold and nobody ever claimed them - and Sheri has a knack of putting strands together, better then me, I kid you not. This set is really cute, TINY beads (way less then 1/2 inch high), bright fuchsia and greeeeeeeeeeen with calming black, 16 beads for $ 100 (SOLD)
That's all I have today, hope you enjoyed looking! oh, and a couple of frogs on the frog page!
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Monday, Juy 13th
Today I have about 5 or 6 sets/beads and some frogs, I announced these for 6 pm, and I don't think I have EVER been able to make it on time, but I am starting to add them now, at 5:15, so if you come her at 6 there will be at least SOMETHING to look at.
# 1 - "A Capella"
Black and white has always been my favorite (non-) color combination to work with, there are no fancy glass effects or other tricks, b&w probably shows "pure beadmaking skill" more than anything else. I was planning on making 2 or 3 small sets, but after I lined them all up I couldn't get myself to break them apart, so, I will go something I rarely do: I offer one really big and expensive set. There should be enough beads for at least two (or three) bracelets and one earring pair. There are 24 beads, the total length of the strand is 12 inches, $ 275 (SOLD)
# 2 - "Cirque de Soleil" Chadwick Beads
I never get tired of coming up with new color combinations for my long-running "Chadwick Bead" series. The base is dichroic in a stunning fuchsia color (created with a little trick I learned from my friend Leslie Winemaker from Canada), and the stringer decoration and dots are a bright orange. I actually spent 1 entire hour pulling stringer in orange to find the color I wanted. I found 11 (!) different shades of orange on my glass shelves, and orange is one of those colors that don't necessarily look the same in stringers as they do in rod form.
Anyway, the result is super bright and cheerful, perfect for a bracelet that will "pick you up" when your day isn't going all that well. 8 beads and 9 spacers, 5 inch long strand, $ 100(SOLD).
# 3 - "Fairies Fortune"
Once in a while I go to one of the many Indian Casinos in the area, and my favorite 1-cent slot machine is the "Fairies Fortune". I actually usually win a little bit on this machine - one of the figures on screen is a frog with a horn - and the overall color scheme of the wheels is green and gold. I should make myself a bracelet with this kind of bead and see whether it's a good luck charm. Even if you don't gamble, I promise that these beads will remind you of a treasure hard to find. The base beads are green-gold, and the stringer decoration is gold. One reason there are mostly linear designs and no dot designs is that DH Aurae just doesn't look at that good in "many-dot-designs". This might be one of my favorite Chadwick bead color-combinations. You'll see why when you hold them in person. 9 beads and commercial matt gold spacers, 5 inches long, $ 110.(SOLD)
# 4 - Fairies Fortune Mini-lentils
The beads in this set really show off the amazing "glow" of the gold green color (which is not really a specific "glass", it's a trick), and sometimes less is more as far as design is concerned. These 1/2 inch/diameter lentils are just encased, that's it - and more would be in the way. There are 10 beads in the strand which should be plenty for some fancy design, strung with brass nuggets, 6 inch long strand, $ 75 (SOLD)
# 5 - "A River Wild" pendulum
A golden band winding around a base of shimmering blue - I turned it into a pendulum with a silver chain, but I think it would also look gorgeous as a pendant. Over 1 1/2 inch long, $ 50 (SOLD)
# 6 - Giant Quark Medallion
Pressing something that is encased is always a surprise - you never quite know what will look how, and sometimes you wish you had just left it the way it was. This one I like a lot - lots of bright colors on a base of purple, with pink and green snippets of dichroic. This is the first time I used my gigantic Orrb mold - and I REALLY like this shape, it's hard not just wanting to fondle it. The bead is 1 1/2 inch in diameter and 3/4 inch thick, way cool! $ 125 (SOLD)
 
# 7 - "Pink Panther"
I am really fond of this little set, because I wasn't all that fond of the beads (which I made about a year ago and I always planned to make more for a larger set) I played a lot with them, I etched them for that "velvet-smooth" look, and then when I added the bright pink freshwater pearls it all came together, and the silver tassel was just the proverbial "icing on the cake". This set of 5 squeezed black and white beads plus one little round will make the perfect bracelet! The strand without tassel measures 5 1/2 inches, $ 80 (SOLD)
more beads next Monday...thanks for looking
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Coming today, Easter Sunday 2009: a huge variety of 1-inch lentil shaped "focalinis".
I am going to add all the pictures and names first, and then I'll add some short descriptions and prices.
The first picture shows what I consider the FRONT of the bead, the second one shows the back. Again, each bead is 1 inch in diameter, so the pictures are enlarged to show detail.
# 1 - A feather in your cap
A rare batch of intense black (yes, hard to believe, it turned into metallic shades) on black, with a silver lined dot, $ 32 (SOLD)
 
# 2 - Something star-fishy
no comment necessary, $ 40 (SOLD)
 
# 3 - Fire Lily
Fuchsia lily on sparkling green, not as orange as in the picture, $ 32 (SOLD)
 
# 4 - Summer Whirlwind
Dramatic modern designs in cheerful green $ 40 (SOLD)
 
# 5 - Wee Warrior
Ready to take on the world? This little fellow announces your attitude. $ 38 (SOLD)
# 6 - Ready to jump
If you like the positive spirit of the "frog" as a symbol for good luck and prosperity in many cultures, you will enjoy wearing this little guy. $ 40 (SOLD)
 
# 7 - Felkner Shibori
A classic "effect" discovered by Donna Felkner, simple but stunning. $ 25 (SOLD)
 
# 8 - Cleopatra
Captures the beauty of DH Aura and chrystal clear, golden glow inside and out. $ 32 (SOLD)
 
# 9 - Belly dancer
One of my personal favorite bracelets was made in this design, with goldstone accent stripes and light brown wings that magnify the underlying design. $ 35 (SOLD)
 
# 10 - Spring Messengers
Sweet lavender flowers on a sprinkled green base with inclusions of glowing dichroic. $ 30 (SOLD)
 
# 11 - Tidepool Tragedy
Another "classic", lots of detail on a small scale. Whoever is eating those poor fish? $ 40 (SOLD)
 
# 12 - Butchard Garden
I never get tired of this design - hopefully you won't either. $ 33 (SOLD)
 
# 13 - King of the Pond
Just spectacular colors, one of those "almost want to keep this one"...well, I can always make another one for me, RIGHT?! $ 50 (SOLD)
  
# 14 - King Tut
Raked lines in Psyche on Black, fun. $ 28 (SOLD)
 
# 15 - Who stepped on the quark?
It's always difficult to smash 3-dimensional encased designs, so I was a little worried that I would "destroy" all the time and attention put into this bead, but luckily, it worked, and it was well worth the effort. $ 45 (SOLD)
 
# 16 - Batique
A unique effect based on the interaction between silver blue and copper green, with an "earthy" feel. $ 25 (SOLD)
# 17 - Sunny Delight
Another "modern" design in bright colors, like a miniature painting you can wear. $ 40 (SOLD)
# 18 - Northern Lights
For those who like the "cool", more organic look, but with the depth of an encased bead. Tritone, encased in light lavender, to add an extra color-dimension...(In a rut in your own beadmaking? Try and change just ONE element of your favorite design...) $ 35 (SOLD)
 
# 19 - Peacock Trails
This bead is a little smaller than the other ones, palladium leaf on black, which creates that fascinating peacock glow. $ 20 (SOLD)
 
# 20 - Mary Poppin's Hat
I think it's time for spring to finally to get here, because my beads are starting to grow flowers...not my garden. $30 (SOLD)
 
# 21 - Space Odyssey
Mysterious things going on inside this bead, you almost have to see this in person. Beautiful. $ 35 (SOLD)
 
# 22 - Derwish in Bronze
Dark silver plum swirls on black, simple but elegant. "Office-wear". $ 28 (SOLD)
 
# 23 - Flood in the Flowerbed
Another one of those encased designs that has limited "smashability", but again, it worked. Purple/lavender flowers on a moss green background, inspiration taken from our yard, after 2 days of solid rain. They call that EASTER? $ 32 (SOLD)
 
# 24 - Raven Wings
Another bead with that "secret" bizarre intense black, nice contrast between the feminine swirls and the graphic lines. $ 30 (SOLD)
 
# 25 - Ammonite
just simple, because I think there are people who like that. like me. Sometimes. $ 15 (SOLD)
 
# 26 - Food for thought
Nothing simple about this bead, I spent a lot of time thinking about an appropriate name. Then I had dinner. Food for thought. $ 40 (SOLD)
 
# 27 - Basic Beauty
I always have fun with black and white, this time, the colors were calling me louder, so there is only one. $ 22 (SOLD)
 
# 28 - Margarita on the rocks
This is a "quirk" style beads with lots of green/teal dichroic in the core and semi-raised decoration on one side only. Very "fresh"looking, $ 32 (SOLD)
# 29 - Bruno Turtle-taub
This fun fossil type bead is named after one of the characters in "Sex and the City". I know that his name was not Bruno, but can't think of it. Any idea? $ 38 (SOLD)
 
# 30 - Somewhere in the Universe
This bead is based on the gorgeous "Barley" effect between cobalt, rubino and silver. With a few added touches for interest. Definitely out of this world. $ 35 (SOLD)
 
if you would like to order a matching bracelet set for any of the above focalinis, email me, and you might catch me in the right mood....
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Tuesday, April 8th,
(Sorry for the delay, I'm having some internet connection problems tonight). Just in time before Easter, 3 little "theme-beads" you might enjoy. Since there is not much time for them to travel in be there before Sunday, each one will be shipped Priority Mail - which is included in the price. Happy Easter!
# 1 - The truth about the Easter-bunny
Of course - we all know that there IS no such thing as an Easter bunny, what we have been admiring for centuries is actually a frog in costume. The truth is finally revealed!
I make only one of these every year, so, you might look at him as a "collectible", 1 inch tall, measured from the bottom of the lily bead to the tip of his sturdy ears, the base bead is 1/2 inch high, $ 50 (SOLD)
  
# 2 - "I am so tired of having people looking for my eggs!"
I love this little fellow - when I took him out of the kiln I immediately thought "gee, he looks miffed" - and what could the Easter Bunny be miffed about?
1 1/4 inch high (including the ears, it sounds much bigger, he is a dainty fellow), $ 35 (SOLD)
  
# 3 - Loren-wanna-be-bunny
I was somewhat aiming for that famous Loren Stump "Ojime-mouse" look. Of course, this is light-eggs away from Loren's genius, but it's adorable in it's own way. 1/2 inch high, $ 35 (SOLD)
 
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Sunday, March 22nd
Sorry it took me so long to get these up, who would have thought fish-tanks were that much work... and then I don't have all that many beads either - I am getting back to the torch tomorrow, and will stay away from anything that has to do with fish-beads for a few days. Anyway, here is what I have for now:
# 1 - The princess diaries
A small, "Chadwick-style" set of Aura over encased Aura, really feminine and elegant looking, I don't know whether anybody uses gold findings for making bracelets - these sure would look excellent with gold. 6 beads with matt-gold colored glass spacers, 3 1/2 inch long strand, $ 50 (SOLD)
# 2 - The Crown Jewels
A matching focal for the "Princess Diaries" - I had a little trouble with the lighting, the bead is much more translucent then it appears in the picture. The color is much more similar to the smaller beads above. The bead is 1 1/4 inch tall and slightly slimmer, $ 35 (SOLD)
 
# 3 - Spring is in the air (aka: Wishful Thinking)
I don't think I have listed a strand this big since my ebay-days, since I usually try to offer smaller, more affordable strands, but somehow I couldn't bring myself to split these beads up. It was almost like thinking about separating a family or something like that. I know, sounds like a stupid thing to say about beads, but then again, when you spend a lot of time making them, they almost feel like "kids".... So, there are 18 kids in this family, including a frog, with lots of new "petal" designs that take forever to make but are well worth the effort. 7 1/2 inches long strand in fuchsia, pink and green, $ 200 (SOLD)
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