More work posted

The sale is going well, although I must admit that I didn't dare wish for it to go as well as it did for fear of jinx-ing myself. So I've listed more work, otherwise the whole having a sale portion won't work if there isn't anything in the shop!
Picmonkey saved the day in helping me put these collages together quickly, how convenient- and most likely will become a new trend.

New Listings Up Soon

These will all be going up on Etsy soon, once my customer decides which ones she wants for her order. Lots of lovely colors, all hollow.

2012 Pismo Bead Invitational

Something I've been working on to send to the Pismo Fine Art Glass Gallery in Denver, Co for the 2012 Bead Invitational.

Lawdy, but I've been procrastinating- have you seen some of the amazing work at this gallery?! I finally just bit the bullet and decided to send in what I was going to in the first place. I did decide to fire some more Bronzclay beadcaps since I was running low and got some great colors on a few of them. So here's to pulling up my bootstraps and hoping for the best.

Still getting used to this new blog setup, the picture loading is much easier- thankfully. This trio just went up on Etsy.

The colors are perfect for fall, the biggest bead is my favorite, much prettier in person!

Shop Update

Some quick pics of work that will going up this week on Etsy. Starting to get in gear for BABE! 2011 in Oakland, CA on Nov. 12-13th. Can't believe it's almost been a year since the last show, time has certainly been fleeting.

 This set is something I tried to re-do from a previous sale after having some requests..the only difficulty with this is that this style is obviously organic and free form which makes it hard to truly replicate, especially when there's fuming involved. We'll see if it goes over well on Etsy. AND I even left them shiny!

Aaannnd They're Up!

Going up today on Etsy: Apologies for the somewhat blurry photos, I really need to figure out the settings on hubby's little Nikon..or figure out which camera I need for the business.

Tumble Etching Beads

My Mr. is home for some R&R, so this will be a quick post :)
My first try w/ tumble etching was a big FAIL- never use the Harbor Freight grit sampler to etch beads. I ruined a whole bunch of hollow focals, maybe they can be saved when I get my sandblasting set-up ready to use. The two beads below are a few that etched well in around 8-10 hrs. The hollow fumed focals still have very tiny shiny spots from the crackling of fuming, I assume. The ribbed beads didn't tumble etch well since the valleys stayed shiny while the ribs etched well. They are on deck for sandblasting. I'll try and get some pics up for the visual peeps among us.