Molten Mayhem

What a week, and it's only Monday morning . . . .

Ever have that feeling some higher power is trying to tell you something?!?!? Ok, so this is how I'm doing so far . . . . it's 6:30 am, I'm dying to see how my newest bead efforts have turned out (new to me, but folks have been doing these for some time now) I figure I can just put a hoodie over my granny flannel nities, no one will see me, right? 

Dash across the yard to the studio grab my stash from the kiln and dash back into the house, only to remember it's garbage day and, YES, the truck is in front of my house . . . with a long line of cars behind it. Oh "Hello neighbors" so much for stealth!!!!

Pickle and straighten all the copper wires, and place into tumbler. After plenty of time tumbling I look for the strainer designated strictly to the stainless steel schot, I see it on the counter and it takes my feeble brain a minute to register what I'm seeing . . . . yep, they've been tumbling for half an hour without the schot!!! Ok, no biggie just a good thing no one knows about it. Add the schot and re-tumble . . . . . viola!!!

Bust out laughing, and get ready to use nylon tools to straighten . . . . no worries.

                                                                               But then!!!!

As I finish the center hole bail/bead headpin creation and was taking it into the the other room to take a picture, me in all my butterfingered glory catch it on the lip of the desk it goes flying out of my hands across the room and breaks (heavy sigh) I realize now I'll never be able to sell it so I prepare it for my "special" collection. Get out the 2 part epoxy and glue the leg back on it, now I normally do a bang up job gluing things back together, to the point that most people can't even tell . . . . you guessed it, not this time!!!!! As I said it's only Monday . . . . . 

not too bad from a distance, but I can see it like a beacon from here . . . . 

Gosh I'm so upset, nice close up of the break. That's all I see when I look at it . . . . 

Still pouting . . . . 

On that note folks, have a better week than my Monday morning. Does this count as being done for the week now only good things happen?????

Studio Time . . . finally!!!

The weather has been brutal, here. The A/C running all the time all the fans as well . . . and the humidity just kicking butt. I stopped trying to get some torch time in after the last time when  I got really dizzy and ill. Said  "no, it's not worth it", but I've been longing to resume beading. . . . so when yesterday came along I was glued out in the studio, I went out at 9:00am came in at 6:00pm I did break an hour for lunch. I loved it!!!! give me a week with days like that and I'll have a nice stash for Beadfest!!!

love the colors!!!

trying a new technique with my mushrooms . . .

 

Slaving Away . . . .

It's a good thing I have such a stern task master behind me . . . to remind me that BeadFest is only a few months away and that I need to have a decent amount of inventory!!! Well, she's right (don't let her know, it'll get to her head) so here I've been slaving for 3 days and this is all I came up with :( looks like I better put up a cot in the studio, lol!!!

 

Oh!!!! How could I forget to add this studio picture . . . . . my "lovebug" keeping me company!!!! 

Little Mushrooms

I'm finally getting it together and posting my little mushrooms in my etsy store, these were a blast to make. I think they are absolutely adorable, not even an inch tall. I'm very pleased at the way they came out. . . . I also made up some with the components already on them, just waiting for the camera to charge, lol.

No ambition today

I was out in the studio but forgot to bring my creativity with me . . . and I idly playing with the glass and ended up making these adorable teeni-tiny beads, the smallest is 7mm round!!!! I love them, and "yes" I'll be making more today. I did make more mushrooms also and will be listing them in my etsy shop soon.

Three Amigos

I was puttering in the studio the other day with no inspiration at all . . . and was just idly creating a blob of glass on the mandrill when I noticed this adorable little shape emerging! I was tickled at how cute they came out, the mushrooms themselves are barely an inch tall. I'm waiting for bails I ordered so I can post them on etsy. . . . .

Just out of the Kiln

Unfortunately it does not look like today will be a repeat of yesterday's weather. . . the 6 inches of snow we got on Saturday's is gone thanks to Monday's 24 hr rain deluge. So I took full advantage of the niche weather and went out back to get in some creative designs. . . . 

Getting ready for Beadfest

I know the Beadfest show isn't till August, and it's only January now. . . .but soon enough that gut wrenching feel will rear it's ugly head and I'll be screaming "NOOOOOO, I need more time"!!!! 

I am having Brian make me some stands that allow a boatload of beads on it, but I like to show off some single Focal beads scattered about on the table here's what I came up with. I've seen them in copper, but I use allot of copper and was hard put to use it all up on these so I bought Aluminum. . . . .

A Hard Day's work

Here's what took me 4 hours to make yesterday . . . dosen't seem like much, but they are pretty!!!