Went to a wonderful glass gallery.

My daughter and I went to a wonderful glass gallery in Dallas called Kitrell-Rifkin. It was near the Galleria shopping center. Large and a huge display of some of the most amazing glass art I have ever seen! Blown glass, fused glass and stained glass. They have drawers and drawers of fantastic jewelry made by local artists. Then we went back to the workshop. It was really nice and the girl working there was so sweet. We bought some rods of Moretti and she made sure to point out all the new colors! People, glass is my addiction, lol! She gave us the class schedule and I am so excited, they have fusing glasses! My daughter and I had just gone to a bead show that morning to visit my bead friend Donna at her booth. Her fused pendants just pop with color! Ryan kept saying "I have got to learn to do that!". Now is our chance. Maybe soon you'll see some fused beads on my website, maybe even some from Ryan. We're taking the fused plate glass so I'll post pics when we are done.

Happy Beading!

Patricia

Not quite up to speed yet.

I'm tired of being sick and I'm sure you're tired of hearing me complain about it. I have new glasses to try this weekend. I've got some new Double Helix Psyche! What a cool glass! Beautiful rainbow colors. Transparent swirly blue and purple rainbows. I hope to have a set of those up this weekend on Ebay. I also have some more silver blue from recycledartglass.com! I also got some of their (not so cheap) silver clear. I am anxious to see what that does. Maybe I can get it to reduce to metallic now that my bead friend Donna (Dancing Light Jewelry) has given me some great reducing tips! The people I have met since joining Grapevine Beadmakers are just the best bunch of people. I have learned so much from them. We have a new group Ebay auction up. Please check it out. It is under cgbeads. Don't forget I still have beads up on Etsy (CalamitysClan) and my website.

Have a great weekend!

Patricia

New focals on my website!

I'm finally among the living, I think. I have several new sets on Ebay including a new, very cool, set called Recycled Glass Art. There is a group on http://www.recycledartglass.com/ that take old glass pieces and recycle them into usable glass called frit. So I took recycled Silver Blue frit and lots of fine silver foil and added those to a base of Moretti Copper Green. Reducing allowed the silver in the frit to really pop. I love the effect and I really like the idea of recycling old glass into new pieces of art. I have a few coldworked focals on http://www.beadartists.org/ and some sets still up on etsy. I am so exciting to have moved up the ranks in the top 100 of http://www.beadartists.org/. I am number 66 today!

The other exciting thing that I have done is get some beads actually for sale on my website! Ta da! OK it's only a couple focals but I'm excited. Rather than let a stash build up for an orphan sale I am offering focals for $10.00! Focals plus two spacers $15.00! As a jewelry maker I think I would be excited not to have to buy big expensive bead sets. Lots of different focals for lots of different pieces.

Still down.

Hope everyone is feeling better than I am today.

Back from the dead...

Or so it feels. I have been sick for the past two weeks. Asthma they are saying but this has been bad. Just got back to my 9 to 5 job today. And if I'm home sick and still too sick to make beads then I am REALLY sick, lol. I don't have any new things up on Ebay but I did want to give you a link for the Grapevine Beadmakers auction on Ebay. They found my beads btw! So glad they were not taken. Here's the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=120155615947&Category=34070 . There are some really beautiful beads here by some really great artists! Check them out! I still have some beads on Etsy.com and several coldworked beads in the BeadArtists.org market place. Look under focals. I am working on some new pendants for Vetro Glass Gallery in downtown Grapevine. Grapevine is having their biggest festival of the year the weekend of September 15th. Lots of food, wine and great art. Vetro is enclosed in the festival area so go by if you get a chance. They have glass blowing demos all weekend. What kid doesn't love to watch glass blowing?

New items up on Etsy

Check out Sacred Art Beads on http://www.etsy.com/. I have a couple small items I just put up. A really cool focal I found in my stash. Artsy design on a transparent red base. I made a couple of matching red spacers to make this mini focal set. A steal at $15.00. I also put up a small floral button set. OK. I admit it. I don't like making florals but this little set turned out nice. Turquoise flowers on a shiny black based button. Six good sized buttons in this set. Check them out!

It looks like the heavily populated areas of Mexico have been spared from the hurricane. Hope their luck continues.

On a really weird note. I belong to a local bead group. Great and supportive people. I am just getting to know them and enjoy every meeting I can get to. We have a group auction on Ebay going up every month to help raise money for the group. There are some really great beadmakers here including Donna Felkner. She lists her beads under cgbeads so be sure to check out her auctions and the auctions listed under her ID for the group. The weird thing is my donation for the group disappeared. I hope they just fell behind something and show up soon. If you happen to see five saphire blue pillows with lots of silver and yellow dots, they are mine!

My focals on www.beadartists.org have been classified in the focals section of the marketplace. These are very cool cold-worked beads so check them out!

See ya guys!

Patricia

Back in the nick of time!

I'm came back from my cruise just days before Hurricane Dean hit the Yucatan penninsula! We visited Cozumel and Progresso Yucatan and the weather was pretty nice. It looks like the storm is going to wind down a little before hitting the resorts. I hope they don't get too much damage. Cancun is just getting back from the last hurricane that nearly wiped them out. Those poor people. I feel for the people boarding the ship as we were getting off. I saw a wedding party board. I wonder where they were diverted to? Maybe Florida.

Anyway, bead talk. I have a couple new auctions on Ebay. One set of really nice Terra frit on Berry is up. I got carried away making spacers so it's a pretty large set. The other is a really pretty silvered set with Berry on a black base. No bids on that yet but lots of people watching. I also have a Terra leaf focal up complete with matching hand painted silk cord. Take a look!

Also, new for me, a new BeadArtists.org marketplace for me! I have four really cool cold-worked beads. You might have a little trouble finding them because they show up uncategorized even though I listed them under focals. Got to get that fixed.

Mandrels are back up too!

Happy beading!

Patricia