Seeds

On Etsy...

...and gone.

Beads

I haven't shown any beads for quite some time---I'd been at burn-out and didn't want to devote blog time to something that was taking more time from my life than I wanted to give....But now the show is over, and the trunk show is on it's way home, and I can breathe again.

beads

Year of the disc

Beads

Glass

My glass order arrived yesterday, but I didn't unpack it---pulled it out today and almost threw away the enamel....good thing it was in a bag, too, the little plastic container is broken. As well as it was packed, I kind of suspect it was packed broken.
It's always nice to get new glass, even if it isn't new...there's just something about the possibilities. I did try Moretti clear again, we'll see how it works. I haven't used it since about 97, except for a base and things that are etched anyway. Well, with the exception of that little bit I found from when I first ordered glass. The clear was not too bad back then, but then it seemed like it really got crummy for a while. Having been through Czech, Murano, Lauscha, TAG, and lately DH, I decided to try this again, just for giggles.

I spent the last couple of hours digging through the black box, looking for pics of Cocoa as a baby, but got sidetracked with old bead pics. Funny, some of them are pretty good, and on some I really wondered what I was thinking!

New beads

Mirrors

I got so sidetracked yesterday that I never came back with pictures like I'd intended. I had picked up several mirrors for photography before LAST Tucson, then promptly lost them. Not that I like to admit to being so disorganized, but I might take after my mom just a little on that one. If she put something in a safe place, you knew you would never see it again. So THIS year, I happened to sweep under the bed in the guest bedroom, and there they were. I pulled them out and took them to Tucson for display--which was fortunate because Burgard had a brand new ring that just happened to fit my flowers and just happened to look fabulous on a mirror!

So, yesterday I finally dusted them off and took my photos on them. I didn't know there was so much dust in the world, let alone on my little mirror!! I've for now settled on an alchohol wipe between pics and banishing the cats from the room.