Another Weekend of Kitties

More kitties!! I guess I should come up with a different style. Not that I don’t like making these but maybe I should try some different shapes. These work out well for the keychains though and I still need to make more of them so this is not the last of them.

I took this picture to show the whole key chain so the kitties don’t show their best side.

A couple more. The right one look like it a carnival kitty. It’s so colorful.

I also tried playing with silver glass again. I should just give it up. I just don’t have the knack for it.

The picture is pretty crappy too. The left bead has a clear base with Terranova 2.1 over it. It’s not that colorful in person. The middle bead is a clear base encased thinly with Psyche. It didn’t look that good so I roughly lined on some of the new Bella Donna glass – Moody blue on top. The last bead is a clear base with Terranova and another glass that I can’t remember. It’s really dark and almost looks black.

 

Published in: on March 6, 2011 at 3:02 pm  Comments Off on Another Weekend of Kitties  
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Two More Kitty Keychains

As you can tell from previous posts, I always do things in multiples. So here’s two more kitty key chains.

 

I’m also still practicing dots. This next picture is an example of a bad dotted bead. I must have melted the dots in too fast or something as they turned out all crooked. Back to the torch for more practice!!

Love the dark aqua though…..

Published in: on February 27, 2011 at 12:23 pm  Comments Off on Two More Kitty Keychains  
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Kitty Keychain

Here’s a pink kitty made up into a key chain. Looks like I’ll be making more of these in the near future. I didn’t know how they would work out since kitties have ears and they get in the way. If I put the ears in the right spot, I can get a tiny bead to fit between the ears.

Published in: on February 26, 2011 at 10:19 am  Comments Off on Kitty Keychain  
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Something Brand New!!

I needed a shawl pin for the shrug I previous knitted so I made this one yesterday. My friend gave me the etched copper and I cut out a simple shape. It didn’t look good. It was too flat and had no dimension. Another friend suggested making it wavy by putting wire under the piece, then pressing it in a pneumatic press. That did the trick!! I colored it some using just heat and sealed it with a polymer sealant. Of course, I can’t make anything without glass in it so I made the little heart topper.

I think it turned out pretty cool!!

Published in: on January 30, 2011 at 9:12 am  Comments Off on Something Brand New!!  
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I’m In A Rut

Yep, more key finders and toads. I really need to work on something different for a change……

Published in: on January 22, 2011 at 5:25 pm  Comments Off on I’m In A Rut  
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Just A Few Beads

I haven’t posted for a while because I haven’t made anything of substance for a while. I did make a few beads this weekend so here they are:

Just black and white beads.

I also made some heart toppers that I plan to use on shawl pin sticks. I plan to make the shawl pins out of etched copper and make a stick out of copper wire with the heart topper on the end of it.

Published in: on January 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm  Comments Off on Just A Few Beads  
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Pink Key Finders

I went with pink last night and made all pink beads. These are a few I used for the key finder dangles.

Published in: on January 9, 2011 at 2:01 pm  Comments Off on Pink Key Finders  
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Key Finders

Seems like I’m working on several things at one time. No wonder it doesn’t seem like I’m getting anything done. Here’s more key finders that I got assembled.

Published in: on January 4, 2011 at 11:21 am  Comments Off on Key Finders  
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Toads!!

Yes, I’m still making toads. These are some that I made this week.

Hoppy New Year!!

Published in: on December 31, 2010 at 3:10 pm  Comments Off on Toads!!  
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Once In A Blue Toad

Yes, another toad. This one is a very, very light milky blue with darker blue frit on it. I want to make them in different colors and I think I like the lighter colored toads the best.

Published in: on December 14, 2010 at 9:24 pm  Comments Off on Once In A Blue Toad  
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