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Class Beads

I’m taking a glass class this weekend with Kimberly Affleck. It’s a fun class. She does more organic or free form beads. I rarely make them because I can’t seem to slap stuff on and get it to turn out looking good. Kimberly knows about glass!!

These are the beads we made the first day.

The first one we made is on the right. The big ivory egg. Mine looks like an egg because I didn’t shaped it well. Kimberly was showing us how to form a bead without using tools and also how to get the striations in ivory. The next bead we made is the bottom one with the black lines in it. Mine would look better if I put end caps on it but I ran out of room on my mandrel. The last one is the flower bead. By then I was getting tired. We use different COE glass to make the flowers to get the intense color. I could have made a bigger bead but I ran out of steam.

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on April 30, 2011 at 9:36 pm Comments Off
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Bottle Cap Beads

Yes!! Finally something new!! These are the first two bottle cap beads I made. I don’t have a very good selection of bottle caps yet so I used what I had which was some craft bottle caps and a virgin olive oil cap.

This is one side of them.

Another view. They don’t look as scratched up or dented in person. It’s hard to see the tiny blemishes.

And of course, more push pins!!

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on April 26, 2011 at 4:20 pm Comments Off
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Push Pins Ready To Sell At BOC Fundraiser

I put the push pins into corks that I sanded the bottoms off so they wouldn’t roll around. Here’s a bad picture. Guess I should have cleaned off my table before taking a picture.

Here’s a few more that didn’t fit into the box:

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on April 12, 2011 at 7:28 pm Comments Off
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Another Batch Of Push Pins

I made some different ones, a couple of pigs and a cow. Not sure about the cow. Still needs some work. Still trying to come up with animal faces that fit into a round domed piece of glass.

I finally have enough to donate to the Beads Of Courage fundraiser.

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on April 10, 2011 at 8:38 am Comments Off
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More Kitties From Kitty Bead Exchange

Here’s the last two beads from the kitty bead exchange that I received.

The one on the left is from Paula P and the right one is from MeowMeowBeads

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on April 6, 2011 at 8:20 pm Comments Off
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Kitty Bead Exchange

I got into a kitty bead exchange on Lampwork Etc. Here’s my first bead that I received:

Isn’t it cute? It’s from Sierra Catz Lampwork – Barbara Terrill

Also, these are the push pins I made last weekend. I tried another type of flower and more cat faces. Trying to come up with different faces, maybe the next one will be a pig or cow.

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on April 4, 2011 at 7:44 pm Comments Off
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Another Bunch Of Push Pins

I still have a bunch more to make too. The longer pin vise is working out well. I tried a few kitty faces last night. Not sure which one I like better.

I think I’ve got the hang of making the bunny heads. They seemed to go faster when I made these.

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on April 3, 2011 at 12:48 pm Comments Off
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More Push Pins

I got a longer pin vise and it seems to be helping not burning my fingers. I wish the pin part was a little bigger so I could use it for thicker pins or mandrels. Still, I’m glad it is working out. I was able to get 10 push pins made last night. Yeah!!

I think the bunnies turned out cute. I’m going to try a cat face tonight. Wish me luck.