will not rant, will not rant

I am in such a mood today that if I start to blog about it a major rant will ensue so I will just post some cute kitty beads instead...

But, really, this is the one I feel most inclined to relate to:

Hit me Batty, one more time.

I love making these. The bats are so full of personality. I could make a hundred of these and not get tired of it. (Please don't ask me to, though. LOL) The little eyes are made with striking transparent orange which is a color I had immense difficulty with when I was a newbie bead maker. There's a trick to getting the glass to strike and you have to know what color to look for (hint: not orange.) to know it's struck. Even then, you don't really know if you've struck it right until the bead is room temperature again. It takes a while working with glass before you learn all these tricks and tips. Reading tips only gets you so far, really, because you have to see the glass in action to know what to look for.

The Etsy sale is going so well! I am thrilled to pieces! I have more to put up after I take pictures this afternoon. Now, I am off to the torch...wish me luck!

Kitties and veggies and more bargains

Do you see the family resemblance? Si has crazy eyes, like, all the time. I tried to capture that in glass by using some really cool swirly sapphire blue glass. The kitty beads are very fun to make. It's fun to put faces on stuff and give them personalities of their own.

Which brings me to ... drum roll please ... the first beads in a new series that I will call "Don't eat anything with a face" which, in Loriland, doesn't leave much to eat. I had raviolis for lunch...I wonder what that would look like with eyeballs?


So, here is an eggplant, corn and an apple with an adorable visitor. Look for more soon.
Have a fantastic Wednesday! Oh and don't forget that the big bead box clearout is still going on in my Etsy store! http://loribeads.etsy.com/

Studio Clean Out - Day 3

I've been cleaning out my bead box. Check out the booty at loribeads.etsy.com and get them while they're hot (and cheap!)



I've got some really great new beads cooking in the kiln today. Kitties in all varieties, silver glass experiments, vegetables with faces. Something for everybody, basically. :)



Here's one of the sets you can get for bargain basement prices if you hurry!

Monterey, the Puppy and more beads

We spent the day in Monterey. The weather was incredible and we had a nice long walk down by the ocean. Here are some pictures we took while we looked over the bay.

Sea lions! We love the sea lions.

Puppy wants to know ... what's for lunch?

Now, here are some beads that I really LOVE!

Ok, the sea air makes me sleepy so I am off to bed. *Yawn* I hope you guys had a great weekend, too.

Back to School x 6

Well, the pencils were feelin' the love from y'all so I made more. I'll put the extras on Etsy so watch for them later today.

Win my Puppy beads at Etsy Glass Artists!

Here are the beads I donated for the Etsy Glass Artists newsletter sign up giveaway. If you want a chance to win them, sign up for the EGA newsletter here: http://etsyglass.com/list/?p=subscribe&id=5 or just go to http://etsyglass.com/ and follow the links. The beads will be given away at the end of August.