Lampwork Pendants

I do several Art and Wine festivals throughout the year, and am always rethinking my display design. Lately, I have focused my attention and display on my boro glass bead pendants. I make the beads in my glass studio and then use a bail to turn them into a pendant. The result is an easy to wear, durable glass piece. I have been putting them on ribbons for free at my shows and am selling them 10 to 1 over the rest of my jewelry. I love the freedom of being at the torch and being really creative with one bead, and then moving on to a totally different design. It makes the heat more tolerable! Here are a couple...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/80873381/glass-pendant-fuchsia-free-shipping?ref=v1_other_1

http://www.etsy.com/listing/80873163/lime-green-pendant-free-shipping

Happy Sunday!

Good morning! I have noticed with self employment there are no real days off. Tasks for home and work all seem to melt together and it is a concerted effort all day to make time for the business needs. Unfortunately I am not one of those that was born with a sharp attention span or a fabulous sense of organization, so often that is what I am putting the most effort in to. I have become quite a fan of coffee and absolutely love it, but am realizing it probably doesn't help my focus, just my motivation. I think it would be pretty entertaining to watch a video of my movements throughout the day. I think I will start researching natural remedies for adult ADD :) . Yesterday I promised some pictures of my new beads... what do you think?

Boro Beads

I got a chance to make beads to day and they turned out really good! I am excited to clean and photograph them tomorrow. Since I have two toddlers, I rarely get to go to the garage studio during the day. Today I was able to get them both down for a nap within 15 minutes of each other. I grabbed the baby monitor and ran to the garage! I stayed out there for 3 1/2 hours because my husband made it home early and before the kids woke up. He said I could stay out there and he would tend to the little ones until they woke up. I loved it.

A long session like that can be pretty hard though because it is HOT! I am in Northern Cali so it was a hot day and being in the garage in front of a torch with a big flame is super hot. I usually don't spend more than 2 hours at a time either, but I had the time available to me so I went for it. I got 4 sets done and a few stragglers to add to my next orphan set. I will post some pics tomorrow. Good night!