tomorrow...

...is July 1st, and I will be the featured artist for the month on Just Beads!!!! Yeah, I know, I should just shut up about it, but I'm so excited! This bead here is called Samsara, made with Terra frit and Luna 2.

I spend the morning in the garage...

...flameworking of course. I'm still playing with shards, and making my own color combos gives a lot more flexibility. This is an example... "The Guardian" focal glass bead.

Luster Focal Glass Bead

That's all I have to say today...

I hate summer in Las Vegas!

So hot and disgusting! My roses look awfull, and my brains start frying when I'm outdoors for more than 5 minutes.

Changing the subject, this is one of the pieces I pulled out of kiln. I started blowing my own shards, and I'm still experimenting with them. I call this bead "Mystic Mirror", and it's made with Triton shards.

While I wait...

It's getting really hot in Vegas, and my studio/garage is starting to feel like an inferno. And the worst is yet to come... I can't complain too much though; this summer is actually starting late for Vegas standards. But I managed to spend 3 hours flameworking today, and new beads are cooling off in my kiln.

While I wait for them to be ready, here's a picture of one of my auctions ending today. It's called "Dinosaur Egg". :)

something I made today...

I like the colors here... :)

so excited! - the good stuff

Enchanted Focal Bead
Well, this may not seem like a huge achievement, but it's a big deal to me. I was invited to be the featured artist for the month of July on justbeads.com! I think it's just really, really awesome!