Busy Busy Busy

 The weather is slowly changing and trying to get into the studio to work - Some Lampworking was accomplished with small boro hearts to go onto byzantine bracelets.  large heart pendant beads  and other glass lampwork.  A scrapbook crop and got  some of the Mothers day  paper heart shadow boxes done along with cutting some  laser earrings. Hoping this weekend more time in the studio  - Hooking up new Kiln I got in November and getting my big kiln running to make plates - Hopefully  more postings this year 














Mothers Day Shadow Boxes

 Valentine/Mothers Day  Shadow Boxes - make with paper  rolled flowers  in the shape of a heart (I have a dog one coming soon) 

Phrases will be going on to these for mothers day when I get them cut 








2 Hours in the Studio - still cold

 I went up to the studio in hopes of lampworking.  I refuse to turn on the big heater  until its warmer so I can use my big kilns - (Hydro is costly )  The outside was  42F  start temp  inside was  47F  and by the time I finished it was still only 57F only my feet were cold .  But I was able to make up some larger boro  heart pendants and some spacer beads. 



Hoping as it warms up I can stay longer  and longer and build more glass stock. 


Laser Cutting this week

 Started to laser cut for earrings to get stock up  - Grinches, Sally & Jack, Stictch & Angel, Garfield & Odie to start 


Byzantine bracelet with Lampwork hearts

 size 7" and 8" bracelets -   boro glass hearts  with stainless steel byzantine jump ring bracelets and some  boro  heart earrings with niobium wires 








Shrink Plastic - butterflies

 Picked up some  eyeshadow for colors to apply - they seem easier than using the distress inks and are more vibrant it seems - when you reduce  the color gets stronger as it shrinks - The original size of the butterfly was 2.5"  and it reduced down to 1"  - I used  a black Sharpie and used the eye shadows for color 




Shrink Plastic Fun

 I have had Shrink Plastic  on the shelf for years and only  tried it out last week and boy how did I miss this fun.  I had seen on  Tik Tok some  flower earrings that I just had to try .   So I started  cutting by hand and did some cutting on my  Scan N Cut cutting machine.  Colored with Distress Inks  and just love making them.   


 started with simple things  
then started putting the leaves and buds together 





ton of fun making these