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Had another trunk show at beadFX yesterday. What with all the dog stuff lately - to say I was prepared would have been a gross misrepresent...

Five words. Commercially-made soft glass twisties. Wow - just look at that! Is that not gorgeous? Almost too nice to use! But, I feel that w...

OK - it's official. Time to stop calling it Moretti and start calling it Effetre. A friend of mine just got back from Murano, and after ...

Well - I found the " preview " page on the CiM site - and their pic of Olive is much more of a yellowy green - so I thought I woul...

Still digging the Green Dalai from TAG. In this case, I was going for smaller beads (these are about 20 mm across). I super-heated the Dala...

Two new greens from Creation is Messy - and while the unworked rods look different - I have to admit - the resulting beads look very similar...

The Tamarind is a tropical tree with a fruit that is used in foods from spicy to sweet. You might have encountered it in a dish of Pad Thai....

I have a conflict for Happy Hour torching at the beadFX studio. (Thursday evening.) If anyone is going - you are still welcome to - but ther...

First, CiM brings us Adamantium, now we have CiM Phoenix. Could it be there is a big X-Men fan at CiM? ;-) Methinks there is! Boy, was I sur...

Way back when - oh, about a million years ago, in a former life - my then-boyfriend headed out of town, looking for greener pastures. (He we...

Pics of the shampoo glass beads. I found a little about this glass online. Apparently - it has a lead content, and that is why it is so spar...

I've had precious little time at the torch lately (but the good news is, Abby is recovering quite nicely - in physiotherapy now and I se...

Should you purchase a used kiln for annealing your beads? Here's a few random thoughts on the topic. A kiln is not really any more sophi...

Announcing - Happy Hour Torching Starting this Thursday - April 23rd - Happy Hour Torching at beadFX . Torch one hour - get the second hour ...

I haven't dropped off the face of the planet. Last Friday - my girl Abby - pic - collapsed in the back yard - her hindquarters paralysed...