Wednesday, April 14, 2010

My Lampwork Jewelry
























I have been making so many pieces of jewelry with my lampwork beads! I teach a class called "Drop on By" which is a bracelet that uses a lampwork bead as a focal. I have also been incorporating many of them in necklaces as well. Here are a few of my new bracelets and necklaces!
Now that the weather is nicer I am able to make beads in the morning, before I open the store and at night, after the store closes. I have been making about 8 to 10 beads a day. Most of my beads I sell at the store and seem to sell them faster than I can make them. I pull a few aside to use for my personal jewelry. I am still working on making them round but that doesn't seem to matter to my customers. I call them "Organic", they call them "One of a Kind" and they love them! I consider myself extremely lucky to be able to sell my beads while I continue to strive to make them round and work on different color combinations.
I haven't burned myself to badly yet and, best of all, I haven't burned down the house!