The Bead Blast

Decals for Curved Surfaces - How to add decals or stickers to curved surfaces

- I am busy packing and preparing for our little get away, so today I am introducing you to some of the fabulous shops that I have recently found on Etsy. E...

BEADS, BEADS AND MORE BEADS!!! - *I've been on a bead jag of late.* *Here's an over view of some color* *and desgn styles on which I'm working.*

Love is in the Air ~ and the Murrini! - At long last, Murrini Mondays are back! This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, I'm spreading the murrini love by featuring only heart-shaped murrini. My c...

Featured Designer of the Week - Each Monday the Art Bead Scene features a Designer of the Week. One of our editors picks her favorite from the Monthly Challenge entries. This week's featur...

What do You Want to Hear? - We all want to hear things. We all need to hear things. For example, I want to hear that my children love me. I want to hear that some people like my beads...

Birthday BLOWOUT! - Today is my 34th birthday and to celebrate I thought it would be fun to have a special 24 hours sale on my website. So, *today only*, ALL jewelry is 34% o...

Witches of Bourbon Street-Available now! - Just a quick note to let you know Witches of Bourbon Street is now available on: Kindle Nook All Romance And you can order a signed copy right here. It wil...

Things that make me go...hmmmm? - It’s an interesting conundrum (for me) as to why lampwork beads sell but ceramic beads seem to sit around just a little longer on the Internet shelf. Not...

Last Call for Jul-a-hol! - Remember, JULSBEADS HAS MOVED! You'll find me HERE. I promise I won't even call you a stalker. To your face. Thanks again for reading along with me for...

Woodpecker Art - Wally and I have been going hiking the last few months. We have a ton of different trails here so we are taking advantage of them. Wally brings a camera wi...

For the Birds - Almost a year ago, I shared some sneak-peek pics of a fiber project in the works. I then finished the project and, as per usual, didn't share the final res...

A few things I want to do… - This isn’t a bucket list because all of these things are easily do-able and not outrageous. It’s kind of a to-do list of things that I think would bring ...

Hey Did You Guys Know!!! - Lori of Pretty Things is finishing up a Book based on her Bead Soup idea AND guess what..yep I am one of the participants, with a lot of other really c...

Test Results :: Valentine - *1 - Plain, 2 - Plain (reduced), 3 - Plain (encased), 4 - w/ Silver Leaf, 5 - w/ Silver Leaf (reduced & encased), 6 - w/ TerraNova2 frit (but inadvertantl...

A Bit of News and Miscellaneus Stuff - Hi everyone! Hope your February is going well! Just a couple of housekeeping things real quick... First, the AGLF has reduced the cost of our annual calen...

CiM 805: Obsidian (Again) - CiM's Obsidian, as I've mentioned before, is a very, very dark, warm grey - that reads as black when used by itself. I thought I would try it with some Opa...

A dying art, a pressing revival, a thriving library & drawing with fire - A dying art: street photography in Kabul There are exactly two street photographers left in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan Box Camera Project shows the kam...

dirty hands - I have been toying with the idea to create another blog that will just be about ceramics, so that I can keep this one all glassy. Although I have not been ...

Soft, Subtle "Emergence" Focal - SOLD Above is a very soft, subtle focal done in ivory and pink...it really glows. Many have commented that this style looks like butterfly ...

- And here are some of the mini-leis that many of you have requested. These little darlings are much lighter (and less expensive) than my "more is not eno...

A revisit of neglected glasses.. - This week I wanted to revisit a couple of glasses that I hadn't used for a while. - My goddess set has a base of coral from CiM called Phoenix which is p...

Minding the Business: Be Inspired. Be Brave. Digital Art Pep Talk - This is a digital collage I made using PhotoShop Elements 8, a Wacom Bamboo tablet and Digital Expressions. It's a visual peptalk to encourage me to ste...

End of year sale... - I can't believe that there is only 18 days left in 2011. Time flies when you are having fun! I an putting everything in my Etsy shop on sale for 20% off wit...

Celebrity Style: Beyonce - Want to look bootylicious, but don't want to break the bank? Buy handmade and vintage to get the same look as Beyonce! Check it out! Katie Jacket by Nosta...

Shop Goodwill Auctions - Yes, that’s right. THE Goodwill Industries now has an auction site. shopgoodwill.com I haven’t decided if this is better than shopping in the store or not....

SE8 - Eighth Silver Color How To eBook - This booklet is a compilation of exchange beads submitted for SE8 – Eighth Silver Color How To and Exchange - on lampworketc forum. With 35 pages, there are ...

**Birthday BONUS week!!!***** - For all my bead lovin' peeps out there......... I'm having a ***BIRTHDAY BONUS WEEK!***** Tomorrow is my birthday (41!) so I am celebrating by giving awa...

Time for Penrod! - I hope to see everyone at Penrod tomorrow, Saturday 9/10/11, 9am-5pm. I'll be in the green area, booth#50. I've been really busy getting new pieces ready fo...

Presenting: The Etsy Fee Calculator - Most of what we sell on Etsy is made out of the sheer joy of making glass beads. They’re cool to make and that’s why we do it! However, if you want to ma...

Beads Of Courage - One of the by products from making hundreds of beads each month is a bowl full of extras. What does one do with them? Donate them to Beads of Courageof cou...

Don't Disappear - It's been awhile since I've created anything artistic of any kind. Life got busy, I fell ill. Today I went outside and just soaked in the sun. Our bac...

goodbye - Hi followers! This is a goodbye post - I have made the decision to give up lampworking, I instead am going to concentrate on my metalwork, which has been t...

New Bosom Buddies, Sets, and a Facebook Giveaway!!! - Hi everyone, Bosom buddies have been a huge hit, especially in October for Breast Cancer awareness month. There are lots of new styles of Bosom Buddies in ...

October…Hunting Widow Time - Mid October…hunting widow time…the time I let my husband free and he roam’s the Idaho mountains for two and half weeks. He has the most wonderful time in...

Open Studio Tour - We are proud to announce that Arson Studios has been selected to be part of the upcoming Artists' Open Studio Tour, sponsored by the Maturango Museumhere i...

Give-aways cancelled. - I am sorry to tell you the next two drawings will be cancelled due to lack of participants. I have not kept my blog current so I am sure many of my followe...

Laura is doing it again! - Go check it out: http://www.beadsbylaurablog.com/2010/09/bead-giveaway.html