I love these large hole beads (5mm). They are fun to make - I like making them freeform, meaning they are not "perfect"ly round beads, they are shaped the way they wanted to be! These are striking, because they are etched. They can be found in my etsy store today, along with the new key bead!
Diana Ptaszynski had a great idea, instead of a Tacky Christmas Sweater blog hop, a Tacky Holiday Earring blog hop! I was on it. I had ideas right away. I had so many I had to control myself. You can buy these for $15 each, too! Here we go! I found these awesome wreaths in the miniature Christmas section in Michaels, and they go perfectly with silver and copper colored plastic beads! These trees were found in Michaels, on an end-cap - I assume they are scrapbook or card making supplies, but make fantastic earrings. The holes were a little small and far down, so I had to make LARGE loops. Paired these with cute little gold colored jingle bells! And, finally, the ones I had in my head the moment she announced the blog hop. Dr. Seuss sparkly puff balls with ribbons. The only thing that would have made these better for me is if I could have found the red ribbons I really wanted to pair these with - don't get me wrong, the silver is cool and all, but in my head they w
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I arrived at your blog after I googled the bead shop in Linlithgow and saw your photo of the palace. I'm lucky enough to live 10 miles away from there :D:D.
I'd be interested in hearing how you learned to do lampwork. I'm hoping to go to a beginners session in a local glass works next month.
Lisa
Hi Lisa - thanks for stopping by! I love Scotland - I will move there someday! That's cool that you saw my photo of Linlithgow Palace! Did it come up in a google search?
I took a short workshop at the Pittsburgh Glass Center and got hooked, that's how I started this obsession!