Turquoise Silver Stripe large hole beadsTurquoise Silver Stripe large hole beads
The AE Theme Challenge this month is Repurpose chosen by Lesley. Great subject, and I wish I had more time to work on it. The day job kind of takes away my creative energy at times, and this month is no exception! However I did manage to do a few things! The first thing I thought of for the theme was something I had been thinking about for a long time. I remembered I had this magazine that repurposed those desiccant containers you get in pill bottles into beaded beads. I set out to find that magazine in my stash. I'm glad I found it, because it was actually driving me nuts as to where it was. Here are some photos of me in the process of making some of these beads. So the first one I made, I liked ok. But noticed on the end that you could see the white container through the ends. So I got a sharpie out for the next one, and colored the ends so they didn't look so white. Then I made a few more of these beads, and quite honestly, I was done with...
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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!