True Story: On Saturday morning, I went to bed at 7am. (I had a lot of stuff to do before I left for the Bead & Button Show, so I stayed up to do it.) I set my alarm for 9am. I woke up at 10:20am. I had somehow turned my alarm off and gone back to bed! Well, my flight was at 11:30am. I flew out of bed, brushed my teeth, got dressed, packed my cosmetics, grabbed my computer and was hailing a cab by 10:26am. When I got in the cab, I actually said to the driver, "I'm going to LaGuardia and I'm late. There's a big tip if you can get me there quickly." I was standing at the gate by 10:58am. (If you know anything about NYC traffic and geography, not to mention airport security, this is a miracle.)
As a result of my hurried exit, I left (among other things) my camera at home. So, I've been taking photos with my iphone, which is great, except for in low light or when something is moving. So, I apologize for the terrible photos, but they're all I've got this week.
First up, the winners of some fabulous Balzer Designs stamps! Woo Hoo! My Mom flew to the Bead&Button show today to keep my company for the next few days. So, I had her pull some numbers from a can. She chose…
Poster #13…
Comment:
Well, my favorite way to use stamps are as a background (perfect!) or tiny little accent. That woodgrain is phenomenal! Beautiful design!!
Commenter name: Julie
AND…
Commenter #58…
Comment:
LOVE that woodgrain stamp! Im just getting into more stamping so dont really have a favorite place to use them …yet
Commenter name: Shawna
So, Julie and Shawna, please e-mail me with your snail mail addresses and I will send you your stamps as soon as I get back from the Bead&Button Show!
In the meantime, here are a few photos from the class I took for the last three days: Fundamentals in Glass Bead Making with Frank Scott. Basically, we learned how to make glass beads using a dual source torch. Here's a photo of Frank doing a demo:
You can see all the glass rods in front of him and all of us looking sexy in our didydium safety glasses. In fact, here's a quick photo I snapped in the ladies room mirror:
You can see my didydium glasses around my neck, a very fun apron I made, and that tree pendant is something I made about two years ago. It's silver sheet that I sawed and then soldered together using an acetylene torch. Finally, here is a quick view of our classroom:
Class was held in the University of Wisconsin's wood shop. You can see that each student has a torch, mandrels, quenching can, and plenty of glass. I'll try to take some photos of the beads I made in the sunshine tomorrow. This hotel room has almost no light, so all my photos are blurry.
Until then!
That looks like an amazing class!!!!
That looks like an amazing class!!!!
That looks like an amazing class!!!!
That looks like an amazing class!!!!
Congrats to Julie & Shawna! 🙂
What a wild story about your trip. Glad you made it to the airport in time. That class looks very cool! Can’t wait to see what you made.
Congrats to Julie & Shawna! 🙂
What a wild story about your trip. Glad you made it to the airport in time. That class looks very cool! Can’t wait to see what you made.
Congrats to Julie & Shawna! 🙂
What a wild story about your trip. Glad you made it to the airport in time. That class looks very cool! Can’t wait to see what you made.
Congrats to Julie & Shawna! 🙂
What a wild story about your trip. Glad you made it to the airport in time. That class looks very cool! Can’t wait to see what you made.
holy cow – i can’t believe you made it to the airport in that amount of time. that is UNREAL and I would have been freaking out the entire time. If I’m not 20 minutes early, I consider myself late … so good for you for not having a melt down in the taxi like I would have done.
That class looks so cool – we have the Corning Glass Museum near us and they offer glass classes that I’ve always wanted to take – I’d love to do something artistic like that!
holy cow – i can’t believe you made it to the airport in that amount of time. that is UNREAL and I would have been freaking out the entire time. If I’m not 20 minutes early, I consider myself late … so good for you for not having a melt down in the taxi like I would have done.
That class looks so cool – we have the Corning Glass Museum near us and they offer glass classes that I’ve always wanted to take – I’d love to do something artistic like that!
holy cow – i can’t believe you made it to the airport in that amount of time. that is UNREAL and I would have been freaking out the entire time. If I’m not 20 minutes early, I consider myself late … so good for you for not having a melt down in the taxi like I would have done.
That class looks so cool – we have the Corning Glass Museum near us and they offer glass classes that I’ve always wanted to take – I’d love to do something artistic like that!
holy cow – i can’t believe you made it to the airport in that amount of time. that is UNREAL and I would have been freaking out the entire time. If I’m not 20 minutes early, I consider myself late … so good for you for not having a melt down in the taxi like I would have done.
That class looks so cool – we have the Corning Glass Museum near us and they offer glass classes that I’ve always wanted to take – I’d love to do something artistic like that!
Sounds like an interesting class. I’d love to see the final products you created 🙂
Sounds like an interesting class. I’d love to see the final products you created 🙂
Sounds like an interesting class. I’d love to see the final products you created 🙂
Sounds like an interesting class. I’d love to see the final products you created 🙂
Cool class! I'm a littel afraid of fire(since I was a kid)…even though dad was a fire chief…go figure! TFS!
Cool class! I'm a littel afraid of fire(since I was a kid)…even though dad was a fire chief…go figure! TFS!
Cool class! I'm a littel afraid of fire(since I was a kid)…even though dad was a fire chief…go figure! TFS!
Cool class! I'm a littel afraid of fire(since I was a kid)…even though dad was a fire chief…go figure! TFS!
That sounds like a lot of fun… but, why does everyone look so bored?
That sounds like a lot of fun… but, why does everyone look so bored?
That sounds like a lot of fun… but, why does everyone look so bored?
That sounds like a lot of fun… but, why does everyone look so bored?
looks like so much fun!
looks like so much fun!
looks like so much fun!
looks like so much fun!
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