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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 4th, 2010
You may have heard by now that we are in a recession. (I’m being silly here. Of course you know!) Our local glass suppliers, Lance and Maureen at Flame Tree Glass have decided to do something about it — and Art of the Firebird and I were among the first participants. Yesterday was a *beautiful* [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2010
My sister Leslie sells frit at That Frit Girl (http://www.thatfritgirl.com/). Frit is ground or powdered glass. She makes her own wonderful frit blends, too, as you can see. Leslie is running a Beads of Courage frit challenge. If you want to test any of her wonderful frits, she will send you a .25 ounce sample, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2010
If you like wire, I’ve got wire today! If you like dogs, I have dogs today! And if you like a bit of anarchy, I have that too. In other words, I have a lot of small topics, none enough to make a full blog post. Let’s start with Ms. Nilla. It looks as if [...]
Posted in lampwork, lampworking, thoughts, wirework on Feb 1st, 2010
I had a set of beads that I loved, but which languished unbought in my display, show after show. People were drawn to them, would pick them up and fondle them, would put them down slowly and regretfully–but never bought them. I was beginning to think that they were in fact made of chopped liver. [...]
Posted in art, beads, business, creative process, lampworking, musings, sales, work, writing on Jan 30th, 2010
People who work at home know that one of the biggest challenges comes from people who cannot understand that the teleworker cannot drop anything at a moment’s notice and visit a friend or relative. Because housework does have a certain degree of flexibility (though the idea that it is somehow not “real work” is wrongheaded [...]