Jet Designs

New Doors keep Opening

This week already has provided me with the most amazing opportunities.  I have booked in for two new markets that are being held in the Ipswich & Scenic Rim area.  This weekend I am off to Boonah - about 45min drive from Ipswich.  The Rotary club and  Boonah Show Society are starting a "Make it , Bake it, Take it" type farmers market which will be held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at the Boonah showground.

I have just bought a new market tent as my old one was on the verge of collapse.  I have also invested in some professional signage with my new logo and some wonderful colour picture of my custom lampwork designs.  Can't wait to take photos and share with you all.

I am also booked in to go to the newly formed Ipswich Indoor Baazar - which will be held on the last Sunday of the Month at the Ipswich High School Hall - 1 Hunter Street Brassall.  These guys were running the Karalee Sunday Markets but it seem like time for them to move and expand.  The have a blog if you are interested.

I also had a visit today from the creators of The Swich Contemporary Art Space I am going to have some custom lampwork creations in thier gallery space for sale.

It just keeps coming this week - I have aldo had an expression of interest from a retirement village to run a couple of classes to show some of the ladies how to bead.

So I have been a very busy girl and have been down making beads nearly every night - I have been going back to basics and relearning some technqiue so that when I get to the more complex beads that I have been really wanting to try that I will have some of the other stuff down pat.

Gee that was a big post for me!

Beady Goodness & Off to School

I have been down on the torch for the past couple of nights - since I have moved out of the laundry into the double garage it has made me more productive.  Bigger space = Bigger Mess.

These are few creations that I have produced and listed on etsy over the last week.

 

 

 

This week has also seen my little Ella go to Prep - she has loved every day of it!

Spoons out of the Kiln

Here is the big reveal - it worked

So I made a bead directly onto the spoon - permanently fixed there to admire.  Some of the silver plating on the spoon burnt off in little sections but I think it truly adds to the feel of the whole design.  I will now be making more and trying to perfect the production skills.

While I was impatiently waiting for the kiln to slowly ramp down in temperature I had a play with some more copper and came up the the bracelet below - I am going to keep this one and see how it wears.

Craft Hope for Haiti - Necklace Finished

Here are a couple of photos of the finished necklace that I will be donating to the Craft Hope for Haiti fund raising effort.

When I was making this necklace the ideas where just flowing and it came together really quickly - it has an amazing energy around it while it was being created. You know those moments when things just come together effortlessly.

We are heading to the Sunshine Coast this morning to take Ella to the beach - she starts Prep on Wednesday so a little family outing will be nice.

See you all later and have a good Australia Day Long Weekend!

Donation to Craft Hope for Haiti

I made some lampwork beads last night that I am going to donate to Craft Hope for Haiti to sell on etsy.

This fabulous group of people from Craft Hope have got together and formed a shop on etsy - all the proceeds from the sale of the donated items goes to Doctors without Borders.  Donations are opening again soon so I would recommend you visiting - this is a great way to donate and send a little love world wide.

Here are the beads that I made last night - I may make them into a necklace before I submit my donation.

 

I also made a few more beads to make into items for the store

 

Off to a good start

Well I have finished something today and already uploaded it to my etsy store.  The following beads were lonely little orphans until they all got together and had a party - I stacked the three on a copper woven bail that I finished making today with the help of an awesome tutorial I bought.  The large bead is made from boro and the two smaller ones are from Reichenbach glass. - I love the way the boro colours come out and are highlighted by the two solid soapy looking beads.

Facebook Fan Page Giveaway

Hi Everyone - I have been absent from blog land for a little while now - but would like to let you know that I have an awesome giveaway on my Facebook Fan Page  , head on over there and become a fan and leave a comment on the giveaway post and go into the draw to win one of my lovely designer lampwork bracelets.  I will be drawing the winner on the 30 November and will also post the winner via twitter and on this blog.

Got to be in it to win it!!! -

Lampwork Sea Star Necklace

Another project completed and ready to post off to the magazine for photography and styling.  I made the lampwork stars a few weeks ago and have been trying to find a way to use them in a jewellery design that would showcase the bead.  It was hard to come up with an original way of using the star bead due to the way the hole is placed.  I thought of a few other ways to create the piece but none of them appealed to me once I put the necklace on.  Using the bead as a pendant was the most logical choice.

I teamed the star up with some beautiful turquoise gemstone ovals - I love turquoise.  I think this colour will be big this spring and summer as I have seen a few celebrities in mags with turquoise jewellery.

This necklace will be available in kit form soon ( as soon as I make some more beads - back to the laundrio for me)

I have also been playing around with some great tutorials on digital framing of photos using PhotoShop - so here is one of my experiments, this could be addictive!

The Stars are out Tonight

Here are some of the latest editions to my lampworking repertoire.  I had alot of fun making these focal beads and I think they may become a favourite style of mine.

I have listed them for sale on my etsy site and well as my website they are $15.00 each in case anyone would love one.

These beads can be used for heaps of applications not just jewellery - Imagine one on a handbag instead of a button.  or as a dangle for a zip, a feature on a hat, great keepsake for a card embellishment.  The list goes on!

Back to Etsy

I haven't had anything on Etsy for a while - but with my renewed interest in my lampwork creations and some silversmithing work - I have started to load some items in my store - This is the first to jump into the store - These items are purely one offs as it is hard to recreate them.  This one is on Etsy for $30US.

Sterling Silver Pendant with Boro Lampwork Bead