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How much glass is too much? :]

Whoops! I accidently bought something like…. 35kilos of glass rods yesterday!!!! Whooohooo!!!

Lily from HotBeadBox is closing her glass supplies business to persue other adventures, and yesterday Lily sent out a Newsletter about the Grand Finale Sale.  Much of the glass was reduced by 50% but Vetrofond was 75% off  *gasp*.  It meant that I could [...]

Glass Rod Storage anyone?

Just bought another load of this nifty Glass Rod storage and got a little extra for any Aussie lampworker peeps who are wanting to top up their storage too and only need a small amount. I think they might be to expensive to ship International sorry.

I’m selling them in lots of 10 pieces (see 5 [...]

Wow, I'm back....

…..after yet another extended break.
‘Life’ can make it difficult sometimes to spend time doing things you would like to do, in favour of things you just ‘need’ to do. When it becomes a battle to find the time, I give up some things to take the pressure off. Last year was a biarch… no other [...]

Today…

Well.. today started out a bit dodgy with a headache to beat all others… but luckily I decided to try something different to remedy it and two Cold & Flu tablets later despite not having either a cold or flu,lol… the headache is gone.  

So back on track… I put in a order for some [...]

Listing my lampwork beads

This is a task that I never seem to get around to. I have a bunch of lovely beads that have been mounting up here, so I’ve decided to put everything else aside today and get as many listed as I can.

I’ve just started listing some of them in my Artfire shop (have about [...]

Carbon Scum Test

Well I continued to use my new flame setting, testing the flame for the possibility of it dumping carbon scum onto my beads, and making very subtle adjustments ‘before’ I make beads. I am happy to say I have nailed it! No more scum!!! The colours are stunningly vibrant and no longer a mystery [...]

GTT Bobcat Torch – carbon issue resolved

….I hope! I’ll know for sure after a few more sessions.

Some of you know that I have had carbon issues with my Bobcat torch for a very long while. It has been driving me insane, and this morning’s session was the same… I was thinking this morning I have no other choice but to [...]