Big commission, butterfly set.

Of course my favorite is the flower murrine... but yeah... butterflies.  Lol... 

Visita de Hernan, algunas fotos

I had my photographer friend Hernan Santos come over for a glass demo... He took some pictures, but I was especially non photogenic that day, so these were just 6 of the pictures he took lol... 

Making some basic beads on my Hot Head torch.

Laying down stripes for yellow and black murrini...

Melting it all down on my Mega Minor torch

I love this one, it's my cover photo on my page on Facebook.

Melting.  Torches side by side...  Check out the fingernails too hahaha

Awesome pic of my flame lol...

Sunflower earrings for my cousin Julie

I made these earrings as surprise for a cousin who recently discovered me.  She is a second cousin on my dad's side.  She's the granddaughter of my grandfathers twin.  Yes.  

Anyway, that same night we started talking she bought this ring from me on a Friday, and I couldn't help but improvise some sunflower murrini (sunflowers are her favorite), make the beads and earrings, and ship the whole thing that Monday.  The stones are citrine and as always the metal is sterling silver.  

Blue stud earrings with murrini, twisties, and goldstone.

These are pretty similar but actually they're slightly smaller in size, and the twisties are positioned differently...

The back side.  I glue these in with clear epoxy glue.

And well... these are just cute.

Earrings with twisties, goldstone, and murrini...

I've been working with goldstone recently, learning a little about it and incorporating it into some beads... Here are some examples and some other earrings I made with other beads I've made too...

These earrings have been on my Etsy store for a few weeks but I haven't updated this blog recently... some are no longer available though.  Check out the store for prices in case you're interested.  As always, I'm open to any questions and payment choices.  

I think this is my favorite murrini I've made so far.  The colors stay separate pretty well because of a ring of clear I added betwen the color dots.  (There are 5 layers total.)

(These next ones have no goldstone)  Carnelian red stones..

Cool murrini...

I love the bubbles... hehehe.  Not exactly on purpose but also not something I tried to avoid.

Actually I love this shape.  These are pretty awesome.  These are on Etsy.  The stones are amazonite if I'm not mistaken.

These I gifted to a very good friend.  :)

Actually these don't have goldstone either....

The bomb, if you ask me.

And finally some swirled glass beads.

I like the little ball theme in these lol.

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