Caramelized Onions FAIL

Dinner will be delayed.

Webbing Techniques * A Comprehensive Guide

My new tutorial is ready! Six webbing techniques, 25 pages, 123 photos, over 130 example beads and a 4.3MB file size. Available by direct download for only $21 here: http://beeswaxrubberstamps.com/lampworkbeads.htm

Woodpecker Art

Wally and I have been going hiking the last few months. We have a ton of different trails here so we are taking advantage of them. Wally brings a camera with so I'll start posting some pictures. This is a fence post where some woodpeckers have stashed acorns.

Webbing Techniques Tutorial

Gosh, it's been forever since I've posted here and I didn't even realize it had been so long. I've been testing all of the Double Helix glass colors since mid August for my new webbing tutorial. I'm almost done testing and I should have the tutorial available by the end of February. It will include instructions on each of my six webbing techniques and a glass color guide showing all of the techniques that work on each Double Helix glass color. I'm expecting it to be around 25 pages long. Here are some examples...

Tarantula

We've lived here for 7 years now and this is the first tarantula we've seen on our property. He's HUGE! About the size of my hand. Our outside kitty Jaimie found him for us and we relocated him so Jaimie wouldn't find him again but not before I took a few pictures.

Clio Revisted

Everyone has been talking about the tricks to get Clio a hot pink. It usually involves multiple layers of glass. Using orange as a layer requires a coat of clear before and after the orange to prevent cracking and to stop the orange from turning brown from the silver in Clio. Far too many layers and too much fussing around for me. Those of you that have done that, why not give Kalypso a try as a base layer? I'd love to know how it compares. This bead was made with a thin layer of Kalypso, struck and then encased with Clio. I then used silver foil, gave it a fairly good reduction and encased with Zephyr. Less reduction would have reduced the lavender luster and made it more pink.

Beeswax 16 Year Anniversary Sale!

We're having a big sale for our 16 year anniversary. Orders of $50 or more get 20% off and orders over $125 get 25% off. The shopping cart is all set up to automatically discount your order and the sale runs through Friday August 26th. Please pass the word around to all of your stamping friends! I'd appreciate it. :)

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