Vetrofond River Rock~ I still haven't decided what to do with this one :) Lemon Ice and Terra
Some more of these~ unetched and shiny :)
Whooeeey has it ever been sticky steamy and muggy here lately. Blech! We usually manage to avoid that in the Pacific Northwest. If it rains a little it normally just cools things down and gives us all a chance to freshen up a bit. Not last weekend, in fact Matt and I actually went to see two movies over the weekend just to get out of the hot muggy. We never do that :) I think we probably average a movie every six months or so. We watched Harry Potter and it was allright. We also watched Transformers and that was some seriously action packed and riveting entertainment. I wasn't really very excited to see it and went mostly for Matt. I am so glad I did it was really a great show :) The mugginess is gone now and it is warm and sunny again at least until this weekend when they have promised us some more rain. I have a few custom orders this week and I am anxious to get started. Rainy and cool weather will be perfect for flameworking~

I made some silvered stringer this week. This is done by heating the tip of a glass rod and then rolling it onto some fine silver foil. The glass rod, wrapped in foil that has been burnished on, is then heated in the torch flame some more until the silver "burns off" The heating continues until the end of the rod kind of balls up. Then it is removed from the flame, cooled for a second or two before you grab the tip and give it a gentle downward tug, creating a thin silvered stringer. I made mine with the Vetrofond odd lot River Rock. Here I applied it to Copper Green and superheated each bead so the silver would really work some magic. Then I gave them the briefest bath in etching cream and they feel just like cool silk... Bliss~

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Love these!!!

I have been playing with copper foil and some of the new colors and this is my favorite set by far this week!

Post and run~

Seeya!!!

Yesterday Matt and I drove out to Frantz Art Glass. My dad gave me gift certificate for my birthday and what better way to spend it than on the vetrofond odd lot glass in the picture below. Yum!!! In descending order they are Bananna Cream, Lemon Ice, Orange Sherbet, River Rock and an assortment of Poppy. I can't wait to melt some! I also picked up some of the ASK colors because they looked so pretty lying in their boxes~
Then there are the staples Coral, Dark Ivory, Sky Blue, Periwinkle and a few others not seen here~
What a glorious way to spend a beautiful day~ It took us a little over three hours including my shopping, I am sooo indecisive :) Matt is so very patient, while I perused the glass he was dropping other goodies in my basket, a new tool that was on my list (How did he know? I didn't tell him I wanted it) a license plate frame that says "Plays with Fire" and a couple of other things. It was fun, especially when we got home and I sorted the glass into my bins~ Can't wait for next week when I have torch time.
Have a great Day!
Kris

Then we went berry picking and saw lots of beautiful wildflowers
The treasure at last!!!
Oh yeah :)
Don't you wish you were here?
Washed and added to vanilla ice cream. Not quite enough for a pie. Everyone was pretty tired from all of the hiking so we picked just enough for ice cream.
Hope you are all having a relaxing Sunday afternoon too~

Pretty pink wildflowers Got Moss?
The ridge through the trees
You just never know what you will find on the forest floor :)
Another shot of the ridge

We had a great hike, it was pretty exhausting in the best way. Oh but wait... there is a bit more I need to add :)

Chelsea and I took the kids for a hike this morning. Tall trees! The weather was amazing and perfect but it did get a bit warm before we finished
taking our long walk through the beautiful forest.I just love to be out in the woods. It always smells so sweet and piney~
Everything is so green and beautiful right now~
And TALL!!!
Remnants of our winter windstorm. This giant was ripped straight from the ground and tossed in between some other trees, it is wedged about eight feet up in between the trees. There was plenty of visible damage in the forest but nothing else as dramatic as this!