Here we go again!!! Off to Dewey Beach to play with the Greyhounds~ The standing Greyhound is my newly designed image~
Of course One of them is my favorite :)
A sampling of some of the dichroic Greyhound beads I have made for Dewey. Sue has been turning them into beautiful wearable items. Creating the dichro images is something I really enjoy. This year I created a standing greyhound. Creating an image involves first drawing the picture. Then it is scanned into my computer and e-mailed to my wonderful dichro guy. He then does whatever it is he does (magic?) that puts the image onto glass so I can melt it onto my beads. Each piece is meticulously and carefully formed to the bead it is on. I have to be very attentive during this process or I end up with a distorted image.
*** Greyhounds Reach the Beach 2007 is the event Sue and I will be attending **
It is our 10th year at this event !!
Sue creates beautiful collars for greyhounds as Silk Road Collars http://www.silkroadcollars.com/
** Stop by and say hello:) We will be located at:
The Sand Palace, Room 108
1710 HWY One, Dewey Beach DE 19771
Sand Palace Hours - Friday through Sunday
Friday - 9am to 4pm
Saturday - 8am to 4pm
Sunday - 8am to 12pm
Also The Best Western Gold Leaf
1400 Hwy 1 Dewey Beach DE 19971
Best Western Hours - Wednsday through Sunday
Wednsday 10am to 5pm
Thursday 10am to 6pm
Friday 8am to 7pm
Saturday 8am to 7pm
Sunday 9am to 4pm
See you There!!!

A flame pendant~ These are kind of fun to make but I don't make them very often though :) Custom beads for one of my best customers~
Some more custom beads for a friend :)
Earrings to match a pendant that Sue and I made~
And now for my next trick! I will continue to be super busy as we leave for Delaware (Yay Dewey!) at the end of the month. My new dichroic images came this week so now I need to get busy and melt them onto some beads and stoppers. I'll show you if I have any free time.
Free time? What is that... lol

A few beads in a pile for lack of a picture of my big goofy Lab/Dane cross!! Right now he is playing scaredy dog~ all 90 pounds of him!! He is rumbling deep and low in his throat of course that culminates in a piercing girly bark that is quite shrill. He has developed a fear of the string trimmer. Yes the Weedeater!!! We are inside and the crew is out doing the lawn like they do every week. Claude has never been hurt by the trimmer or even outside while they are using it so I don't understand why he has developed this fear and the urgent need to "tell" me about it. Ah well maybe the thing is making some noise only he can hear? Maybe he thinks he hears a hive of bees coming, who knows? I love him anyway silly dog~
I was working away at glass this morning and actually almost finished with my pre-lunch goal when I realized my propane was running low. Aack!!! I have a lot to make now is not a good time to run out!!! But it is also a good excuse to get caught up on a few other things I have been putting off. So back to that I go :)

Great minds really do think alike! I was inspired by another ega member in a discussion. She was talking about using laminated cards for her pendants. So Sue and I got busy, she printed these out for me I punched tiny holes in them and strung our pendants on with hemp twine. Then while I was visiting flickr looking at pictures and preparing to post some of my own I came across another ega member who had done almost the exact same thing as me!!! She even used hemp like I did. Worried that she would think I had copied her I sent her an e-mail and we had ourselves a little chuckle over it. Really gives you food for thought on the whole issue of copying :)
Then there are these!!! I have been thinking about making some lampwork headpins for about month now. Thanks again to one of my wonderful etsy customers for the inspiration~

I just made a few to start and Sue and I used them all up on the pendants :)
Peacock inspired~
Vetrofond odd lot Lime Sweet! What a great color~
And I've saved my favorite for last :) It is difficult for me not to show my love for beads. If I love how something I made has turned out I will tell you. This is not a lack of humility on my part it is just my passion for glass coming through. I get very excited if something turns out fabulous. You will hear me say "Oh thats my favorite" a lot and it is never a lie. I love most all of them. I surely love some more than others. Yeah I am a glass freak. So? :)

School started last week so I will hopefully have more time to devote to making and listing!!
Kris

We arrived and the weather was stunning!! So is the beach and then there is that man :) More beauty to the North...
And the morning sun coming up over the hills seen from our room Saturday morning...
All set up and ready to go!!!!
Amazing number of etsy artists! What a talented group :)
Matt and I had a wonderful time in Lincoln City. The people were very welcoming and friendly.
The show went very well and the rain showers they predicted for Saturday... Never made it to the beach!!! We had beautiful sunny weather with just the slightest breeze.
River managed to organize one of the best shows I have ever been too and I can't wait to do it again :)