WINNERS!!! (And a bit about the Bead&Button Show)
True Story: On Saturday morning, I went to bed at 7am. (I had a lot of stuff to do before I left for the Bead & Button Show, so I stayed up to do it.) I set my alarm for 9am. I woke up at 10:20am. I had somehow turned my alarm off and gone back to bed! Well, my flight was at 11:30am. I flew out of bed, brushed my teeth, got dressed, packed my cosmetics, grabbed my computer and was hailing a cab by 10:26am. When I got in the cab, I actually said to the driver, "I'm going to LaGuardia and I'm late. There's a big tip if you can get me there quickly." I was standing at the gate by 10:58am. (If you know anything about NYC traffic and geography, not to mention airport security, this is a miracle.)
As a result of my hurried exit, I left (among other things) my camera at home. So, I've been taking photos with my iphone, which is great, except for in low light or when something is moving. So, I apologize for the terrible photos, but they're all I've got this week.
First up, the winners of some fabulous Balzer Designs stamps! Woo Hoo! My Mom flew to the Bead&Button show today to keep my company for the next few days. So, I had her pull some numbers from a can. She chose...
Poster #13...
Comment:
Well, my favorite way to use stamps are as a background (perfect!) or tiny little accent. That woodgrain is phenomenal! Beautiful design!!
Commenter name: Julie
AND...
Commenter #58...
Comment:
LOVE that woodgrain stamp! Im just getting into more stamping so dont really have a favorite place to use them ...yet
Commenter name: Shawna
So, Julie and Shawna, please e-mail me with your snail mail addresses and I will send you your stamps as soon as I get back from the Bead&Button Show!
In the meantime, here are a few photos from the class I took for the last three days: Fundamentals in Glass Bead Making with Frank Scott. Basically, we learned how to make glass beads using a dual source torch. Here's a photo of Frank doing a demo:
You can see all the glass rods in front of him and all of us looking sexy in our didydium safety glasses. In fact, here's a quick photo I snapped in the ladies room mirror:
You can see my didydium glasses around my neck, a very fun apron I made, and that tree pendant is something I made about two years ago. It's silver sheet that I sawed and then soldered together using an acetylene torch. Finally, here is a quick view of our classroom:
Class was held in the University of Wisconsin's wood shop. You can see that each student has a torch, mandrels, quenching can, and plenty of glass. I'll try to take some photos of the beads I made in the sunshine tomorrow. This hotel room has almost no light, so all my photos are blurry.
Until then!
That looks like an amazing class!!!!
Posted by: nat | June 04, 2008 at 01:01 AM
Congrats to Julie & Shawna! :)
What a wild story about your trip. Glad you made it to the airport in time. That class looks very cool! Can't wait to see what you made.
Posted by: Sarah C. | June 04, 2008 at 09:04 AM
holy cow - i can't believe you made it to the airport in that amount of time. that is UNREAL and I would have been freaking out the entire time. If I'm not 20 minutes early, I consider myself late ... so good for you for not having a melt down in the taxi like I would have done.
That class looks so cool - we have the Corning Glass Museum near us and they offer glass classes that I've always wanted to take - I'd love to do something artistic like that!
Posted by: Andrea | June 04, 2008 at 09:47 AM
Sounds like an interesting class. I'd love to see the final products you created :)
Posted by: noelia | June 04, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Cool class! Im a littel afraid of fire(since I was a kid)...even though dad was a fire chief...go figure! TFS!
Posted by: | June 04, 2008 at 09:56 PM
That sounds like a lot of fun... but, why does everyone look so bored?
Posted by: Kimmie | June 04, 2008 at 10:31 PM
looks like so much fun!
Posted by: Sandra Collins | June 05, 2008 at 03:42 AM