Thursday, September 27, 2007

more barbeque pics











More barbeque pictures for y'all. Yes, I know, that was long past, but I was just going through these pictures today and I thought I would share.

Cindy, Marianne, Susan and Kim Fields enjouing the beautiful evening.
Julie, Aileen and Rita "drinkin" it all in.
Our hostest with the mostest, Kathy with her sidekick Tara.
Amanda, what's that in your hand??

Later, Pat







Thursday, September 20, 2007

A new blog that's all about colour

Have a look at Kandice Seeber's new blog called ColorAddiction - lots of eye candy and discussion of some of the newer soft glass colours.
It was great seeing people at the meeting Tuesday!

Susan

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Adding My Etsy Site



Hello all,
I have added my Intuibead Etsy Store to the list of shops. Have a look as my pens and pendants are listed there. Once my official website is up and running, I shall be posting the location.
My Etsy store is at http://intuibead.etsy.com

Until then, here is a sample of what is there: The Skookum Pen and one of my boro pendants. Enjoy!

Sherri

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Annual Barbeque

The [fantastic ABF] group had a fun time at the annual bbq hosted by Kathy. Thanks Kathy for hosting and making sure no one went home hungry! Also thanks to everyone who brought along a delicious dish and to Julie and Kim [the Kim Fields] for pitching in in Kathy's kitchen! We had a great evening being able to meet and chat with Kim Fields who was teaching the first of a number of classes starting Saturday and some of the new members of the group. As you can see in this photo, we are all about decorum. Er... that is the picture I thought I should post, not the one where we are really showing our true colours. Kim is in the front row behind the huge white lantern on the table. Email me and I will send the photo to any member who wants to see the other picture.

Cindy


Monday, July 23, 2007

Finally new ebay auctions

OK I am getting going. I have up two new auctions.

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Darker-Sides-of-Halloween-Lampwork-Beads_W0QQitemZ160140545236QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4643QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The other at
http://cgi.ebay.com/Halloween-Spooktacular-Sampler-Lampwork-Beads_W0QQitemZ160140539499QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4643QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Have a peek. I am particularly happy with the little dracula bead. Too much fun. I am off to see Walking with the Dinosaurs tomorrow. Hope it is good!!!

Cheryl

Saturday, July 21, 2007

The dragonfly launches

Hi everyone this is just to let you know that my website is mostly up and going. It is at www.dragonflybeads.ca

There are still a few blanks yet to be filled and I am slowly ironing out the addition of more pictures properly sized etc. It has been a steep learning curve that is for sure. Hope everyone is enjoying the reprieve from the heat. I had to have a towel beside the torch for the last few weeks so the breeze feels great. Off to Edmonton this week to see Walking with the Dinosaurs. Hope it is good.

Take care
Cheryl

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

New website!!

Hi all - my new web-site is up! As always, a work in progress, but I am really happy with what's there so far. Now I just need to make some more beads - playing with the site has cut into my torch time in a major way! Hope everyone is having a great summer.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

couple of recent article links

Hi everyone here are a couple of articles recently done featuring my work.

http://encore.dailyheraldtribune.com/ It is the June 22 article

and this is the Art of the Peace magazine article

http://www.artofthepeace.ca/issue-8/hot-glass

Cheryl Brown

Monday, May 28, 2007

Shampoo Glass help....

Good Morning everyone,

So here is the first 'help' post for our little blog. This past weekend I went down to Calgary and went to the Oasis show. The show wasn't nearly as good as last year, but I still managed to find a few good deals. There were alot of glass bead makers there, so it was nice to see everyone's creations.

Anyways after the show I went to check out Tiffany House glass studio. It is a really cute little store that is built in a little Victorian style home on the edge of Kensington. Their glass studio set up was really nice, and the lady that gave me the tour was super friendly. They even have a little lunch room for us hardcore beaders. I recommend checking it out next time you're in Calgary.

Anyways onto the questions. At Tiffany House I purchased some Shampoo Glass, the color is Mother of Pearl. The samples were so pretty, it really did look like mother of pearl. The lady didn't know too much about it accept that it is 104COE and came from Arrow Springs.

Anyone out there use if before? Any tips or tricks too it?

When I googled it I didn't find too much. So ladies, if you know anything about the glass please share. Thank you.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Group Sale - Bellevue Hall


Our sale at the Bellevue Hall was a success. Here is a picture of our motley crew! Thank you to Phil, Brent and John for "manning" the concession. Perhaps they should have dressed down to their skivies, and we would have had more cookie sales, ha ha. Also a HUGE THANK YOU to Trish who looked after credit card purchases!

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Bead Shows

Here is the link to the Oasis Bead Show in Calgary this year.

http://www.nlmglassarts.com/beadshow/Calgary/2007/beadoasiscalgaryindex.html

And....for those of us dreamers....this would be pretty awesome! Anyone going?

http://www.istanbul-boncuk.org/index.php

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Last Saturday's Sale and Classes

Good Morning everyone!

We all should now be recovered from the weekend and Saturday's sale by now, I hope you all had a good time. It was so nice to see everyone's creations, especially those who didn't get to participate in last October's sale. I have a few photos I took so I'll post them when I get a chance.

I personally did alright, about what I expected to do. I didn't think it was going to go over as well as Octobers sale, since that was a great location, and we had the start of the Christmas rush. i think this location has good potential though, it will just take more time. I hope everyone will take the time and post your thoughts and feelings in regards to last Saturdays sale. Any thoughts on what we could do different/better?

Also I know many of you are taking classes at Bedrock this weekend, let us know how they go!

Have a nice week. Amanda

Thursday, April 12, 2007

One Day Studio Sale


Our group is pleased to present our Studio Sale of Lampwork Glass Beads & Glass Bead Jewellery, Saturday, April 14 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Bellevue Community League, 7308 - 112 Ave, Edmonton. Come by to browse beautiful and unique work handcrafted by our group of local lampwork artists and enthusiasts.

One more thing...

I forgot to mention one thing, I have been working on a new logo for the group. I've had to put it aside to get ready for the sale. I'll be back to working on that next week. I will have 3 options, I will post them and we can have a vote.

Cheers, Amanda

Welcome Fireflies!

Good day everyone.

Welcome to the very first post for the ABFireflies. This blog is for everyone to use, and I hope you all at some point post something. This blog format is super friendly so even if you think your computer skills are lacking just follow the instructions in the email I sent out.

I'm sure everyone is getting excited (or freaking out) for our Studio Sale this Saturday. I'm sure it will be a great success.

If you have any questions/comments regarding this blog, please email me at amandak3@telus.net

Thank you. Happy Beading.