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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!