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omething specific you d like to learn please feel free to email me and let me know comments leave a comment categories uncategorized bead soup blog party reveal sept 17 11 17 09 2011 welcome my name is barrie and my partner is lyn foley don t forget to check out her blog and if you want to spend countless hours tripping around the blogs of some more amazing artists check out lori anderson s pretty things blog for a complete list of links to all the participants without lori this little blog party wouldn t exist my name is barrie and i joined the bsbp to force myself to work outside the box so to speak i do love beads as evidenced by the bead show that i organize every year here in beautiful british columbia but alas the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry who wrote that anyway quick google check according to dictionary com the saying is adapted from a line in to a mouse by robert burns well back to the point i had the best of plans for all my little beady goodies from lyn foley she sent me some gorgeous lampwork beads she made herself along with lots of beautiful pearls clever lady she didn t even know i love pearls along with a cute sterling frog clasp check these out i definitely can t do her gorgeous work justice with a camera wouldn t you know it though this month has gone to he in a handcart no i won t google that one for you not only do i have my second oldest son his wife and my 3 yr old grandson suddenly staying with us for a month heaven help my sanity but there s 2 extra dogs in the house school started back up for my granddaughter who is here half the time so i can get her to and from school while her dad is at work i also have the fraser valley bead show creeping up on me and have students chomping at the bit to get the classes online for registration vendors need nagging to get their paperwork in and somewhere in all that i have custom jewelry that needs doing on a regular basis and if that s not quite busy enough for you i ve spent a couple of weeks going back and forth in negotiations with a new hotel arranging a new bead show calgary alberta june 1 2 2012 so with all the mayhem and craziness that landed in my lap this month i m a little behind in my projects bad me it s going to b september 17th for 24 whole hours though so who knows how many pieces i can finish before the end of the day i will be adding pics of the finished pieces i know i m late story of my life in the next few days lori did say that not everyone will make it to all the blogs on the first day or two so i m hoping some of you will drop by to see the finished goodies that will be coming very soon and if you made it here and read all this stuff please leave a comment and i ll put you in the drawing for a pair of earrings i m working on pic coming soon of course thanks for stopping by hope you get a chance to return to see the finished goodies won t be long i promise comments 38 comments categories uncategorized bead soup 24 08 2011 well the time has sure gotten away from me the past few days ok weeks who am i kidding lol anyway my partner for the bead soup blog party is lyn foley if you get a minute check out her website she has some gorgeous jewelry in her portfolio her husband is a metalsmith and also makes some findings for her beads too very cool i can t say what i sent her as i want it to be a complete surprise but hopefully she can find something to do with the goodies she gets i hope i chose an okay color that s always the hardest part when giving someone you don t know a gift i won t go into details because i don t want to give it away but needless to say she ll either love it or hate it lol oh as per the bead soup party organizer i do get to show you a modified picture of the goodies on their way to lyn i had fun distorting the heck out of this picture it looks nothing like the finished product i assure you however i really like the way this pic turned out modern art baby lol and if that doesn t pique your curiosity maybe this one will neither one is even remotely indicative of what s in the package but it sure looks cool lol hope lyn enjoys her goodies comments 3 comments categories uncategorized bead soup 3 08 2011 what me cook not likely then what exactly is bead soup all about i ve joined the bead soup blog party for a complete description and maybe sign yourself up before august 3 11 click on the picture below i decided to join the bead soup blog party because i need a creative kick in the butt and this seemed like a great idea to get me thinking outside of the box i don t do shows anymore well except my own but that doesn t count and i only sell through one retail location so i don t have too many things that force me to do something different than what i usually do i also don t make lampwork beads anymore in fact i loaned my torch to a friend so couldn t even if i wanted to this bead soup thing is so far out of my comfort zone it should be interesting to see what happens you ll have to stay tuned in the meantime here s a pic of a sterling silver garnet bead i made a few years ago i ll have to come up with something special for this wild and wacky project wish me luck comments leave a comment categories uncategorized reticulated sterling pendant 22 07 2011 well imagine that i managed to get something made this week that isn t custom work yeah me i have been demonstrating how to reticulate sterling silver for quite a few years and have all these small pieces of crinkly silver stashed away on my workbench i decided i wanted a big round pendant and made a square wire circle about and inch and three quarters in diameter it just so happened that it fell into my bench drawer and landed on one of the bigger pieces of reticulated silver aha so i cut and filed and soldered the reticulated piece in place then it was time to figure out what stones i wanted to use i went through everything i have and i have a lot of stones i finally settled on a set of 5 amethysts in ascending or descending depending on your perspective sizes the largest stone is 5 5mm in diameter the smallest is 3mm i did silver black antique patina the textured part then ran it through the tumbler overnight it didn t take long to set the stones although the 3 7mm one second smallest gave me a bit of a workout i wore this today on a black leather cord i think i ll test drive it for a few weeks i really like it hopefully i ll get more time in the studio this weekend i do have a very special set of custom rings on the go so hopefully i ll be inspired to make more extra goodies hope you have a great weekend comments 1 comment categories uncategorized some new updates 20 07 2011 hello it s been a while again let s see if i can update you on all the goings on nothing too exciting so you can skip this bit if you have more important things to do i m currently working on bead show classes which entails nagging the instructors to get their info to me the fall fraser valley bead show is creeping up fast october 21 23 at the cascades casino convention center in langley bc again applications are coming in slowly but surely i m working on writing a few jewelry tutorials with tons of pictures there are so many wire working or lampworking tutorials i figure i should just get cracking and hop on the tutorial bandwagon they ll be available on my etsy site eventually i m working on some custom jewelry really enjoying this right now for some reason i am still trying to figure out the web cast thing slowly my stumbling block has been clearing a space in the disaster zone i call my studio it s so messy i don t want you guys to see it like that no seriously it s a mess we re working on that so i can get the camera set up and secured so i don t end up knocking things flying setting things on fire and generally making an a of myself lol i ve also taken on the entirely strange task of babysitting my son s dog during the week while he s at work we already have 3 dogs for those of you who haven t met them yet there s jessie my shih tzu cairn terrier cross then there s bailey basset hound pointer cross and of course woody purebred basset hound so we ve now added grace mark s new dog she s a 1 a half year old pit bull tiny maybe 30 pounds adorable and very sweet she doesn t have an aggressive bone in her body but boy or boy can that dog jump we spent the first two weeks grace proofing the fence at 7ft high i believe we finally have her beat she loves the back yard we have a dog door in the kitchen that opens onto the deck and of course into the back yard thankfully it s now hit a point where all four dogs get along great and pretty much leave me to do my thing during the day i can finally hit the studio without worrying about them wrecking the upstairs while i m working whew needless to say it s been a crazy hectic few weeks getting used to having an extra body around here all day long lol and the final exciting bit of news i have a new website finally it s still very much a work in progress but it s getting there i will have lots to add there soon oh i suppose i should include a link here you go all about me let me know what you think now off to work with me i mean studio work and yes i will take pictures when i m done have a great day comments leave a comment categories uncategorized june 1 already it s almost christmas 2 06 2011 i can t believe how fast time flies what s with that anyway in keeping with my push to spend more time making jewelry and less time contemplating it here are a few more pieces to show you i took these to joye designs stone art gallery yesterday hopefully they find new homes quickly i m still working on new jewelry starting the planning of the fall bead show that never ends and getting myself organized for teaching more classes i ve started the ball rolling to get my studio organized a bit more so i can accommodate students again it s gotten way too cluttered and disorganized to comfortably bring students in there more like totally embarrassing lol and i haven t given up on the live video feed thing yet my son s been working graveyard shifts and overtime for the past three weeks straight so i know he ll be more receptive to assisting me once i let him get a little sleep anyway here s the new goodies sorry for the less than fabulous pictures i was in an incredible rush when i took them cz stud earrings 1 cz stud earrings 2 cz pendant matches first pair of earrings cz rings top view matches pendant earrings cz ring side view okay this next picture is not a good one but the background was hideous so i edited it out but the picture of the ring itself is really clear note to self remember to take pics way before you have to run out the door lol sorry here s a side view of that ring the pearl is so lustrous it was nearly impossible to get any pictures of it without it totally overwhelming the pic and these pictures aren t great i know i said that already lol and just because he s so damn cute here s a pic of our latest family addition woody the basset hound he joined us last november as you can see he lives a very tough life rofl crazy mutt that s it for this week as i said more jewelry coming soon have a great week comments leave a comment categories uncategorized more new goodies 3 05 2011 me again yup i must be on a roll first the chit chat before the eye candy i was sitting at my work bench yesterday wanting to experiment and play but all i could think of was how high the price of silver is and what a waste of silver it would be if i messed it up or they didn t turn out the way i wanted them to i ve been making silver jewelry for almost 19 years and i have never thought like that even when the boys all four of them were little and the money i made with my jewelry sales had to go a looooooong way to help pay the household bills well i have decided to kick that crazy line of thinking to the curb realistically unless i suddenly decide to make massive quantities of 2 inch wide heavy gauge sterling cuff bracelets my little experiments and play projects will not break the bank bottom line even if i sell the successful ones i will more than make back the money i waste messing stuff up so there negativity take that hah now on with the goodies first is a laser cut mystic topaz set in a simple but pretty setting my usual stuff okay this next one is one of my latest favs it is so pretty in person and i hope it finds a good home fast it s way too small and way too wide for my fat fingers so i couldn t keep it for me but hopefully someone will love it as much as i do and finally a simple pair of amethyst earrings lightweight fun texture and sure to catch an eye or two oh and i didn t keep these because i haven t worn earrings in months and it seemed silly to keep them even though i really like them lol that s it for today tomorrow is class night so i won t get a chance to work in the studio until hopefully wednesday i think my son is home that day too and maybe we ll play with that camera that would be fun anyway have a great week i m off to find some dinner time to fire the household chef oh wait that would by my hubby and if i fire him he ll expect me to take over not happening lol fine i ll just make my own dinner just this once cheers comments 6 comments categories uncategorized busy week s work 1 05 2011 hello again i m getting better at remember to blog these days yay this week i managed to finish a few pieces though you won t get to see two of them as they ve already gone to their new homes bling for naaz but i did get other pieces done and thought i d share here before taking them to the gallery without further ado for your viewing pleasure first is a square cubic zirconia ring with silver balls on either side of the stone second is the same style of ring with an oval cubic zirconia next there s a beautiful white pearl ring with a single 14k gold ball on either side of the stone here s another square cubic zirconia ring but this is one of my rail rings dubbed by one of my students rail rings have those wide rounded edges this actually started out as a ring for naaz but somehow we got our signals mixed and she s not a size 7 5 so this ring became stock for the gallery happy accidents when i was at the last gem show my friend and i bought a couple of strands of gorgeous aquamarine beads here s one of the oval ones set in a bezel love the blue in these now this one is a beautiful blue chalcedony druzy cab it s a very high sided stone so i had to get a little creative with the edge of the bezel check out the second picture shows it in much better detail and now for something completely different i ve had these two beads on my bench and in my scrap bucket more often than not but an intervention by a couple of friends has saved them from the refinery first is a huge and i do mean huge bead i m not sure what you d call this shape though if you were a lampwork artist i think the closest bead press would be a kalera it s textured with my favorite leaf imprint here s ...