When life gets in the way

This time i finally got quite a lot of work to do. You know, of the kind that I actually can make som money on. I've also been networking and learned my system for bookkeeping. All this is very good!

The bad thing is, I haven't had much time to torch and even less to take pictures. So no listings for a few days now. I'll try to find some time during the weekend.

In the mean time - if you want to look at some goodies - why don't you go over to the Fire Diva's blog?! Yes, I'm a Fire Diva now (yay!!!) and you can follow this groups work on the blog, on the Facebook fanpage, on Flickr or in the Fire Diva's threads in the ArtFire and Etsy forums.

Tried and loved: Slytherin

Yes, I admit it. I'm having a huge cruch on CiM! To bad thery're in US as it makes the glass fairly expensive for a poor girl from Sweden. But they have such a beautiful glass assortment!

The day before Christmas, a package with a CiM mix cam from Tuffnell. The first glass I jumped on (as soon as all the chrismassy things were done) was Slytherin. (Yes, I'm also a fan of Harry Potter!). And it's gorgeouse. I haven't had time to make a lot yet, but I couldn't wait to share the beads I did do.

First out is a earring pair where the Slytherin green glass is on the surface:

Here it covers Dirty Martini (also from CiM) and I think they work wonderful together.

Second is an encased floral bead with a base of transaprent dark steel grey from Effetre and flowers in white and Slytherin:

As you can see, the green colour remains rich even when encased.

Finally!

I sat down at the torch the other day, and finally it clicked. Not so much that I can make the same quality of beads I used to, but this time I could manage the clear Vetro without burning it and I also found at least some stringer control.

Now I've got my hopes up. Maybe I'll learn to manage this! :)