I'm On Cloud Nine

I am on cloud nine! (Can you tell, I'm waving from it- love the photobooth on my Mac.)

I've been awarded the One Lovely Blog Award by Diane Norman of Luna Cat Jewels. That's wonderful and thank you so much. You can find her beautiful jewelry here and here, too. And then, shortly after I wrote this, Kerry, from CrazyLadyBeads who makes the cutest little piggies and cupcakes- and here is her blog too) awarded me the same lovely title. Thank you so much! Double my pleasure, double my fun!

Now it's my turn to pass the award to others, so here are the rules:

Accept the award, post it on your blog along with the name of the person who has granted the award and blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

Pass the award to 7 or more other blogs that you love. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

So here is my list of seven One Lovely Blog recipients...check them out and hope you enjoy each one the way I do!
1. Vicki Orion
2. Findings Found
3. Gaffer Girls
4. Leah Glass
5. Unique Women in Business (if you'd like to join this awesome group, please contact me)
6. Shiny Adornments
7. Bead Nerd

Two For Tuesday ~ Artisan Beaders Give Away & Silver Glass

I've bitten the bullet and finally have tried silver glass. Our local glass chapter has a new member who makes it and he brought some to sell at our last meeting and to show us how he uses it.

To be honest, I had been kind of avoiding it. The cost of $100/lb of glass, seems so expensive to me, and yet, as a true glass-aholic, I finally stopped resisting and gave in.

Here's just one photo of my results on this seashell. (I have more views in my listing here.) I got a pretty wide spectrum of colors and it seemed like treating it more like raku, got me the best results. I've seen different results from just about everyone who bought that evening. I know flame chemistry makes a difference, as well as striking it over and over, chilling it and probably singing love songs might change your results too.

Bottom line is that I'm really glad to try it and I'll continue to use it, but in small amounts. It gives a pretty variation of colors and is a lot of fun. If you want to find my new acquaintance, he sells on etsy as Striking Color.

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And now for the FREE Giveaway from Artisan Beaders Street Team! Aren't these earrings lovely? They are classically elegant and perfect for just about anything that I wear.
(Including my usual casual jeans and a sweater)

This week, these black faceted glass and sterling earrings are from Kristy of Shiny Adornments. To find out how to win them, you need to visit the Artisan Beaders' blog and get the full directions. Just click HERE.

And if you ever want to read a fabulous blog full of selling and business tips as well as pretty jewelry, Kristy's is one of my faves.
I always learn great information from it.

So because of the multi-faceted post today, I have a few questions for you to answer...
Do you have a favorite silver glass- which one and where do you buy it? Do you have a favorite blog for selling and jewelry/lampwork business tips? What is the url? Oh so much to think about and it's just Tuesday. See you tomorrow... (oh, and p.s.- don't forget my BIG SALE in my etsy shop through this Saturday.)