Hearts - Tis The Season!

I have so many things to get caught up on but I will try and keep it as short as possible so I can get back to the torch today as well as get some of these new things posted on my artfire account.

I'll start with hearts.  I am finally getting to a point where I can say, "I can make hearts" instead of calling myself heart challenged when it comes to making glass beads in that shape.  I had a ton of fun making these which also is something new for me.  Usually I would get frustrated because they never looked like I wanted them to and I had a hard time making the glass go where I wanted it.  I now understand what my first bead instructor, Robin, was trying to tell me - it just clicked this time!!!

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This bead is 2 1/4" long and is made with effetre black and white and the red is CIM Sangre http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=19

The next heart was inspired by a bead a saw in the Feb. 2012 issue of Soda Lime Times.  Many artists were featured in that issue, but I believe the artist who made the bead that inspired me is, Vickie Miller.

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 This heart is made with CIM Hades http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=17 and one of their new colors, that I absolutely love, Maraschino http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=109.

I loved making the longer ones and decided to try a shorter, plumper heart.

Effetre black and white.

The next bead is my least favorite of the bunch - decoration wise, but I'm still happy with the overall shape of the heart.

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The twist is made from CIM Hades and CIM Maraschino.

The last of my hearts for the day:

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I used CIM Celadon - 2 http://www.creationismessy.com/unique.aspx?id=7, CIM Gelly's Sty http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=2. The Celadon has a very swirly look and got a little red/brown in a few spots where I must have had a bit of a reduction flame hitting it.  This time I tried to get a little swish to the bead shape.  I was hoping for more swish action but it's a start.

That is it for the heart beads, and I'll be back with more of the disc beads I made to fit the Staxx brand system.  Which I recently found out, that Staxx has gone out of business.  My hope is they were bought out by someone and the system will be seen again some day under a different name.  Until then, if you are a Staxx lover, buy up what you can find at your local gift stores and I do have a few pieces in my stash for my customers too!

Thanks for stopping by to read my blog!
Chris

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