I want to melt glass!

Good morning everyone, been a busy few months with Uni work, not much time for playing with glass...have decided to have a day a week now of getting creative...all work and no play!!!...so today is shedio day, mandrels are dipped and ready, kiln is on, so mug of coffee and away I go...lets hope for success after 8 months away from my torching! xxx

I is back!

Thought I would resurrect my blog ahead of some exciting news! I will be back very soon and hopefully with something to blog about :))))) x

Law!

Well it's ages since I did a post in here, my course is going well, but I need to make beads again too, so have decided that after xmas I am getting back to it properly, all work and no play are making Mandy a dull girl. Started getting christmassy too, put the tree up and have actually now started shopping! It's snowing too, which is unusual for Liverpool, looks lovely out there, but glad I'm inside. xxx

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Good Morning :)

Not been blogging much! Very slack of me..will get back to it..been so busy lately with bead making, decorating, studying, and life thast I don't seem to have a spare minute.
Anyway have a great day my little blogging buddies wherever you may be :)

Beads today

Well after the sewing bug has had hold of me for a while...I am finally back at the beads....new heater has warmed the shedio up enough for me to venture out. Had a play with implosion beads yesterday, great fun and lovely results, so it's more of the same today, hopefully better as I learnt a few little tricks along the way yesterday.....
My first proper doll is gorgeous will post pics in a bit....very pleased with her, she's called Viola, and is the first of many I think. It's very satisfying to sew, something incredibly relaxing about it. Be back later....M xxx

New goodies in the shop

Have spent 2 days photographing and listing lots of new jewellery and beads in the shop....please take a look.www.rockpooljewels.com

Been gone soooo long!

Been absolutely ages since I blogged...the snow has put a stop to my lampworking, it's sooooo cold in the studio that I have had to go back to my second love which is sewing :) Doing well though, made some pretty cushions and a lovely doll, actually loved making the doll and may get more involved with this lovely craft. Planning to get back out to the bead shed soon though, have lots of ideas swimming around, so can't wait to try them out.
 Adios amigos,
Mandyxxxxx

Winter Market in Liverpool

I will be attending this event as a stall holder...can't wait...lots to do but very exciting. Hope it's really busy, there are carols and mince pies and general christmassyness so it should be a lovely day!

I probably won't come out of the shedio now for a fortnight!!! lol

xxx

Beads from yesterday!

Had a go at key beads, these are a bit of a revelation to me, I have always loved fancy keys anyway, and often pick unusual old keys up from different places, now that I can add glass to them it takes them to a whole new level! only made 2 so far but love it. also been making more organic beads, using silvered glass to good effect too in the new torch..so here they are anyway

Buzy buzy beader!

Goodness me, I have been away from my blog for ages! Been exceptionally busy trying to organise my stash of beads for a potential Christmas market eeek what have I got myself into? also been slowly but surely learning how to make bead again on my new torch setup, think I have finally found the secret, at least the beads are coming out nice and round now so that's a start eh? Been trying my hand at key beads too, and very nice they are too....all will be revealed very soon. Anyway another day in the studio beckons, after I have walked the dog and done some surfing......lol

Love Mandyx

My lovely daughter at Fashion week

http://picasaweb.google.com/xpetalx/BeckyAtLifestyleFashionWeekLiverpool#

Here she is strutting her stuff....so proud of her, they all looked fab...had a lovely afternoon. Brilliantly organised and some scrummy designer clothes on show......

Catwalk today!

Going to see my gorgeous girl strut her stuff on the catwalk at Circo in the Albert Dock  later.. she has been doing 4 or 5 shows a day this week and is absolutely shattered..bless her...she hides it well though.
Been ordered to take the camera with me :) and get on the front row, wish me luck with that one, I can't run in heels :)

Later

Mandyxxx

Busy week!

Had a super busy week this week with one thing and another...hardy any torch time at all. Going to make some prototypes today see if they work out....

Off to Ikea for beds in a bit, exciting! but got my gorgeous little niece and nephew staying on Saturday night, so it's popcorn and disney films all day....can't wait.

Anyways later folks......

xxxxx

Lovely weekend and sorting stuff out!

Had a great time in Stafford as I knew we would...can't really go wrong if the wine and conversation are flowing eh?
Oh and it was sunny too...bonus :)

Have spent yesterday and today on a big clear out mission, got loads onto ebay, will miss all my jewellery making stuff, but hopefully I will get into the silver smithing soon, and will be able to replace it. Thing is it's pointless keeping things you won't use again isn't it? May as well go to a good home, and it all helps the lampworking kitty too.

Had a nice day today so far, like having a clear out, seems to clear your head out too!
Off to the shedio to be creative.....

xxx

Off to Sunny Stafford!

Hope it's still sunny when we get there.
Looking forward to a nice, relaxing weekend, chilling with our friends.....
the wine will be flowing, we may even put the erasure cd on again and dance around the kitchen like fools.....ah well at least I couldn't remember a thing last time :)  heh heh

Have fun folks....cos I will be :)

Mandyxxx

Shopping!

Lovely day of shopping to lok forward too with my luvverly mummy and  sister :)
Can't wait to spend a day away from the house and the studio...lol, refresh my mojo by going out and seeing a bit of the world....ok the inside of shops...same thing!
Hope to pick a few xmas pressies up too, got to make a start now, right I am off to make myself  look human...well as human as I can :)


xxxx

It's raining cats and dogs!

Very wet out there, just about to venture down the garden for a day in the shedio!
Can't wait, got some new ideas to try....comes to it when you are dreaming about beads eh? Anyway had my coffee, kids off to school/college so I is a free woman today....woohoo

Laterzzzz xxxx

Told ya I'd been busy!

Very good fun!

Have filled the kiln with odds today, just testing a few different styles out to see if I like them,
Made more nice twisties, I like making them, it's therapeutic,

So I have diddled about, made a lovely(I hope) dinner, and now I am on here....typical Sunday really!
Finally found a new screen for my poorly laptop, and treated her to a new keypad too, cos the r is missing and driving me nuts  :)
So hopefully the poor old thing will be good as new next week, wahey!!!

Mandyx