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zen-mom

2012-04-30, 4:37pm

This is random draw for a $55 Gift Certificate from The Mandrel...

You only need to post a photo of your favorite bead that you have made. This is a random draw! I will not be judging your beads! I want to see what you think is your best work so far! Lampwork beads only, since those the only types of supplies I sell :)

One entry per person...
Starts at Midnight Pacific Time tonight (so May 1)
Last chance to post is May 30
Winner will be drawn on May 31

Cannot be used toward shipping, sales tax, or classes/studio rental and for in stock items only (no back orders or rain checks)

Thanks... starting in just under 7.5 hours. Good luck!

Melodie

2012-05-01, 1:42pm

Awwww man ... I didn't want to be first. :oops::oops::oops: I've been waiting all morning for someone to post in here so I wouldn't be. [-o<

Oh well ... I've only made one decent bead in the 12yrs I've been torching. How sad is that. :rolleyes: Thank goodness you are only looking for one or I wouldn't have been able to enter. :lol:

I made this for a friend (Kim V) for her birthday one year.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2147/2908260/8553734/115816012.jpg

zen-mom

2012-05-01, 1:47pm

That's beautiful! Wow! =)

MaryBeth

2012-05-02, 12:26pm

Melodie! That is so elegant!

Here's mine. I hope it's OK that there are four beads in this picture but I don't have any of them anymore so I can't just take a pic of a single one. I love the turquoise turtle. So much that I have attempted to replicate it multiple times but I love the one in this picture the most.

So there it is!

(Please let me know if this picture isn't OK and I'll just have to find something different.)

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zen-mom

2012-05-02, 12:40pm

MaryBeth

2012-05-02, 12:59pm

Those are cute! I totally fail at sculptural stuff... I have learned how to make turtles from Judy Carlson in 3 different workshop and something always pops off or the poor little dude comes out with a thermal shock down his back... I love the turtle with the gears!

Thanks, Donna! It took me a while to get sculptural stuff. I would always melt the details in too much for fear of losing too much heat. I took a class with Sharon Peters a while ago and that helped a lot. Turtle making really clicked with me after I purchased Mary Moth's tutorial.

zen-mom

2012-05-02, 1:05pm

Ha ha, I think I have that tutorial! I really should figure out how to do it since I have two shows a year I do in Hawaii!

Melodie

2012-05-02, 1:24pm

MaryBeth

2012-05-02, 2:26pm

Thanks ladies :love:

OMG! MaryBeth, I LOVE the turtles! I used to have one years ago, his name was Fred :roll:, he lived to be about 15 before cancer took him. I still miss that silly turtle.

I'm considering making beads (watch out ... lightning is going to strike!8-[) for BOC and something like those would be perfect to make the kids. Is Mary still selling the tutorial? I'll have to go look in the tutorial section.

ETA: Hmmmm they might think these have too many protruding parts for BOC beads ... but I still love them!

Yes, Mary is still selling the tutorial in her Etsy store. Actually, if I were going to make them for BOC I would just pull the front flippers in closer to the shell and make the back flippers a little thicker and shorter. I had a chance to look at some fossilized sea turtles last weekend (these were fossils that left an impression in limestone) and the front flippers were folded very close to the shell.

Melodie

2012-05-02, 3:24pm

Thanks! I just ordered it from her Etsy store. I absolutely adore your turtles, hope mine turn out as cute. I love working sculptural so this should be right up my alley. Thanks for the tips on the flippers!

NLC Beads

2012-05-02, 3:46pm

Melodie, that's stunning! MaryBeth, I oohed at those the first time you posted them. :)

This is one of my favorites...
http://www.nlcbeads.com/gallery/e1031099a.jpg

Melodie

2012-05-02, 9:12pm

Thanks Nikki :love:

Wow ... that is one gorgeous bead! Absolutely love the colors, you make me wish I worked with 104 glass.

zen-mom

2012-05-02, 9:16pm

Uh oh... what type of glass do you work with Melodie?

Melodie

2012-05-02, 9:19pm

I work with BE ... but don't worry, I have a serious addiction to tools and could always use silver foil - just in case I'd be lucky enough to win. :smile:

MaryBeth

2012-05-02, 9:50pm

Nikki - that is beautiful! It's done in my favorite color also!

LAJ

2012-05-03, 4:47pm

Here's probably my all time favorite from my beads. It's also the very 1st of this style bead that I ever made. I had an idea in my head & was thrilled at the outcome. This was before I sold beads & I didn't think to take any pics of it, or any of my earlier beads for that matter. I used it in a bead crochet design which wound up being my 1st published piece.

So, Donna, which of your beads is your favorite?

zen-mom

2012-05-03, 5:52pm

Oh, I don't know... Hmmmm. I think I would have to meander through the old photo files :)

zen-mom

2012-05-03, 5:54pm

Oh, here we go... I remember being very pleased with this one...

http://www.primadonnabeads.com/artists/gallery/276/img/6172_a.jpg

ironmountainglass

2012-05-04, 4:56pm

It's a good thing your not judging this because there is some way awesome stuff in here. Here is one of my fav.
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Melodie

2012-05-04, 5:21pm

Lea - that is beautiful!

Donna - your bead is stunning, I love the colors. I so wish I could achieve that look in BE. The little swirl of green is perfect.

Donna - I adore the Santa! He's sooooo cute.

Eileen

2012-05-05, 6:24pm

Beautiful beads here. Mine won't be up to the same standard, but I'll look for a picture of one that made me smile.

Deb Hopeful Journeys

2012-05-05, 7:41pm

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I had fun with making the beads and bracelet!

2012-05-07, 10:12am

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I am so pleases with this bead. I decided it has to stay with me, so I can fondle it, and drool on it. :grin:
Jan

zen-mom

2012-05-07, 10:29am

It's lovely. I keep beads that I really like in my pocket for a couple of weeks, then I can give them up... I love that shape... I go on binges of making that shape about once or twice a year.

2012-05-07, 1:27pm

Thank you, Donna. You just made my day.
Jan

NLC Beads

2012-05-07, 8:31pm

Thanks for the kind words. :love: I'm really enjoying this thread.

2tumblingdragonz

2012-05-12, 10:22am

both sides of one of my fave beads.

thanks Donna for the special opportunity!

good luck everyone. I love all the beadies posted.

namaste
Rowyn

Deb

2012-05-17, 8:59pm

So many beautiful beads. This is one of my favorites.
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zen-mom

2012-05-17, 9:21pm

Nice!

zen-mom

2012-06-01, 2:21pm

Sorry for the delay peeps... a bunch of stuff decided to land on me all at once, including a trip to the ER for my kid..

Anyway, without fanfare (sorry) THE WINNER IS NLC BEADS!

You have a $55 store credit at The Mandrel :)

NLC Beads

2012-06-01, 4:11pm

EEEEEEEEK!!!!!! How sweet is that?!? (Ok, the winning, not the ER trip for your kid...)

I'm gonna go give away a sheep in thanks!

zen-mom

2012-06-01, 4:12pm

Heheh, I hope I win! Off to stalk your posts.

Michelle Walsh

2012-06-02, 3:13pm

Congratulations Nikki!

and Donna this was excellent of you! I would have been in but my bead pics are on a dead computer.

Eileen

2012-06-12, 4:16pm

Yea for Nikki!

NLC Beads

2012-06-17, 6:45pm

Thanks for the fun shopping spree, Donna! I was able to pick out loads of glass with it!!! :love:

I paid it forward to one of my favorite critter artists - Lauren of maybeads.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/maybeads?ref=seller_info

She's making dinos for diabetes and I thought this was a great way for me (and Donna!) to contribute. :)

zen-mom

2012-06-17, 6:51pm

An awesome cause! :)