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2010-01-25, 9:47pm
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Purple Heart Making Experience
Today I made a handful of purple hearts, which I haven't done in a while. Something funny happened...
I SHOULD be working on inventory for Best Bead in Tucson in about a week but I couldn't. I just couldn't get motivated. Something told me to make purple hearts. I got going and couldn't stop.
I had pulled out my Zoozii heart press that has a tapered edge heart as well as a straight sided one. I had never used it. That is one fun press! You just need to make a cone shape and press with it, which you probably all know.
If you have one, give it a try. Layer some transparent lavender and ink blue...very nice, sweet little purple hearts.
I think they might be my new warm up beads. Will show them tomorrow after they're annealed.
Now I want to get the butterfly one.
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2010-01-26, 4:43am
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I can't wait to see them.
Thanks for the tip on the transparent colors combo -- I was using opaque purple and I can't get it to stay nice no matter what I do, I'll be trying that this weekend. :0)
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2010-01-26, 9:27am
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The ink blue is pretty intense so it often looks almost black. Even over white, if the layers are too thick, same thing.
I like to layer it thinly over any light transparent and it shows it's color better. Even clear is fun.
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2010-01-26, 10:35am
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There's a butterfly tutorial coming out in the next Bead Release.
Robert
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2010-01-31, 11:25am
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Excellent! Thanks Robert...can't wait to get it.
So, my hearts didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Sometimes things look so much nicer in the flame than they do when they're cooled. ::sigh:: But, I said I'd show them so, here they are:
I do love the shape and the outlining. A solid color would probably be more visually appealing though. That's what I get for trying to get fancy.  But that's how we get better at it, right?
Anyone else have any purple hearts to show?
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2010-01-31, 11:29am
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Oh, and here's a tutorial I wrote a while ago for making purple hearts:
http://lorigreenberg.com/blog/?p=647
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2010-01-31, 5:07pm
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Lori I really like those hearts!!!!
And thanks for the tutorial going to check it out now....
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2010-01-31, 5:55pm
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I like those hearts, Lori!! I don't do well making hearts, I may need to try again... And yes, I understand the BoC torch urge, I've shifted sessions to just BoC beads myself.
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2010-01-31, 6:06pm
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Lori, those hearts look pretty good to me. I spent this afternoon figuring out sock monkey beads for a young girl over at Egelston here in Atlanta. I've made lots of butterflies lately, time for a big batch of hearts.
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2010-01-31, 6:22pm
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Nikki, rockin a Minor now
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Please take pics, Robert, your butterflies are great, I'd love to see the hearts also.
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2010-01-31, 8:26pm
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Here's my latest batch of purple hearts. Just have to get something to wrap them with.
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2010-01-31, 8:39pm
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Nikki, rockin a Minor now
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Oh, how lovely! I like the teal and purple one best, nice!
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2010-02-01, 1:07am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pierces*designs
Here's my latest batch of purple hearts. Just have to get something to wrap them with.
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These are great!!! Are those freehand? I can make the horizontal hearts (the one that looks like butt cheeks according to my kids) but I can't make vertical hole hearts at all. I've seen tutorials on it but I can't get mine fluffy or well, let's just say they don't look like hearts. Is there a good press that can be used for either or?
Robert, I'd love so see your sock monkeys!
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2010-02-02, 9:05am
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All of those hearts are awesome!
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2010-02-02, 10:18am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reenie
These are great!!! Are those freehand? I can make the horizontal hearts (the one that looks like butt cheeks according to my kids) but I can't make vertical hole hearts at all. I've seen tutorials on it but I can't get mine fluffy or well, let's just say they don't look like hearts. Is there a good press that can be used for either or?
Robert, I'd love so see your sock monkeys!
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Zoozii's XL Sweetheart preSs was used for mine.
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2010-02-02, 12:00pm
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Nifty! I just started making hearts recently and was really fired up making them for BOC and for Breast Cancer Research...
 
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2010-02-09, 5:58pm
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Debby and Mary, your hearts are GREAT!
Nikki...girl, don't stress yourself about hearts when you can rock the butterflies! Unless you want to, that is.  )
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2010-02-10, 4:00pm
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Nikki...girl, don't stress yourself about hearts when you can rock the butterflies! Unless you want to, that is. ) |
 I'll keep rocking butterflies and art beads to send in, thanks for the affirmation. 
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2010-02-10, 5:20pm
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 all such lovelies!! i am finally getting set up to torch in my revamped studio, and Fly~Away hearts have been on my mind for awhile.. here is one from years back....
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2010-02-12, 9:05am
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I love the fly-away hearts! Beautiful as a pendant-style piece!
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2010-02-12, 10:21am
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Great tutorial Lori. I'm planning to make at least one purple heart per torching session.
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2010-02-12, 12:42pm
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That sounds like a super plan, Deb!
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