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Friday, 17 December 2010

Pick of the week - Berrylicious

Beautiful etched beads dangling from a sterling hammered ring, worn on a hand-dyed silk ribbon

Blackberry Crush Pendant by funkycow

lampwork beads in luscious tones of heather and berry, with a silvered ivory detail

Berrylicious beads by bearhousebeads

All my glass beads are handmade by myself in my home studio (torch porch!) at the foot of the beautiful Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, England.

Groovy beads berry by LushLampwork

made using cherry red and purple glass and is composed of 2 free spacers, various petal and triangle encased beads and three deeply encased florals.

Cherry lips by MyPrecious

This pair of mini strawberry beads look almost edible. They are the perfect size for using on earrings.

Fruit of the flame. Mini strawberry beads by blackheartbeads

yummy!
FHFteam 2010
Enjoy, Jolene x

Friday, 12 November 2010

Pick of the week - Sing a Rainbow

Bold fused glass stars and a heart in the centre!

Red Hots Italian murrini glass brooch by flyingcheesetoastie

Stunning, hand-shaped, one of a kind blown bead with a dark blue spiral and soft, exotic colouring.

Handmade lampwork blown bead, borosilicate glass - Marrakech by flyingbead

A set of 7 lampwork glass beads in bright yellow and white.

Lampwork Bead Set Yellow Wave by ARJewellery

This cute little bird bead is one of my range of itsy bitsy bird beads. It is approx 15mm high and 22mm from beak to tail.

Little bird bead by blackheartbeads

A bright and breezy lavender blue and black enamel on copper pendant with a daisy motif.

Lavender Blue Daisy Enamel Pendant by paintboxcrafts

A set of 5 beads, made using reactive glass which has given shades of mainly purples and blues. Encased with a thick layer of crystal clear glass.

A graduated set of 5 encased beads by HelenPetersBeads

Set of 8 handcrafted purple lampwork lentils with frit, raised dot and murrini decoration on both sides, in shades of light blue, black and lilac. These beads have been etched for a soft, muted finish.

Tempest Lampwork Bead Set by helbels

My daughter saw her first rainbow in the sky just the other day and was amazed. No wonder this inspired me to create a rainbow pick of the week for the fabulous FHFteam 2010
Enjoy, Jolene x

Monday, 18 October 2010

Pick of the week - Inside a Rainbow

This bead will remind you of the fairground and trips to the circus for certain, its fun and sure to be noticed.

Carnival by Mangobeads

A Graduated set of 13 lampwork glass beads in a Rainbow of transparents, with a deep violet bumpy focal bead.

Dream a Rainbow Handmade Lampwork Bead set by ARjewellery

Multicoloured Clown is a deeply encased oval focal bead created with raku, purple, red and yellow glass.

Multicoloured Clown by MyPrecious

23 spacer beads made from transparent and opaque glass, with silvered ivory stringer detail.

Etched rainbow spacer bead bracelet by blackheartbeads

This listing is for a set of 6 Sunspots buttons, in different colours - pink, purple, blue, green, orange and yellow - with random coloured spots

Sunspots Buttons .. handmade glass buttons by LushLampwork

Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue
I can sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow too.
FHFteam 2010 Enjoy, Jolene x

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Pick of the week - Forever Flowers

Wear a special poppy this year - this beauty is made from glass and shaped in the torch. It is attached to a sterling silver ring

Poppy ring - glass and sterling silver by littlecastledesigns

This large millefiori pendant is wonderfully detailed. It has a large sterling silver bail on the back.

Large millefiori pendant by blackheartbeads

Deep purple and pale lilac flowers feature on these polymer clay lentil beads; the set comprises 4 earring or spacer beads, and 6 larger beads.

Flowering at Midnight - Polymer Clay Bead Set by ContinuumDesigns

9 beautiful lampwork encased beads, created with clear, pink, coral, white and blue glass.

Jungle Speed - glass beads made by MyPrecious

Pretty abstract fused glass hanging with copper inclusions.

Forever Flowers Fused Glass Hanging by helenbluefairy

Everlasting floral beauty from FHFteam 2010 Hope you like, Jolene.

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Pick of the week - Recyled, upcycled and boozy

This is a striking bottle stopper with the largest bead measuring 22x33mm

Bumpy bead bottle stopper by blackheartbeads

Recycled Lampwork Bracelet by RedsBeads

Unique, one of a kind wine bottle stopper in lampwork borosilicate - boro - glass, with a wine genie (or siren?) in pinks and purples.

Wine bottle stopper, lampwork borosilicate glass - Elvira by flyngbead

The lampwork beads were made by me using recycled glass from a Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle

Upcycled Bombay Sapphire Earrings by Sineon2

Inside a solid glass marble I've formed a little bit of ocean! There are some swirling blues and greens, some little bubbles, and even a little bit of seaweed, but the object that really dominates is a jellyfish!

Jellyfish Glass Marble Bottle Stopper by steampunkglass

Recyled, upcycled and boozy gifts from FHFteam 2010 Enjoy, Jolene.

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Pick of the Week - Spotlight on Autumn

The change of the seasons is a thoughtful time for me, bright days morph slowly in to long nights and crisp fresh breezes creep from nowhere to whip your cheeks to rose. The redemption of autumn for me is the riot of rich colour that it brings, in this way the season seems to me to give more to my soul than it takes.

This Weeks Picks are

TOO-WIT TOO-WOO Bead Set by Catherine Throup
Every Stone tells a story by Emma MacKintosh
Fruit of the flame, 3 blackberry beads by Samantha Capeling
Arabian Nights Bead Set by Vicki White
Lampwork Soft Glass Implosion Marble by Sean Taylor

Jolene

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