new Handmade Molds Available for Sale
New molds for resin, polymer clay, plaster, and other casted materials are now available in my store. Just click the shop tab above. All my molds are made right here in my studio one-by-one with the same easy release plastic that the major brands use. I have started off with 8 designs including some Kawaii style bows great for Decoden and hair jewelry, reversible Cameo frame setting and a beveled...
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Lampwork Glass Beads
As some of you know I make lampwork glass beads. It hasn’t really been anything I have spoken of in my blog since I restarted it but it is and has been a major part of my life. I made my first bead in 2004 and had quite a successful (in my opinion at least) bead business up until about October 2009. Truthfully, I made the mistake of taking wholesale orders and reorders of previously made...
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Handpouring Your Own Silicone Molds
Premade purchased molds are wonderful. I absolutely love them but what if you have a hand-shaped item or something with tremendous detail that is all your own? Mold putty is wonderful but it has its downfalls. It doesn’t get into crevices well and doesn’t show high detail. The only option is to move on to liquid silicone. There are a lot of them out there. I started pouring my own...
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Quickly glossing of those sanded resin edges!
I first want to start off by saying that the only way to truly have a long lasting finished surface for your resin piece is to use nothing but hand polishing your piece or re-glossing it with resin. While using items like Triple Thick or Glossy Accents will last for quite some time, because they are a softer material they wear off or get dinged. Using the earlier methods, like those tables at...
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Cold enameling charms with resin and pigments.
There are so many beautiful, highly detailed brass, bronze, and silver charms being sold nowadays. Most are quite large and don’t need anything additional to stand on their own other than a matching chain. Sometimes more is not better. You can though enhance the look without taking anything away from the piece. The majority of charms being sold are not solid bronze or brass and true glass...
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Unconventional Supplies :: Water Putty Pendant
This is my first post on this blog. I so wished that I had my complete blog and years and years worth of posts but unfortunately there was no saving it. I have waited far to long to re-instate this. More than an introduction, I really think your first post should state something about you. I am not really a conventional person when it comes to art and always like to stand on the edge using newer...
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new Handmade Molds Available for Sale
New molds for resin, polymer clay, plaster, and other casted materials are now available in my store. Just click the shop tab above. All my molds are made right here in my studio one-by-one with the same easy release plastic that the major brands use. I have started off with 8 designs 
including some Kawaii style bows great for Decoden and hair jewelry, reversible Cameo frame setting and a beveled frame molds, and some sea life. I have many more designs in the works and a lot of other ideas.
I will be offering custom molds to customers also and will be posting an information page on that within a week or two.
Lampwork Glass Beads
As some of you know I make lampwork glass beads. It hasn’t really been anything I have spoken of in my blog since I restarted it but it is and has been a major part of my life. I made my first bead in 2004 and had quite a successful (in my opinion at least) bead business up until about October 2009. Truthfully, I made the mistake of taking wholesale orders and reorders of previously made beads. Remaking the same bead over and over again coupled with the tremendous Florida heat, just burned me out and zapped all my creativity. There were a lot of changes going on in my life at that point also including selling off my full-time business (not bead related) and starting college again, I just decided to step away from beads and allow myself a break. It was the right thing to do at that point. It’s something I regret now because picking up the mandrel again has been a bit harder than I expected when your glass studio gets buried beneath two years of garage mess. 
The garage studio is finally near the point where I get the propane filled and fire up the torch. Thinking about it makes me smile. There is something about playing with fire and hot glass that is alluring. I won’t be giving up resin or clay but its where my heart is. I had not shared this video on here yet but I wanted to share some of the things there are to come for those wondering what they looked like, etc. I am anxious to fire up the torch.
New items added to Etsy!
It has been a long time coming but I finally have some new items on my etsy. I will be slowly adding items to the store. I started with some Hello Kitty pieces. Watch out soon for some molds of my own to be added but for new jewelry.
Take a peak – http://jeweledlizard.etsy.com or click the link in the sidebar.
