~Winding Glass in the flame,
much like spinning straw
into gold~

The cobbler had it made with his little helpers,My elves I think ran away to New Orleans for a vacation..

Speaking of Vacations,I just got back last week from visiting AZ, My daughter, my mother, my neice, and my two brothers all live there, 5 days isnt enough time, I just got there it seems and we had to say our goodbyes again.

We had so much fun, on mothers day we went to the desert botanical garden, where Chihuly had a big glass exhibit, absolutely mondo cool (though it hit 108 degrees that day. ) On the front page of this site there is a slide show I made of the peices we got to see. Here, scroll down. Here is a sneak peek.

I also took my mom Geo caching, we found three treasures!! She really enjoyed it.

Im hoping my daughter will catch the bug and do it with her sometimes,

Have I explained Geo caching here? If not I will!!

But I have so much more to talk about!

I got home Thursday from my trip, that Saturday I had to work Explore glass art day at the glass society, then the next Sunday I had a beadmaking 101 class all day to teach.

We had a lot of fun! and Pat from a previous class, and a new beadmaking addict stopped by to work with us, Its absolutely so fun to see her eyes light up, and her new passion for the art!

In between all this, I have been making fistfuls of beads. wanna see?

fighting a bit with the new posistion of the sun to take pictures (yes they rehung the sun!!)

dragonfly dance.

with hand made dragonfly millis i made myself

Butterfly Pandora

Pansy pendants style

BIrds bees and cherry blossoms

oh and I want to share one that sold, that i really love how they turned out.

this set is on its way to Canada.

blushing Dogwoods