I'm emailing you a beaded glass lampshade. April L. Thomas made the handblown glass lampshade and I beaded the fringe.

Well, I made these earrings a few years back and they're beautiful! I call them Stained Glass Earring because they look completely different when lit from behind - actually Glow (like when I wear my hair up instead of down). Every time I wear them I get compliments, and I love being able to say "Thanks, I made them". They take about 3 - 4 hours to make a pair and I used size 11 beads for these. I originally saw this style in a catalogue for American Indian crafts, they were in a rather fuzzy picture. But I managed to figure out how to make them anyway. I have made other pairs in different colors and sizes for friends. They look beautiful no matter what! I hope you like them.

After seeing your dragonfly earring instructions I just had to make a pair. I didn't have exactly the beads you suggested but I had some that were "close enough". I tried and tried, following the instructions step by step but just couldn't do it. Either I wouldn't pull the wire tight enough and it would look sloppy or I'd pull it too tight and break the beads. I finally gave up on the wire and substituted beading thread. It worked! To stabilize the dragonfly I used the "hypodermic" needle glue and just filled the holes.

Anyway, a friend of mine who has helped me through a trying time was smitten by the little critters but doesn't wear earrings. She does, however, wear pins so I made one for her. I've attached a picture of the result.

This is Medea of the Deep she is a 3-D single peyote stitch mermaid...she is done in size 11 seed beads ...she is about 4 1/2 inches tall and on a base of about 5 inches...and done with zigzag fringe and straight fringe with seashells.

I am a glass bead artist. I have been doing it for about 6 months now and I "love" it. Here is some of my work. I like doing all kinds of glass beads but, I am drawn to sculptural beads. I have my own web site, www.BeadandJewel.com and I sell on several of the online auctions. I hope that you will like what you see. I use mainly Morretti soft glass but, have also used Uroboros, and Bullseye glass (not together of course) on my Hothead torch to create my beads.

The little blue bell is about 2 inches tall. It makes a nice "ting-a-ling" sound because I used a clapperless bell inside. I used Morretti soft glass to create the bell. I "drew on" the rose stem and used a pinch and twist method with tweezers to create the rose. 20g, sterling silver wire and twisted silver beads were used to make the handle. A crimp bead inside the glass and above the clapperless bell keeps the handle and twisted beads in place.

The Blue Ccocoon is part of a series I am doing of cocoon shaped amulet purses that have different themes and purposes. It was done in size 11's.

The Goddess Healing Bottle was done on a 5/8 dram amber glass bottle and was executed in size 14 beads. It was done in early spring of 1998 when I needed to see greens.