You Call This Winter?

If I ever have to be reminded why I love to live in south Louisiana, this week is it. The northern part of the country is in lock-down cold and snow and I had to dig out my tank tops and go pull weeds in the yard.
If you're wondering what I've been up to lately - I'm putting paper work together for taxes and reworking my website. Soon, when you click on debideaux.com you will get my home page with links to the other pages of my site including this blog. I didn't realize just how rusty my html was until I started doing this. Seems like for the longest time I've just been copying and pasting. Now I've got to do it all from scratch.
The bad part is that all this "business" work is keeping me out of my studio. Not to fear though - I'll be back in there before long. Hhhmmm, maybe today. I've been having this vision that I want to play with and make real.
Again, I want to let everyone know that I will not be at the Arts Market of New Orleans in Palmer Park next week. If you are missing me please check out my Artfire shop for the latest in loose beads. There are some really cool beadsets on there now. My fave is the Key West Dreaming set

From Fresh From the Flame

If you're wanting this set, don't wait too long cuz I've been eyeballing it to make some jewelry out of myself.
Till later - Flame On!

Key West Dreamin' Bead Set on ArtFire

The weather turned cold here in New Orleans and the first colors I turn to are the ones that remind me of Key West. Coincidence? Hhhmmm.

http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=ViewListing&product_id=53560

From Fresh From the Flame

Deep, dark cobalt blue, rich, sparkling aqua and bright, fresh green combine to make me dream of sun warmed beaches and warm Caribbean waters. This set includes 3 matched pairs of dotted rounds, 11 spiral discs and 8 spacer beads ranging from 18mm to 8mm diameter to 12mm to 5mm width. The set measures 7 inches and have a 1/16 inch hole.

Don't forget dear customer - I won't be a vendor at the Art Market of New Orleans this month but you might find me wandering around as a customer.

Till later - Flame On!

New Listings on ArtFire

I just put 2 new bead sets in my ArtFire shop.
One is the Earthy Ivory Blush set:

From Fresh From the Flame

They are an ivory base with rose blush shard overlays. The rose blush looks very earthy and every once in a while you see a bit of a silver glint from it.
13 beads total in set -
3 pairs
7 spacers.
$30.
The second is Lavendar Rose set:

From Fresh From the Flame

From Fresh From the Flame

Yeah, I know it looks like 2 different sets. But it's not. One was taken indoors with the flash (top) and the other was outside in diffused sunlight (bottom). I love the way this glass changes colors. There are a total of 15 beads in this set -
4 pairs (8 beads)
1 raised rose
2 rose spacers
4 lavendar spacers
$45

Don't forget - My faithful readers get free shipping. Just let me know in the comments section and wait for an invoice or send me an email and I will credit the shipping cost back to your account.

Did you notice that I don't have a "next show" heading on the right? That's because I'm going to take January off from the Arts Market in Palmer Park. I'm going to spend the extra time working on my torch, my online shops and spend a little Q-time with the hubby and furbabies.

As always - Flame On!

New Beads Added to My ArtFire Store

I finally used some of that Double Helix Aion frit. I used it on medium blue beads and then used a reducing flame to bring out the luster. It was difficult to get the shimmer to show in the pics. You can find this set for sale in my ArtFire shop.

I think I'll give it try with some other colors soon. But first I wanna play with the other frits.

Till later - Flame On!

New Beads Added to My ArtFire Store

I finally started adding "just beads" to my online store. Check out my ArtFire shop for the latest. Stay tuned for more.

Happy New Year to All! I'm gonna go play with fire...