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Pre Mother’s Day Pottery and Lampwork Jewelry Sale

Cheryl — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:53:29 +0000

Hi everyone I will be hosting my annual spring pottery and bead jewelry sale May 9, from 4-8 pm.

It is in my studio at 9725-75 Avenue.

Hope to see you there.

Cheryl

And this month’s winner is….

Cheryl — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:58:02 +0000

Good Odds!

My trusty assistant

And the WINNER was SIOUX

Happy Easter Everyone

Cheryl — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:43:03 +0000

March’s bead draw winner

Cheryl — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:20:04 +0000

Congratulation to Diane Valasek the winner of March’s bead draw. Here is next months draw which is a large hole flat bead with layers of ivory and amber finished off with silvered glass stringer.

April's Bead

This is the large flat bead it looks great on a chain or you can silver line it.

A great time at A Fine Spring Evening

Cheryl — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:41:50 +0000

The 2nd annual Fine Spring Evening was held Wednesday at Crystal Park School. This year I offered to demonstrate glass bead making as a station at the celebration of the arts. It was a great time. The students provided an outstanding meal, there were plays and other demonstrations as well as a silent auction and bake sale.

I had a steady stream of young and old who wanted to offer up suggestions to create. There was everything from Submarines to of course angry and not so angry birds.

Fish, Hammerhead and TurtleDragonhead

Angry Birds

Horsehead and Shitzu

I always let the audience pick the colors and the bead to make. I can usually make it look something like they were thinking.

It really is great fun to get the audience participation and to watch the smiles and excitement as the beads start to take shape.

The hardest part is making people wait to see the finished products once annealed from the kiln.

Tomorrow I get to deliver them to all the people who participated.

Necklace front lit

Cheryl — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:30:38 +0000

Prairie Art Auction 2012

Cheryl — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:27:06 +0000

Here is my Art Auction piece “My Heart’s Desire” for this year’s art auction.

March Bead Draw

Cheryl — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:00:23 +0000

Happy March everyone. Hope you enjoyed the Bead Soup posting. I loved going through all 200 of the other sites. What a fun way to spend a few hours this weekend. It is so interesting to see everyone’s interpretation of the beads that others shared.

Now here is this month’s Bead Draw- “Ta whit ta woo” (for those of you old enough to remember Mr. Dress Up!) Make a comment and you will be entered to win in the draw at the end of the month.

Back of the Owl bead

The rest of the list of participants in the Bead Soup Challenge

Cheryl — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:10:11 +0000

Hostess, Lori Anderson

Special Book Sneak Peeks, Cindy Wimmer

1. Adlinah Kamsir (Kingdom of Bahrain) and Hajer Waheed (Singapore)

2. Adrienn Lukacs (Hungary) and Agata Grygiel (Poland)

3. Agi Kiss (Hungary) and Carolien Muller-Genger (the Netherlands)

4. Agnes Asztalos (Hungary) and B.R. Kuhlman

5. Alesha Conklin and Becki Mendivil

6. Alice Peterson and Carol Dillman

7. Alicia Marinache (Canada) and Dita Basu

8. Amanda Dittloff and Brandy Thomason McNair

9. Amanda Tibbetts and Andrea Trank

10. Amy Freeland and Kay Mallery

11. Andra Weber and Christine Murrow

12. Ann Sherwood and Diane Welte

13. Barbara Bechtel and Kerry Bogert

14. Barbara Lewis and Cat Pruitt

15. Bonnie Coursolle (Canada) and Fay Wolfenden (Canada)

16. Carmel McGinley (Australia) and Tracy Stillman (Australia)

17. Cassie Donlen and Deryn Mentock

18. Cathie Carroll and Janel Dudley

19. Cece Cormier and Morwyn Mullins

20. Charlene Jacka and Christina Hickman

21. Cheryl Brown (Canada) and Diana Ptaszynski

22. Christina Stofmeel (the Netherlands) and Eva Kovacs (Hungary)

23. Christine Damm and Deb Brooks

24. Cilla Watkins (Canada) and Elaine Robitaille (Canada)

25. Sabrina Straub (Switzerland) and Kathy Combs

26. Cindy Cima Edwards and Eleanor Burian-Mohr

27. Cory Celaya and Rhea Freitieg

28. Courtney Breul and Dana Hickey

29. Cynthia Abner and Jennifer Boreck

30. Cynthia Tucker and Jean Peter

31. Debbie Goering and Heidi Post

32. Dee Elgie (UK) and Joanne Lockwood (UK)

33. Dian Hierschel (Germany) and Eniko Fabian (Austria)

34. Diane Cook and Lyn Foley

35. Donna Bohler and Lisa Lodge

36. Donna Millard and Kiersten Giles

37. Doris Stumpf (Germany) and Eszter Czibulyas (Hungary)

38. Elisabeth Auld and Eva Sherman

39. Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany) and Marjolein Trewavas (UK)

40. Ema Kilroy and Laurie Keefe-Cecere

41. Erika Nooteboom (the Netherlands) and Giorgia Rossini (Italy)

42. Erin Grant and Jean Wells

43. Evelyn Duberry and Gaea Cannaday (you are here!)

44. Genea Crivello-Knable and Heather Powers

45. Ginger Bishop (military, Okinawa) and Martina Nagele (Germany)

46. Heidi Kingman and Lori Greenberg

47. Helen Kemp and Lisa Wangeman

48. Helene Goldberg (Australia) and Karen Vincent

49. Jamie Hogsett and Jeannie Dukic

50. Jeanette Ryan and Jelveh Jaferian

51. Jennifer Cameron and Tania Spivey

52. Jennifer Justman and Kari Carrigan

53. Jennifer Tough and Lorelei Eurto

54. Joanna Matuszczyk (Poland) and Julianna Kis (Hungary)

55. Joanne Tinley (UK) and Michaela Pabeschitz (Austria)

56. Julie Anne Leggett and Kelley Fogle

57. Karen Hess and Linda Landig

58. Karyn Bonfiglio and Kathleen Lange Klik

59. Kashmira Patel and Kat White

60. Kat Barron Miller and Kelly Morgan

61. Kathy Lindemer and Rose Binoya

62. Krafty Max and Sandra Miller

63. Kristen Latimer and Pam Ferrari

64. Kristie Roeder and Lea Avroch

65. Kristina Johansson (Sweden) and Penny Neville (Canada)

66. Krisztina Erlaki-Toth (Hungary) and Nicole Keller (Germany)

67. Lara Lutrick and Lisa Suver

68. Laura DeMoya and Lisa Hanna

69. Libby Leuchtman and Melanie Brooks

70. Linda Koch and Rosemarie Cowit

71. Lisa Chapman and Menka Gupta

72. Lisa Liddy and Marion Simmons

73. Lori Anderson and Marcie Abney

74. Lori Bowring-Michaud and Mary Govaars

75. Lori Dorrington and Maria Rosa Sharrow

76. Lori Finney (Canada) and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Canada)

77. Lynn Bennett and Mandi Ainsworth

78. Marta Kaczerowska (Poland) and Milla Starchik (Canada)

79. Mary Harding and Shannon LeVart

80. Mary Jane Dodd and Stacey Curry

81. Melinda Orr and Molly Alexander

82. Melissa Meman and Michelle Escano-Caballaro

83. Michelle Jensen (Canada) and Sandra Young (Canada)

84. Nan Emmett and Nicole Valentine-Rimmer (Canada)

85. Nancy Boylan and Suzette Bentley

86. Natasha Lutes and Patti Vanderbloemen

87. Pam Hurst and Rebekah Payne

88. Patty Miller and Sara Rhoades

89. Rebecca Anderson (UK) and Lori Anderson

90. Rebecca Sirevaag and Sharon Driscoll

91. Rochelle Brisson and Shannon Chomanczuk

92. Rosa Maria Cuevas (Mexico) and Tejae Floyde

93. Sabine Dittrich (Germany) and Sally Russick

94. Sandi Volpe and Sarah/Saturday Sequins

95. Shanti Johnson and Tracy Mok (Canada)

96. Skylar Brez and Theresa Buchle

97. Sonya Stille and Traci Zeller (Canada)

98. Stefanie Teufel (Germany) and Tania Hagen (New Zealand)

99. Stephanie LaRosa and Vonna Maslanka

100. Terri Wlaschin and Wendy Blum

What a great day to bounce to site and view with a great cup of tea!!! Thanks again Lori.

What kind of soup I made

Cheryl — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:15:45 +0000

So I made quite a few items from the great beads she sent me.

First off I made a long necklace which incorporated the focal rose type ceramic piece. With it I added a couple of carnelian lamp work glass beads as well as a few large Shiana Silver beads and then quite a few of her ceramic small round beads and two rose connectors.

I also made a couple of matching earrings and then a bracelet.

In addition to these pieces she had sent me a really cool flat ceramic connector. I went marvelously with one of the ribbons she sent me so I ran the ribbon through a silver large link chain and made another bracelet.