It seems that retailers start earlier and earlier with the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. There are even some retailers that do a Black Friday Month! I guess everything […]

If you have an Etsy store and list frequently your articles, you know that the Etsy user interface can be a real pain in the … (you know what). It’s […]

Maybe you know through my FB updates that I’m currently preparing lots of items for the annual Christmas Market at our girl’s preschool. Normally I sell my lampwork beads just […]

I just uploaded heaps of new sets onto my webpage and also some focals. And realized that I had the blue & purple bug yesterday evening when torching. It didn’t […]

I got a few emails asking about my missing “Tool Time” blog yesterday.Sorry about that. But I was just not in the mood for blogging. Kerstin, an old friend of […]

Today (and from now on every Tuesday) I would love to feature some gorgeous beads made by the talented artists in the Fire Divas* group. This week’s selection is all […]

I really like the “beach glass” look that can be achieved by etching lampwork beads. It gives them a matte shimmer and is a lovely contrast to the usual shiny […]

I’m all about color … my usual glass choices are all pretty strong and vibrant: the fabulous rainbow-colored Raku and Strikingcolor range, Fire Lotus, intense blues of Triton, turquoise Gaia […]

I’m Cleaning out the cobwebs in my online shop! Today just a really short post to let you know that I marked downquite a few lampwork bead sets to make […]

One way to easily glam up lampwork beads is by adding precious metals, for example fine silver or genuine gold. With prices on a high right now, it does seem […]