A week full of surprises and experiments!

I received a package of glass rods this week from Kathy at CiM - Creation is Messy glass. It felt like it was my birthday, looking over the various glass rods. Kathy sent me several of your CiM Uniques. If you are not familiar with what these are, they are similar to what is known as Odd Lots.
Sometimes, batches come out too light or too dark, too opaque or just surprises! Glass chemistry is unique in that when combining earth minerals, you can be surprised at the results sometimes.
I think that I love to work with test batches, uniques and odd lots the most becuase of the unpredictability! It makes my torch time more challenging and rewarding.Over the next few postings, I will share some of the results of my playtime with CiM glass uniques. One of my main reasons for choosing CiM glass is that it is so compatiable with the other COE104 glasses. It allows me to take the traditional Effetre glasses and widen the colour spectrum with the addition of CiM's palette of colours!

Thank you Kathy... and here are my first sets! All on Ebay as of tonight... auctions close next Sunday night!

Dapper
Silver Trails Series #35
This set is NOW SOLD

Materials: Effetre, CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver

This beadful set of 23 Silvertrail beads combine the various hues of blues and neutrals wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire. Hues include CiM's Lapis, Charcoal, Glacier & African Gray & Effetre Sandstone.




Cocoa Plum
Confetti Dots # 2
This Set is NOW SOLD

Materials: CiM and Effetre Glasses

This set of dotted round beads on a base of Effetre Cocoa with dots of CiM's Plum Unique #3
 

Great for casual or business jewelry pieces for fall and winter 2010-2011.





Smokey Silver Cubes

Materials: CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver
This Set is NOW SOLD

This 12 bead set was created by combining an unique batch #2 of CiM Sepia glass and fine silver wire.

Normally Sepia is a light brown, however this batch ended up being a very light blue.

When I experimented combining the silver with this glass, smoke trails appeared after the beads emerged from the kiln. The silver takes on a copper-like hue, making these beads truly a one of a kind set. 

These beads would be beautiful mixed with smokey quartz, copper beads and jewelry findings.

Bonus: 15 brown faceted 4mm glass crystal spacer beads are included in this set.




Terpsichore
Goddess Bead Series #58
This Set is NOW SOLD

"Greek myth name of a muse of dance, meaning "enjoying the dance.""

Materials: CiM , Effetre and Double Helix Glasses

This set of 9 goddess series beads were created on a base of CiM Limited Run Hippo with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory.
 

Double Helix's silver infused Clio and Catalyst ES404 storm under each clear glass portal. Highlights of DH Aurae silver glass create the bling for this beautiful stormy beads!




 

This set also includes 6 spacer beads of CiM's new Razzleberry . Razzleberry is an amazing limited run glass that is pink with a golden glow! I absolutely LOVE THIS GLASS!! Now I need to convince a Canadian supplier to order lots of this batch in for me!!

Golden Aqua Streams

Materials: CiM and Double Helix Glasses
This Set is NOW SOLD

On a base of CiM's Fremen , a beautiful light blue, streams of rare silver infused glass, simply known as OK 381, flows around each flat tab bead.

The golden sheen is very cool as it can shift to an iridescent rose hue from various angles. The glittering shine from these beads is amazing!
 

The silver glass has fumed a golden hue to the blue glass to create a light aqua hue.

Get a headstart on your holiday jewelry designs with this set of 9 bling-filled beads! 

BONUS: 12 aqua 4mm faceted glass crystals are included in this set.





Silver Pink Selection

Materials: CiM , Double Helix & Effetre Glasses and 99% Fine Silver

This Set is NOW SOLD

This 15 bead set is a selection of various combinations of CiM uniques,
Razzleberry & Crocus Unique #2 with Double Helix's silver infused glasses,
KA-457, Ekho and Aurae. There is even a little encased silver wire in this set!

The result is golden pinks with striations of hues, glittery accents and mother of pearl portals encased under clear glass. With the variety of bead shapes, there is lots of possibilities for beautiful jewelry creations!

Six Effetre Rose Quartz spacers are included in this set.



Til next time, happy beading!

Smiles,

D.

Sets closing on Ebay on Sept 5th

Fall Leaves

This Set is NOW SOLD
Confetti Dots Series #1

Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses

Effetre & CiM glasses were used to create this 18 Confetti Dots bead set.

Within this set, a mix of dotted beads in shades of Effetre cocoa, orange,
butter yellow, Ivory and CiM Phoenix.

Perfect for autumn jewelry!

Asia
This set is NOW SOLD
Materials: Effetre Glasses

This set of 11 beads uses a variety of bases including Effetre Coral,
Black and Light Ivory on which Purple Lily's Molten shards
were placed gently to create the textured surface.

Each shard was carefully added by hand
and gently melted into the surface of each round bead.

Ten coordinating spacer beads (6 Coral & 4 Light Ivory) are also included in this set.

Cocoa Raku
This set is NOW SOLD
Materials: Effetre Glass & Raku Shards

With autumn around the corner, this is a great set to begin on your autumn jewelry collection!

On a base of Effetre Dark Chocolate, handmade Pendragonfyre Raku shards were
carefully placed and gently reduced to bring out the shades of browns, purples,
creams & light metallic sheens to contrast with the autumn hues of the base glass.

Tuscany
This set is NOW SOLD
Opposites Attract Series #24

Materials: CiM & Effetre Glasses

Another study of opposites attract in this set of 16 simple dotted beads.

Eight beads in CiM's Olive opaque with Effetre Dark Chocolate dots and the
other eight with the opposing combination.

They are a great colour combination for Fall and actually accentuate the hues
of olive green against the dark chocolate glass.

This set has been etched to bring out the organic nature of this color combination

BONUS: 4 Olive and 2 Chocolate spacers are included in this set.

Autumn Requiem
This set is NOW SOLD
Silver Trails Series #24

Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver

This bountiful set of 21 Silvertrail beads combine the colours of
Autumn wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.

Hues include Effetre Light Chestnut, Chrome Yellow, Medium Amber, Dark Red, Orange,
CiM Mink, Pumpkin and Pumpkin Unique (Burnt Sienna).

Goddess Bead Orphans
This set is NOW SOLD
Materials: Effetre, CiM, Double Helix, TAG & Precision Glasses

This 22 bead set is an eclectic assortment of various Goddess Beads beads.

The uniqueness of each goddess bead allows the designer to
create a truly one of a kind piece of precious glass jewelry.

Each bead uses an base of Effetre or CiM glass with portals of silver
infused glass encased in clear to capture the richness of each silver droplet.