Passion Flowers!

I took a wonderful class at Arrowmont this August with Sara Sally LaGrand, and it added yet another dimension to my MGPD- multiple glass personality disorder.  I have 10 more shows to go this fall season, but I cannot tear myself away from working on these whimsical pins and pendants.  I have such a passion for them I have dubbed them my Passion Flower series.

Bunny Time

I am getting my rabbits in a row for the Spring Festival in Southport next weekend, April 5-6.

Valentine's Day may be over, but the hearts keep coming.

The hearts are so much fun that I just keep making them. Here are a few of the batch I cooked up the past week. I don't mind having extra inventory since they were popular last year at the Cherry Blossom Festival- now just a month away.

The weather has for the most part been fueling my floral obsession with daffodils blooming in January for the first time in my memory. Mother Nature threw us a curve ball on Monday with a dusting of snow. The yard pictures were both taken last week. The first on Saturday, the second on Monday.

I have also been obsessed with making kumihimo necklaces and bracelets and have started using a bit of borosilicate glass because it makes nice organic focals for the kumi.

AND, as if I didn't have enough to do, I took an earring class Saturday with beading wizard Kathy King and learned to make her special style of "beaded bead" earrings. I think they will be a spectacular accessory for my kumi necklaces. Kathy may have created a monster.

If it's hearts all the time, it must be near Valentines!

It seems so predictable, but I am always surprised when I become obsessed with making floral hearts this time of year. Here are a few of my new offerings.