Getting Ready for the Holidays!

'Tis the Season!! Egad!! Thanksgiving is days away...Black Friday is this Friday...Small Business Saturday follows and right after that is Cyber Monday. All these days and names of days mean one thing. The holiday shopping season is upon us. Are you ready? Ready for what? Buying? Selling? Making stuff for gifts? I can help you...I've got jewelry and other gift items. I've got beads and other goodies to help you make stuff. I've got some cool upcoming classes that can be given as gifts or taken to make something fun...and there are even gift certificates available. They're good for items in the store or classes. If you can't make it into my store you can always check out my etsy store which gets new items listed daily. I've been adding a bunch of dichroic glass pendants!

Along with all of that there's a super cool opening scheduled for December 11th from 6-10pm. I'm having  group show for the monthly NELA Art Walk and would love for all of you to come. The WAO Truck is confirmed so we'll have Thomas and his fabulous Vietnamese food and Leigh and I will be demoing Vitrigraph and I'll be making blown ornaments that will be available to purchase. Sounds like a fantastic time!! Please stop by!!

And please check out my web site, www.theglassstudio.net for my schedule of classes through January. More will be listed soon. And we'll have our first vitrigraph class in February. The next glass bead making class is Hearts and Flowers and it's starting to fill up...yay!!! So if you need anything or have any question or would like to sign up for a class call @ 323.257.0764 or email @ info@theglassstudio.net. Thanks!!

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Here's a little update from The Glass Studio. We had our second art crawl experience last Saturday and I want to thanks everyone that showed up! There was the cutest glass pendant Make and Take project that was conducted by Leigh Adams. She rocks!! This was the closing event for the show that she's in. It also had included Chad Sperandeo and his most wonderful mosaic art. Thanks to both of them for sharing!

My next show will go up in a couple of weeks. I'm working with photographer and assemblage artist, Thomas Grey Parker. This is the first in a long series I like to call Translations. This is where I work with photographers and fine artists and graphic artists to translate their work into glass. Should be interesting. The next Highland Park/Eagle Rock art crawl is November 13th from 6-10pm. And I'm hoping to have the TAM truck again for fabulous Vietnamese food. So yummy!

I've got a list of classes on my web site www.theglassstudio.com. There's some good stuff ahead. And if you have any questions you can call the store @ 323.257.0764 or send me an email @ info@theglassstudio.net.

Torch rental time is also available at a rate of $15/hr or if you buy a 10 hour block it brings the price to $12/hr. So if you want to make beads...experience on the torch is required. If you have none then you need to take a beginning class...hope to see you soon!!

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It's official!

Had my grand opening shin dig...and it was a smashing success!! Such a good time and so many people. Thanks to everyone that shower up. Hope you'll come back for more parties and super good times. Special thanks to Shirlee and Leigh and Chad. Great art from great people. It will all be up for at least a month if not longer. We will be having a closing party next art walk which is the second Saturday of the October. October 9th to be exact. Soon after I'll be putting up the next show which will be a collaborative project. Part of the "Translations" series. More on that soon...

There were make and take sun catchers and the food truck, TAM Truck, which served the most wonderful Vietnamese food. I'm planning next month's event which will have another food truck, could be TAM, could be Ahn Joo...and of course another make and take project. I hope to see you then. October 9th.

Check out my web site for a list of upcoming classes and other events!! www.theglassstudio.net!

The Studio

I'm so close sometimes I find it hard to believe. It's all very exciting. I put down a fancy floor and I'm starting to sort my merchandise. Store furniture is finding its place. Art shows up in just over a week. The opening is September 11. It's the second Saturday of the month and in my neck of the woods that's art crawl night. It's Highland Park and Eagle Rocks party night every month and I'm so happy to be joining in. I hope you can come by.

I'll have Leigh Adams and Chad Sterandeo and Shirlee Yantz showing their most recent work, as well as a few pieces from me. The party starts at 6:00pm but we'll be there earlier making sun catchers and other small goodies you can take home with you. Good times ahead, that's all I can say...good times ahead!

My Studio...The Glass Studio

Signed the lease...got the keys...there will be painting and organizing...moving stuff over. I won't be working at home anymore. I'll be at the shop. Making beads and fusing glass and making mosaics and jewelry. There will be classes and rental space. Wanna make beads with me? How about some jewelry? Fuse a plate or two? It's all going to be possible soon. And I'm formulating my class schedule for the next couple of months. The web site is going up next week. Prices for classes and rental time will be listed there. And I'll be writing here a lot more...

But in the meantime...if you need beads go to my etsy store...www.beadbrains.etsy.com. Or come to the show at The Pasadena Bead and Design Show. It's July 29, 30, 31 and August 1. At the Pasadena Hilton. I'll be signing people up for classes there. And there will be a little discount if you sign up at the show. There's fun stuff in store. Stop on by!

My Studio and The Pasadena Bead and Design Show

It's been over a month since I've written here. Shame on me. I've been a busy girl and I do have that other glass blog I write over at craftgossip.com. Are these valid excuses? Perhaps...but I do have to pay more attention to this blog, and I will. No really, I will. I'm working on a bunch of things and my new studio is one of them. I've put a deposit on a space and should be signing the lease next week. Very exciting. I'll have a soft opening in August as I adjust and acquire stuff and all the good stuff that happens when you open a retail/workshop space. There will be beads (of course) and glass and jewelry making stuff and good times ahead. I'm putting together my preliminary teaching schedule and am planning on having the first couple months of classes on my web site sooon!! Oh, yes there's a new web site in the works.

The Pasadena Bead and Design Show is at the end of July. July 29, 30, 31 and August 1 to be exact. I'll be there and would love it if you were there too. I'll be signing people up for classes and selling beads and having a good time. I've also got to keep myself from shopping for the store. Yikes...

So as things happen I'll be right here to let you all know what's up...now time to take some pictures for my etsy store. Oh yeah, if you need beads go there...beadbrains.etsy.com.

Portland...Bullseye...my studio

My class ended last Saturday. It was at Bullseye Glass in Portland, OR. If you're a glass person you know all about Bullseye. They make most of the art glass we use for kiln forming, also known as fusing. So I went up to Oregon to take a dealers forum with them. It's conducted for individuals that are planning to deal their glass, become a Bullseye Resource Center and teach kiln forming. I am doing all of those things...and am very excited about it. The class was fantastic! The people at Bullseye are amazing! And I truly look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the Bullseye Glass company.

So here's a little update on my studio plans...I'm looking for a location. I'm hopeful about one in particular. I'm planning on opening in Highland Park. I've got plans and goals and aspirations for my new adventure and as things progress I'll note them here. It's very exciting.

I do have a few little shows and classes coming up. Tomorrow I'll be at Seed in Costa Mesa for their monthly last Saturday trunk show. If you're in the area stop by and pick up a trinket or two. I've got some classes coming up too. There's one at The Beadiak, June 5-6, but that one is full. We'll be scheduling another one so keep your eyes open. Those are always a good time since they're a two day class and two days is so much better. The following Saturday, June 12, I'll be at Hands on Third for a one day bead making class. And the following Saturday, June 19, I'll be at Lighthouse Stained Glass in Hollywood. I think there's still room in those classes but you'll have to check with them.

At the end of July I'll be at the Pasadena Bead and Design Show at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel. Lots of beads and lots of good times. It's a 4 day show and the admission fee is good for all 4 days. I'll be talking that show up for the next 2 months. If you need anything right away go on over to my etsy store and see what I've got...or email me. See you all soon!!