Cyber Monday Holiday Sale!

Next Monday is the Cyber Monday Holiday Sale. I'll be promoting it this weekend, starts Sunday night at Midnight! Don't worry about which time zone, not going to fuss over it. Will be 20% EVERYTHING in my etsy shop. Your 20% discount will be refunded through paypal prior to shipping. Don't miss out on this one!

Heading down to the studio in just a few minutes to start making new beads, snowmen, pendants, and whatever else comes to mind. Oh, and those orders I have to do this weekend. We had a bit of snow today, don't even care since the studio is toasty warm once I get it fired up. Have a fantastic weekend!

Winner of November's Free Drawing!

A winner was picked for this set of 3 beads yesterday.


The initials of the lucky winner are J. W.

Remember, all you have to do for a chance to win some of my glass art is sign up for the "Glassbits Newsletter" using the box in the right hand column. Your name will be in every drawing I post on this blog. Each winner is notified using the newsletter format to prevent the message from getting snagged by a spam filter.

If for some reason I don't receive a mailing address from the winner within 2 weeks, a new winner will be drawn.

Coming up next....stayed tuned for details on the Cyber Monday Holiday Sale!

November's Bead of the Month

Here it is, the bead for my November drawing. I'm going to add a couple small spacers beads with it. Wouldn't it make just the wettest bracelet!

Now if you want a chance to win this beauty along with the matching spacers all you have to do is fill in the box on the right with your email addy, first and last name. The winner is drawn from my newsletter's mailing list. I don't send it out very often, usually just to announce a sale or special event.

The only reason I ask for names is to be able to weed out the spam bots that auto sign up. They have weird email addresses and even stranger names. Awhile back it was Viagra Viagra...plz give me a break , lol. Don't worry I never share your info with anyone.

I'll update the picture after I make the spacers beads, should be tomorrow.
The drawing will be on Turkey Day! So get yourself signed up soon!

Something New

My etsy shop has several new items in it, especially the pandora and troll style beads.


Been playing with copper sheet lately and made up a bunch of bead caps. Took awhile to find copper tubing thin enough to use with it. My first try was with tubing that was too thick, picture a bead with wings instead of caps, lol. Also sorry I've been such a slacker with my blog lately. Spending way too much time with twitter, (my twitter) add me if you please.

Today I'll be making the item for my November giveaway, you have to sign up for a chance to win. Use the box in the upper right column. Don't worry, you won't get bombarded with daily emails (I hate that too), heck I'm lucky to send it out bi-monthly. I'll post a picture of the prize later this week.

And don't forget that winter will be upon us very soon. How about a cool (and silly) fleece hat for that silly person in your life.

Put "blog hat special" in notes to seller and I'll pay the shipping on it too (hats only).

BOO, are you going for scared or scary looking?

Remembering the fun we had dressing up going to Halloween parties. Haven't done that for years now. There's a place not too far from here doing a huge scary maze with semi trailers buried in the field. Heard it was pretty good this year.

Can't believe I have posted anything new here for 2 months now, geesh, what a slug. And people say I'm organized... boy have I got them fooled. I try but feels like I'm back pedaling all the time.

The cabin is looking great. I posted the latest photos on my flickr page One more roman shade to make and the windows are done. One of his (DH's) friends liked them so much he hired me to make him some. His cabin is bigger, has more windows, 10 or 12 I think. Something to do while we're snowed in this winter.

Sitting on my desk here is a bowl about half full of beads. Most of what I made this summer when camping. I was all gang-ho on getting them listed till my Canon camera took a dump. Since then its been a struggle to get the settings right and get good bead pictures with my Olympus. Does fine for your normal picture taking of family and vacations. Sure the problem is more me than the camera. I put the Canon away so I could send it back to the factory and get a repair estimate... then I forgot where the heck I put it. So much for organizing. I'm stalking a couple on ebay right now, probably cheaper to gamble on a used one than repair mine, that is if I could find it.

Plan to chain myself to my torches this weekend, wish me luck that life doesn't get in the way. Here's some eye candy, drooling allowed.


Raku Vessel


Sea Shell

Cabin in the Woods

My husband and I spent the week working on the new cabin. Much to my delight the place is looking more like a small log house than a "hunting camp". DH is doing a fantastic job on it and already has bigger plans in the works. What was originally a super small bedroom with room for just a bunk bed and small dresser (for hunters or grandkids) is now roughed in for a bathroom. Along with that he plans on adding a bigger bedroom off the side of the cabin.

What we did this week was put hardwood flooring in the kitchen, tile the back splash and counter top, move the pile of junk wood from a torn down old woodshed, paint the kitchen and livingroom, make coat racks, hang shelves in the 2 main bedrooms, and hook up the kitchen sink drain. We also brought the small couch up with us. I hope to get some more pictures of the inside up soon.



Our son moved the shower to the porch of the old small cabin that will be a sauna someday. We were taking showers out the back door last time but he and his wife were there with another couple and decided to move it for more privacy. It's kind-of cute the way he did it, Petticoat Junction style,. That's DH taking a shower, I took the picture from the driveway. We see a couple cars or atv's go by when we're in it but I doubt they can see us, lol.

Congratulations to the Winner!

Congrats to the winner of my 1,000 sale giveaway! I just listed 15 new items before heading out to spend the week with my folks. My 20% OFF sale is active until I return! Shipping resumes next Monday. Here's a sample of the new items listed this morning.





I'm outta here.........................poof!