Monday, July 23, 2007

thistles & lace

queen anne's lace is a delightful flower - i transplanted loads of them into my garden.
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don't call them weeds around me.
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a roadside field of thistles and queen anne's lace.
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more new earrings.

these have inch long handmade 'twisted' tube beads that elizabeth (of morefire glass) made in one of her free monday night demo's. i am going to give it a try, but it was kind of daunting. you make a big hollow tube on the end of a fat boro rod, then seal another fat boro rod to the other end, heat the mess and pull like a giant hollow twistie. cool, knock it off the boro and clip into individual tube beads - very cool.

the earrings also have tumbled onyx hearts that look like worn lake rocks, freshwater pearls and sterling silver findings.

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