Saturday, March 13, 2010

Fire Divas Gossip Column

Spring is in the air, and the Fire Divas are all catching Spring Fever.

Butterflies are flying out of the kilns over at Lutrick and Emakaye ~ check out their different takes on these beauties. And find out where they're headed!

There are plenty of flowers for those butterflies to land on over at Lampwork Glass Beads, Playing with Fire. Laurie's flower beads are blooming left and right.

There are flowers blooming at Holly's Folly Bead & Jewelry Blog, too, and she takes you through the evolution of her design.

Donna is still in Hawaii following her successful show, and she's showing off gorgeous pics of her trip. But who does she miss?

Lea wants everyone to know about someone very dear to her who could use your help and prayers.

Janel's bead mystery is solved! It was Col. Mustard in the library with the candlestick - wait, wrong mystery. Hop on over to Janel's blog for a clue.

Find out what your business could be missing at Fire-n-Sand Glass Art: The Journey. It's an easy fix, too.

Farm Girl Cat is getting twisted. In a cool way.

At Mind Melt, the color testing continues. And let's just say Superman won't be anywhere near her studio.

One of my beads made it to the big time, find out what I mean at Maybeads.

Babs Beads and Teasebeads are reminding all Jewelry designers that it's time for our Spring Jewelry Challenge! Lots of beady good prizes to win!

Fantasy Shopping Saturday

Good morning everyone ~ Time for another Fantasy Shopping trip with the Fabulous Fire Divas!!  With Easter right around the corner, lets look at some of the cute beads you might need,  Enjoy!

BabsBeadsandDesign                                                              maybeads











Lutrick                                                                                  HollysFollyGlass


EmaKaye                                                                                                                                                                           


 





Friday, March 12, 2010

Bead of the Day 3-12-10 Art Fire Friday.

How yummy looking is this corn on the cob bead. This very fun and colorful bead is from Jaime of Glasstastic Treasures on ArtFire.

Jamie makes lots of cute beads. Find more of her beads at Etsy or ArtFire.

Find more Fire Divas items by searching "Fire Divas" or "Fire Divas Team" on Artfire and Etsy.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Bead of the Day 3/11

The Fire Divas Bead of the Day for today is Give a Dog a Bone Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads made by ahouston! She makes some of the most cheerful beads! This set was inspired by her cute dog!



Curious about what the Fire Divas are up to? Check out our weekly promotional threads on Etsy and Artfire!

Fire Divas Quarterly Jewelry Challenge

It's time for the Fire Divas Quarterly Jewelry Challenge! The theme for this challenge is Spring! Show us your beautiful Spring themed jewelry creations featuring Fire Divas' lampwork. Head over to the Flickr site to see many beautiful jewelry pieces made with Fire Divas' lampwork to inspire you! You have the chance to win these incredible prizes from the Fire Divas:

$50 Gift Certificate to http://www.hollysfolly.com





Bentley the Blue dog from Lauren of Maybeads


$25 Gift Certificate to http://www.arensea.artfire.com


$25 Gift Certificate to http://www.beadygirlbeads.etsy.com


$20 Gift Certificate to http://www.lutrick.artfire.com



$20 Gift Certificate to http://www.JanelDudleyBeads.etsy.com



Now for the details:

All submissions must feature Fire Divas' lampwork. We require the name of the Fire Diva who made the beads used in the submitted piece, so if you submit something, please be ready to provide that information.

We will allow one submission per person per contest, and a maximum of two photos per submission. Entries may be submitted here (http://www.flickr.com/groups/firedivachallenge/) for approval, no later than April 15, 2010. Please include, in the comments section, the following:
Information about the beads:
Description of the piece:
Inspiration for the piece:
Submissions will not be approved without all of this information.

Fire Divas reserve the right to approve or reject any submissions.

Fire Divas reserve the right to modify or cancel the challenge at any time.

The winners will be determined by an open poll which does not allow multiple votes.

Ok, go have fun creating, and good luck to all who enter!

Fire Divas Easter/Passover Challenge

Welcome to the Fire Divas Easter/Passover Challenge! We've allowed plenty of time to shop for those Easter and Passover beads. Below are the entries; take a good look at all that eye candy and then vote for your favorite on the right!

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Bead of the Day: March 10

Isn't this cool!?! It's a peice of art by one of our newest members, Melanie from Glass art by Melanie (Arensea).
Triton coils

I'm really fascinated by it. Not only because it's gorgeouse, but also because it's almost exactly a kind of bead I don't make. Or can make...

While over at ArtFire, don't forget to visit the Fire Divas thread in the forums. And then go to Fire Divas thread in the Etsy forums for more goodies!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Bead of the Day, Tuesday, March 9

Today's bead of the day is this freeform focal bead "Sunshower" from Lea Avroch of LA jewelry designs. What an interesting shape, and the colors are so bright and cheery.


To see more of Lea's work, check out her etsy shop here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/LAJewelryDesigns

For links to the beads of some of the other fire divas on etsy, check out our forum for the week:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6458413

Monday, March 8, 2010

Bead of the Day - March 8th

Monday's bead of the day is this stunning lentil from Magikal Glassworks.


What a beauty! It almost glows, with amazing shine from the oil-slick colours on the surface.

Cathie's Etsy Shop is loaded with goodies. You can also check out her blog to see what she's been up to.