Eye Candy for your soul....

Hi all, Last week when I was in line at the Book Festival in Edinburgh, waiting to get my husband's copy of Will Self's book signed by him, I thought of another great writer I like named Christopher Moore, and how so much of their styles can feel the same, although they are different form one another...so I asked him what does he thinks about over lapping ideas in creative writing these days and how sometimes it is just plain plagiarism that we see in writing or in other art forms...he looked up at me, with his strange set of eyes & without so much as missing a beat he said, "its easy I just don't read what others write, that way I will never know either way" he laughed after he said it, so did I, we had listened to him for about an hour taking questions from a sold out crowd of several hundred people in a small venue. by this time I knew he was smart and funny, but I also believe he has a point...we are only responsible for what we do, not what others do...

When I first started to make jewelery with lampwork beads, I used to look at them all the time, eye candy was a huge reason for me to go to the forums... 7.5 years ago when I started to make my own beads, I visited the forums & sites of my favorite glass artists like Sharon Peters, Diana East & Corina & still do in fact, I took only 2 classes in person that was years after I had made beads, they were with Diana East & Sharon Peters...

When I got my own site up and running I wanted to make sure others could come and see my beads as they wished, I never locked my photos or got upset & never will get upset, when some were inspired by my beads while making their own...there are so many designs even names of beads that I have seen out there that could very easily be one of mine...some pretty obvious, some a 1000 years old...I have always been flattered & never ever questioned anther's creative mind...

Speaking of inspiration take a look at the eye candy photo of what the lovely artist Ginny made with a set of 3 beads I made inspired by the famed Salmon Egg Beads by Andrea Guarino-Slemmons...I added my own twist to them of course, in fact I have seen tons of people make the Salmon Egg beads, in some way or another, but never credit the original creator of them, I think this is getting harder & harder as I go along in my journey with glass, as I do not have time to look at other's work to see if they are inspired by mine or to be inspired by them, Andrea made the first of these beads years ago, as far as I know they are her design, but who is to say, prior to my eyes looking at this art form of 3500 years old, others had not done the same design...perhaps Will Self is correct...

In Ginny's hands my beads find a gorgeous place to call home...I love how she showcases & takes care of them, when you see these lovely works of art, when you see how it all comes together & makes a circle, gets handed down to the next group of creative minds, this is when I can not agree with what Will Self said...we must share art, we must share our creative minds, in this way we can all grow & better our artistic nature, not to mention the truth that Eye Candy is great for our Souls... What do you think about sharing art and Creative minds? Who is your favorite Writer...?

Thanks Ginny for all the love... & Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Things go Missing...

Hi all, today has been an odd day...I woke up & got an appointment for a minor checkup & all went down hill from there...I should have been back in time to wash the beads, take photos of them, list them, update the blog & send out the email to all... by the way the above is the group photo of the beads.

But that did not happen, so first Time went Missing...then there was no sun, then the photos took forever, since the Sun had gone Missing...then after I got it all together, after I had to drag out the lights and the cube, I sat down, got the photos up loaded to the lap top & started to write up the information...one of the beads went Missing, I have found it since, but now I can not find the other item that I need to write up my descriptions.

GAME TIME... Guess which item I am Missing now & win the lovely bead set you see above, These are so yummy...you will love them. Rules, one Guess per person, and one item per guess. Answers here on the blog only, first person who guesses correctly wins the beads...the blues in this set are all silver glass Picasso...yum.

Thanks for stopping by & by the way the item that went missing is still gone, I can not find it anywhere I have looked all over this house...

Jelveh

Peace

What is today...?

Hi all, we are back, I have been so tired, I don't even know what day it is... we came back a couple of days ago from Edinburgh in Scotland where we enjoyed a bit of the Fringe Festival, from Music to Comedy, from Theater to the Book Festival & everything in between, this town rocks for a whole month...click here to see some of what goes on at the Edinburgh Festival...there is a link below to our photos from the trip...

We saw one of Martin's favorite writers Will Self, he was amazing. We also saw 2 great Comedians, Shazia Mirza & the ever so funny Mark Watson, I don't think I have laughed this much & for this long forever...

Here are some photos of our Trip...we loved the castle, the city as a whole is so alive, with its rich history & all the people who bring so much art & talent to the city during the festival...we were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people & the wasting of so much paper used to print information for the hundreds of shows at the many venues that you can visit...

There is so much more to talk about today...I saw my "President" Hillary give one of the best speeches I have heard this year on why we are all democrats & we should stick together...I cried when I watched, I think Mr. Obama will be our next President & I think he will be a good president for America, but I think we missed a great opportunity as a people to elect a person of great intellect & strength to be our next President...Hillary is such a class act...maybe in 2012?

Where are the Beads...? I will list some yummy beads for your after 4pm on Thursday...I will send an email letting you know when they are up...& yes there will be a chance to win some yummy beads on the blog... We are so excited my parents will be here next week, they are staying for a whole month, we are going to Turkey with them in about 12 days to see my aunt who is coming from Iran to see us, it will be the first time I have seen her in 30 years...& we have a big dinner planned in Istanbul with my Turkish friends & fellow glass addicts...so much going on...more on this later...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

River Rock....

Hi all, I have new beads & a new contest to win the lovely River Rock focal bead above...You can win this focal bead by being the first person who guesses which colors of glass I have way too much of...Blues & Greens, Oranges & Corals, Reds & Yellows, Ivory & whites, Black & Grays, Purples & Violets, or Amber & Browns....

I have been Unpacking my glass, what was I thinking, see I had 2 studios one at the house & one at the shop in Gilroy Ca. well I never did inventory I guess & just kept ordering glass...Please note, one guess of a 2 color group (ie Black & Grays) & one entry per person...please make a comment on the blog with your guess...oh yeah maybe you can tell me what to make with it all...

Thanks for Playing

Jelveh

PEace

Relax Day...

Hi all...how is your Wednesday going so far...mine is slow & lazy, I have spent days unpacking & putting things away, we are almost done with it all...I will be making some beads today, but that is just about it, maybe list 3 sets of beads & a focal...the photo above is just for eye candy, this bead sold many moons ago...

My parents will be here in less than 2 weeks, & this weekend we are going to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland...which should be loads of fun...the Festival runs for a whole month...I will have photos & story next week...

Have a great Wednesday...there may be beads later today...no one ever knows, I do need to list more, as I am down to 5 items in my shop...thanks for the love all...life is good.

Jelveh

Peace

Almost Forgot....

Hi all, meant to tell you this yesterday, This yummy necklace is made by Ginny with one of my focal beads, just look at the color match...so lovely and crisp...love to see where my beads end up...

thanks Ginny...

Jelveh

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Monday Bead News & Contest...

Hi all, hope you had a great weekend...ours was just lovely...

I have new beads for you, see the photo above, I will be listing them here in a few minutes one at a time...also from now I will be listing beads as I go & not all at once, so there may be new beads a few times a week, you need to stop by the blog more often to find out...

You can win the 3 amber beads below by being the first person who guesses what relaxing activity I could use most right now...Please note, one guess & one entry per person...please make a comments here with your guess...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Where are the BEADS??

Hi all, well I listed some beads & they sold before I got a chance to let everyone know they were there...thanks for the love, as I said a few times before I love listing beads as I go, more than a set time for listing beads...so once a week I will send out an email telling you whats up & the rest of the time you need to check etsy or my blog for updates...

Not sure if this is fair to all, but this is best for me right now... so the photo above is of some beads I am listing in the next few days & there is more in the kiln...send me an email if you want me to save you one of the sets in the photo...I will send out an email with the game to win the beads in the last post, on Friday AM my time...

Thanks for stopping by... Jelveh

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Beads, are there new Beads?

Hi all, I was hoping to have new beads listed sometime today...but having a hard time with photos...so maybe on Thursday...maybe later tonight...all I know is the sun came and went...and the camera was having issues even in the photo cube...the photo below is of the bead giveaway for this week...still have to come up with a game...for now you can look at them... Thanks for stopping by... Jelveh Peace

Camden Market...

Over the weekend, Hubby & I went to London to visit the famed Camden Market. It was raining pretty hard, but we had a blast, it is perhaps the best Bazaar I have seen anywhere, although you will not find the same kind of items as you would in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, you would find just about anything you want, I am not even sure what more we could have found, it goes on & on, in & out of buildings, side street, & under ground & right off the street...its not really just a market as it feels like a market town...amazing...

click here to see a few photos of our day...it was hard to get the camera to focus & most sellers did not want photos of their shops taken, some of the outer stores did sell a lot of things not hand made, but there was just as impressive as a collection of Vintage, Antiques & of course Handmade Art...I even met a very nice glass artist who is from Turkey, she will be taking my advanced class in April in Istanbul at Glass Furnace... Hope yours was good too...Thanks for stopping by

Jelveh

Peace

Contest Results...Olympics

Hi all, Ginny wins the beads...she is too funny...she only named one of the 3 which was enough to win the beads, here is all 3 names: Metalica, Annie Lennix & Depeche Mode, you can not tell me you forgot the song People Are People, boy am I getting old...

My favorite Metalica song of all time was Master of Puppets...I was not a Metal Head, I love all kinds of music...but I loved & still love Metalica...I did get tossed from the Justice For All Concert for the hand cuffs that I wore as a belt on my mini skirt over my black tights, OK that's enough I am really old now & embarrassed & no there are no photos. My sister I am sure remembers that day...

Just finished w/ the shipping & been watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony...wow what a show, you got to give it to the Chines, just amazing. lots of work & money went in to this one, lets just hope the air is good enough to compete in...sad in a way, to spend $40 billion to put on the games & not much towards keeping the world green, which is by the way the theme of the Olympic Games in China...The Green Games...

Anyway hope they are fun & safe games for all, I am going to watch as much as of them as I can, my earliest memory of the games is when I watched Nadia Comaneci get perfect 10s & win the gold metal in gymnastics...what was yours?

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Win These Beads...

OK, here is a yummy set of 3 beads, that I made with a ton of silver glass from double helix, you can not see the color that well...the iris pearl is yummy in them...

Here is the question: name one of the 3 most favorite bands of mine from the mid to late 80s...

first person with the right answer get the beads, you must answer on the comment section of the blog, it can not be on the email...

N0 correct answers yet. its Clue Time!

couple of you have come close to my type of music, so I think it is time to give a clue...I was once thrown out of a concert for one of these bands...I was there to watch over my sister and her friends, I got asked to leave, because I did not have the key to the hand cuffs that I was wearing as a belt & they could not be removed as they were not allowed in the venue...lol...some chaperon was I...hope this helps...

Jelveh

Peace

Thursday Already...

Hi all, how is your week been so far...? ours has been good, we have opened some boxes, we saw Hell boy which was pretty cool, I like how some great action movies find a nice way to inform & educate without being preachy about it...this method is particularly great for the younger generations...Anyway the movie is great...

The rest of the time between bead making & shipping, I have been making arrangements for several upcoming trips, life is good...more on that later as they come up...

New beads will be listed by 6PM my time in England which makes it 10AM California time...I am going to try this new thing with etsy when I can list all of my sets at the same time or at least closer in time than before...

oh & we will have a bead giveaway today, as promised...details later in the email...

thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Shipping Day...

Happy Monday all, hope your weekend was good. We saw Persepolis the movie, it is so worth it. having gone through a lot of what the writer/director of this movie went through myself, at least the bit about the revolution & all in Iran, I find she held back a bit about the truth of what happened after the change. But it was good, I cried...I got it, I was there...I remember.

After a long happy slow lazy weekend, I am doing all kinds of shipping today...life is good, thank you for all the love...

The winners of the last of the weekly bead giveaways have gotten their emails, I will send an all email out to the rest of you probably by Wednesday when I will also have some new beads to share...

If you get a chance look over to the right & click on Tell Me...answer the questions if you will...Thanks a bunch...

Jelveh

Peace

Captain there be Beads here...

Remember that line from Star Trek movie "The Voyage home"?, Scotti said it to Kirk after he had the Whales on board safe & sound, taking them back to the future to save the earth...OK so I am a Star Trek nerd.

I refuse to go by that other name "Trekkie" even though I have a signed uniform by one of the crew members of Star Trek Next Generation.

So here is a way to win an awesome bead, the Star bead above, a $30.00 value. Guess which star signed my Next Generation uniform (need the actor & character name) & you will get it...answer here on the blog, to this entry, so we can see the time line, first person with the right answer wins it. one guess per person please. I will send out an email to all in a few minutes...

Jelveh

Peace

Happy Birthday...Sister

Today is my sister's birthday...she is the best sister ever, a bit of nut case, but being from my family that is expected.

She is awesome, from the kind of work she does, which I could never do, working at a breast cancer center, doing biopsy & mammograms, to being a great mom to a couple of awesome kids & a wife. On top of it all she is very nice...just last week she did a biopsy with the Dr. on my mom, she was fine with it. A few years ago, I was in a Dr's office with my mom, she was getting a procedure done, lets just say it was not pleasant, I passed out, while holding her hand for support, the Dr. had to get the nurse to help me up & take care of me!!

She is much braver than I am. Anyway Sweet Sister, have a great birthday in San Diego, I miss you much & will see you at Christmas...her son's birthday is on the 3rd, happy birthday to the little guy too...

Beads soon, I promise...

Jelveh

Peace