Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & Happy Holidays to all

Hi all, wow, another December coming to an end. I hope you are all doing well and have been having a great holiday season so far. I have added some Christmas Holiday Ornaments to my Etsy Shop, check them out.
Have a great rest of the year, Life is good
Jelveh
Peace

Bling Fling Workshop

Post by Jelveh Jaferian.

New Beads & Events...

Hi, hope your summer is going well...ours is off to a fantastic start with lovely days full of sunshine...I have been having a great time this past week teaching lampwork bead making to a class full of school teachers...I love them all...Maureen is the ringleader, with the best smile, she brings with her my favorite nutcase, Patty another great smile...then comes Pat, the quiet ones are always trouble and funny, last but certainly the first one to class, always the crazy math teacher, Kim with a great sense of humor & smile, they are all having fun with their new addiction & I am lucky to have them as student/new bead buddies...

Don't Forget this Friday June 21,2013 is our Meet the Artist event, Glass Lampwork Artist Mary Lockwood is teaching a class at our studio, Graceful Customs, this coming weekend. Class is full but if you are in the area this is a good opportunity to meet her. She will be demonstrating some of her techniques & will have her beads on Display. Refreshments served. Contact me or Grace if you have any questions.

On to new beads...I have added lots of new beads to my shop in the past few weeks....


Bead Giveaway of last time went to Paula Smith, you can enter to win the bead above, which is one of my favorite Zen-Doodle beads, by making a comment on this post about your favorite summer jewelry...

Thanks so much for stopping by...Life is good
Jelveh
Peace

New Beads & A Coupon...

Hello all...hope you are doing well...I held a contest for a new name for my zentangle beads, Soiux G. won a bead for coming up with the name ZenDoodle for this series. Hope you liked the bead Sioux. Today I have a bunch of new yummy beads for you plus a coupon code, good for 15% off of all your purchases in my shop. Just use ETSY15 at checkout to get the discount. below is a sampling of all the beads already listed and ready to go...

Bead Giveaway: The set of 4 beads 2 focal and 2 rounds, in the first picture on my blog post today, are the giveaway beads. you can enter to win them by making a comment on this post about what colors you are working on in your jewelry designs these days and or anything you like to share...

Thanks again for stopping by...sending a ton of love and prayers and good wishes to all of my friends in the Boston area and Texas and for that matter all my beady friends & family everywhere, stay safe & keep on keeping on...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Bead Soup #7 Reveal Day...

My very lovely Soup #7 partner Jean A. Wells sent me the most yummy earthy soup, I have made 3 pieces with my soup & have only added a few items from my stash...I decided to go with what I call Vintage Woodland ..I really like both of the cuffs & the simplicity of the necklace...hope you like...

 Please drop by Jean's blog and see what she made with the soup I sent her, she is amazing, here is a photo of the soup I sent her.

Also stop by Lori Anderson's Blog, for the list of the other blog party goers & see what they made, have fun & make comments.
Thanks for stopping by, life is good
Jelveh
Peace

Happy April...

Hello all, hope your spring is off to a good start. Mine has been pretty nice so far. I have been enjoying the nice weather in the garden, making lots of beads & doing a bit of teaching which is always fun for me...
I have listed some new beads in my etsy shop, here is a preview of them...

In Other Happy news my beads are in the new book Glasss 3. photo below, I believe it goes on sale on April 15th.there are lots of great artists in the book.

Thanks for stopping by, life is good
Jelveh
Peace

And the Winner is...

Hi all, hope you are doing well. Happy New Year to all my friends & family out there, as the first day of spring is the first day of the New Year for Persians. here is a link to my extensive posts about this holiday at least the way I know it to be.
I have added a few new sets of beads to my etsy shop, stop by and check them out, let me know what you think of the new beads...
And the Winner of the last blog post giveaway is Leslie Crane of Canada...thanks so much everyone for playing, I will have another giveaway soon.
Thanks for stopping by, Life is Good...
Jelveh
Peace

Long Time no Beads....

Hello everyone, long time no beads from me, things are super busy here, so I will just get in to it...
* I have lots of new beads & have been listing them in my Etsy Shop...

I got a very yummy soup of beads and components from Jean A Wells my very talented partner for the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party . I love her work and the soup she sent me, photo below.

* Join us on Wednesday March 6 at 7pm for the March meeting of Silicon Valley Fireflies. Talented artists  Carmen Martinez & John Rizzi will be doing some demos of their lovely art work. Bring a snack and your Dydiums...

* Graceful Customs has a new tool, its called Jelveh's Tiny Masher its a fun tool, with lots of potential. You can make lovely flowers & other small mashing jobs with it...

* Mary Lockwood will be teaching her yummy Dragon Fever 2 day workshop at Graceful Customs June 22nd & 23rd 2013, contact Grace for more information. There are 2 spaces left. The will be a Meet the Artist reception on Friday June 21 at the studio.

* Holly Cooper will be teaching 2 one day classes on different surface details of her lovely art glass beads at Graceful Customs September 7th & 8th contact Grace for more information. The will be a Meet the Artist reception on Friday September 6 at the studio.

* Wes Fleming will be teaching a 2 day class on his yummy Soft-Glass Sculptures at Graceful Customs October 12 & 13. Contact Grace for more information. The will be a Meet the Artist reception on Friday
October 11 at the studio.

* Bead Giveaway: The yummy bead above is the new giveaway bead for today. It is one of my most favorite Focal beads I have made in a while, I just love the blue hues that shine with mother of pearl brilliance under the crystal clear encasing. This bead measures about 36x14mm. Enter to win it by making a comment about anything you like on this blog post.

Thanks for all the love and emails these past few months. Life is good
Jelveh
Peace