Cherry Blossoms...

A couple of days before the rains came, we saw a whole lot of cherry blossoms on the trees, a promise that spring is right around the corner...they looked sweet...after the rain, my car was covered with little pink petals... I love cherry blossoms...check out these cool tiles I found on etsy from artist Marieanne Cavaciuti

Hope you are having a Cherry Blossom Day...

Have a great weekend...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

2012, Here we Go...

Happy New Year everyone, hope you had the best of Holidays...we had a blast...since time is such a fleeting thing & short in supply in many of our lives, I thought I would start the new year with a quick blog post/newsletter...

Beads: I have tons of them, been listing them in my etsy shop...photo below of some of them...

New Class: Check out Graceful Studios blog for info on John Rizzi's one day Fish class on Feb 4th.

Your Design, My Beads: Check out this cool ring that my friend Ros made with one of my beads...mark your calendars The 2012 Spring Beauty Contest will start on March 1 2012...

The Flow: My Zentangle beads made it in to the 7th Annul Women in Glass issue of The Flow Magazine.

Bead Giveaway: The last bead giveaway of 2011 goes to Sioux. from CA. The bead on the top of this page is the new giveaway, I love this bead, its organic, yummy & tactile. Measures about 34mm. You can enter to win it by making a comment on this post about your beading habits these days...

Thanks for stopping, life is good...
Jelveh
Peace

New Beads, Doggy Dock Diving & More...

Hi all, Happy March to you...the sun is finally out today but on Sat we had snow in Gilroy, when we had our bi- monthly meeting at the studio where we hosted Beads of Courage...lots of beads were made for the cause, thanks again to Lena Rhoeds for letting us be involved in this good cause.

Thanks to also all who came to make beads and give their support, Frank, Grace, Lena, Kathy, Sally, Kim, Barbara, Sioux, Joann, hubby, Lani, Pat, Jim, Jennifer & me, hope I am not forgetting anyone, oh yeah Mooshi also came by for a visit...photo above is of some of the beads...

In Bead News: I have a whole bunch of spring fun beads that I am listing in my shop tonight & on Wednesday...photo above is of a few of them...


In Pet News: Mooshi is still very jealous of Ari & Mr. Snuggles...hopefully one day they can all learn to get along...couple of Saturdays ago we took Mooshi Dock Diving with her class mates, all of whom are 40 pounds or larger...she had a blast, she only swam in the water once, not a diver yet, had the water been warm I think she would have jumped. Her photo below was taken by Kelly Frazer, she is very talented, if you need some great photos she is your girl...

For the rest of the time we were there she just waited on the short walk in to the pool for the bigger dogs to jump & bring in the toys...she was so funny & was having fun...

Bead Giveaway: Last week's landscape bead goes to Fireborn of SC, send address please...for this week I have a set of beads in a yummy light coral with some pearl & silver & some murinni from John...enter to win the beads on the first picture above by making a comment on this blog post...


Thanks so much for stopping by...life is good, the sun was out today...
Jelveh
Peace

Happy New Year...

Happy New Year...

Guess where in the world we are? we had a great holiday, it was awesome, we swam with Dolphins, we snorkeled & we got a whole lot of sun at the beach...life is good...hope you had a nice & safe New Years too...

Our Christmas Boutique at Graceful Studios was awesome...we met so many lovely people...it was a great success, read more about it at Graceful Studios blog & see the few photos we remembered to take...

There will be bead winners & new beads on Wednesday Jan 6th 2010...

On Friday the 8th of Jan 2010 from 2pm to 7pm we will have our first monthly get together at Graceful Studios, this months theme is Hearts, remember to bring any handmade heart items for show & tell & maybe sell...it can be jewelery, glass, metal or any other handmade craft as long as it is heart related...there will be a drawing for $25.00 Glass Giveaway...see you at the studio at 10730 Center Ave in Gilroy California, click here to email me if you need more info... remember we will have our get together 2nd Friday of every month...

My next Glass Bead Making Class is on Sunday Jan 10, 2010 from 8am to 1pm there are 2 spaces left. I will teach lampworking classes on the second Sunday of every month, for more information on this you email me...

One last yummy news, my friend & fellow Lampwork Artist Anne Ricketts of AMR Glass Works has made a great tutorial on how to make Glass Shank Buttons by using Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel...click on her links & check it out...she is awesome & so it the tutorial, you can bet there will be some Shank Buttons for sale soon in my etsy shop...thanks again Anne...

Thanks for stopping by, life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Thank You & New Beads...

Well what can I say, I am so thankful for the great response to the Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel...it has been selling like hot cakes & with that comes a ton of shipping & record keeping, thank goodness for my friend Cathy, she has helped me out a lot... what is it they say, be careful what you ask for, you might just get it...I am very appreciative & thankful for all the love everyone...

As fun as the new tool & its sales have been, the most fun for me is melting glass & making beads, so back to our regularly scheduled program we go...I have some new beads for you this week, click here to check them out...

also we have a winner for last weeks Key Bead with the pink flowers on a pea green & black base...the winner is long time favorite Ginny of Fl. for this week, I have one of my Landscape beads inspired by our trip to Reno this month...there is a full moon on one side & a winter tree on the other...it measures 31x28x7mm & enter to win by making a comment on this post about anything you like...

In other news hubby started his very cool new job this week & on Sat we saw Star Trek, I have to hand it to JJ Abrams for doing it well, some fans may disagree but I thought it was brilliant & well done. Over the weekend it grossed $76 million+ an amazing number, not to mention it beats the weekend gross for the highest Star Trek movie to date by $40 million...if you are a fan you will love it, if you are not a fan may just become one...

Life is good, hope yours is awesome too...thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel...

Hi Everyone, I’m so thrilled to announce that I am now selling the brand new Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel. I designed and manufactured this wonderful tool to enable you to secure a skeleton key (or anything with a hole that you want to wrap glass around!) and wrap perfectly round beads around it while working in the flame.

I had the first Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel made over a year ago by a good friend of mine who is a master machinist. I have been testing it for durability & reliability since then before offering it to you. It is one of the coolest tools that I have in my bead-making toy box…especially since skeleton key beads are all the rage right now!

The Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel is made out of stainless steel, and the skeleton key is secured by a simple hex screw and washer assembly. I am also offering an Allen wrench for a small additional fee, though you can use any standard 9/64 sized Allen wrench if you prefer.

The cost to you?…only $12 plus shipping for the mandrel alone, and I’ll throw in the Allen wrench for an additional $1 if you request it. Each mandrel will also come with an additional screw and washer in case you lose one.

Ok on to the winner of last week's bead which is Mel P. send me your address girl...this week's winner will get the key bead in the photo above, not the key Mandrel...enter to win the key bead by making a comment on this post...

I have listed some new beads and key beads today as well...to see them stop by my etsy shop here...

thanks for stopping by...life is good...

Jelveh

Peace