~ What's New!
(new update: posted on July 12th, 2008)
(click on the photo above for the bead-of-the-month archives)
For those of you who have been following the photos of my four year old little boy, Alexander, you can also see my new baby boy, Anderson, who is now seven months old and adores his big brother :)
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~ Update: I will be updating the website with my new work shortly, as well as add photos of some new custom orders, but first, I wanted to share some photos of the Molten Obsessions 2008 exhibit; the show features beads created by the Pacific Pyros and is displayed at the Mission Leisure Centre - come take a look at the work of our members from July 5th to August 1st; the exhibit will feature new lampwork beads as well as jewellery for sale through the Mission Arts Council.
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~ In addition, the Mission Times prepared a great article about the exhibit, so you can read it online here:
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I am happy to say that I had a wonderful time again at the annual BC Rock and Gem Show which took place at the beginning of April 2008 - thanks to everyone who stopped by my booth, and I look forward to next year's show! :)
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he Fraser Valley Bead Show is over and I'm glad to be able to catch my breath now... Even though I didn't have my own booth at the show this year, I was teaching classes, as well as volunteering in my capacity as a member of the Pacific Pyros in the group vendor booth, so it was still a bit of work, and I spent most of the weekend hanging out at the show. Not much time for shopping with everything else going on, but it was a great show again this year, even bigger and better than before, so I'm looking forward to next year already :)
~ I was asked by the editor of GlassLine magazine to prepare an article for publishing, and it's finally here! The editor thought it would be quite valuable to newcomers to the world of beadmaking, and so he has released it to the public - here is the direct link to the article:
Setting up a Basic Beadmaking Studio
~ I would like to say thank you to Carla Canonica for publishing a wonderful article and beadwork project in her new Canadian stitching magazine: "A Needle Pulling Thread." You can pick up the magazine at Chapters, and here is a couple of photos of the project I designed:
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~ I wanted to say thank you to the editors of "Beadwork" Magazine for including 4 of my designs in their latest issue of Stringing February 2006 magazine. It feels great to be published, and I hope you enjoy seeing my beads used in actual jewelry designs... Click on the thumbnails below to see photos of my designs, and you can see instructions for the two necklaces in the magazine:
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~ I also wanted to say thank you to Tina Delorme for publishing one of my projects in her online magazine called "Bead Inspired Canada". Here is the link to the February 2006 issue: "Pretty in Purple"
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~ How to Order ~
~ The beads you see listed in the Beads -Current Inventory section of my website are ready for immediate purchase. Since I make each bead individually, every item is unique, and there is only one available. Once it is sold, its status will be marked as "SOLD".
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To buy any of the beads (or jewelry) you see throughout this website, just click on the "Add to Cart" button located beside each item, then scroll to the bottom of each page to view your shopping cart, then proceed to checkout using the PayPal payment service.~ The beads below have all been kiln annealed for strength and longevity.
~ PLEASE NOTE: Currently, all prices throughout the site are in $ US dollars.
~ I do currently accept custom orders, so feel free to contact me with either:
a) lampwork bead/bead set requests, or
b) custom jewelry design requests.
Thanks very much for visiting my site, and I hope you enjoyed seeing my work!
~ Ania :)
Please feel free to contact me by email at: beadcave@hotmail.com
Thanks for visiting!
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