Beads, Buttons, and Bowls....Coming Soon!

It's been awhile since I have had the clay out because I don't have much time these days for making ceramic items. But last week and this weekend I made all sorts of things. There are a few new items and some of the basics. The plan is (we all know how that goes) that everything will out of the kiln and listed by Friday morning. Woohoo! 

I'll keep you posted.... up to my elbows in glaze today......

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New Beads

I have been working on some new beads AND new jewelry. Now I know I use the word excited a lot on this blog, but it's because I blog about things I am excited about. Today is no exception. For the first time in forever, I am working with new glazes. That's always a challenge but these babies are so springy and I am loving what's coming out of the kiln. I'll do my best to take a sneak peek photo soon. I'm just not completely ready to debut them, I want to have all of the kinks worked out.

Stay tuned...

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New Etsy Items

Now that my two big shows are over I finally found the time to add some new items in the Etsy shop. They are super summery! 
Have a great weekend,
Jennifer

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Bead and Button and Instagram Fun

 Hey, Hey!

 I am buried in bead and buttons glazing. I leave in less than a week for Milwaukee! I can't believe it. This will be my tenth year exhibiting at the show. My baby who is now nine years old was a newborn...six weeks old. I don't recommend trying to do your first bead show when you baby is six weeks old. What was I thinking? Wither way it was a great success and look ten years later, I am still at it.

Let's do something fun today. I'm going to Instagram every hour today what I am working on. Maybe even more. If you follow me on twitter you can see all the photos. I'll #jangles so you can find them all. Plus, I got this nifty slideshow gadget on the side of my blog, you can see my images there as well. Oh... and you can see them on facebook too! Just posted my first pic now.

Hope to see you at Bead and Button...

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Etsy Cleanout

Etsy Jangles

Happy Monday!

My Etsy shop is driving me crazy! I am getting ready to do a big cleanout. I thought before I did it myself I thought I would give you a chance to clean it out. I am offering a 30 percent discount starting today and running through 9:00 AM Wednesday morning. Use the coupon clean30 at checkout to receive the discount. I won't be adding anything new over the next few days so if there's something you've had your eye on, nows the time to snatch it up.

Have a great day!
Jennifer

Beads and More

Hey, Hey,

Check out my new beads...the bead show was fun. It was a bit overwhelming for some reason this year and I didn't buy as much as I probably should have. I became paralyzed with too many choices. Now that I am home and looking at things I am saying to myself I should have gotten more. Oh well, there's always next time. Don't you hate when that happens? So these will start showing up with pendants and other beads soon on Etsy and some are going to be saved for Bead and Button and some are for kits. Speaking of kits, I will have some new ones soon. But I guess you could see that from the Studio Shots.

The shots from the studio seemed to be popular, I will definitely do them again. Especially this time of year when I am getting ready for Bead and Button, there's lots going ton. There's also lots of boxes and piles of things too. I have a smaller car this year so I am going to have to do some strategic planning. I am good at puzzles so I am confident I can make things fit. When I used to do art fairs with my tables, I could pack 100 tables in the back of my little pick up truck. It would take me four hours but I could get it in there. Beads are much easier.

Today is one of those days when I have so many different things to do I don't even know where to start. I had a dream last night I was scrambling to get to a wedding on time. I showed up in jeans and then spent the rest of my dream trying to get home, changed, and back to the wedding on time. I think the wedding was Bead and Button.

Have a good day!

Winter Wonderland

I know, it's 100 degrees out today, it's August, and I am thinking about the holidays.

I am so excited about this years 10 holiday projects that I am working on them already. These are the supplies I bought today from the local craft store that is selling holiday decorations. I have to make a tree for my ornament projects and I just need some holiday backdrops. Plus, I just love this kind of stuff. I just pulled out some great Christmas beads from the kiln. New ones, but they can't be unveiled yet. It does need to be a little closer, but not much longer. So I said this before and I will say it again, make sure your signed up to receive my e-mail newsletters. See the post below for more persuasion.

Have a great day, I will let you know how things turn out.
Jennifer

Bead and Button Finds

So you can't go to Bead and Button without doing a little shopping, right? I wanted to show you what I bought. I got some really great stuff. These are beads and findings you will see later down the road in projects. Above are some great findings I got at Fusion Beads. They have a lot of really unique beads.

These lovely links were made especially for me by Kristi Evenson at Coliebug Beads. She has a lot of really great components like pendants and toggles in metal that she hand stamps and solders. Stay tuned because I have a project in the October Simply Beads with one of her pieces.
How fun are these? Cathy at Glass Garden Beads is making these fabulous pop can beads. I love them. They need to be with Jangles beads in a piece.
Here is some Hill Tribe Silver and felt balls that I bought from The Bead Goes On. I really like there selection of beads. I think I buy beads from them every year at the show.



Chain, I had to have chain. It is so popular in jewelry design right now. I really like these because it is silver plated brass. First of all, it's not as expensive as silver but it just has a nice old look to it. Adornments always has a wide selection of unique chains.

Now I just need to find some time to play with my new beads.

Sources

Hi everyone,
If you were a student at one of my classes at the Bead and Button show, your beads are in the mail. Expect them soon. They turned out fabulous! Above you can see some of the beads that were made. I wish I could put all of them up but there were tons of beads coming out of the kilns this week.

Now that my book has come out and I have been teaching some classes, people are wondering where I buy my supplies. I buy everywhere and I think the best way to buy is locally. If you can find a ceramic supplier in your area then you can go and browse glazes and clay types. There are tons of test tiles and samples to see. It really is the best way to buy. Plus there are people who the run the shops that know all kinds of information to help. I am happy to drive an hour to my local shop, it is worth it.

If you can't find a supplier close by here are a few places online that can help. Also, google ceramic suppliers, you will find many more sources beyond these.

Big Ceramics Store

Whole Lotta Whimsy

Baileys Pottery Supply

Amaco

Have fun shopping!
Jennifer

2008 Bead and Button Show

Hello There! I am back....Just barely though. We got home late last night. I am starting to unpack and getting things back in order. I really hate living out of bags so I have been working hard to get back to normal around here today. Above are some shots from the Bead and Button show. I will have more later, plus I want to show you my great finds and what I made in class.

All in all, the show was a great success and a ton of fun. I love getting together with beady people. While I was in Milwaukee I got to teach two ceramic bead workshops, debut my book officially, and sell some beads, I was on the go the whole time. I loved meeting some new people and getting to see some of my great customers in person. It's always nice to put a face with a name.

I hope everyone who was at the show made it home safely. Milwaukee had some terrible storms come through while we were at the show. You'll be hearing more from me later....

Have a great day,
Jennifer

Ready, Set, Go!

Here's a snapshot of my beads. They are all ready to go for Bead and Button.....

If you're going to the show stop by and say hello. I will be in booth 1140. Hope to see you there.

Jennifer