http://www.angelasdiner.com Lampwork beads, creativity, art in general - comments by Angela Loomis (angelasdiner AT cox DOT net) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:54:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sat around on a rainy Saturday working on a seed bead rope that will feature this really cool large bead.... here's a pic of the tray i work from (really cool old wood tray with two sections, you can barely see it under the beadstuff) and a close up of ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/07/24/new-work/ Sam and I went to the park for a test geocaching run before his upcoming bd on Sunday.... we had a good time struggling with understanding what the heck the GPS meant during our search; and found the two caches we went looking for. http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/06/19/geocaching-jaunt/ Was down for a bit - work exhausted me, drained me, and I had nothing left for the blog.  What saved me, what cleared my head lately, and brought me back up to where I usually am, was a week out of the office on vacation.  When I looked back, ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/06/05/dig-out-of-that/ I'm heading out to Westerly for the monthly meeting and to enter my pieces for the regional... here's a peek! http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/04/28/regional-juried-show-entries/ oh, spring. sooooo much going on at work, so that when i get home at the end of the day, i want to be "brain dead." on the weekends when it doesn't rain i have to rake and clean and prep my garden beds - just dug ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/04/18/gallery-sitting-a-late-post/ ya, right, april fool! I finally FINALLY got back out in the studio over the weekend and made a bunch of bright beadies..... got this LUSCIOUS red glass and wanted to make some pulled hollows. Don't you love the SHAPE of these things? (click the top ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/04/01/no-more-beads/ I have just posted this necklace on Etsy... it's my newest idea for the water droplet beads.  I'm itching to torch, and the weather is just starting to warm up now....  I want to make more of these, in all different colors.  I love the liquid feeling of the glass ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/03/26/water-drops-necklace/ I am already planning for my gardens this year.  I've got a new seed starting setup from Park's - and have a bunch of tiny Impatiens Athena sprouting up in the studio.  Just looking at these little green guys gets me more and more in the mood for warm weather! http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/03/23/tiny-seedlings/ It has been quite a winter - very very grey, wet, and generally bleary. I am finally shaking off the cobwebs, and ready to write and post in Etsy again. The sun was so bright today, and for a couple of hours in the middle of the day, ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/03/22/spring/ I went to "Atonement" yesterday afternoon, and the staccato typewriter clicking punctuating the film made me come home and dig out my dad's old Smith Corona.  He was a sports writer for the Orlando Sentinel around the time of WW II -and while writing for that paper, he met my ... http://www.angelasdiner.com/2008/02/11/the-old-typewriter/