Finally Back to Blogging

Well it has been a long journey from November until now - as many of you know my brother passed away on Feb. 1, 2008. His journey to live was a long one that began in September. Yet now it feels like such a short time... He passed away in comfort at my home, after celebrating his birthday on January 29th - I will always remember how he enjoyed his birthday meal and how he gave "kudos" to the chef :)

It was a bit difficult to get back into the flow of creating again, but I am now back at the torch and creating. Art can be so comforting. It feels a bit strange not to be able to share my new designs with my bro - but I am sure he takes a bit of time to stop by and give me a bit of inspiration from time to time :).

I am going to be busy, busy, busy at the torch over the weekend and hopefully will have some fun beads to share with all of you by Tuesday. I also received approval to sell on Amazon, which is going to be fun - now you can buy GG beads, while shopping for other things on Amazon :).

Thank you all for the wonderful emails of comfort and support over the last months - it was so appreciated.

Hugs
DeMarie
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New Beads!!!

New Beads have arrrived - I have posted them in the Studio's store

A bit about life

Hi everyone, first let me tell all of you how much I appreciate all your emails and I PROMISE new bead sets are going up tomorrow. Some of you know, and some don't, but a few weeks back my brother went into liver failure - a non drinker, non drugger (is that a word?) but he became ill and then was given the news that his liver was failing. So, he is now in the process of traveling back and forth to Mt. Sinai in NY - and getting things in order to receive a liver transplant.

I am hoping that my tests will make me eligilble to be a living donor...but there is a ton of paperwork to process before then! So please forgive me for getting a bit behind in Studio things.

I have been steadily filling custom orders and with a few exceptions - they are all on track - some are delayed due to waiting for some "fun" glass :) - sorry Pam! The glass folk I use supply great glass, but gee it's hard to get them to answer an email!!!

OK so now that I have unloaded all my life's problems on everyone, and I am off to string some beads!
Hugs

It's November

For Pete's Sake it's November already - I just can't believe it. Alot has been going on in my life and in the Studio - so I decided to take a bit of time to learn to create something new - BEADED BEADS! I found this wonderful site and was immediately hooked.

Here is my first attempt using the kit that I purchased from Bead Infinitum I had so much fun creating these beads - the instructions were fantastic and the results were truly beautiful! The purple beads are the beads I made using the tutorial from Bead Infinitum - they are called Telstar beads - you just have to go and visit to see all the designs they have - but please be sure to read the copywrite info for your designs.

I made the the sterling silver twirl beads too - they added a nice flair to the design and were fancy enough to hold their own against the beauty of the Telstar Beads!!

OK I am off to the Torch to make glass beads :) - have a great day!

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Gianna at 2 months old

Neglectful!!

First let me tell everyone how sorry I am that I have neglected my blog! Things just got a bit hectic here with the new grandbaby and my brother became ill. He is now on a Liver Transplant list - and we are hoping that he will be accepted in the program. I am not sure about all the details yet as we are very new to the transplant world! I am hoping to add new sets by the end of this week as all my large custom orders have been processed or under control :).

I will be posting some pictures soon. I made a lovely set of beads called crystal waves - I am really pleased with the outcome - I will put the pic here - it sold immediately, but I am hoping to make a sister set today.

Hugs to all!

Lampwork Swicki

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