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Laren Dee Designs: August 2013
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FROM NATURE, INTO JEWELRY Where agates, crystals, gemstones and pearls become handmade beaded jewelry. Do What You Love With Passion! It's been said that if we do what we love, it stops being a job and becomes a passion. I love to write as much as I love to design jewelry. With this blog, I will share both with you! Saturday, August 3, 2013. Summer Color Inspiration Challenge. Saturday, August 3, 2013. Hosted by Sharyl McMillian-Nelson. Sharyl's Jewelry and Components, Artfire. I wanted to add green to t...
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helensharvest: February 2014
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Thursday, February 20, 2014. Lampwork Flower Headpin Zentangle Brooch Tutorial. Yesterday I spied some early Blooms in my yard, so swooped them into my studio to immortalize them in glass.Headpins, to be exact, on annealed steel, just because I love the dark patina. Don't they remind you of antiques from France? Did my traveling Aunt Gretchen show me some like these half a century ago to make me want to make them? I'll show you how I made a couple Brooches with them today. Hope you enjoyed this little tu...
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NKP DESIGNS - Beads, Pottery, and Whistles: Playing With Gimp
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Thursday, April 09, 2015. Aren't these beads fabulous? I was trying to get the exact real color these are in real life. After deciding I was going to have to retake the pictures, I gave up and started playing with some of the levels and curves, and then I messed with the directional lights . so an hour later my beads are still not re-photographed but I sure do have a beautiful (at least to me) picture of some fantasy beads. So what do these really look like? Natalie - NKP Designs. Natalie - NKP Designs.
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NKP DESIGNS - Beads, Pottery, and Whistles: Glazing and Mailing and Good News
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Thursday, April 02, 2015. Glazing and Mailing and Good News. I am glazing beads today. I am focusing on a base of black under-glaze, used as a wash, a top coat of Chartreuse Green, and on top of that, I am going to brush various glazes for different effects. I am planning a cone 6 firing for these. I will post pics when finished. SO my point in that last paragraph was just to say, "I no longer dread the international order". :). Magazine. Oh yeah, I'm doing the Happy Dance. Natalie - NKP Designs. Jean A&...
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NKP DESIGNS - Beads, Pottery, and Whistles: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. The last couple of weeks I've taken time out for family and friends and of course the spring weather has been lovely, except for a few storms here and there. Thanks for stopping by! Natalie - NKP Designs. Links to this post. Thursday, April 09, 2015. Aren't these beads fabulous? So what do these really look like? Well, they are a dark terracotta brown with chartreuse green in the recessed daisy texture. Natalie - NKP Designs. Links to this post. Monday, April 06, 2015. Oh and I ...
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helensharvest: Studio Clean Up Challenge
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Sunday, February 9, 2014. Studio Clean Up Challenge. I am Helen Simon on facebook if you want to follow me there. https:/ www.facebook.com/helen.simon.9. I saw an interesting challenge http:/ sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/. And took some before messy slob pictures. Ashamed and humbled, now it's time to spruce up my work areas! And Neat Freak Husband will be so happy, too! Love all your pretty glass colors. The pinks and greens and lavenders. oooh. February 9, 2014 at 5:06 PM. February 9, 2014 at 8:04 PM.
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NKP DESIGNS - Beads, Pottery, and Whistles: February 2015
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Saturday, February 28, 2015. His is one of the handbuilt projects I've been focused lately. I arranged the stoneware clay in coils into this wooden bowl. I actually laid plastic in it before coiling the clay inside, this is because I wanted to be able to dump it out after a few days and smooth down the rim from the underside with a sponge. Ack under wraps this goes to finish slowly drying. Hanks for stopping by! Natalie - NKP Designs. Links to this post. Friday, February 27, 2015. Natalie - NKP Designs.
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NKP DESIGNS - Beads, Pottery, and Whistles: Kiln Goodies
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Thursday, May 07, 2015. Lots of kiln goodies going on here. This was a cone six firing with some of the new Celadon glazes from Amaco but there are a couple of Laguna glazes as well. And can you figure out which ones have only been glazed with a light coat of black underglaze? Except for the yellows, these are all porcelain beads, but the yellows have sprigs of porcelain. It is always fun to open up the kiln after a long firing. Thanks for stopping by! Natalie - NKP Designs. Natalie - NKP Designs.
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NKP DESIGNS - Beads, Pottery, and Whistles: Ice Blue Nuggets
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. I love love love heart love this new transparent glaze from Amaco "Fog" from the Celadon line. AND this porcelain clay, a bright white. Miller WC-631 #550 from Laguna is my favorite. It took me a long time to decide on a favorite porcelain clay. I've tried many brands, but this one is plastic and bright white . it does fire a bit gray in reduction, but in oxidation (which is what I fire), it remains pristine white. But hey, it's Spring! Natalie - NKP Designs. Natalie - NKP Designs.
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