We have a Winner!

Monday night marked the end of my collection at Kræftens Bekæmpelse.
With the help of my lovely assistant we now have a winner.





Congratulations Lone!

Lone has her own lampwork website full of nifty beads and jewelry she has made, and also a new blog. Go visit her :)

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A Goddess Request

Some days ago I had a request, to see if I could make a goddess bead that would fit the Danish charm/bracelet series. An excellent challenge since I have just cored my first beads.
These are my first attempts, front and back:





As bracelet beads go, these are quite large, around 2cm long, but I have tried to keep the diameter fairly slim. Since these are for a bracelet they do not need to be perfectly ballanced, which is nice for these front-heavy ladies.
I am not sure these two can be cored, so I will work on getting the rim of the holes even, and also on getting them a little bit smaller.

Now to see if I can make goddesses with the hole going horizontally ...

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Kiva Anniversary!

Yesterday was my 2 year anniversary as a lender at kiva.org.

I like Kiva. If you don't know it go check it out :)



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Støt Brysterne! (Support the Boobs!)

Støt min indsamling hos Kræftens Bekæmpelse og vær med i lodtrækningen om en skøn halskæde i 24 karat guld doublé. Vedhænget (ca. 2,5 cm højt) er en af mine egne glasperler og hele herligheden kan ses på billederne herunder i posten. Hvis du ikke er til pink (eller nøgne damer) finder vi ud af et alternativ :)

Indsamlingen løber til d. 16 nov, og du får et lod i hatten for hver 25,- du bidrager med. Husk at kontakte mig med din mailadresse når du har givet et bidrag, sådan at jeg kan få fat i dig hvis du vinder. Læg en besked her i bloggen eller send mig en mail på profusionartglass @ gmail.com







Held og lykke!

'Support the Boobs' is the name of the campaign the Danish breastcancer research is running.
This necklace is the prize I am offering if you donate through my collection at their site.
It is all in Danish, but they take all kinds of cards, so I don't think it should be a problem for foreigners to donate too. Just remember to use the green button in the center of the page, and that 50Dkr equals app. 10US$. Each 25Dkr you donate will get your name into the drawing once.

The necklace is in 24 carat goldfill, sporting one of my glass ladies in pink. This can be exchanged into something else if you win and you really don't like pink (or naked ladies).
The campaign runs until nov. 16'th, and don't forget to let me know your email address, here or by mail to profusionartglass @ gmail.com, so I can contact you if you win.

Good luck!

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I did it!

Finally, I did it. And it was so easy too.

Yesterday, I sorted all my beads with 5mm holes into those that fit the Sterling tube I've got and those that doesn't.
I changed the peg on my untill now unused Impress Beadliner and tried for the very first time my tiny tubecutter, my de-buring tool and my somewhat unprecise calliper.
I read the instructions and proceeded to line my first bead. It was easy! I don't know why I have to wait so long to try a new thing, I do that most of the times I try new things by myself when it really isn't all that difficult. I am working on that :)

Anyway - here are my 3 first cored beads. Now all I need is a Dremel/-like tool to polish up the inside of the tube, that hid a white surface I hadn't noticed before. And some more tube of course :)



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Here I am, at the Bazar last thursday.
As you can see, just a little bit of space, but enough for me after the long creative draught this year.



It was pretty crowded, so I don't know how many people/buyers showed up. Nothing much happened in my shop, but it was fun to meet a couple of other vendors I have talked to before. Very nice in fact.
We were only open for 2 hours, and I didn't get to see everybodys crafts, but here are a few links of some I did see and liked:

Greeting Cards, illustrated by Anja Gram: http://langtmedkort.dk/

Felted Hats and Scarves: http://www.mariannelundov.dk/

Lamps, angels and Bowls in coldworked glass: http://www.zugaicha.dk/

Many interesting products from Greenland, incl. muskoxwool which is just plain fantastic: http://www.sika-mut.dk/

Enjoy!
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I have an Event tomorrow!

I really had thoughts of going to bed early today, so I could be nicely refreshed for tomorrow, but no, I had to wait to the last day to pack my beads, jewelry and display-stuffs. Now it is midnight, but at least I am done. I think ...

Tomorrow I will be at the Bazar at La Oficina on Frederiksberg. It is a very nice place, and apparently we'll be 40 artists selling all kinds of crafts, so the 2 hours (7-9pm) we are there for, will run by quickly.
Be there, or be square! (foreigners and people living far away are excused ;)

Pics will follow at my earliest convenience (which may not be until saturday, because friday I will be watching the performance of Blixa Bargeld! Oh yes, we love that man, but hey, that is not the event I wanted to talk about).

Anyway, there will be 2 more Bazars before christmas, and here is the info in Danish:

Goodnight :)
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