I love SodaLimeTimes magazine. Lots of good tutorials in it.

I was experimenting with flower press. I tried to add flowers to a big bead, and it works really good bead and flowers did not crack. I do not like this particular bead, but it opens a lot of possibilities.

   

Happy Valentine's day! :-)

I got my beads from Lisa Fletcher workshop in the mail today :-) very happy on how they turn out.

I never made beads this big (except hollow beads). This one is 2 inches long

I keep working on the beads Lisa Fletcher teach us. Love her beads a lot, always was admiring them on http://www.lampworketc.com
Here is my latest creations :-)

and this two did  not turn out very good: one is too dark and second broke in the kiln

I spent two awesome days in Scarab Glass studio, Fresno CA. I was lucky to get into Lisa Fletcher workshop. It was amazing. Lisa is a great teacher and very nice person.

I bought myself a Foldable Shooting Tent Box (https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Foldable-Portable-Background-Adjustable/dp/B01JHR5I8A/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1516734475&sr=8-12&keywords=emart+photo+video+studio+10+ft). 
And today I tried to photograph beads in this box. 
I like it a lot. It's got a tiny footprint, it foldable and has a good bit of light, even with the black background.  I love that it came with a case to store everything in. The mini tripod is nice too. 
Here some pictures 

Hollow beads are fun to made and because of thin walls they can be big and still very light in weight.

could be a beautiful bead :-)

Growing flowers in the glass 

I love to make aquariums beads :-) they looks magical and glass conveys a feeling of water very well...

Where beads that I did not like going? :-)