Arts Market of New Orleans Saturday

Three Chakra bracelets with etched glass beads are just a small sampling of the new treats to be found in my booth this Saturday, October 31st, Halloween day at the Arts Market of New Orleans in Palmer Park (Map). You'll also find candy corn pendants, pumpkin and jack o' lantern beads and jewelry. And as always plenty of one of a kind DebiDeaux Designs' tiny glass works of art.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your trick or treat bag with you. Many artists, including me, will be giving out sweet treats as well. And to be sure even dieters can get a treat just mention my 10% discount to get it. But be sure to mention it cuz sometimes I forget.

Arts Market of New Orleans
Palmer Park
Corner S Carrollton & S Claiborne
Saturday, October 31, 2009
10am to 4pm

Featured Entertainment
Musician’s Tent:
1:00 Dr Bone & The Hepcats
2:30 Coco Robichaux
Children’s Tent:
At 10:30, Magic Mike
After the show, Make a Creepy Critter!

till later - Flame On!... I'm off to make more beautiful treats...

Fresh From the Flames

It's the Chakra ya'll -
far left is what started it all, a bracelet I made for myself with small spacers. I used 2 sets of opaque and one set of transparent, separated with a trio of clear to represent the External. Each set is accented with silver coated Mykonos ceramic spacers.
Center upper is all transparent Chakra colors in a rainbow blend. It's larger than I usually do cylinder beads at 2 1/3 inches long by 1/2 inch diameter. I will be wiring this as a pendant with Swarovski crystals.
Far right is a big hole bead. I like the ruffled edge but the center color, violet, which should be purple looks too grey. This will look nice looped on a satin cord.
Lower left is a gray poodle for a special order.
Lower right is a pale purple heart with ink blue wings and purple irises on each side. I will be wiring this as a pendant.
As for the Chakra experiment, I will be making lots more of the bracelets. The 2 larger beads are, of course, one of a kind. But look for me to play with this Chakra color combo a bit more.
Till later - Flame on!

Gambit's Cue Insert

Woohoo, ya'll - check out this week's Gambit, the pullout "Cue", the shopping - Indie Friendly section is about ME! She called me a "Glass Act". LOL Love it! I'll post a link when/if it gets online. Here's where it should be once they publish it online http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase/page?oid=44818

Cue is published online in pdf format. It is in the November 2009 issue.

Till later - Flame on!

Holy Name of Mary Fall Festival

You can find me here this weekend:

Holy Name of Mary Fall Festival
Saturday, October 10 & Sunday, October 11
Corner of Verret & Alix in Algiers Point
The Fun starts at noon both days.

NON-STOP LIVE MUSIC BY:

BENNY GRUNCH & THE BUNCH
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
RICK TROLSEN and THE NEW ORLEANS PO-BOYS
KAYLA WOODSEN & LOUISIANA LIGHTNING
BOB GREEN AND THE WAYWARD PARROTS
THE LINDSAY MENDEZ BAND
LIL’ WILL N’ DEM
LOUISIANA KIDS AND MORE

C'mon out and see me and pass a good time!

Fresh From the Flames

Almost every market I have at least one little kid with a tiny fist of change wanting to know what they can buy for it. I'm calling these little cuties Bugaboos. I'm not going to put a price on them and will charge the kids very little to nothing for them. They make me smile to make them. They make me smile to look at them. They are going to make me smile to send them to a happy little kid.

At the bottom is a multi color transparent with encased silver foil. This was supposed to be the base for the bead just to the left of it, with all the murrini embedded in it. But when I got the encasing where it needed to be for the murrini the silver was glowing so beautifully I just couldn't take it any further. So I left it as is and started another for the murrini.

Some of you may remember me complaining about all the work for little outcome of murrini. Well, I found a shop on Etsy where 2 wonderful artists, LoriandKim, combine their efforts to make some wonderful murrini. I bought an assortment to see how I liked it. I LOVE it! The bead above is just the first of many.

Look for these and many more wonderful glass beads and baubles this weekend at the Holy Name of Mary Fall Festival this weekend - Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11 - starting at noon both days. While they are celebrating the 99th Fall Festival this year, this is the first festival that is not a school fair. So please come out and help to make it a success. We will have several artists, lots of great local food, wonderful local bands and lots more.

Fresh From the Flames

Have a Heart! and a Hat!

from clockwise from left:
bright green heart with dark amethyst wings,
black hat with amethyst flowers,
dark amethyst heart with bright green wings,
ivory heart with rose and cobalt blue wings,
ivory heart with rose.

I absolutely love the winged hearts. If you have a favorite color combination you'd like to see please let me know. I am going to etch the green and dark amethyst hearts. I might cover the wings to leave those shiny but haven't decided yet. Probably will.

I noticed on my screen that the ivory heart with cobalt wings looks lighter than it truly is. Those wings are a deep dark transparent cobalt blue.

You can see these and more at the Holy Name of Mary Fall Festival next weekend - Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11 - starting at noon both days. While they are celebrating the 99th Fall Festival this year, this is the first festival that is not a school festival. So please come out and help to make it a success. We will have several artists, lots of great local food, wonderful local bands and lots more.

And giving me a chance to spend 2 weekends close to home this fall, I will take part in the ArtinA (Art in Algiers) art sale during the Algiers Point Association's Algiers Point Home Tour. I'll list more info for that soon...

Till later - Flame On!

Blog About Nothing...

This was s'posed to be one of my "Fresh From the Flame" blogs. Well, upon looking at the "fresh" beads this morning I realized that if I publish photos I would be spoiling a surprise...

Some of you might remember a few months ago something called "Craft It Forward". Well, I already sent one of those (that's you, Fifi), but have the others left to fulfill. Well, that's what I worked on yesterday. My CIF project will feature my beads but will also incorporate a little more craftiness.

So, there's a teaser for ya. - yeah, I know, I'm wicked. teeheehee

Oh, and while I have your attention - If you are one of my CIF reciprients, please send me your snail mail address.