An excerpt from our broadcast showing how an off mandrel glass leaf is made.

Watch live video from Playing with fire! on Justin.tv

Here is what they look like after coming out of the kiln.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/55998507/dark-green-leaves-lampwork-glass-bead

Glass Leaves

There is a new Fusion Frit! We mixed this batch as a new color earlier this year. Only we made one mistake, didn’t write down the recipe. Oops!

So we have this beautiful new Fusion Frit and it will only be available until supplies last. Then its good bye. So if you like this new color, don’t wait too long. Our unique Fusion Frit is very popular and usually doesn’t stay in stock for very long.

On a side note, our frit making machine has been out of commission for awhile. We purchased a new setup and are back in business. You’ll notice that most of the other Fusion Frits are out of stock. We hope to be refilling our stock as soon as possible.

Check out the new color!

Click here to see this and all the other lampwork Fusion Frits that are currently available.

Shard naming contest

We really enjoy holding these naming contests for our new lampwork shards as they are a lot of fun for us and hopefully you as well. Plus if you win you get a great prize!

The naming contest submission starts now and expires Friday July. 16th 2010 at 11:59pm. There will be a limit of one name submission per person. Please follow this link (here) to submit your name and see others submissions as well. If there is more than one person with the same name submission, the person who posted the name first will be the one that is considered. After the close of the submission process we will go through all the names and pick our favorite top 10 names. A post will be made on our blog here revealing the names along with a poll for voting. The poll will run from July 19th thru July 31st.

The shard name that receives the most votes at the close of the poll will be the winner and receive a free .5 ounce bag of these fantastic new shards. So come on over to the contest thread and give it your best shot.

A sale and a free give-away!

Great deals on the following items.

15% off all shards

10% off streaky stringers, silvered stringers, and veining stringers

5% off murrini chips, and vine canes

Sale begins July 1st and runs until July 15th. Two whole weeks of savings. As always we offer free domestic shipping on all orders over $99.

Orders over $35 during this sale also get a free 5 1/2″ red rose murrini cane sampler. Good only while supplies last. We have a total of 20 sample canes to give. These will probably go pretty fast. To get yours you must include in your order (order instructions) that you would like one of the sample canes.

New 104coe Murrini chip now available in the web store.

Blue Nova, a brilliant blue reducing murrini chip that is sure to add a beautiful touch to any bead.

Blue Nova 104coe Murrini Chips
http://www.avenuebeads.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=515

Our kiln is on the fritz at the moment so this is the only example we have at the moment. Should have some beads showing off these cool new chips soon.

Another great broadcast another kiln load of beauties!

Disc Pendants
The two pendants in the bigger photos are absolutely to die for! My new favorites.

Disc Pendants

Tree Focal
I’m in love with this new style of tree. The abnormal shard backdrop really brings something to this tree focal.

Tree Focal

Pandora Beads
Mostly stripes this time with a couple ribbed style thrown in for good measure.

Pandora Bracelet Big Hole Beads

It has been a really long time since our last broadcast. We finally broke the silence and did our first live studio broadcast this year If you were able to tune you got to see a bunch of pendants being made and a handful of beads. Hope you enjoyed the show! If however you missed the show you can still watch the archived videos from yesterday.

Disc pendants
Just need to flat lap the backs and add the jump rings.

Disc Pendants

Tree Focal
New style of tree bead. What do you think?

Tree Focal

Big Hole Pandora Beads

Have three new listings up on ebay. Due to the holiday we don’t have as many listings this week. Should have bunches more to list next week. Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!

Clicking on the photos will take you directly to the auction listing.

Etched Amber set

Blue Ribbed Pandora/Troll bead.

Blue Isle Disc Pendant

Here are a few items new on ebay this week that you should definitely check out. Clicking on the photos will take you directly to the auction listing.

Duo Bead Set

Marbled Rose Disc Pendant

Fragnments Disc Pendant

Since things in our Etsy store have slowed to a screeching halt I now have more beads than I have places to store them. Everywhere you look in our house you will most likely see a bead just sitting there all lonely waiting for a new home

So….After a very long hiatus from eBay I have decided to get back into the auction game. I may not get as much money for my work but I figure hey they don’t do me any good sitting around here now do they. Watching people bid on my beads is kind of fun as well, even if it does end lower than I would usually sell the item for. At least I know they are finally going to their new happy home.

Here is some new items that are on eBay right now. Clicking on the photos will take you directly to the auction page.

Mottled Disc Snake Skin Focal Big Bubble Focal Bead

To see the rest of the beads and pendants that are currently up for auction click here.

Each week I will be spotlighting some current auctions that you definitely don’t want to pass up checking out. So be sure and check back often and see whats new every week.

Happy Bidding!