Jul 19
We have selected the top 10 names of all those submitted for the new shard naming contest. Now it is time for you all to decide what these shards will be named. The shard name that receives the most votes at the close of the poll will be the winner and that person will receive a free .5 ounce bag of these fantastic new shards!
The voting will end on July 31st 11:59pm (central).



Happy voting! Good luck to those who’s names have been chosen, and thank you everyone for playing along.
Name That Shard
- Lunar Rainbow (40.0%)
- Zephyr (14.0%)
- Banded Agate (10.0%)
- Jovian Sea (8.0%)
- Kozmic Kaos (7.0%)
- Canyon Breeze (6.0%)
- Stratus (5.0%)
- Carnival (4.0%)
- Marmelade Sky (4.0%)
- Cotton Candy (1.0%)
Total Votes: 166

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Jul 05
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.
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Jul 01
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.
Tagged with: lampwork • murrini • sale • shards • stringers • supplies • vine
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May 16
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
Pandora Style Beads
stripes and ribs

Big Hole Pandora Beads
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Jan 13
We have selected the top 10 names (wasn’t easy) of all those submitted for the new mottle shards naming contest. Now it is time for you all to decide what these shards will be named. The shard name that receives the most votes at the close of the poll will be the winner and that person will receive either a free .5 ounce bag of these fantastic new shards, or a set(2) of swizzle sticks!
The voting will end on Jan 20th 11:59pm (central).



Happy voting! Good luck to those who’s names have been chosen!
What is my name?
- Lunar Moss (25.0%)
- Blulusive (21.0%)
- Tahitian Lagoon (13.0%)
- Jungle Lagoon (9.0%)
- Ocean Jasper (9.0%)
- Algae Bloom (7.0%)
- Avalon Mist (5.0%)
- Blue Abyss (5.0%)
- Reptilia (4.0%)
- Calypso (3.0%)
Total Votes: 164

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Jan 04
Lampwork Artist Sale and Giveaway
Start this new year off with a bang!
20% off the following items.
•Shards
•Streaky Stringers
•Veining Stringers
15% off the following items.
•104coe Dichro Strips
•96coe Dichro Strips
But thats not all…All orders over $35 will be entered into a drawing where one lucky person will be receiving one of the new 104coe Bundles of Color!
Sale Ends Saturday Jan. 9th 11:59pm central time
Tagged with: dichro • lampwork • sale • shards • stringers
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Dec 22
Who’s ready for another shard naming contest!?
Here’s the details/rules…
The naming contest will start now and expire Friday Jan. 8th 2010 at 11:59pm. There will be a limit of one name submission per person. Please post your name here in this thread. If there is more than one person with the same name submission, the person who posted the name first will be the one that counts. 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 here on this blog revealing the names along with a poll for voting. The poll will run from Jan. 11th thru Jan. 15th.
The shard name that receives the most votes at the close of the poll will be the winner and receive either a free .5 ounce bag of these fantastic new shards, or a set(2) of our Marble Stix unique glass swizzle sticks. I’ll post a photo of the set of swizzle sticks soon, but you can go to the following link and get an idea of what they look like. http://www.etsy.com/shop/AvenueBeads?section_id=6205965
Now that you’ve read the boring details. Here is the awesome new shard that’s just waiting for it’s new name.
Yet 2 B named - 104coe Mottle Shards
http://www.avenuebeads.com/index.php…roducts_id=483

If you would like to get in on this contest, please go to the following link to submit your name. http://lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148918
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Sep 12
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