Running off to Vegas

No I'm already Married....so I'm not running off to Vegas to get married.
Yes it does involved one of the other loves in my life GLASS.
I'm going to Las Vegas to Teach at Glass Craft Expo.
Here is my class line up

Wednesday March 28th Juicy Berries

Thursday March 29th  Twist and Shout -Full but there is a waiting list

Friday March 30th Happy Skulls/Dia de los Muertos

Saturday March 31 Fiesta Beads

Dream Fire Glass Studio will be closed March 25-April 3 while I'm gone. Being a Mom and Pop business sometimes you just have to put out the "gone teaching" sign. You still have a few days to drop in and pick up anything you need to get you through the week I'm gone.
I am hoping to bring back some exciting new things for the studio.
Dichroic noodles are on the list in both COE's lots of clear ones.
We will see what else I can stuff in my suitcase.

Look out I'm going to Vegas Baby!

New COE 90 Frit Blends

Dream Fire Glass has a New Product!
COE 90 Frit blends. I finally ordered all the frit I needed from Bullseye to make the frit blends I had in mind. I got to work testing them and working out just the the right mix. I am very please with the results.
I wanted to make sure there were no unpleasant reactions and that the colors worked well together.They have all passed the final tests and are ready for you to buy. The nice thing about using Bullseye frits on Bullseye glass is you can add as much or as little as you like and never worry about a compatibility issue.
I think the Texas spring is affecting the names.



Real Mountain Laurel in my yard

  Flowers are popping out all over so a few of the frits bear the names of our Texas wild flowers like Evening Primrose a pale delicate pink, Bougainvillea a robust almost in your face hot pink, Texas Mountain Laurel well it looks like the plant in bloom, Late Summer, you know those flowers, the yellow and orange ones that hang on late into summer and  Rolling in Clover blend of greens with sparkle.


Texas Mountain Laurel Frit

Here are just a few with more to come. Blends are 2 oz's of yummy color for $4.50-$6.00

The beads to the left of the jars are made with the blends.
The long floral beads have been rolled in the frit
a minimum of 3 times to give them an interesting background. Some of the frit blends are striking colors that show their true colors after they are heated.


Rolling in Clover




Evening Primrose




Late Summer




Bougainvillea



















More Blends are: Royal a Deep blend of purples, Marble Halls this is a reactive blend that gives your beads a marble look and when used with copper rich glass can give you reds, Blue Jean Baby has all the hues of blue jeans with a hint of sparkle, Troubled Waters has blues and greens with a hint of  "swirling water"


Royal


















Marble Halls





Blue Jean Baby



Troubled Waters



Evening Primrose, Troubled Waters, Rolling in Clover,
Late Summer, Blue Jean Baby, Royal, Bougainvillea, Mt Laurel

These little encase donuts were rolled in the frits a couple of times and then encase in clear . They have a French vanilla base unless otherwise noted

Bougainvillea,Mt Laurel, Winter Sky,Marble Halls on Steel blue- French V- turquoise, Royal again









Dream Fire glass will continue to also carry That Frit Girl COE 96 Frits
The more Frit the Merrier! Come on over to the studio and see them in person but be careful you might have to take them home with you!

Yummy New Glass Colors

The Bullseye Special Production Rods are here.
They came in late last week and are now all labeled and waiting for you to take them home and make some awesome beads. I have sample beads below or come by and see them in person. This is the hardest part of having a Store I want to melt all this glass myself. But I have to share!

Below Left  Raspberry Rose a yummy translucent pink and

Right Astro Yellow a really nice bright yellow with reactive properties

Next is Left Purple blue tint this is a really pretty light blue purple tint.
Right Rainforest this batch is full of green aventurine with  nice streaky stripes in hues of greens

                                                               

Below Left Lavender blush tint is a very pale pink

Right Sunset sapphirine is a nice coral/with a hint of brown transparent a bit deeper in color than Sunset coral

 

Left Carnelian beautiful root beer transparent

Middle Deep Red very intense dark read opaque

Right Goldrush a fall yellow somewhere between sunflower yellow and butterscotch

Below is left Raspberry Rose middle Raspberry Rose over French vanilla

Right sunset sapphirine again

Below Left Carnelian Middle bottom carnelian over French Vanilla
Middle top Sunset sapphrine over French vanilla and Right Sunset Sapphirine

 Below Left Lavender opal a pale blue purple really pretty
 Right Tranlucent Sky blue when it strikes( the bead) it becomes translucent. If it does not strike( the disk) it is a pretty sky blue both are nice

Not pictured Mossy Oak- deep green with hints of brown

Wisteria- a wonderful transparent blue purple

Hematite Lustre I think the best of the Lustres

They are moving fast too. So come on in and get yours before they are gone!

SO MUCH GLASS SO LITTLE TIME!!!!!

Product of the Week

Exciting news That Frit Girl Frits are now available at Dream Fire Glass

Bunches and bunches of cute little jars of full of wonderful frit blends.









There are Raku blends, Adventurine blends, Faux Boro blends and Fun blends

Aren't they pretty? Come by the studio and see for yourself.


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