http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com Handmade Lampwork Beads for Sale! Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:01:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/handmade-lampwork-beads/lampwork-beads-with-silver.html http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/handmade-lampwork-beads/lampwork-beads-with-silver.html#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:53:56 +0000 Gail http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/?p=177 It's not all that difficult to make lampwork beads with silver, but the trick is knowing how much you can heat the glass once you have put on the silver.  Not enough heat and the bead cracks, too much heat and the silver melts into oblivion. I've had some silver mesh for a few years now, [...]]]> http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/handmade-lampwork-beads/lampwork-beads-with-silver.html/feed 0 http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/lampwork-supplies/lampwork-beads-and-shards.html http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/lampwork-supplies/lampwork-beads-and-shards.html#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:32:02 +0000 Gail http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/?p=138 If you've ever made lampwork beads, you know there are days when it's pure joy.  The ideas flow and you are able to make what you are dreaming of. Then again, there are also days when even a simple round spacer bead is a struggle.  On those days I've learned that instead of trying to concentrate [...]]]> http://www.lovinglampworkbeads.com/lampwork-supplies/lampwork-beads-and-shards.html/feed 0