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home of the original CGBeadroller™. Graphite cavity marvers
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8/18/10 I don't know if there's anything I can say about this.... North Dakota Bois (California Gurls Parody) 7/8/10 I haven't post anything about my bead in the main blog in a looooong time, I've been leaving that to facebook, but I wanted to show off the beads you can make from one of the latest CGBeadrollers - cones. I thought this would be a nice shape, but after making the example beads, fell in love with it for a focal bead shape. I smashed the smallest one flat, me like.  7/6/10 This is 4 days progress. <big sigh> Maybe leaving the 5 year old nephew to his parents to watch instead of bringing him to my house one day (which frankly, is suppose to be a job site) and the 6 year old daughter the next day, would help get the job done on a more timely manner, cause frankly, I'm tire of taking a shower in the camper. </rant>  7/2/10 This was from a couple of days ago. It shows the main bathroom now cut off from the mastbath in the back. Insulation is going up as we speak. Big storage closet, whorlpool bathtub, 48" shower, ventilation (finally), duck heaven.  6/23/10 Yesterday this was my main bathroom and master bathroom. Now where am I suppose to pee? <ok, don't answer that. That was a loaded question.>  6/18/10 My last few pictures of Wayne as his mommy. I took him to my sons today, so I've magically transformed into grandma. He's an adorable photo subject, so I'm glad I'll be able to photo him again.  A kittens first experience with cat litter.... He thinks it's a toy, cause every time he moves, it trickles downhill like sand.  Hi thinks he's a pony. This kitten is real confused.  It's pretty fuzzy, but I couldn't believe he sat down like a puppy, not many cats will sit this way.  6/16/10 A couple of better picture of the new part-time studio help. I think my son may take him, so at least he'll be close by for me to see what he'll look like all grown up. 
6/15/10 I stepped outside last night around sundown, and look what I found hopping through my yard. He's looks to be around a month or two old and very bony, I was surprised he lived till this morning. Since he's so young, he's already filling out, though, but you can still feel his bones. He's soooo adorable, so I don't understand why our 4 adult cats don't like him (well, duh on that one, though). Not sure if I'll keep him though, 4 adult cats will determine that, but I'll get to enjoy him while I'm fattening him up.  6/6/10 Happy Birthday to my husband Steve. May the next decade be as happy as the last. (that's all I'm sayen about age) Love you, honey... 5/11/10 This is my first rose of the season. Last fall when I cut my roses back, I cut this one back farther than I ever have, and wow, I got a two handed rose.  5/9/10 The Known Universe on YouTube Happy Mothers Day 5/3/10 Tina' Eyes   My Chihuly rosebush, two stages  5/1/10 If you haven't seen this, you need to, it's hilarious. Some Afghanistan soldiers blowing off steam. Telephone Remake 4/29/10  4/18/10 Sad news, it's been a week since I've seen Mouse. He's my black & white cat. I've lost treasured cats before, but this is different, I've had him longer than any other cat. Each pet has their own unique personality and traits, with Mouse it was that he was a bit cross-eyed. He loved being scratched under his chin, but you had to approach him from behind or he would duck as if you were going to hit him, but I'm sure it was just that he saw two or three hands and it scarred him. My Mouse montage: My favorite pix of him - actually, one of my all time favorite pictures.  "Does my butt look big?" Mouse was a rather large cat  His favorite way to sleep - like road kill ......  This was the time he lost his battle with the hot tub, we found him on the roof, mad as can be. Sure do miss my Mouse.......  4/13/10 These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters. ATTORNEY: Now doctor , isn't
it true that when a person dies in his
sleep , he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ATTORNEY: The youngest son , the 20-year-old , how old is he? WITNESS: He's 20 , much like your IQ. ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me? ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Getting laid ATTORNEY: She had three children , right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death.. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess. ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male. ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them.. The live ones put up too much of a fight. ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? WITNESS: If not , he was by the time I finished. ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question? ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No.. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. 3/24/10 We now have infamous cats. My son found a picture from my "How To Arrange 5 Cats" series on icanhascheezburger.com. Funny thing though, the person who heisted the pix didn't know the source. hmm I think I want this person to do my taxes next year. My cats on cheezgburger.com 3/12/10 Went out for a drive, and look what followed us home?? Can we keep it?? Well, since it's already in our back yard, I guess we'll have to. Don't chya just hate it when that happens?? 26 footer  3/6/10 I guess it's time for me to do an update. I had surgery Monday, everything went fine, but I'm still a bit worn out. duh There are 4 glands in your neck (parathyroid) that make a hormone (PTH) that control the amount of calcium your body transfers from you bones to your blood stream. From there, calcium runs your electrical system. Usually it's only one gland that will go bad, but for me, it was all four, but since you need calcium in your blood, only 3-1/2 were removed. What was fascinating was that, during surgery, blood tests monitored my PTH levels, and when they hit an acceptable level, the surgeon knew to stop. I'm tired and sore, and the anethetia made me sick longer than I think I realized, but I'm sooo much better. 2/12/10 Fifth snow fall this year?? Wait, let me check my mail. Yep, it says I live in Texas. Over 8 inches here, and officially 12.5 in Dallas, a new 24 hour record, and the second highest total in a season. This one was so pretty, I took a night picture, too.   2/6/10 You might be a lampwork artist if:
2/4/10 I don't care what Punxsutawney Phil said the other day, one of my cats brought a bird inside today. I say spring is just around the corner. 1/9/10 1) Dang, I've been looking for that raccoon skin hat, that's where it went to.. 2) The furniture ate Bruce. 3) Remember that Twilight episode "Little Girl Lost"? where the little girl fell through the wall behind her bed and into another dimension, then the dog followed her? 4) "Bruce has been working hard on his weight lifting career"  1/2/10 How's the beadroller business going, you may ask? Well, I just spent the afternoon transforming the rest of the spare bedroom into my warehouse. There's shelves along the other wall, too, and a photography table on another. For company? there's a hotel up the street..... and I get to take more of the house square footage as a deduction, life is good.....  12/29/09 What is up with this global warming??? I know I'm in northern Texas, almost Oklahoma, but snow for a third time this season??? Does anyone have Al's phone number??? December 29, 2009  12/28/09 I was a very good girl this year, Santa brought me not one, but two lumps of coal. In the form of matching diamond earrings. Hubby done good - happy camper I am..... 12/25/09 Merry Christmas from Texas This is the first time I can remember it snowing twice in one winter season, here in north Texas.
12/9/09 Oh man, what did she do ??? She added Gift Certificates !!! YEY - Just in time for Christmas !!!
11/17/09 Three more demo videos. 11/12/09 After my Steve's being after me for 6 month (no kidding, 6 months), I did two demo beadroller video's a few days ago. I've never heard myself on tape before, and it was kind of like a puppy hearing its own bark for the first time, it scared me. I've added a page to the catalog and will keep adding to the library, and there's a link on the left of the page. 11/3/09 Happy First Anniversary to my daughter Kara, and her husband Dave.
10/25/09 Big news for me this week, well, not for me actually. My daughter and her husband put a bid on a house and it was accepted yesterday. Their first home, wow. Just in time for their first wedding anniversary next week. On a silly note - ya know how pillows stick when you try to put a pillow case on? Well, I decided to blow into the case when the pillow was half way in, and it just dropped to the bottom. Pretty neat, hah. Only took me 50 years to figure that one out (slow learner). 10/12/09 In a nut shell: - friend & wife have cat & dog (german shepherd) - dog plays rough with cat - friend afraid dog will kill cat one day - wife leaves, neglects to take her cat - friend sells house - estranged wife finally takes cat - to friends house - who has two dogs (german shepherd & rottweiler) - friend & my hubby are at BBQ cookoff - friend calls me - cat is being terrorized and needs to be rescued - now - cat has new home - finally safe - meet Hayden..... now we have five again....  10/6/09 It's not often I take a class, in fact, in 8-1/2 years, I've only taken 3. Leah Fairbanks is one of the founders of the lampwork movement in the United States back in the 1990's, so when I found out she was teaching a class within driving distance of me, I was excited. As a group, we had a blast and as a class, we learned a lot. One of the ladies took a looot of pictures, and I'll post some as soon as I get the disc of them.
9/22/09 I've been pretty busy the last few days. I just finished assembling 4 new beadroller tools, that's the most I've done at one time. Then I decided, since I now have 22 tools in the line, that was too much for one catalog page, so I've been redoing that. Phew, time consuming, please check it out. 9/6/09 I have a husband that like old movies, but once in a while I question his sanity. He got into a 'gag me' 70's mood. Charles Bronson has got to be on the list of the worst 10 actors in history, not just one, but we watched a string of his movies this weekend. Then there's 'Foxy Brown". Finally found out that afro's were good for hiding guns in, and that intro to the movie, priceless. 8/28/09 Finally, an update on my trip to Seattle. I won't clutter up my blog with the pictures, instead, the trip has it's own page and a permanent link next to my other Seattle trips on the left. But here is a picture of one of my favorite subject, Kara's cat. Seattle 2009  8/6/09 Holy Cow, it's on YouTube. This was the video they played several times at the gathering, before demo's and meetings. I can't tell you what an awesome industry I have been blessed to be a part of......... 8/2/09 That was the best Gathering I've ever been to, I guess considering it is the only one I've been to, ya, it was great. Two days of "name" lampwork beadmakers doing demo's on the big screen, wow, I learned a lot. I bought a Japanese style torch, am excited about that. Here's a short youtube demo so you can see what they look like.  Two open torch nights where we could "jam", wow. That's one of my beading buddies, Ginny, showing how she encases. There were around 40 torches set up. On the second night, the hotel fire alarm went off (false alarm), but it was so funny to see all those people at the torches look around as if to say "what.... fire alarm? We are playing with fire here..... and I don't have time to evacuate, I'm in the middle of a bead".  But I think the best part was the bazaar on Saturday. There is probably no where else in the entire world that you could find a bigger display of individual handmade artisan glass beads? Think about it - - 100 artists displaying thousands of handmade beads - - wow.  7/21/09 I just picked up the prototype base for the beadrollers. I'm real excited about the design. I gave my fabricator some specific requirements, and let him have free reign to design the scrolling. He came up with (what else) flames. Awesome.. We are still working out production details and pricing, but they should be available in a couple of weeks. It will hold the tool at approximately a 30 degree angle, in one of two directions, allowing you both hands free for holding your mandrel and glass rod and still be able to use the tool, with easy access to pick the tool up for refining your work. I'm off my first Gathering tomorrow, see ya'll in a week with pictures. (Gathering: the annual lampwork beadmakers convention)  7/14/09 I know, I promised a new cat picture, I took one and it's horrible. Steve's out of town and it's a bit of a production to 'arrange 4 cats' sometimes. But I have a picture of another little friend in the house instead. We live in a house built in 1902 and sometimes it seems the wall 'leak' of bugs, so gecko's are always welcome here. This guy just wanted his picture taken.  7/9/09 Once again, I've been chastised for not updating enough.. sigh, kids.. she has an iphone, isn't that what texting is for? (I'm just kidding, Kara. Don't hit me with a barrage of texts, I'm sure your boss would much prefer you 'work' at work. lol). So I'll update on the tools, there are 15 in the line now (click on 'catalog'), two more to be unveiled in a day or two, and a stand (finally got to that) at the metal shop being prototyped. My health's is getting better.. Our cats are entertaining, as always. I've thought of a new 'how to arrange cats' series of pictures, I feel like a bottom feeding paparazzi, but they don't mind, they get treats out of it. I'll rally the troops for a picture soon. 6/24/09 Well, I think I'm finally out of the woods. "What do you mean?", you may ask. Well, I've been sick this year, and thanks for asking.. Since February or so, I've had a whole host of pain problems, on a scale of 1-10, it was an 8 quite often. I know I've been flaky in the past, but this brain fog I don't wish on anyone, I would forget conversations and things I did that morning, along with a host of other problems. Hindsight, it's been building for a long time, though. After a couple of tangents and a specialist that blew me off, I got my family dr to allow me to get my vitamin D level back into normal range before doing a ct scan of my head (dread to think what he would, or wouldn't, find in there, if you know what I mean). Normal range for D is 30-60 ng/ml, mine tested at 25 and both drs thought that wasn't significant. phhh Treatment is one megadose pill a week for 8 weeks, I saw results in 24 hours. It's been 10 days now, I'm still run down and have a ways to go, but I think I'm going to ask for an honorary degree for finding the problem myself. I'm hoping to get my bead career back on track, now that the fatigue is going away and my focus is returning again, too. (what were we just talking about???) 6/7/09 It's been a long time since I've posted a youtube video, and in honor of Steve's birthday (that's my husband and his birthday was actually yesterday) I'll post a link to one he sent me. I hate to say it, but it's a bit apropos. Happy birthday Steve. Ode to Forgetfulness 6/4/09 Two new rollers, actually they are version #2 of a couple already in the line. Chunky Oval's now have a slot for big hole mandrels, and the big hole Garden Variety now has an smaller slot for regular sized mandrels. Wow, can you believe 12 tools in the line already? Check the catalog for details.   5/20/09 I have a very big and exciting announcement to make. cg-beadrollers now has a European distributor. Christina Stofmeel of Frit & Glas - located in The Netherlands (there are flags on the left side of the page to choose a language) Feng Frit Factory on Etsy FenG Lampwork Beads on Etsy FenGlicious' photostream on flickr It will take a bit for us to get squared away and get Christina up and fully running, but for now, please visit her sites and ogle at her beads. 5/12/09 Number Ten... Tube Trio / Frit Holder The tutorial is now online for your convenience (link is on the left)  5/2/09 Number Nine, Number Nine.. Ok, I know I've aged myself with that.. This is the ninth tool and has five smaller cavities with a smaller mandrel slot for making small holed beads.  4/30/09 I'm real excited to introduce the new handles for my line of lampwork beadroller tools. When I first stared developing the line 3 month ago, I was buying a generic handle and wanted something that had a 'wow' factor to it. I found it. My tool handles now have flames. Took me over a month to procure them and it was worth it. The latest in the line is the original on steroids, a chunky oval trio. Check the "tools" catalog for the complete line. 
4/5/09 There are a few websites I enjoy check everyday, one is NASA's 'Astronomy Picture of The Day'. Today's was especially cool. It's a one hour time laps of the sun. It takes a few seconds to load, but it's so worth it. Orange Sun Oozing (fyi: I now stock 1/4" mandrels for big hole beads & 1/4" brass tubing to line them with) 3/31/09 We've been busy around here - ordering stuff. Since I've designed some of the new graphite beadrollers to accommodate a larger mandrel to make pandora style beads with, I decided to expand and carry complimentary "stuff". First there was the beadstand for large hole beads, then came the plethora of requests for a small shaft to hold regular holed focals. Gotcha covered. Now I've put in brass tubing for coring those pandora sized beads. The 1/4" tubing for mandrels is on order, with other sizes to follow later. Steve's been amazing at finding this stuff for me. Have a look in the catalog. 03/26/09 Been lazy about showing off the newest tool. It's another pandora style plus, this one shapes round beads. Actually I haven't been lazy, I've been tired. I went to get a prescription fill a few weeks ago and the manufacturer stopped making it so the pharmacist called the dr to get a different script. When I went to pick it up, they told me that instead of taking one pill a day, I would now be taking half the amount twice a day. Some how I missed the part where it was a completely different formula, too. Found that out when I went back to the dr today. All better now, back to business as usual.  03/9/09 I've had an interesting weekend. I'll back up to Thursday. Kara (DD) flew in from Seattle to help me with a bead show. I've done art & craft shows, but never a 'bead' show. To make a long story short, it wasn't worth my time and if I do another one, I'll be a bit more selective. The Bead Market is well advertised so the crowd was good, I guess that's how she justifies the outrageous price of the booth, but my sales weren't good enough for the time & effort I put into it. Live and learn. At least I'll have a week with my daughter. In other news: I've really been enjoying making the slider beads with my new mold, for the Pandora/Troll bracelets and promise to get my catalog up and going again. I've been putting a sterling silver core in them so they can also be worn on a chain necklace or even a ribbon or leather neck cord. Here's a picture of my fourth tool, the letter opener & beadpen mold.  02/15/09 We're up to three tools now, and expecting our fourth next week, and a stand to hopefully follow soon after. I feel like an expectant mother. This one will do barrel shapes. Two with a regular hole size mandrel slot and two with a slot for a larger mandrel to do Pandora Style beads with. What are Pandora beads you ask? Pandora Charm Bracelets  02/07/09 Well, here's my second tool. Three ovals, next sizes up. I even went and got some nice material for backdrops. The lady at the fabric store asked me what I was up to and when I told her it was for photo backdrops, she said her best friend was a photographer so she helped me get the right stuff. Boy was she right. Got to go, there's a James Bond marathon on one of the channels and it's been a long three weeks getting the tools up and going, so I'm out of here.  01/31/09 Introducing cg-beadrollers - mold on a stick. All those wonderful ovals I make, bet you thought I hand formed them. Well, my dirty little secret is out, I had a mold made last year and now (finally) I've put it into production. If you're a lampworker and would like to have one, they'll be in my catalog soon, or just email me for now. It will also come with a tutorial on how to make a perfect bead with a cavity mold. I already have in mind to make the next one, it will have the next two oval sizes up from this mold.  01/30/09 Two atoms are walking down the road and one exclaims, "Oh my God, I just lost an electron!" The other one asks, "Are you sure?" To which the first replies, "I'm positive!" I was exchanging website links with Alex (my sons girlfriend) one day and she gave me a link to 1saleaday.com Great, thanks Alex, just what I need, another sight with stuff I can't live without, that uses 24 hour sale only impulse buying tactics. I'm already hooked on Woot.com At least "1saleaday" is different in the fact that it has fun and useless information, like the joke at the beginning of this post. Ok, I've wasted enough time today.. 01/25/09 So, Steve's been telling me about this commercial and I finally got to see it. I love this guy, and it's on YouTube so I can see it anytime I want to - Vince with Slap Chop. I was always the kid who would watch the commercials and walk off on the show. Give it to me short and sweet, get your point across in two minutes or less or I'm out of here. Vince with Slap Chop is the most entertaining commercial ever produced. Shamwow was ok, but annoying as h*ll. Slap Chop is great, and that duel screen chopping scene was hilarious, "you're gonna love my nut"??, and when he throws the competitors product over his shoulder and it lands in the sink, classic slapstick at it's best, "taco's fettucini linguini martini bikini", and of course, the line "call now, within the next 20 minutes, cause we can't do this all day". Vince is the best..... 01/24/09 Sometime opening the kiln in the morning just makes my day cause everything turns out better than I imagined it would.  01/17/09 This is my "I'm so lazy" blog entry. I don't know what it is about blogging, but sometime I just hate to write. My last post was a couple of days before the anniversary of moms passing, and the holidays were fine, getting better to handle, end of story... So many new things that I've tried the past few weeks. I've finally started to use my big hole mandrels - 5/8" & 1/4" holes - and have learned to core the 1/4" with sterling silver tubing to make slider beads for the Pandora/Troll bracelets. I also took a mandrel out of moth balls that makes a heart hole. I want to sell them as toggles and am coordinating with Kara to have her make the toggle bars out of silver. Then there's the thimble mandrels I bought, those are too cool. Why the big jump in creativity? I signed up for a bead show, no more art & craft shows, did several last year and they just suck toooo much. I hate standing and explaining to someone what lampwork is only to have them say "nice bracelet" and walk off with that deer-in-the-headlights look. If you're in Ft Worth March 7-8 I'll be at The Bead Market show (don't forget my Etsy store) and yah, Kara is going to come help me, excited about that I am.    11/25/08 How to Arrange 4 Cats - The sequel - part one Cats - squared. Maybe this is why one should pay attention in geometry class, so one can arrange their cats.  |
ETSY STORE eBay AUCTIONS MY CATS How To Arrange 5 Cats JOKES MISC BLOG ARCHIVES Bead Review 2005 The Wedding (Mr. & Mrs. Whitney) _____________________ someone close my mouth for me, this pool trick shot left me speechless 360 degree panorama pix Paris by Night Evolution of Dance amazing, note the language fishy card trick Telemarketer Nightmare audio Chris Bliss the Beatles juggler The Godfather: scammer upsets the Mafia are you a Star Wars fan? Emperor Palpatine get a phone call from Vader This has been around a while, I just found it again How to Fold a T-Shirt David Hasselhoff's "Jump In My Car" German Coast Guard John Walshes Family Watchdog find registered sex offenders near you David Hasselhoff is hooked on a fealing this kid is too cute Fat Kid Gay Dance my husband found this (yes, it's clean) Men In Coats Vidio Tom Cruise Is Nuts John Titor time traveler click on 'John's story' left hand column Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii January 2006 short version - 32 pix long version - 337 pix my Seattle Sep/2005 trip my Seattle June/2008 trip _____________________  TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER My Aunt Ruth's poem If Tomorrow Starts Without Me |
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