Homeless Beads Placed In Good Homes!

I haven't done a bead post in a while... Life has been crazy...just running all the time. But, today is a torch day! Whooo Hooo!

I finally broke down and took apart the only MASSIVE set I've ever made... These are from rare / extinct z99 glass and the set was so large, I had it prices around $150... well, selling off the parts, I should make even more money. But it breaks my heart that they are all slowly going to separate homes... 

I called this set 'One Shade of Grey.' LOL:

 

 I've done several remakes on this one:

 

Still Selling in the Facebook Groups! 

Still Chugging Along

Happy New Year! I'm still chugging along... In case you haven't heard, no surgery for me. Mom brought me a mild swine flu for the holidays! No surgery for the congested one! And I've been home for so long with no work... I can't take any more time off. So, six more months of pain for me!

In the good news department, I'm now helping out with a new Facebook Sales Group: Glass Beads for Sale. More about that later.

I actually sold this crystal breast cancer goddess there.  I don't know that I would have chosen the pink crystals on my own...but the customer wanted them and in the end, I really liked them. I was trying to pick out a necklace here... we went with the one to the right of the bead.

 

Here's a close up... I love the little butterfly at the bottom.

 Anyway, most days you can find three or four of my listings on Facebook. When I'm not teaching and have time, I link to the them from the fan page.

Last Day of My Trunk Show... You Know You Need Some Gifts!!

Last day of the trunk show! Still some amazing pieces left!

All the links:
♥ Earrings ♥: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325349291006201&type=3
♥ Focal Beads ♥: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325356687672128&type=1
♥ Glass Bead Sets ♥: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325388557668941&type=3
♥ Earring Pairs / Beads ♥:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325386217669175&type=3
♥ Glass Bead Weirdos & Orphans ♥: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325330287674768&type=3
♥ Gifts: Platters / Wine Toppers / Pens ♥: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325380331003097&type=3
♥ Necklaces & Bracelets ♥ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325389747668822&type=3
♥ Christmas / Hanukkah CLEARANCE Beads♥ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325619594312504&type=1
♥ Halloween CLEARANCE Beads ♥ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325626514311812&type=3
♥ Commercial Necklaces with a Handmade Feel♥ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pcb.325329154341548&type=3

GAMES: Every day there will be prizes... look for them!!! Please share and comment... You will earn more entries!!
Ongoing game: https://www.facebook.com/HollysFollyGlassBeads/photos/gm.325242937683503/730127387071383/?type=1

See Anything You Like???

Only one person on my fan page has caught on that I've been holding out and hording beads! LOL! Gotta have something to sell until I can torch again!!

Have a gander... like anything in there??? Coming in December... or January. Prayers and good wishes on my surgery day Monday are much appreciated!!! Happy Thanksgiving and I'll be back as soon as I can!

Earrings Galore

I was thinking I would show off some earrings I made from when I created a "Year of Earrings" ... colors of earring pairs for each month of the year. And Whaddya KNOW?? I never shared them here! Aiyiyi!!!   Oh well!

But here's some earrings from those sets:

Breast Cancer Goddess Wrapped

I just finished this custom order for a wrapped Breast Cancer Goddess. She's heading to Australia!

I really love how she came out!

I will still have some orphan beads for clearance on the various Facebook sites over the holiday weekend. Remember to check my fan page for details.

Vet Relief Trunk Show!

I incurred a huge vet bill the day Mabel got sick. More than I make in TWO months! And I've been so deep in grief, I haven't been making beads or listing.

One my pet blogger friends decided to host an auction on my behalf and gathered donations from blogville and that goes live tomorrow. There are lots of pet themed items there! The auction is HERE.

That got me in gear... I make stuff... I should donate to my own benefit, right??? Well, as my luck goes, my favorite sales venue for in person sales burned to the ground on Mother's Day! And as I'm not teaching as much anymore... no students and they lay you off! I've decided to liquidate my show stock to pay off the vet!

The show is LIVE NOW!  Categories and links are as follows:

***BEADS*** are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/290028454505397/permalink/290258861149023/

***NECKLACES*** are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/290028454505397/permalink/290266157814960/

***EARRINGS*** are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/290028454505397/permalink/290281161146793/

***BRACELETS***are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/290028454505397/permalink/290285367813039/
 
***ORPHAN BEADS AND WEIRDOS*** are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/290028454505397/permalink/290289374479305/

***GIFTS*** are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/290028454505397/permalink/290494811125428/

Come shop and help with the vet bill if you can!!! 

Custom Work

Now that tax time if finally put to bed, I'm having to catch up on my custom work.

I sold  a seashell on Lampwork Beads For Sale. My customer wanted me to wire wrap it. Here it is, ready to go:

 

My college bestie's daughter, who I've known since she was a few weeks old, asked me to make a pendant for her best friend. The girls are into the virtual reality game SIMS and wanted a "plumb bob" which is green when a player is active in the game. This is a little simple for my tastes but the girlie seems happy with it:

 

 I also got to torch a bit and made some prototypes for a memorial glass bead and one little kitty cat. You'll get to see those soon..

 

Last Day for 39% off Glass Beads Lampwork Jewelry

Just wanted to say it's the last day of my birthday sale and your last day to save 39% on my glass beads and jewelry. This is my only inventory clearance sale and I never mark prices this low except on my birthday!

All glass beads and lampwork jewelry on Etsy are 39% off. As are all the glass beads and lampwork jewelry on HollysFolly.com! Everything you see below is 39% off! Shopping codes and fine print below! Come shop and save!!!

You can save 39% off my handmade glass beads and jewelry on my website through my birthday March 3. Just check out using code Birthdayfan39. This coupon is also valid on my Etsy shop.

Da Fine Print:

• Minimum Purchase $10
• No Made to Order
• No Free Beads Gift Certs
• You may save on bead but if you need me to wire wrap, that is charged at full price.
• Not valid on my class tools / ebeads / Kumihimo supplies or Rubber Stamps for Jewelry. 

I never do a bigger discount that I do at my birthday so... stock up and save!!!

Bellflower Earrings

To me, the shape of a bellflower pressed glass headpin lends itself perfectly to earrings!

Last week, an old friend purchased a set of purple bellflowers as a gift for her mom - who I love and adore! As the bellflowers were a birthday gift, I had to whip up something a little extra for Mom Dianne's special day. She LOVES purple, btw:

I had the two little lavender butterflys and I always have some Swarkie bicones on hand. I really love how they came out!


Here's another set of earrings I made from some discontinued CIM glass (Sigh... Isn't that always the case with CIM... fall in love and it's no longer made or not the same color...ugh!)

The earrings above are available here. Anyone ordering before 2/15/14, will get a refund on shipping! ;-)

Boobie Beads Doing Good

I heard from a customer recently who orders my boobie beads. Regina is making boobie bracelets. Check 'em out:

Aren't they just adorable??? And I just love the special card she makes to go with them:

The bracelets are $15 and a portion of the proceeds ($5) of each bracelet will be donated to breast cancer, Avon and Susan G Komen walk. Regina is selling these by email at the moment. You can reach her here.

I just love that my little boobies are out in the world making people happy!

Custom Work Keeping Me Busy

Good Morning! My wire work class at Glendale College was AWESOME this past Saturday! Everyone got it and made a lovely bracelet and earrings! It was such a fun group! And none had tried wire before! Eight new wire workers out in the world now!

 

These custom boobie pendants went to Sweden!

My 2nd bakery show was a bust. Zero sales. I had pre-arranged to sell an earring display, so by the time I paid my breakfast / lunch tab, I had a profit of $8. Well, I always thought my stuff was a little to ritzy for this area. But it was January...people are in shock paying off Christmas. There was almost NO promotion this time. It was cloudy and breezy. We had one less vendor so the sidewalk didn't look as full. I left early because my sinuses were killing me. It was an experiment. C'est la vie! I know I'm going to busy with weekend classes for the next several months so maybe I'll try again before Mother's Day.

I still feel good about it. I always share the show with the fan page for our local paper. This time, they showed up and took pics! And, asked me to write about my Memorial Glass Beads! So that's really good!

 Scenes from the Bakery Show

And I made significant progress on a bracelet I've been doodling with for years! 

I still have a couple of custom orders to wrap up and I'm waiting and waiting for the next steps in my "real job hunt." I'm told I just need the final hiring appointment but... no word as to when that will be. 8-/

Sidewalk Sale Sunday

Sorry to go all radio silent on you after so many posts in a row... The show was more wonderful than I expected and I've been a busy bee packing and shipping and still have more to send! More on all that later but I wanted to mention that I will be having a live and in person show this Sunday in my hometown of Sunland at the Back Door Bakery.

The Back Door Bakery is at 8668 Foothill. I will be bringing lots of versions of these:

Would you believe I had two in my show and I sold FIVE???

I will be bringing more jewelry than beads as I'm hoping that's what will sell well  at Christmas. But I will fill in with come "conversation starter" beads:

Winner! Winner! Beady Dinner???

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to those of you that spread the word about my show! Congratulations go to Anne T who won the $40 Gift Cert on Facebook and to Lynn J who won the $25 Gift Cert here  on my Blog!!! I appreciate everyone of you who helped!

Now, what do I do with all the beads that didn't find homes???  

Come Check Out My Glass Beads and Jewelry

The Trunk Show goes on! I was really please with yesterday's response!

I thought I would post some pics to tempt you!

 The majority of the items I have listed are READY TO WEAR! And I thought I would only have like 3 jewelry items when I started this! But I cleaned out my cake show stash... I used to sell tons of ready made sweet treat pendants back then!  These all come with a chain.

Pink Cookie Pendant

I also have a small selection of focals including this HUGE cake slice:

Chocolate Cake Glass Bead

And I'm offering up this AMAZING large set of rare z99 glass beads at a super discount price:

Purple Majesty

 I've pulled jewelry out of my show stash that I've never shown online!

 Sand and Shore Bracelet

And there are some items you probably have seen in there as well:

 

Seashell beads for Pandora / Troll 

I sure hope you will come take a l@@k! 

And don't forget the contest: 

 

Here is the info on the TWO give aways! One for $40 on Facebook. All you have to do is SHARE the original post and you are entered there.

And here on the blog, I'm giving away a $25 gift certificate via rafflecopter (You can repeat certain entries for MORE chances to win!):


a Rafflecopter giveaway

My First Trunk Show!

I am full of the nervousness over my very first trunk show!!! It will be this week, August 28 - 30 via Artisans Open Market on Facebook.They are a wonderful group that hosts juried sales many times a month! If you are not a member, please head on over and join so that you will get events notices!

My sale will be glass beads and jewelry but I'm also pulling out some of my crystal show stash from ages ago when I did cake shows with the food safe rubber stamps. There will be lots of earrings and little sweet treat pendants ready to wear!

I sure hope you will come take a l@@k. But that's not all...

I'm having TWO give aways! One for $40 on Facebook. All you have to do is SHARE the original post and you are entered there.

And here on the blog, I'm giving away a $25 gift certificate via rafflecopter (You can repeat certain entries for MORE chances to win!):


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Fashion Friday - The Gilded Lily

Whew! Fashion Friday is back! This fashion layout was inspired by the gorgeous peyote necklace featuring a glass bead lily by Sheila of Stone Designs by Shelia Davis . Shelia makes some gorgeous beads too. Be sure to check out her links!

The Gilded Lily by holly-dare featuring nine west shoes

Have a lovely weekend my pretties... I'm hoping to torch! Don't forget to check in over at Glass Beads Daily... so many amazing beads to love!