Ninja Monkey vs Exploding Glass

I started my quest to have completely unique jewelry creations today by taking my very first warm glass class at Glass Axis. It was great, I really enjoyed the class. The torch was a little intimidating but fire is always fun so I quickly got over it and started playing with the glass.

The instructor shows us the first bead demo and gives us pretty simple instructions to follow. We all move back to our own stations and begin. I make a gigantic bead which I think looks alright. I go to add dots to it and it explodes. Well, I guess that can happen. I move on to round two. I work up a pretty good sized bead that looks really nice. It is deep blue and tear drop shaped. The instructor tells me I need to heat it up so I can add the detail and again it explodes. I decided maybe I should not be attempting such lofty goals on my first day and shoot for just creating some good old fashioned beads.

I ended up with eight beads total, I worked out how to make some cool shapes. I also figured out how you can use different temperatures change with the coloring of some glass. I ended up making one bead that looks like gray flourite so that was pretty cool. I have a long way to go before I will feel comfortable using of my handmade beads in pieces for sale in my store but I am really excited to learn and practice!

The instructor gave me the bead that he made during the first demo, one day I think I will be able to make one that won't explode and shoot glass shards all over the studio. Until then...this ninja monkey is going to be playing with way more fire.

Ninja Monkey vs Birthday GIVE AWAY

In honor of my birthday tomorrow, I will be giving away one piece of jewelry (up to $25.00) from my Etsy shop.

Here are the rules:

You must visit my shop and then come back to my blog and leave a comment on this post with the name of your favorite item by midnight EST on my birthday (April 30th) . I will choose the winner on Friday May 1st by using a random number generator. I will post the lucky ducky Friday evening.


Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday Ninja Monkey, Happy birthday to me!

Now for a birthday mojito...yum yum Y-U-M!!!!

Happy Birthday Rose

Esther commissioned me to create some jewelry for Rose's birthday. Check it out and let me know what you think.


I think she likes them!

If you are interested in placing a custom order go to www.seemonkeybead.etsy.com and click on request custom item.

My Esty Shop

Hey Everyone!


After 10 years of making jewelry for fun and selling here and there, I have decided to start up an Etsy online store featuring some of my favorite creations.

www.seemonkeybead.etsy.com

Check it out! I will be uploading new products so stop by often.

Smoking Typewriter Award

Momma Bear gave me the Smoking Typewriter Award...Thanks Beth!

So to truly claim my award I must follow the rules of the Smoking Typewriter...
Google your name and then post a few of the more interesting or amusing things that pop up. So lets see what ye olde Google has in store for me!

Brandi You're A Fine Girl video by Looking Glass the funny thing is the song is actually spelled Brandy. I personally think that Brandi is a much better way to spell what is probably the greatest name of all time, but I might be biased. Also, I never knew that there was a Brandy song until I was around 20. I never understood why people would randomly say things to me like "What a good wife you would be" or "You're a fine girl". I always just thought that people were weird and creepy. Once I was at a county fair and a dude on stage asked me my name and he started singing those same words. I was like man why does everyone always say these weird things to me. When I did finally hear the song I thought ahh, people were trying to be funny not creepy, silly Brandi!

Brandi Jackson a professional golfer who from the looks of things enjoys golfing in sundresses. Hopefully its not too windy when she hits up the links.

Brandi Carlile a singer/songwriter from Washington who does rock/folk/pop/country. I think she wins the "Slashy" award.

A Cat Lady Blog by a woman named Brandi who is writing from the perspective of her cat. Enough said...

A cakemaker with a really cute website who is named Brandi and makes sugar free desserts! I think she should be my new friend! :)

Well I guess that is probably enough Brandi information picked up from the internet machine. I hope you have enjoyed these random Brandis.

I would like to give Orion and Cara the Smoking Typewriter Award! I look forward to hearing more from you guys :)

Oh I am in the process of setting up an etsy shop. I will keep you posted with the status. For now here is my latest creation. I call it the Foxy Lady. Let me know what you think!