Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Bead Table Wednesday

Today- and probably for the entire month of February, there will be beads on my table, all kinds of beads being created.  I am feeling the crunch of the Berks Bead Show Looming now.  Wish me luck!

I am starting my copper etching today and cannot wait to see how my new designs turn out!
I electro-etch my copper.  I was using batteries, ILO acid, to be green, but was going through too many batteries, making the process not very green after all.  I could not afford the E3 Etch Kit, so I made my own.  Thankfully I found a guy at RadioShack who understood what I was trying to do. He probably thought I was crazy at first, but he got it.  For about $40 I made an electro-etch kit.  It takes longer then etching with a battery (battery takes 15-20 minutes, and this way takes about 4-5hours) but I have learned to just be patient (kind of).

And I am painting.  I need to get these done, so I can list some hearts for V-day.  Plus I need to open up my desk for metal clay. Gotta start that this week and get it rolling.  Lots to make, lots to make!!!

Hearts are almost all done.  I have some waiting for a special top secret paint method.


And it doesn't even look like I put a dent in this.  Better get movin!!!!


And I hate when I do this..........I will try something out in a batch, but just make one because I'm not sure I will like it all done, and then I love it and wish I had more.  Anyhow- Look for more sea thing donuts in the future.

So thats it.  A quick post to show off my bead table.

What's on your Bead Table????







5 comments:

  1. My dog...my dog is on the bead table ..... I need to be really productive today and she is working against me! Happy Wednesday!

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    1. My dog would be able to get up on my bead table, mine are both huge lab mixes!!!! LOL! Give her a treat and get workin!!! I gotta get off this computer and go work. Beads aint gonna paint themselves

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  2. Looking good and I was your 190th person to join your blog!! :) Thank you for all your help and encouragement lately!!

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  3. You've got all kinds of pretties going on over there! I really like your method of doodling on the large piece of copper for etching. I might borrow that idea if I can ever catch up. I can't wait to see how those turn out.

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