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Commission #

Last week I received a commission from Kaz of Cheeky Cherub Designs for a pair of earrings and a pendant using Kaz's own beautiful Lampwork beads. Karen has bought several pairs of earrings from me recently and wanted a spiral design in Sterling Silver to go with her Lampwork lentils.

They duly arrived in the post plus a pair of gorgeous green lentils just for me!


This photo doesn't really do them justice ~ they are really gorgeous!

Here's the end result


I posted them to Kaz today and she is going to take them to the 2010 Flame Off this Friday and Saturday.

Here's more of Kaz's handmade Lampwork beads. You can also see more of her work on her Flickr page here







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  1. Wenche BrennbakkWednesday, April 14, 2010

    I love these beads! Soo gorgeous!

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  2. tammykingdonThursday, April 15, 2010

    They are beautiful - your work has done them justice. By the way, your blog has taken ages to load, has anyone else commented or do I have a gremlin in my system?

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  3. Cinnamon JewelleryThursday, April 15, 2010

    Thanks Tammy. It didn't take too long to load for me but it may be the photos? One of them took a while.

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  4. MillicentSaturday, April 17, 2010

    These are beautiful; the silver really impacts with the stones. Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly are lampwork beads?

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  5. Cinnamon JewellerySaturday, April 17, 2010

    Janet, Lampwork beads are handmade using rods of glass and a torch and various techniques that I don't know much about myself!
    Tracy x

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