My Hot Connection Pieces

My Stacked Rings made during the Hot Connections 1 Class http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-iris-hotconnections1introductiontosoldering.jsp

I completed these earrings last week Saturday after completing my Hot Connections 3 pieces

Bangles made during the Hot Connections 3 classhttp://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-iris-hotconnections3bangles.jsp

I made two rings with the rest of my twisted wire.

Now I've Stacked Rings

Pinterest

"Girl you're addicted to Pinterest." I've to admit that I am. Admittance is still the first step of the twelve step program right!! Imagine that I was hearing about it for a long time and was not going to get sucked in by another "thing" on the computer. Well I'm in big time and like my other addictions I'm sure there's no rehab. Yeah I can picture it now: people in a huge room trying to stop pinning and as they do they keep logging out and in because each time they log out they find something to pin.

And it goes further: they each get sent to a room where they are placed in front on a computer that has no internet but then slip in a flash drive that has there favourite boards on it. Jeeeeeeeeeeeez I'm gonna stop. Well I need something to wind down - yeah right but I seem to be winding down all the time. I now have 17 boards, 778 Pins, 161 Likes, 84 Followers and  I'm following  690 people ( to where - the rehab that does not exist?).

So yeah I just came off for a few minutes to blog a bit. So feel free to click on the my Pinterest link http://pinterest.com/trinisunshine/ and who knows if we're not already, we may soon be following each other. Enjoy!!!

Another Kumihimo Experiment - taken from My Kumihimo Board on Pinterest http://pinterest.com/pin/562879653396674441/

I played today!!!! Yipeeee!!!

I played today!!!! Yipeeee!!! I had a beautiful day at work today. Work ? Play? Yeah I took Iris Rogers Melamed's Hot Connections 3 class http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-iris-hotconnections3bangles.jsp at work today and it was a great way to spend my Saturday. Wonderful ladies and an equally wonderful and excellent instructor. We were on a roll playing with fire.

I made three silver bangles, two rings and finished my earrings from the first soldering class I had taken in the summer. I feel more confident now to solder at home because even though I purchased the equipment I still felt a bit skeptical to do it. So look out for the pictures of my pieces in the near future ( please give me some credit - I blogged three days in a row).In the meantime have a look at Iris' class samples: 

Iris' Bangles ( Hot Connections 3)

Now here I am winding down for the day spending sometime on Pinterest - but that  is another blog for another day. See you soon.

Fall - my favourite season of all !!!!!!

Fallen Leaves

I just love this view

Across the field

Across the field we walk daily

He's still there - minus some parts.

Kumihimo

I had the pleasure of taking a few classes at the store during the summer and  other than wire and metal, I'm playing with Kumihimo http://www.beadfx.com/inspirations/inspirations.php?id=507

Maga Kumi : Kumihimo Bracelets using seedbeads and Magatamas

You can view my growing Kumihimo designs on my Pinterest Board http://pinterest.com/trinisunshine/my-kumihimo/

Classes

Let's Wrap Them Up - taught these in Guelph at the Grand River Bead Society's first meeting on Monday 17, September http://www.grandriverbeadsociety.com/

 Thank you Grand River Bead Society for having me and sharing in the Beady Arts Experience i.e. "From the heart, by the hands, just for you."

From October 2, my teaching at Beadfx is going to officially resume after my summer break and it kicks off with Cold Connection Bracelet. My other classes at the store are also cold connections but each one involves a different method to connect wire. For more details please click on the links provided. Click on the links and make that call to Beadfx and let's have wire fun the Beady Arts way.

Cold Connection Bracelet - Beadfx on October 2, 2012 http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-rae-createforthecure2.jsp

Another Cold Connection - Necklace @ Beadfx on October 9, 2012 http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-rae-anothercoldconnectionnecklace.jsp

Another Cold Connection - Necklace 2 on November 13, 2012 @ Beadfx http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-rae-anothercoldconnectionnecklace2.jsp

  

Wow not since July!!!

Wow not since July you say?
Hmmmmmm yeah I haven't been here for a long time. I said I was going to take a break for the summer and so I did. It was one of my best summers ever - firing up the grill with family and good neighbours, spending loads of time with my family and  playing outside with my son.

Yeah as if we didn't spend enough time already. But it's going by too quickly - imagine my son started school. Where did the time go? I'm not going to keep typing on, I'll let the pictures talk to you.

It was a fine time to take classes @ Beadfx ( my necklace after Angela Peace's Kumihimo Edge Bead Necklace http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-angelapeace-kumihimoedgebeadnecklace.jsp)

Trip to the Toronto Zoo with Joshua and my good friend and sister Josie. 

@ the Toronto Zoo

Visit to Fort Erie with my two boys (my husband & son of course)

Yeah we went to the EX!!!

Time to design new classes : http://www.beadfx.com/classes/class-rae-createforthecure2.jsp