EllyLoo Creations-Lampwork & Jewelry

I have my first listing (IN A LONG TIME!) up on ebay!
YOu have the opportunity to buy a “Hope” pendant at auction prices!
It’s right here.

I’ve gotta whole lotta Hope!
Pendants, that is.
And… okay, the real stuff too!

I’ll probably say this a lot, but:

 Hope gives us strength to rise above the adversities of life and carry on.  What gives YOU hope? 

I’ve been pretty busy making Hope pendants in every colour under the sun (Pink is coming…!).
I’ve written a bit of a write up, and have been listing them on my Etsy Site.  If you like, you can contact me with a colour you’d like to see, and I’ll make one for you! 
Price: 50$, plus shipping.

I would like to introduce you to an EllyLoo design that I call “Hope”.

HOPE gives us the strength to rise above struggles and trials that threaten to pull us down into despair.  It allows us to carry on.  What gives you hope?  What helps you through your struggles in life?  People who have hope sparkle like diamonds…there’s just something about them!

As you can see, “Hope” pendants can be personalized with any colour.  Each, while similar in design, is unique from the others, because I make each by hand.  While the glass is still hot and soft, I embed a cubic zirconia in the glass. Some can be etched to give them a soft seaglass look, while other colours glow when left in their natural glass state. 

These pendants are showstoppers when I bring them as a display, particular favourites are the red and the black. 

If this pendant brings meaning to you, it makes me happy.  Contact me through elly@ellyloo.com , and let me know which colour you prefer.  Hope necklaces are $50 US, and they come with a chain included, so you can wear it as soon as you want.

This is what I’ve been ogling for a while now.
(I like that one because it seems so small, and non-grunty)
OR
This one, because I’ve seen really neat work done with it…

My next ‘big’ purchase is going to be a bead liner.
I know.. it’s DANGEROUS because it gets me into buying silver, brass, and copper tubing, and I think it’s the gateway into me trying out silver clay, because I’ll probably want to make nice bead caps….

*sigh*
Cored beads are nice.  They dont’ HAVE to be “Pandora” beads, but a certain sized hole will fit a pandora bracelet.  The main reason is that I can happily sell a cored bead without having to wire it up with a head pin, or worry about how I’m going to incorporate it into something… because it’s made to slide over whatever you’re wearing.  Because of the metal core, there’s no rough glass to slowly scratch or shred chain or leather or ribbon…And it just looks so NEAT!!

Here are some beautiful examples of cored and capped beads:
The Beadwife (Kalera Stratton)
Kristi Brokaw
Trudy Madison
And OHHhhh my, Andrea Guarino-Slemmons.

Anyway, if you were wondering what a lampworker like me wishes for…now you know!

This is one of the most common questions I’ve heard about this type of bead.  It’s quite flattering! 

There actually are no real flowers in this bead!  Even if I tried, the poor flower would vaporize in the flame I use to melt the glass!  Everything you see, each design element, is made from different colours of glass!  This bead is made from layers upon layers of glass. 

The bottom layer is black, and I drizzled colours on top of it that make it look like vines.  Then I “encase” it all with a thick layer of clear glass.  Once I get the basic shape I want, I start adding the ‘flowers’.  Each flower in this bead is comprised of 6 very thin layers of glass! 

Pretty suprising, even to me, when I just counted it up! The design is made up of dots of glass, melted in, and layers of dots on top of it.  It still looks like a bunch of dots, until I take a sharp tool, and POKE the center down deep into the bead. This makes the dots all of a sudden become PETALS.  And if you look closely, you’ll see a bubble trapped in the middle of each flower, sparkling and special.  This is done deliberately.

Since each floral like this has so many layers, the time taken to make it can range from 20 minutes to an hour!  It all depends on how many flowers, layers and other details are included! In this bead, I put a little bit of Dichroic glass into it for a beautiful delicate sparkle.

This bead is made into a pendant already, and if you purchase it, will come ready to wear right out of the box!  It’s a lovely size.  Don’t forget to tell me how long you would like the chain!  
$50 + shipping($6.50)

Chain Length?

I went to a party on Saturday night!  It was held right down the road from me, and was organized by the ladies at http://www.curvacious.ca.  It’s always a fun party.  There were vendors there and it was fun to be able to bop to the music and have a drink if you felt like it…and I got to know some people at the different tables!  Sales were slow, but when there’s a party in the next room, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus taking free pictures….I felt like packing up and just joining in!

I brought things like bracelets, pendants, of course, my little fairy grandmothers, and my many different and various pendants!  (All my bracelets are made to fit at least me.  I can make smaller sizes, but it’s easier to make ‘plus size’ bracelets because I can measure them on myself!)

My showcase item was a necklace, bracelet, and earrings set, with beautiful gold dichroic and red lampwork beads, swarovski crystals and vermeil findings.  I love the feel of it, and if I get to keep it the rest of my life… I wouldn’t be sad!  Here are some photos for you: 

(By the way, if you make bracelets or necklaces, I can make beads like the one in the bracelet for 1$/ea!  Email me!)