A "happy accident" with enameling

Yesterday, during my demo at a workshop I was teaching at the studio, I grabbed for the container of Aqua.  Unfortunately, I thought I was picking the Opaque version, but instead chose the Transparent one.  Not a big deal, you might think, but it can be.  Most of my experience with transparent enamel over filigree beads has been one of a dark enamel where the color is barely perceptible, which is why I recommend that you apply two layers of an opaque enamel as a base coat.  It provides the canvas for the transparent enamel.  Yesterday I had a surprise! 

The bead on the right is an example of Aqua transparent over two layers of white.  The bead on the left is the one I created yesterday ... three layers of Aqua Transparent over metal!  It's a deep rich color that the photograph does not adequately capture, but I think you get the picture!  


The Happy Accidents Group on facebook is shaping up to be a really nice crowd.  Why don't you join us?  Would love to have you! 

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

It is friggin' freezing in Tucson!  Apparently, it hasn't been this cold since 1918!  There's no heat in David's part of the suite. And, our pipes are frozen... And, I'm teaching a workshop in our suite ... And use your imagination ....!  Okay, the maintenance staff brought two 5 gallon buckets of water, one for each bathroom.  No showers ... but I'm still smelling as fresh as a rose!  My hair is pouffy so that's good ... it isn't stuck to my head.

So, my first act of business for the workshop will be to explain the old Girl Scout motto:  "If it's yellow, let me mellow; if it's brown, flush it down."  Actually, that isn't the Girl Scout motto ... but it sounds like something I heard in the Girl Scouts.

I promise to bring more inviting news later.  I'm taking my camera with me to the exhibitors hall ... lots of goodies to follow!

News Flash:  The maintenance guy just brought us keys to a new room ... for us to use for showering, etc.  We can't move in there permanently because I'm teaching in the suite!  But, it's all good!

News Flash Flash:  They're using a hair dryer to defrost the pipes.  Any of us who live in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West, and Alaska know how successful that is!  It's kinda like camping! LOL!

Hey, they did it!  Yay, Doubletree staff!