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I've always been into crafts and making jewelry. I saw a glass blowing demo a couple of years ago & I was just about hypnotized. I didn't want it to end. I knew I'd never do glass blowing (near impossible to fit a crucible & all the apparatus needed into a 1 car garage ;-)), but I decided to look into taking a lampwork class.

As soon as I melted my first rod of glass to form a bead I was hooked. I went right out & bought all the glass, tools & equipment needed to set up a studio. I've since started to work with boro as well. Though it's much more forgiving than soft glass, most of the colors are not WYSIWYG so there's definitely a learning curve there.

I have an etsy shop and ArtFire shop where I sell my beads and supplies,
www.lajewelrydesigns.etsy.com
www.lajewelrydesigns.artfire.com

as well as on my website, www.lajewelrydesigns.com. Please feel free to take a look. My work can also be seen in the following publications:

Cover of March 2012 Bead Trends
Winter 2011 The Flow, Women in Glass
December 2010 Bead Trends
2010 Glass Bead Calendar
September 10, 2009 JewelryandBeaders' Artist Spotlight
May 2008 Softflex Spotlight Designer of the Month
March/April 2008 Bead Trends
November/December 2007 Bead Trends
September/October 2007 Belle Armoire
June 2007 Bead and Button

If you'd like to sign up for my mailing list where I send out notices of sales & promotions and also when I do a major listing of beads, please send me an e-mail to lajewelrydesigns@aol.com and put "add to mailing list" in the subject line.