Happiness is a Hot Torch!

What luxury!  Finally!  Everything is GO!

It was such a happy experience to torch today, gas tank full, everything working, me in the warm, no time constraints AND I even had the house to myself so I could sing as loudly as I wanted with no-one listening …I hope!!

Back at the Bead Show in November Grace Edwards [...]

It was a Teeny Tini, Micro Mini Monkee that she made for the first time today . .

Well, yesterday to be precise. I was feeling discouraged with the temporary loss of my oxycon and trying to think of ways around the problem.

No Torching! – not really a possibilty
Torch with Hot Head and 1lb cannisters – Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!
Torch with Hot Head and bulk propane – requires change to current setup
Try another [...]

Silence is Golden!

I did it! I finally got everything set up and yesterday I lit my mega minor for the first time. It seemed there were so many things to do and remember at first, but now I’m understanding the equipment a bit more.

I was a little intimidated by the whole set-up process and did [...]

I’m Upgrading!

Yup, today I am going to order things!! It’s exciting and nerve racking, and it’s going to be a huge learning curve, I’m sure I’ll be back at square one for a while getting used to all the extra heat and trying to figure out how in heck to program a kiln, but I’m dreaming of [...]