tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11721828354590120102024-03-13T02:43:38.858-05:00Torched in TexasKathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-52997326340378783182013-05-20T20:11:00.001-05:002013-05-20T20:11:48.497-05:00Belle Armoire Jewelry MagazineI'm so lucky to again be published in Belle Armoire Jewelry Magazine. Check out the Summer issue.<br />
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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-33370228654006356402013-04-07T15:48:00.002-05:002013-04-07T15:48:55.812-05:00About a year ago I purchased a pair of bronze clay dragonflies from Summers Studio on Etsy and they've been hanging out waiting for a home ever since. Last week my very generous friend, <a href="http://rosa-josies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Diane Cook</a>, gifted me a pair of shimmery green and gold briolettes. They reminded me of dragonfly wings right off. I love them together.<br />
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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-48539878643190643542013-01-27T19:55:00.004-06:002013-01-27T19:55:55.700-06:00White pelicans migrating back to the Pacific Northwest<br />
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I love it when you nature gives you little surprises. That happened today. A good friend mentioned last night at dinner that white pelicans had taken over a pond in her neighborhood. It's the first time they have come. I had never seen a white pelican. So, today I gathered my camera and went for a look. <br />
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They were a little shy at first - floating away when I pulled out the camera...<br />
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But then curiosity got the better of them and they floated back...<br />
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...until a cormorant diving nearby began stirring up the fish...then they got moving that way.<br />
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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-36929812856565051812013-01-26T16:58:00.004-06:002013-01-26T16:58:42.283-06:00Metal Pods for Adorn Me! 2013<br />
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I've been playing around a bit this week practicing new ideas for my metal pod class at Adorn Me! Take a look.<br />
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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-49569931206049102512012-10-21T15:38:00.001-05:002012-10-21T15:38:42.585-05:00Angel Wings Necklace<br />
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Ordered some lovely metal wings from Barbara Lewis and created this little sweetie. Completed her with a Stephanie Lee style chain from a recent online class I took. <br />
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Sabrina also sent me some really cool ceramic beads that I love. I am a turquoise lover, so they are right up my alley! </div>
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Sabrina, this was so much fun. Thank you again for such a wonderful soup.</div>
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Here is what the lovely and talented <a href="http://www.sabrina-glassworks.ch/" target="_blank">Sabrina Staub</a> sent to me:<br />
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And here's what I did with the beautiful soup.<br />
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The fabulous strawberry Sabrina made called out "keep it simple" to me. It would be beautiful hanging on a choker by itself, but I added a few stash beads and bitter green enameled beads to bring out the colors in the strawberry.</div>
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Sabrina sent a lovely combination of lime green and dark gray with a copper-colored swirl. She also sent some really cool lentil shaped beads that complimented the copper swirl. I mixed in a green bead left over from <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kashmira Patel's</a> soup. The colors were perfect together. <br />
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I love these orange and charcoal beads Sabrina made, but I have to admit that they were the most difficult to come up with a design. I'm still not sure I did them justice and may at some point try again. I had a focal I made in a Stephanie Lee class that had a touch of orange in it, so I used that as my main focal. I added some fibers and a chain that I oxidized. What do you think?<br />
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This focal Sabrina made is absolutely gorgeous. I have lots of purple in my stash, so it was easy to come up with some complimentary glass beads. This bracelet is strung on wire with a magnetic clasp. I love it!<br />
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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-33011923050033075112012-08-25T00:01:00.000-05:002012-08-25T15:57:26.409-05:00BSBP 6 - Third Reveal<br />
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Here's the lovely soup I received from <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kashmira</a> Patel:<br />
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Here are a few closeups.<br />
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I don't normally work with large round beads so the focal was a bit of a challenge. I played around with stringing it, but it just seemed to need a different look. When I discovered some cream colored sari silk with a gold thread in my stash, I decided to go chunky bracelet. I added some of the beautiful glass large hole beads and the disks Kashmira sent, tied a few knots, added some olive leather also from my personal stash and made a brass closure.<br />
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I wanted a totally different look with the remaining green and blue beads and disks so I scoured my stash and discovered a leftover shell from a stained glass lamp I made a few years ago. With my focal in place, the rest came together rather quickly. I created torch-fired enamel headpins in colors complimentary to the beads and wrapped them around blue leather cording to hold the beads in place. I had a lot of fun creating this piece and it is my favorite of the three.<br />
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I still had the clasp and some silver pieces Kashmira sent to play with. I added some enameled headpins (since I'm a torch-fired enamel addict) and created a fun little bracelet.<br />
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Thank you, Kashmira, for all these fun materials. You stretched me as an artist by sending elements I don't normally work with. It has opened my eyes to another world of possibilities. <br />
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Check out the other participants in <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party.</a><br />
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Hostess, Lori Anderson, <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #d82898;">Pretty Things</span></a><br /><br />Agi Kiss, <a href="http://moonsafaribeads.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Moonsafari Beads</span></a> <br />Alice Peterson,<a href="http://www.alice-dreaming.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;"> Alice Dreaming</span></a></div>
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Alison Sachs, <a href="http://www.beadsbyearthtones.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Beads by Earthtones</span></a></div>
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Amanda Dittloff, <a href="http://www.passionsmashin.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Passion Smashin'</span></a></div>
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Andra Marasteanu, <a href="http://bijouxdemonange.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Bijoux de Monanage</span></a></div>
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Angie Szlovak, <a href="http://www.sweet-beads.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">SweetBeads</span></a></div>
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Anitra Gordy, <a href="http://www.leelucreations.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Leelu Creations</span></a></div>
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Ann Sherwood, <a href="http://www.ann-sherwood.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Ann's Blog</span></a></div>
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Arlene Dean, <a href="http://aglassbash.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">A Glass Bash</span></a></div>
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Audrey Belanger, <a href="http://esperianterra.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #d82898;">Dreams of an Absolution</span></a></div>
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Barb Solem, <a href="http://www.vivimagoopresents.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Vivi Magoo Presents</span></a></div>
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Barbara Blaszczyk, <a href="http://www.floraservice.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">laboratorim Flory</span></a></div>
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Becky Pancake, <a href="http://www.beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Becky Pancake Bead Designs</span></a><br />Beth Emery, <a href="http://www.storiesbyindigoheart.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Stories by Indigo Heart</span></a></div>
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Bianca Odenthal, <a href="http://zydies-glasperlen.blogspot.de/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Zydies Glasperlen</span></a></div>
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Birgit Klughardt, <a href="http://gitesbeads-gite.blogspot.de/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">GitesBeads</span></a><br />Bobbie Rafferty, <a href="http://beadsong.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Beadsong Jewelry</span></a><br />Bonnie Coursolle, <a href="http://jaspersgems.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Jasper Gems</span></a><br />Cece Cormier, <a href="http://www.thebeadingyogini.com/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">The Beading Yogini</span></a><br />Charlene Jacka, <a href="http://clay-space.com/blog" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">Clay Space</span></a><br />Cherrie Fick, <a href="http://www.designsinthelight.co/" style="color: #3558d6; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e50091;">En La Lumie're</span></a><br />Cheryl Foiles, <a href="http://www.getyourbeadon.com/" style="color: #3558d6; 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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-74352197723076168832012-08-06T21:26:00.000-05:002012-08-06T21:26:04.761-05:00Girlfriend GiftsHere is my girlfriend group of 6 who have known each other since high school and college. We've been doing annual reunions for 10 or so years since we all became empty nesters and decided it was time to nourish old friendships. We call ourselves the SAPs. We usually meet somewhere in Texas since 5 of us live here. Once we met in Ohio where the 6th lives. This year we were celebrating some pretty big birthdays, so we treated ourselves to a week in Estes Park, Colorado. Beyond wonderful.<br />
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We sometimes bring gifts for each other. For the past couple of years I have given handmade jewelry since that's what I'm doing these days. One of my SAPs said, "This is the best hobby you've ever had!" Here's what I made for my buds this year.<br />
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<br />Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-79595830189626096252012-07-27T23:36:00.001-05:002012-07-27T23:36:23.904-05:00New class I'll be teaching at Spring Beads in August. Come get out of the Texas heat and fire up your torch in a cool classroom!<br />
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Here's a link to her <a href="http://www.sabrina-glassworks.ch/" target="_blank">website</a>. Hope you speak German.<br />
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A good portion of her <a href="http://sabrinas-glasswork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> is in English.<br />
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So many yummy colors and styles of glasswork beads made by Sabrina Straub. <br />
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The orange ones are mixed with charcoal gray, which is a cool combo. The blues are heavenly and oceanly - deep, deep blues. The group with the green-tipped one has a metallic look. The rectangular ones appear to be ceramic and Sabrina's card didn't say...did you make them, Sabrina? She sent two speckled jewels and another stunning focal. Oh my, so many focals to play with. I'm truly in heaven. Love the copper closure with 4 strand option.<br />
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Here's a closeup of what I believe is Sabrina's latest design. She told me a month or so ago that she was working on perfecting strawberries. As you can tell, she succeeded. She is a master at precision. <br />
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Thanks so much for the beautiful "side" soup. Now I have two lovely soups to play with.<br />
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And she wrote me a lovely note to explain about the beads.<br />
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Ahhh. And now for the beautiful beads.<br />
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I'm a bit of a green freak, so I absolutely love the colors. And such interesting shapes! The focal may stump me for a few days, but that just makes it more challenging. <br />
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Here's a teaser, Kashmira:<br />
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Kashmira sent my package last week but I was on vacation and wouldn't let myself open it until I put hers in the mail. Now I get to open my package!<br />
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And here's a picture of an elk we happened upon in the woods. You could hang a lot of jewelry from his rack!<br />
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Here's a sneak peak at what went in the mail today to Sabrina.<br />
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My partner this round is Kashmira Patel. She makes some lovely jewelry - delicate, colorful, beautiful pieces. Check out her work.<br />
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I have a lot of passions. Fabrics and yarns are in that category. I love textures. I love weaving - actually that's one craft I haven't actually taken up, but hopefully one day - but I'm always drawn to woven goods. My good friend and children's writing partner, Kitty Griffin Lagorio, recently went to Ireland on vacation. She never said a word about a sussy for me, but today I opened the mailbox to this lovely woven scarf from Ireland. I wish you could all touch it. It is luscious! Thank you, Kitty, for the lovely gift, and most of all for thinking of me when you saw it.<br />
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This is a cigar mold. I love odd wood pieces. <br />
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<b>Saturday Funday with Diane Cook at Spring Beads!</b><br />
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I had the good fortune to take Diane Cook's Window to My Heart class yesterday. This is a picture of my honey when he was a little boy. We will celebrate 40 years of marriage this year. There were two pictures I was choosing from - one was a very sweet smiling one. But I decided on the mischievous one.<br />
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Here's me with the lovely Diane Cook.<br />
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<span id="goog_1284069496"></span><span id="goog_1284069497"></span>Kathy Combshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881064322906777052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172182835459012010.post-22079175577004979092012-04-01T17:19:00.002-05:002012-04-01T17:19:58.519-05:00No matter how I start...this is how I end up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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