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Bit of an update....! Well it been a while since I've last posted. That's mainly because I'm so overstretched at the moment! Sadly, I've had to cut down on the amount of work I know produce as my other work commitments have really taken over. The upside to this is I'll now have more time to dedicate to producing new and exciting items as well as some very exciting new ranges, using new techniques i've been able to learn thanks to members of Crafteroo.I'm now producing a range of stained glass items and i'm also ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | GlassKanvas.com is back online! After a long break Glass Kanvas is back online! I'm busy adding stock to it and it's a long process but it should be stocked to the brim over the next few weeks!I'm adding a full catalogue of designs plus the bespoke ones such as Tapestry, Aurora etc that hall become my hallmark!I'm so busy at the moment. As most of you who read the blog know, I also help run the Crafteroo Craft forum which is a lot more work than it looks! I'm also getting the dichroic glass tutorials site, DichroicGlass.c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Crafts for Comic Relief The Crafteroo Craft Forum have teamed up with the UK Craft Auction site Folksy, to help raise funds for Comic Relief.Organised by Kerry from PennyDog Jewellery, members of the forum have each donated pieces to a collaborative shop of handcrafted items. Folksy in tern, have kindly waived the fees for these items so more funds can go to such a good cause!Please visit the Crafteroo Comic Relief shop here and help support charity work here and overseas.Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Crafts Forum A brand new crafts forum has opened it's doorsCrafteroo is a new forum, part of a larger site to be launched later this year. It's a place were anyone of any crafts discipline can get together and talk shop. It's brand spanking new so go and make yourself at home! The crafts forum is very much in the users hand and new alterations will be added to suit. The only rules are to chill out!!...No bitchiness, no nasty comments, no worries!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Save Money Using Ebay...without getting on seller's nerves! Ok...so the blog has gone a bit consumer crazy lately but I'm on a bit of a mission!Anyway... there are plenty of bargains to be had on ebay. Everyone's heard of auction sniper tools...they lurke around auctions putting late bids on things and driving sellers crazy!There is a way to save money using ebay another way... a bit sneaky...but it's a win-win for you and the seller!First...hunt down items using spelling errors on ebay...using websites such as http://www.auction-typos.co.ukThese ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to drive Traffic to your Ebay Store I've just written an article explaining how to drive traffic to your ebay store or shop. You can read it here .Drive traffic to your ebay store.No matter what you sell via ebay, we could all do with ways to boost traffic to ebay and therefore hopefully pick up a few extra sales. I'll add to it as needed so check it out!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Save money using Ebay with BigCrumbs.com! I stumbled across this excellent site will I was tinkering around on the internet http://www.bigcrumbs.com/ . The idea of the site is simple. Shop and earn money back will you do so! The site works by giving you back some of the money the webshops pay to advertise. There's no tricks or gimmicks....think of it like coupons from a magazine!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Fusing Kilns I've been very busy this weekend troubleshooting some new ranges i'm bringing out. I'll try and get some nice piccies on ASAP. When I get a mo i'll try and add some more glass fusing tutorials to the dichroic glass website too.For the time being though, I've written a guide to buying a glass fusing kiln on ebay so have a look if you're interested!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dichroic Glass Jewellery on Ebay! Check my latest listings on ebay!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dichroic Glass Jewellery Making Videos! Beads By Lilli have given us the honour of being featured in one of their fabs jewellery making videos on You Tube.Beads by Lilli's web store is jammed packed with jewellery making supplies and anything and everything beady- well worth the look! A few of their handy guides are featured on the dichroic glass tutorials site with more to come. They are excellent quality and make everything look so easy...although perhaps they are a bit more challenging to us lesser mortals!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass fusing tutorials! More tutorials have been added to the Dichroic Glass website-join up and join in!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dichroic Glass How To and Glass Fusing Tutorials Get your self over to the new dichroic glass forum and have a goosey at the latest glass fusing tutorials, lampworking how to 's as well as the latest glass art news and info.There are monthly competitions and you can also submit glass fusing URL 's and lampworking websites to the monitored links section.Get over there and take part!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Fusing Book Reviews There's an ever increasing amount of books reviews now available on www.dichroicglass.co.uk .Don't waste your money on books that offer you only pretty pics. Get a review and buy wisely!There's a glass fusing forum on the site too to discus your opinions and ask any glass question you might have.If you've got an Etsy shop, ebay shop or other glassy website, add it to the links section and shout about your fabulous work- join now!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Big Thanks to Swirly Arts! A big thanks to Lynsey from SwirlyArts who sent me this fab Chicken doorstop! Lynsey came to one of my glass fusing classes and noticed I had a need for the door stop so...taadaa! I love it. Lynsey is a recycling fanatic! I found this out when she could resist using every single scrap of glass. Nothing went to waste! SwirlyArts was fabric specialist and sells lots of eco-friendly goodies so check them out. Check out Lynsey's blog here too!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Kanvas goes green! So, I've decided I'm way too wasteful with the packaging I send out. People don't really need boxes and boxes and boxes. My home is full to the brim of boxes of boxes and boxes of envelopes for the boxes, it's ridiculous!From now though, all my dichroic glass pieces are going to be sent out in recycled packing, using recycled paper or if possible reusing envelopes! I'm sending out everything in bags that can be easily reused and recycled and i'm making my own protective packing for the piec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Fusing Classes I've had a hectic weekend hence a lack of new posts for a while. I've been busy making alterations to the new glass fusing and lampworking forum , plus I had one of my glass fusing classes on Sunday.I'm really pleased with the work people turned out. Really impressive for new fusers!The people who came were great and really enthusiastic. I purposely keep the classes small because I have tendancy to baffle people initially. Keeping the numbers small means I can respond to confused faces quic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Competition!!! I've started the first of Dichroicglass.co.uk 's monthly competitions. These competitions are open to anyone on the forum and to enter you only need to post a comment on it. To enter have a look at the Competition Post . Good Luck!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Kanvas on ebay!! Mid season is a dry...dry time. Stock up now for Christmas then!....Bargains to be had!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Fusing/ Glass Artists forum Thenew glass fusing forumis going well with nearly 6000 hits in just 2 weeks! Join up, drop in and say hello!The newdichroicglass.co.uksite is a site for glass artists of all disciplines. The aim is to share information and increase the knowledge and profile of all our work!We're looking for moderators to help out with the site so if you're interested join the forum and send me a message!.... Send the message toinfo@dichroicglass.co.ukClick here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glass Related Blogs I move a good mooch around the internet looking at all the beautiful work glass artists produce. Blogs are quite addictive too here's a few I love!www.amazingglass.blogspot.comwww.gj-dichroicglass.blogspot.comwww.glassprimitif.blogspot.comTake a look yourself!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Weeeell, what a week! Things have been so hectic this week that i've not known whether i'm coming or going! The newdichroic glass website and forumis only a week old and going strong! The site stats are really interesting to watch in the background...I can see where people are from and it's coming up some surprising hits...and some not so surprising!Come and say hello on thedichroic glass forumand make yourself known!Lee fromKilncareis now watching over the kiln/technical bit for us so all your kiln related quer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | DichroicGlass.co.uk-Now Online! The newDichroic Glass Websiteis now up and running!-Come and say hello in the new forum or drop us a line if you've got something to share!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ebay Changes I know this a bit of an obsession with me but ....have you checked the new feedback changes?!My feedback doubled in one fell swoop! Another new addition is the fact that the negatives and neutrals are now linked....you can click on 'em and have a snoop why the customer left the negative score. It's actually quite funny!....Also check out other people's feedback, you can see the seller who previously were attacking customers with negs and also telling complete lies about them!....Maybe they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Exciting new glass fusing website-preview! Ok, so i've had a few emails ths week asking where the tutorials have gone?The answer is that i've still been doing them-but they're now going into the new dichroic glass and glass fusing website- Launching early next week!The new site will be packed with news and info relating to all things glassy-with the emphasis on glass fusing! They'll be a tutorials section as well as forum to swap all of your tricks and know-how. A new links section is being added to get the details of your crafts ou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ebay's been Credit Crunched! Anyone who deals onebayknow how many changes it has gonethroughover the past few months. There have been price hikes, listing regulations added, feedback changes and a hell of a lot of disgruntled sellers!I sell a lot throughebayas I repeat...well, repeatedly. This changes have affected me heavily as they have everyone selling eitherdichroicglass jewelleryand other handcrafted goods-to the point that a lot of sellers have simply abandonedebayaltogether.Whatebaydon't seem to grasp is that th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A big thanks to Dichroic Sparkle UK I must take this oportunity to thank Dichroic Sparkle UK, Tracey Mead for her help with a feature for the new Dichroicglass.co.uk website launching later this month.Tracy kindly let me showcase her fabulous work on the site-it's first feature! I went to Tracey first because I was so impressed with the uniqueness and quality of herbeautiful dichroic glass jewellery!I'm sure you'll agree how amazing her work is-well worth a look!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | It aint 'alf hot mum! I'm writing this form the comfort of the park across the way from my apartment. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology...plus a few wireless networks in the local office blocks I'm able to write outside! Here's the view from my apartment....I was getting jealous!The British summer last approximately 23 minutes so i'm making the most of it while I can! Having a few kilns in my living room, it can feel a little stiffling in this heat!I'm gathering news stories for Dichroicglass.co.uk and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Isn't the world a small place? Doing this blog I get to see/pry where it's readers are from. The results are always quite surprising-Here's a screen shot of the last 2 days visitors. No-one's interested in Greenland! How rude!I'm busy adding bits to mydichroic glass jewellerywebsite as well as myebay store. Tryng to fit all this in whilst preparing the new site has been tough but thanks to the glorious weather this week i've not been too over stretched-everyone's outside!Here's a few from mysundrop dichroic pendantrange. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dichroic Designs of Shaker Heights Oooo, I'm now featured on a great website based in the US.Dichroic Designs of Shaker Heights, a fab website featuring some truely beautiful dichroic glass jewellery. It's an honour to be among them!Click here to play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Got that Friday feeling? Friday's here already and the weekend is upon us. Bank holidays really through me out of sinc with the week so can never remember what day of the week it is. The only clue really is the church next door rings it's very loud, very annoying bells on different days to alert me. Not just for me obviously. Friday's are practise night and tonight i'm looking forward to 4 hours on monotonous clanging from the novices. Can you tell i'm not a fan?When the droan starts I normally put my ipod on to dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Summer's Finally Here! British weather is a marvellous thing. One second it feels like we're in suburbanAntarctic, the next it feels like theAlgarve!The sun is currently cracking the flags and everyone is out an about-henceno-one staying at home buying things from me!- Seriously, it's tragic!I always notice a downturn in sales when it's sunny soi'mnot too concerned-I'm enjoying the weather too much myself!I'm busy adding tomy websiteand getting things together for a bit of a relaunch. My main sales avenue isebaya ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Exciting New Dichroic glass and Glass Fusing website Exciting news folks!...Well relatively speaking that is. I'm launching a brand new website launching in late Mayhttp://www.dichroicglass.co.uk/for everyone interested indichroic glassandfused glass jewelleryand art.The site will combine tutorials, news from suppliers and artists, website reviews from both glass artists and suppliers plus a forum!I'll be adding contact details here very soon so please get in touch if you've got anything to share in the world offused glass.I've been very quie ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Competition Winner and New Glass Fusing Classes!! Firstly...Can I just apologise for the delay in announcing the winner of the competion. I've been working so hard lately that a few things have gone undone....but...as promised....the winner of the plate....is...Lesley... with Home Kanvas.....probably just as well because some of the entries were, well...interesting!....The competion winner can contact me via the website with the address details.Next...following on from the first Beginners glass fusing glass, i'm holding the next one on..Ju ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | I'm Back!!!!! Hello again!Sorry it's been sooo long since the last post but I've been a little overwhelmed with work lately and answering emails something had to give!What have I been upto?! Well firstly, I held my glass fusing beginners class and it went really well!....In fact I got quite jealous at some of the work produced! David, Harriet and Lynsey all picked it up really quickly and some excellent things got made....I expect to see one or two glass fusing rivals very soon!As well as that I've been ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Wholesale Dichroic Jewellery and New Designs! Withmy websitestill undergoing a spot of spring cleaning I thought I'd better get some new designs made as well as trial new offers on myebay shop.My auctions always start at wholesale prices but now i'm listing some buy it now wholesale packs. There'll soon be an option to buy packs of each of the ranges I offer. Great if you're a reseller or if your buying for groups etc.In the meantime have a look at these new designs i'm selling.Dichroic glass ringsanddichroic dog tag necklaces. Availab ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Simple Custom Dichroic Patterns Ok, quick tutorial!I quick and easy way to make custom dichroic patterns...well when you don't have a lazer engraver or sandblasting unit to hand is etching creme. It's not as precise as either of those two but a lot less messy and it's a good way of adding writing to fused glass should you want to..I write like Daniel Day Lewis's right foot so it's not something I'd want...anywho...First stage is to 'mask' areas you don't want etched. There are a couple of ways to do this. If you want to b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spring Cleaning...and a very British Earthquake! Well, so much to talk about! It's been quite a hectic week all in all so blogging has been a bit on the backburner. Meetings with accountants and advisors are the boring bits of working for myself but very necessary...especially when, like me you can't remember my phone number let alone tax start date...or whatever was said at that meeting.I'm also trying to knock some sense back into my website which because of other commitments, i've had to neglect for a bit. It'll be back in shape later ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Competition and Gossip! Just a short one tonight-i'm bushed!Ok, so the ebay strike is underway!....Nothing has happened though! No change whatsoever and the sky has not fallen in...which is always nice. I'm hoping it forces sellers to be a bit more customer focused and not so bitchy about other sellers. It's definately not as attractive a place to base a business anymore but that has been the case for almost a year now and nothing looks as though it'll change.I've had more grief from competitors than customers in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dichroic Glass Fusing Books People quite often ask how I started glass fusing. I think when people look atfused glasspieces what they mean to say is 'How Can I Make this?' Well I had the same reaction when I first looked at dichroic glass. I've always loved working with my hands. I studied Architecture but preffered making models than working out how a building stays standing. The office was never for me! I worked a series of jobs with no future before I decided to just go for it and work for myself. The last one was ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | GlassKanvas on Cuteable.com GlassKanvas was featured onCuteable.comthis past week, how exciting!It's a great honour because the work featured on the site is so beautiful I have to restrain myself from looking at it too much in order to preserve my bank accounts! The site featured some of mydichroic banglesanddichroic pendantsand got some nice comments.I have to say that it made my day so thank youcuteableand thank you tooswirlyarts!On another note....I'm going to start a series of glass fusing jewellery classes, start ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dichroic Glass Donut/ Doughnut Tutorial Well...what a week! I've been trying to get around to this tutorial for days but as usual work and life got on top of me! January is supposed to be a slow month but the opposite has proven to be the case this year. Let hope things get back to normal soon! I'm working on a great new range ofdichroic glass jewellery,I'll have pics next time!Anywho.. First things first!Glass donuts are easy to do but ...as with so many things in life, you need the right equiptment!For my version you will need- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ebay Sellers Strike Feb 18th-25th Anyone familiar with ebay or any of the popular online forums this week will know that the online community is not happy with Ebay's latest policy changes...well most of them anyway.I selldichroic glass jewelleryvia Ebay and these change will effect me heavily.Ebay has lowered the cost of listing items, whilst taking a greater percentage of the final value fee once the item sells.It has also withdrawn the ability of sellers to leave negative or neutral feedback to buyers.At first glance the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |