Showing posts with label secret sale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label secret sale. Show all posts

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Just Not Feeling It

Wow! Who knew that would be a two month hiatus?? Taxes, illnesses and no sales worthy of comment have kept me away...

First, I did manage to organize another sale in my Buyer's Group. This one is for Organic Barrels and it will end tomorrow. Here's a little preview pic:

Those aren't even all of them... I added a few flawed beauties that chipped coming off the mandrel on one end... so I ground them smooth and seriously, a bead cap will hide any issue! A great way to get a fabulous focal on the cheap!

Sales have been dismal and I feel like they aren't going to improve until our dreadful elections are over. I've been reanalyzing the amount of time I spend on Facebook promoting beads that just don't sell (I know it's not just me and jewelry sales are down too)... but I just would like a little more time to myself. I've stepped down from two of my group admin positions this week.

Anyway, now that taxes are done and I have put norovirus and my spring sinus infection behind me, hopefully, I can post a bit more.

Thanks as always for taking a look at the beads!

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Best Sale of the Year is ON...

I finally remembered to post my best sale of the year 29% off for the fans... and an extra 10% more for the Buyers Group for a 39% off sale there! Yeah, it's my birthday sale. I disappear (and turn off the ability for people to post to my stupid Facebook wall!) and you guys get a gift.

Photos of available work are in the Facebook albums.

Thanks, as always for l@@king!


Monday, January 18, 2016

First Listings in the Buyer's Group

I will be listing this large grouping of Bicones Galore tonight in my Buyer's Group on Facebook. Join to shop! https://www.facebook.com/groups/HollysFollyGlassBuyersGroup/

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

New Buyers Group

Well, when last I left you, I was getting ready for a trunk show. It was most disappointing...What a huge flustercluck Facebook has made of it's event pages!!!

Event pages "used" to be the way to host a trunk show. It was great! You created an album of goods, put links on the first page/ main post. When people clicked, there was a lovely overview album. Here's a screen shot of an old trunk show album:

You got an overview of EVERY photo that was clickable. But on the new events pages, when you click the link, it looks like you are on the same page...you have to scroll down to see the post you are looking for. When you do, this is what you see:

 Look at that... FOUR whopping preview pictures. While those four links are clickable, the other 31 photos have be looked at page by page by page...ugh. So tedious. But that's not all... on the old event pages, when someone commented on a photo...to show interest or to buy, that photo was brought out on the main event page. So customers popping in could see what others were interested in and buying. It created excitement! Now, a comment does nothing to the front event page. You look at it and nothing changes! Something had to give...

Luckily groups on Facebook still work the same way the old event pages did... so... I have a buyer's group now! Ugh!

I will introduce new works there, have specials and sales and it will be the location of my future trunk shows.

So, come join won't you??? As an introductory special, I'm having a 30% inventory reduction sale!

Holly's Folly Glass Buyers Group

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Trunk Show Links

The trunk show event is posted on Facebook and I'm working frantically to get it all done... Of course I've been getting tons of sub calls too! UGH! Please click GOING so you will get event updates!


I sure hope you will come!

Monday, November 23, 2015

Fresh Glass 11.23

I've decided to try and have my annual trunk show... gee, I guess I should start promoting it! I've had two intense days on the torch, trying to fill orders. The Jaunty hatted snowmen are repeats / requests. The first one had mean bead release and he ended up a two parter...

Also in this batch, 2 pair of bellflower earring sets. I really hate the Jupiter glass didn't strike on the ribbed disk. I reannealed them with the bellflowers and they look much better. There is a tree parts 3 piece set, and three pieces of snowmen tiles... ran out of time to make his hat! And an aventurine earring pair for good measure.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Saturday Night Special All Weekend

Just thought I would mention the entire album of fall and winter beads is on sale this weekend only for 30% off.

Tons of Halloween...stock up for next year!... as well as a few Christmas and a Hanukkah set.

Just a sampling:









Thanks, as always for l@@king!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Trunk Show on Glass Melters Open Market

OMG! It JUST dawned on me that the trunk show LOADS tomorrow afternoon! 4pm PST!!!


This is be a show chock full of more affordable glass beads! A few giveaways too!! There will be tons of purple and kitties!!! I sure hope you'll come by Glass Melters Open Market on Facebook and take a look over the weekend!

I'm hoping to list around 50 items!!!







Fresh Glass 10.1.15

More Fresh glass to show you but I forgot to take a fresh from the kiln shot... so these are clean and ready togo in the trunk show:

This focal was made from some salad plates I had! I bought them at a thrift store because I loved the purple glass. I wanted them to be my new everyday plates... but they shattered in the microwave! You KNOW I had to save that glass! I just love that they didn't turn brown in the flame and kept that amazing purple color:


I also made a set of drums to match:


I also made a freebie set for the trunk show: 


Here's one of the salad plates: 

 
This focal was going to be teal vine cane... but got too unwieldy for my mold... so it became a bead! 

I also made a set of peachy pink olives:


And a Tropical Sunset pair of drums for a give away:

Don't forget the trunk show starts Saturday morning on Glass Melters Open Market! Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Fresh Glass 9.29.15

More fresh glass for the trunk show: These are all experiments from the Double Helix Garage Sale box that I was lucky enough to score!  The top long skinny broke 8-(  after I tried everything in the world to get it off the mandrel and I finally beat it over my sink divider to break it to pieces. It got it's revenge with a nice large sliver in my foot!

But the other two focals...both based on Ossa willb e in the trunk show. The minis have been spoken for.


Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee

I don't know why but I like do some sort of theme for a trunk show lately... and the number one theme of the upcoming show is PURPLE.... and kitties!

Meet the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee:

From Left to Right, Top to Bottom:  Korny, Spooky, Pie, Kernal, Viola, Christian, Callie, Olive, Moo, Nicky Sparks, Scarlet, and Taji.

Korny is going to be a giveaway promotion in the show but the rest will be up for grabs in the Glass Melters Open Market next Saturday!

Saturday, September 26, 2015

The Squeezed Bead

I wanted to make a set of squeezed beads for the upcoming trunk show next weekend (OMG!!!) in Glass Melters Open Market. When I first started lampworking, squeezed beads were the new exciting shape! Back then, round, donut, free form squares are hand sculpted were pretty much it! Now, we have so many shapes, it's ridonkulous...



But OH! How I loved the squeezed bead! It felt so nice on a bracelet!I just loved how they felt on my skin! I guess I was feeling nostalgic when I set out to make this pink and gray set. And I quickly remembered why they are not my faves to make.

You HAVE to have an even bead before you squeeze ...otherwise, you get something so uneven and funky...it's not useable.

I searched my table for something to help me keep them even... I tried various rollers... round didn't quite do it. The donut made for a bigger "apple butt" on the squeeze. I finally settled on my drum roller. It worked like a charm!

Do you have a tool that needs another tool to work properly???

Friday, September 25, 2015

Fresh Glass 9.25.15

More Trunk Show goodies: A large purple dichro focal, some penguin squiggles, some tabs... the purple set came out nice but the teal ones look like cold lozenges...sigh! And the pumpkin moonwalk that is for sale on my fan page:


Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Fresh Glass 9.23.15

More trunk show prep: a set of Kaleras in purple and raku as well as a pair of squares in the same colorway. And... a focal that didn't come out the way I thought it would... but got some nice color reactions in spite of the artist!

Monday, September 21, 2015

The Trunk Show Is Almost Here!

OMG... less than two weeks to go until my Trunk Show in the Glass Melters Open Market! This is a market for lampwork trunk shows...usually one or two individual artists at a time. I hope you'll join the group and check out my show!

Follow my fan page for previews and updates!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Fresh Glass 9.16.15

Today's kiln harvest included an amazing purple raku focal, some earring pairs and a silver glass mystery...sigh...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Fresh Glass 9/15

Boy am I behind on Fresh Glass pics!!! More Trunk show goodies... a cow kitty and more beads from a purple set...

Monday, September 7, 2015

Fresh Glass 9.7.15

This batch has a few more itty bitty kitties, a 1" lentil and a ribbed round to finish out a set.

I'm in the throes of editing hundreds of kitty pics...OY! Meow!

Saturday, September 5, 2015

It's Saturday Night!

Just loaded a special on the Fan Page for Saturday Night. Sorry for the lack of posts... it's been a crazy week!

Thanks, as always, for l@@king!

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Saturday Night Special Is Up

Just thought I'd mention there's a Saturday Night Special up on the Fan Page. I got it up kinda late so it doesn't end until Sunday night! ;-)
Aventurine Waves is a loverly silvered ivory focal with LOTS going on! Waves of lines created by the silver on the ivory glass, interspersed with rich metallic blue, vibrant silver green, and teal... and lots of sparkling aventurine green shards melted in for added interest! 58 mm long x 12 mm wide; 3/32nd hole; digitally annealed.

Hope you'll check it out!