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Published: 2010-03-19 13:23:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1022; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Four tiny lampworked glass trees (made by me, o'course) with sterling silver headpins & jump rings. The trees average at around 18mm tall x 20 mm wide.Ready to pop onto a chain or nice ribbon.
Three of them are for sale on my Etsy: [link]
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Wow, these are simple gorgeous, those trees look beautiful. And on such a small scale, really admireable
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Thank you! They're fun to make, provided I haven't had more than two cups of coffee
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got a special package to day!! Sweety...I have to thank you for the goodies! the bottle is so incredible!! and the earrings!
I wore my Tree of Life (I call it that) all day...I showed it off to EvErYoNe!!!
Thanks sooo much!xoxox
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Hooray! 
Thank you for shopping with me, and for leaving such an awesome feedback on Etsy
(I'm anxious about precious babies in the post these days, because the goodies I sent off for the "Love Yourself For Art" contest never arrived 
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Those are simply gorgeous! 
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Thanks so much, honey!
Because they're so tiny, they're fairly light.
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I see! I've always wondered about their weight - they look... so majestic. And yet so tiny!
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Absolutely awesome!! So beautiful, I love them
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These are absurdly beautiful and if I ever get out of debt I'm absolutely going to buy one!
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aiiiii OMG what a great idea and so beautiful!
i love the left onedown.the white one.it makes feel free
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these are incredible! I am so amazed at your skill, how long does it take to make one of these? what's the process? Gorgeous Vic!
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Thanks so much, hon!
Long and incoherent explanation alert....
These little guys can be a bit tricky, and need to be made before (BEFORE, I tells ye) the third cup of coffee of the day 
Essentially they involve making twisties and/or stringers in various colours for the foliage (twisties are kinda like twisted candy canes of assorted colours of glass), and a special stringer for the trunk (stringer = a thin rod of glass. The ones I make for the trunks are dark ivory glass, rolled in silver leaf, encased in clear glass, then pulled into a stringer - it's like pulling taffy!)
After making obscene amounts of stringers and twisties, and valiantly resisting too much caffeine (or me hands, they do shake):
1) Make a flat or lentil shaped base bead in colour of choice
2) "Draw" a trunk and branches onto the base bead with stringer, being careful to leave them raised, while still fused to the base bead, also being careful not to let the whole creation get too cold in the process...
3) Add some foliage, with twistie or stringers of your choice
4) Repeat on other side of base bead
5) Admire, anneal, enjoy 
Hope that made sense? Do tell me if it was totally incomprehensible
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OMG! I can't believe what you do!!! It certainly looks like all that you described, but its the idea of it...you are a true artist my Dear! the thought, the process and the outcome, prove it!
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Aww, now I'm blushing
I'm glad I put off trying these until I had some experience with glass. They're not that difficult, really (at least, not compared to things like the Sea Life series), they just need serious heat control and a lot of patience
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pretty
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Thank you! I use encased silvered ivory stringer - it's wonderful for trunks, and if you pull it reeeeeally thin, it's nice to include as vines in floral beads as well
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cool... i've still not gotten around to getting any silver leaf or whatever to try that yet.. maybe i'll try fuming it tomorrow and see how that works out...
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hehe i'll probably need it
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Oh, wow! I really like these! Especially the pinkish one in the top left corner. It makes me think of the Cherry Blossom Festival (which I believe is coming up soon~) or the Cherry Blossom trees in Okami. Seriously, these look so cool!
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So beautiful. And, I like seeing them all presented together the way you have.
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Thanks so much! They work nicely together, methinks. It would be nice if someone bought them all together
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That would be neat. Didn't the description say only three of them are for sale though? Or just hoping to sell the trio together? You could always just offer them as a set that way!
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Alas, yes, I'm only selling three - I chipped the purple one while I was setting it, so can't sell it
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Keeping the chipped one for yourself? Or maybe you could include it in the set, even though flawed, if someone purchased the rest. I think someone who bought all three of the others would still really love it.
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I'll probably give it away to a friend, or perhaps hide it in the park where I take my daily walk - and dream about who will find it 
But your idea is a good one, too!
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Ooh. Hang it from a branch, with a little note attached. Like a message in a bottle.
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Oh Wow. you've gotten AMAZING. Isn't incredible, watching your progress? It is for us.
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Aww, thank you so much! That's so sweet of you
I don't always realise that I'm progressing, until I look at some of the older beads
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Just incredible. Let me count the ways I love these...but I'd be here forever!
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Thank you so much!
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Thanks hon!
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