It's not only eco-friendly. She gets to enjoy the wine first with her friends. As Trudi says, "When life gets complicated, I wine. " She goes on to enjoy making lovely beads from the bottles, doubling the pleasure!
The glass is broken up and then melted down for her flame work. She explains the process on her site in a delightful way, warning us drinking while flaming is not recommended!
Shown here are some of her wonderful jewelry designs featuring her recycled wine bottle beads. Naming her beads sure is easy as she adopts the names of the wines. The Ste. Chapelle beads below left have been drenched with pure silver giving them a halo effect.
Trudi's Afterdark lampwork beads are also fabulous. They are called that because she makes them after dark! Her beads are available on eBay and in her Etsy store.
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Before You Go:
- Amazing Hand Crafted Glass Jewelry by Mystic Creations
- Warring States Lamp Work Bracelet (includes history of this kind of beads)
- Colorful EyeGlass Lens Pendant Eco Necklaces
Original Post by THE BEADING GEM
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I love her attitude and her designs. It is amazing that she can get such variety of colors with wine bottles.
ReplyDeleteKilling 2 birds with 1 stone ... recycling the glass wine bottles,
ReplyDeleteending up with free glass to create some fantastic beads from ... and, well really 3 birds as she also gets to enjoy a few glasses of wine in the process.
Her beads are amazing and I adore her etsy shop.
OK!!! I could get hooked on that!! I"m not a bead maker though. I SO enjoyed looking at her beautiful beads and seeing the process!! I had to teqar myself away from it....I got things to do today!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pearl. A winner.
Carol
Stunning and ethereal. Love her work!!
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