Hi Everyone,
Just done my first E-Tut on Blossom Implosion Beads,
to make beads like these:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5263/5584924701_559999bcce.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31197390@N08/5584924701/)
Redhotsal-BlossomingOut (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31197390@N08/5584924701/) by redhotsalbeads (http://www.flickr.com/people/31197390@N08/), on Flickr
Tutorial can be found here (http://www.lampworkbeads.co.uk/userimages/procart6.htm)
Thanks for looking! ;D
Oops, finger slippage! ;D
THey are gorgeous! Christmas list ... ;)
Well as i'm totally addicted to tutorials.......... :)
Well done Sal ... hope it does well for you :) beautiful beautiful beads :)
Thanks everyone. It would have still been in the ether had it not been for the Frit Happens PDF technical support team! Thanks again girls x
Beautiful, just had to have it!
Hx
Think I have messed up. I am trying to buy it, but I keep getting a message:
This transaction is invalid. Please return to the recipient's website to complete your transaction using their regular checkout flow
Am I doing something wrong?? I will try again tomorrow.
I'm a happy bunny!! :) Its worked!
Not sure what I did, but a few cache clears seems to have sorted it.
Thanks Sal xx
Whoopsie daisy, think I accidentally just bought one of these.... 8)
This also fell into my basket :) Looking forward to trying it out!
Jx
Is this an e-book or is it being posted?
I have ordered and was expecting an e mail with attachment - so not sure.
thanks
Pauline
Hi Pauline,
It should have downloaded to you automatically as an attachment to your email. I'll fish out your email and send it again. Apologies - can anyone else let me know if they haven't received theirs?
I have a feeling that the downloadable E-Tut is sent to the Paypal address of the buyer. I haven't as yet have any other reports of missing tutorials but if you haven't yet received yours it may be attached to your Paypal addy. Apologies for this - it is an automatic download so I'm not sure how to change it, but please dont' hesitate to let em know if you haven't got yours yet.
Many thanks Saly - can't undersatand what happend there
regards
Pauine
Mine is set up the same way and I always follow up with an email to check that it downloaded okay, don't think there's ever been a problem. I just wish Etsy had a similar facility.
Have you listed it on Etsy, Sal? If not, you should!
Thanks Julie,
Yes, it is also on Etsy - though it's not exactly the same price due to their dollar rate and I could work out how to price it in pounds as opposed to dollars - even though it displays people's stuff in sterling ???.
I think that's a good idea to check with an email - it didn't occur to me that there may be more than one email address involved in the transaction.
I can't remember exactly how I changed my currency to £, but I just had a quick look on the Etsy home page and right at the very bottom there is a clickable line that says
English (UK) / £ British Pound / United Kingdom
Maybe you can click on that and change your settings?
Thanks Julie, I'll give it a go.
There are two places to change the £ settings: one is just to display everything in pounds for you, the other is one of your shop settings to actually list in pounds.
Shop Settings > Shipping and Payment > Currency tab.
I'm not very good at making the blossom-y bits go all the way up the bead! PPP needed!
(http://uglyteapot.com/otherimages/P1080454.JPG)
Hi Charli,
They're good - not bad at all! ;D ;D ;D Making the blossomy bit go all the way up is a common problem for people new to the technique. The problem is a mixture of either making the disc too thick (you can mash it thinner when you have made it) or it's often because the implosion process has gone too quick. Try slowing it down and gentle mashing/heating. The more you flatten the disc the further in the blossoms will go, although if you mash too much you will distort the disc and that will make your blossoms uneven. Hope this helps?
Thank Sal, I'll try mashing my disks a bit more. Currently they're at about 3mm thickness, have now found my mini-mashers so I'll try them this week! Don't think I can melt them down much slower, I'm on a hot head and work outside so in this weather it takes forever to do anything! These are well fun to make!