I’ve made some rings using my fused glass cabochons.  To start with there are eleven available, 10 that have the smaller 16mm cabochons, and one with a larger 24mm cabochon.

I have put the smaller cabochons on the smaller width bands (3mm or 5mm) and the larger cabochon has gone on a ring with a 9.5mm band.  These bands are all silver plated.

Very shortly I’ll also set up the website so you can order the cabochon of your choice which I will attach to the band of your choice.  To start with I’ll only have the narrower bands available, so you’ll have the choice between a domed 3mm band or a flat 5mm band that tapers to 4mm. 

Eventually, I’ll also be getting in some sterling silver bands, most likely in the next week or two depending on interest.  Out of curiosity, would anyone be interested in antique brass & copper plated rings?

Anyway, I hope you love the rings as much as I do.  I have to admit that I’m so very tempted to keep that large cabochon ring.

Toodles!

Anne

As the post title says, some of the new cabochons on my site are different sizes and shapes

I’ve made some larger squares with matching ’sticks’ as well as some larger round cabs.  I can’t remember if I mentioned on here before, but I received a glass grinder for my birthday, yay!  It works beautifully, so now I can play with the different shapes.  My mind is buzzing with teardrops and half moons, etc.

If you do see a cabochon that you’d like in a different size/shape, be sure to contact me and I’ll let you know if I can do it for you.

I’ll also be ordering so high-temp wire this week, so that I can make some cabs with a loop fused in for pendants/charms and two loops for connectors.

Also, don’t forget, that every purchase you make on the website enters you into the end of year draw to win a bunch of glass pretties!

Cheers!

Anne

I’ve been playing around with gorgeous, sparkly dichroic glass and my frit blends.  Dichroic glass is mesmerising when you see it in person, the way it catches the light and twinkles.  You can see in the photo above, the centre front cab is flashing fire.

Below are my favourites from the experiments, they have a very intense orange/red dichroic colour that is just breathtaking.  They were snapped up almost as soon as they were put on the website.  You can see the others that I made HERE.  I’m rather fond of the pair of green cabs on there too, yummy!

From now until Friday everything on the website is 20% off. Just enter the voucher code: Aug2010 during checkout to receive your discount!

I’ve had to change it to a code, due to a problem with how the shopping cart works, this way the discount applies properly to the whole site.

I’m doing this a little different this year. 

Normally, a few months before the end of the year, I announce that all purchases made from then til the end of year will go into the draw to win.  This year I’m going to make it the whole year. 

So, if you have already purchased something from my site so far this year, you are already in the draw.  If you have purchased more than once then you have that many entries.  Which means the more purchases, the more chances to win.

So what’s the prize?  The winner will receive all the one-offs, odds and sods beads and cabochons I’ve accumulated throughout the year.  Some may be tests that I decided not to go with, or they may of been slightly smaller or larger than the set they were meant to go with, or I may of just pinched one here and there from the batch when I made them.

Good Luck!

I’ve been making cabochons again!

Three lots were made up to restock some that I’d sold, they’re some of my favourites.

I also made up eight new groups.  As you can see in the photo above, they include beautiful violets, pinks, greens and teals, with the odd contrasting colour thrown in.  Just click on the photo to be taken to them on the website. 

I’m thinking about getting some high temp wire, so I can fuse little loops in the side of the cabs to make cute lil pendants.  What do you think?

I’ve come to a hard decision… due to the amount of frit blends that are already available these days, plus the fact that I’d have to order large quantities of individual colours, I’ve decided that I’m not going to be selling my own frit blend range. 

This has made me rather sad, as I’ve really been having alot of fun creating different blends, exploring how the colours work together.  But to be honest, it’s also a bit of a relief as the thought of having all that money sitting there in frit scared me.

I want to thank the lovely ladies who did testing for me, you all had such wonderful feedback, I hope you enjoy and happily use the samples I sent you to test.

I’ll still dabble with blends, but for my own use on my cabs and beads.  I may occasionally end up offering some now and then but it won’t be a regular thing, only if I make a large batch of something I particularly like. 

If you have been patiently waiting for me to make up the blends you’ve seen tested on facebook, and really wish to have some, let me know and I’ll be happy to get some made for you.  So just ask!

Thanks!

Anne

I’ve just spent the afternoon catching up and taking photos of some new cabochons I’ve had made for a while. 

These are the start of my mini production runs, and feature frit blends on both plain white backgrounds and coloured backgrounds.  Some are transparent and really let the light shine through, there is one lot that are a gorgeous aqua colour and they appear to glow, hence their name Glow.

They are all listed under the Singles category, as you can purchase either one, or multiples, depending on what is available.  You’ll also notice that they have quantity discounts, 10% off for five to nine and 20% for 10 or more.

I hope you like what I’ve been creating. 

Cheers!

Anne

Hello everyone!

If you haven’t been following me on facebook, then you wont know that I have upgraded and updated my website.  It has a whole new look, plus some new nifty features for you, as well as for ‘behind the scenes’.

One of the new features that I’m very excited about for you is the new Reward Points Program.  For every $1.00 you spend on the site you will receive one point.  You can accumulate these points and use them towards future purchases.

To get things started on the new site, the first 100 people to sign up and create an account will receive 50 bonus reward points each, so be quick so you don’t miss out!

The link to the new store is www.annedundas.com/store, don’t forget to change your bookmarks!

Hope you all love the new look, and please let me know what you think.

Cheers!

Anne

Due to some problems with the Paypal module on my website, I have removed the option from the shopping cart. 

If you still wish to pay via Paypal (credit card), select direct deposit and then make a note in the comments section of the cart that you wish to pay by Paypal.  I’ll then send you an invoice directly from Paypal to your email address.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but I thought it’d be more secure working this way.

Thank you