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[Izzybeads]

That is excellent advice from Lynn, and going to tuck that away for future reference!

Jill, what base did you use?  Some base colours react differently.  I have just made a commission of pink frogs on lily pads - I love giggly commissions! - and the green base for the earring cab, before being encased, with the same colour, was the same, but once annealled the colour has shifted slightly, not too much to notice, unless you know what you are looking for though 

It might be that your base colour has just reacted with the frit, I am not a great frit user, Jo or Sue would be more help there.

ps sell 'em quick if you are not liking them, there appears to be a certain lady...ahem..mentioning no names...that is quite keen for mis-matched pairs    Wouldn't hurt to ask Lynn if she is interested too 

[jille]

Laney i can't remember what glass i used, I live 2 lives and can't remember as far back as Saturday, and i can't check . 

I have been doing well with my bead necklaces and fibulae made from my odd beads. I think I quite like being an odd bead lady  so they are all getting used up. I need to make some more odd bead necklaces so i've just been through my stash and managed to put 5 together when I didn't think I had anything.

You experts would probably think they are rubbish but they are selling really well and i like them because they are unique I really like abstract swirly beads so they are me.

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

Steer clear of ivory as a base, it hates most frits, red doesnt seem to like any of the iris colours, neither does yellow.

The reaction is great if you want to create an aged feel


But if I had wanted just dabs of colour on this bead it would have been ruined.

Most frits seem to work well over white and clear, with all of my frits I do test beads on both colours to see what happens, white tends to allow colour to spread and soften while the clear keeps it crisper.

Quite often if you have even the slightest reducing flame it will blacken the frit, I have a pink blend that is a devil to work with.

If you have a frit failure, super heat the bead and see what happens, super heat it and swirl it around and see what happens. If that fails then reduce it and you may get some great metallics.


If you have done all that and it is still the foulest shade of yeurch you have ever seen then completely cover it in a different colour and start again. No glass wasted and a lesson learned

[jille]

thanks for some great advice, i did find out the hard way that the frit went black on ivory, I have still used the beads with black and ivory ones but that is a great idea to cover with another colour. I have a nice green frit that look fab over turquoise, and another blue green blend that i put on turquoise and then swirl it around.
Those beads are gorgeous Tan, is the gold frit?

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

Yes it is, I can't recall which one but most of the iris colours reduce to metallics either silver, steel or gold

[minerva]

I tend to make about 8 of the same beads. you usually get at least 2 pairs out of the 8 beads that are more or less the same size and suitable for earrings.

[Izzybeads]

Wow Tan those are fab!  that first one is that Iris Yellow over red then?  I love the effect, would make a perfect dragon 

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

Laney its I 'think' iris purple over a yellow base and then reduced.

[singlesam]

you will never get two exactly the same they are hand made  but you can get them a pretty good match using whats already been suggested...

and when you put them on either side of your head they will look the same !!

hahahahaha says she who hates making sets and small beads 

[Izzybeads]

Laney its I 'think' iris purple over a yellow base and then reduced.

off to play...just got two more piggies to do first...