Recently I have gotten into making fan pulls--small cabinet-knobs that attach to a finial conversion chain. They're very sturdy--you can tug on those and the bead won't come loose--it is screwed in tightly. Then of course there are frit test beads. Make two of them, and turn them into earrings!
By night (and many days), mild-mannered historian teaching adults in night school ... by day (when I can carve out space), FlamingTorchWoman ... okay, mild-mannered historian with an oxy-propane torch and lots of glass. So far organics seem to be my love, but ya never know ...
Andrea Winkler Stone Mountain GA 30083 US http://fourtailslampwork.com/