My name is Susan Krauss and Velvet Rose Mercantile is a dream realized. As a lifelong crafter, it has always filled me with pride when something I created made someone else happy. I hope my handmade jewelry and other goodies bring a smile to your face because they certainly made me happy to make them!. A note about lampwork glass beads. Lampworking is a process of melting glass rods with a blowtorch around a metal rod called a mandrel. After the beads are formed, they are then put in a kiln in a process known as annealing. This ensures strength and durability.

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