Last week I had a wonderful time teaching a Fused Glass Ornament Class at Festivitea. This is my first-time teaching outside my studio. It was a challenge because I had to cut the bases and I wanted enough choices for hats, scarfs, earmuffs, etc. It was also the first time […]
As you all know I love FestiviTEA, it’s a wonderful little shop and Margo is just amazing. I love how she has local artist hold classes there. Lela and I took a Macrame Ornament class recently, it was a fun class! The instructor Jessica was great, she was a great […]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As always we went to visit Dan’s family in Delta Colorado. We had a wonderful time, I love seeing my great nieces. Here are just a few pictures of our visit. The first row is Emeri and her Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Great […]
On November 15th I had private fused glass dish class with two students that have taken several classes with me. The first 4 photos are my studio all setup. The next 5 are glass supplies I had available for them to use and of course the last 4 pictures are […]
I have several of my smaller fused glass art pieces in the 3rd Street Gallery in Westcliffe. The show is called Festival of Art, it features a one-of-a-kind art and is focusing on “smaller artworks for the gift-giving season”. The gallery is also having two People’s Choice awards and two […]
I have incredible news! I’ve written about Festivitea Tea shop several times – I love this shop and the incredible work that Margo has done to support local artists. To prove my point Margo has invited me to teach a fused glass class at Festivitea on 9 December. If you’d […]
In July I visited Mission Wolf and donated fused glass and screen-printed ornaments for them to sell and help their mission of rescuing wolves. Here are some of my donations from July. In July we also visited Mission Wolf to deliver the donations and during our visit to Westcliffe. Here […]
I love getting orders for custom production fused glass dishes. Last month I received two back-to-back orders. At the same time I was also making my cousin’s tea dishes. It was busy and fun! The first order was fused glass ivory soap dishes. Here are some production pictures including fusing […]
I’ve written numerous times about Festivitea and the fused glass screen-printed tea bags dishes and stirrers that I have showcased there. Here are a couple of the pictures from my previous posts about this lovely shop and my tea dishes. Well, my cousin liked them so much she ordered 15 […]
I went to visit my momma this month. She’s been going through a rough time, and I just wanted to see her. She has such a beautiful smile. I’m so glad I took the time to see her. I also got to see my sister Sherry and Joanne as well […]
Recently I changed jobs and though I’d make some fused glass business card holders. It’s difficult because I have so much beautiful glass. Plus, I have lots of beautiful silk-screens – that I can screen print on my glass for my holders as well as decals. That’s the most difficult […]
I love fall, the colors and the crispness of the air. Sadly, almost all of the color is almost gone, and it snowed today in Colorado Springs and in Westcliffe. Here are some fall leaves made from glass. Aren’t they pretty? The big one is new and pretty large. I […]
As I’ve mentioned before I love Beckwith Ranch in Westcliffe. Here are a few pictures around the ranch. It’s just so beautiful. This month they had a Harvest Festival. I wasn’t able to go but all of their events are wonderful – they had all kinds of activities. If you […]
During my show in Woodland Park, two lovely ladies told me that Full Spectrum ran by my good friend and mentor Coral was closing. I couldn’t / wouldn’t believe it. Then my friend Cathy (whom I met through Coral) emailed me and told me the same thing. Again, I refused […]
