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Fused Glass, Locations

Doherty Craft Fair - Dec 7 & 8

Doherty Craft Fair – Dec 7 & 8

A little information about the Doherty High school craft show on 7-8 Dec. While I was at Rampart I made a video of my booth. I thought y’all would like to see it. I hope you come out and see us on my last show of the season. 1st I […]

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Family Reunion

Family Reunion

Every two years my family has a reunion. This year was really fun, several of my cousins (many of which I had never met before) came to the reunion. It was wonderful, I really enjoyed meeting my cousins. The picture on the left is my brother, sisters, nieces, nephew, daughter, […]

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Fused Glass, Home Decor, Locations

Which Fused Glass Dish is your Favorite?

Which Fused Glass Dish is your Favorite?

Last month I mentioned that Sharon from Tulip asked me to make some fused glass soap dishes. We’ll I went a bit crazy and made quite a few more. Remember these are not just soap dishes they can be used as spoon-rests and trinket dishes to name a few uses. […]

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Inner Circle

My Granddaughter

My Granddaughter

While I was in California, I was lucky enough to see my son, daughter-in-law, and of course my stunning granddaughter. I must confess, when I held her in my arms I had tears in my eyes. She’s so beautiful, smart, and amazing. My son and daughter-in-law have done a fantastic […]

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Winners of Liberty & Rampart Craft Fairs

Winners of Liberty & Rampart Craft Fairs

The Winner of the Liberty Craft Fair, is Carmen. I’ve emailed Carmen and she will hopefully be able to make the Doherty Craft fair to pick up her $25 in free fused glass. Below are pictures of my booth at the Liberty Craft Fair. Winner of the Rampart craft fair […]

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Art, Class, Custom, Fused Glass, Glass Trips

Drive Up to San Francisco and Bullseye

Drive Up to San Francisco and Bullseye

After my glass class with Laurie I decided to drive the scenic route, Hwy 1, to the bullseye resource center near San Francisco.  What a beautiful drive. It was a bit foggy in places, but still a lovely drive.  I really liked the lighthouse, so majestic. I may have to […]

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Blog, Glass Trips, Inner Circle

AirBNB in Bonny Doon

AirBNB in Bonny Doon

In my last post I talked about my fused glass class with Laurie Spray. In this blog I wanted to talk about the Airbnb I stayed at while I was taking the class. The airbnb host was Nancy and she was a true delight. We had a wonderful time together. […]

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Art, Blog, Class, Custom, Fused Glass, Glass Trips

Fused Glass Flowers with Laurie

Fused Glass Flowers with Laurie

Y’all know I love fused glass flowers. This month I took a class with one of my favorite people – Laurie Spray in Bonny Doon California. Here is a picture of of Laurie and me. I just love her. This is my third class with Laurie. I also took a […]

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November Craft Shows - Liberty & Rampart High Schools

November Craft Shows – Liberty & Rampart High Schools

Normally I don’t give presents away prizes for Liberty, because there is no charge, however sense I’m not going to be at 2 of my shows this year I want to encourage my newsletter customers to visit me. So this year I’m giving away prizes for Liberty as well. What […]

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Second Cooking class

Second Cooking class

After taking the cookie class (see previous blog) Lela and I took another cooking class (BTW I don’t enjoy cooking). The class was at the French Kitchen in Colorado Springs. They gave me a nice bag because I signed up for another class. I made chicken and dumplings. I so […]

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My love of learning - cookie class

My love of learning – cookie class

So I really love learning new things so recently I took 2 classes… Cooking classes!! The first class was a French Macarons class. This was more of a demonstration but I still enjoyed it. The class was in a local shop. Nice shop and instructor. What I learned from this […]

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Fused Glass, Inner Circle

Fused Glass for My Brother

Fused Glass for My Brother

My baby brother recently came to Colorado to hunt for elk (yes he eats it, he is not a sport hunter). Anyway he stopped by to see me, I haven’t seen my brother in 4 years so it was a wonderful visit. He also came back after the hunting trip. […]

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Fused Glass, Home Decor, Locations

Fused glass soap dishes

Fused glass soap dishes

The last time I visited Sharon at Tulips in Denver. She asked me to make her some soap dishes. So I bought one of her beautiful soaps she sells in the shop. I made a couple fused glass soap dishes, here are two that I thought matched the soap really […]

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Accessories, Fused Glass

Fused Glass Crosses for my Family

Fused Glass Crosses for my Family

A while back I made some custom fused glass pocket crosses for Diane. When she told me why she wanted them it brought tears to my eyes and I decided to make some for my family. We had a family reunion this month so I thought it was the perfect […]

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