I recently took another trip to Ottawa Canada for a business trip. It was freezing, but so pretty. I really love Canada, it’s such a wonderful country and amazing people. Here are just a few pictures from my trip. I just love the canals and the architecture. If you get […]
The Winner of the Doherty Craft Fair, is Bernadette. I’ve emailed Bernadette and hopefully she will contact me soon. Below are pictures of my booth at the Doherty Craft Fair. See my baby? I actually wasn’t there Saturday until 3pm but Dan and Sky did a great job. Then Sky […]
When creating glass jewelry most of the time it’s made by gluing a fused glass cabochon to a base. Sometime after a lot of wear the glue can fail and the glass will come off. One of my long time customers brought in a couple of her fused glass pieces […]
During the Doherty craft fair one of my favorite customers asked me if I could do something with a glass bracelet that she broke. It was a beautiful purple dicrohic glass bracelet. Below are the broken pieces. I wasn’t sure what COE the glass was but I did a test […]
Something that you may not know is most metals, except for gold or fine silver, tarnish. Most of the time I use a sunshine cloth to keep my jewelry looking new. It cleans gold, silver, brass, copper, and glass. But I had a couple of really tarnished pieces and didn’t […]
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I had a fantastic Thanksgiving with my in-laws on the western slope. I have so many things to be thankful for family (my husband, daughter, son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, mom, sisters, brothers, nieces & nephews, cousins, in-laws), friends, and of course my job. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
