Sometimes, when I create fused glass jewelry I make a block of glass to cut my pieces from. In metal terms a block of metal is called ingot so I thought I’d steal the term for my glass ingots. Anyway first I fuse various pieces of glass together. I added […]
I have some amazing customers that like to present me with challenges. At first both Ann and Melanie would ask me to change one of my normal pendants into a snap. Which was fun because it makes me look at my fused glass pendants in a new way. But recently […]
I know I’ve blogged about this before but, one of the the aspects of fused glass that I love is if you don’t like it you can refuse it. When I took the glass class with Amanda in New York I mentioned that I broke one of my fused glass […]
Guess what I got? That’s right new fused glass snaps all 3 sizes 12mm, 18mm and 30 mm. I also got new snap findings for all 3 sizes. I bought snap sunglasses for myself a while back and I love them so I more to sell. The sunglasses with will […]
In order to do well in the art community you have to get into shows. The best shows are typically juried. To get into those shows you have to have great photographs. The jury looks at the pictures to decide what handmade items are the best and allowed into the […]
While I was at my last show one of my favorite customers and I were talking about my fused glass snaps. She was telling me about how she had one made with a custom picture but she had lost it. I told her that I could make another one for […]
I mentioned a while back that I bought a silhouette machine to help me with my fused glass. I even made a few pendants for a good friend. Recently another good friend asked me to make some custom artwork with some pictures and copper. […]
In January, I challenged my Fused Glass newsletter followers to submit their ideas for my DYK (Did you Know) section of my newsletter for a free fused glass pendant. One of my customers recommended a Fused Glass essential oil diffuser pendant. The recommendation wasn’t strong enough for me too write […]
For my followers you know I had a show yesterday. It was a very small venue and was not just for artists and crafters. As I said it was an extremely small event, but so many of my customers had asked me to do a show and since I’ll be […]
Mother’s Day is the 6th of May and will be here before you know it. Fused glass is a perfect gift for Mother’s day. It can be as a pendant, nightlight, dish, sconce, vase, and so much more. A while back I did a youtube video of some fused glass […]
A few years ago a good friend of mine asked me if I could fused someone’s ashes in glass. A childhood friend of hers had died and she wanted to create a memorial piece to keep him close. It was my first time creating such a special piece of glass. […]
Last week I did a blog about my fused glass garden Mushrooms. I love them they are so great. In fact here are a few more fused glass garden mushrooms. (the bottoms aren’t on because it’s difficult to take a picture unless they are in the ground. […]
Since last month’s DYK is about how I start a fused glass I thought I’d show you a fused glass piece that had so much potential I changed my mind 3 different times! As I create pieces whether it’s a dish or pendant there are left over pieces so I […]
Easter is just around the corner so I thought I’d show some options for Easter Fused Glass Pendants. I like these because some are little Easter angels, some are bunnies. I also have some beautiful Fused Glass Religious pendants. […]
