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’ve taken a few cooking classes this year and this month I took three cooking classes. All the classes were at the French Kitchen in Colorado Springs and Kristi. The first class was a couples class. Dan and I had a blast, we drank wine and made these fantastic shrimp […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
