As those who follow me know my son had a daughter last January and this January my daughter and I went to see my son, daughter-in-law, and of course my granddaughter. She is so beautiful and so smart, I can’t tell you how special it was for me to see […]
I’ve been making fused glass poker guards for quite some time. Glass makes a perfect poker guard and since my husband is a big poker player I’ve made him several. That being said these two poker guards are definitely new for me. As I mentioned they were a custom order […]
Happy New Year 2019! Every year I do a review of my glass activities I accomplished during the previous year. 2018 was a great year for me — family, professionally, and in glass. As far as my family life; my daughter is still doing great in college, my granddaughter […]
I want to wish all my customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. My family and I had a very simple yet wonderful Christmas. My Husband and I decided to give time as our big present. I had a calendar made and we each wrote what we […]
In preparation for my large Kokopelli I did some tests. This is the first piece I made in preparation. I used photo resist, sandblasted, then applied the enamel. It looked a bit light but I thought it was because it was on clear glass. I like to make little dishes […]
I was asked to make a custom kokopelli in glass a few months ago. It turned out to be my biggest piece I’ve ever made 16×24 inches. It was also pretty challenging and tough piece to make. I wanted to do it as a screen print but the only resist […]
I’ve blogged about my beautiful granddaughter several times. She is about to turn 1 year old. To celebrate her birthday I made my son a fused glass clock with 4 pictures of Mzia. The cool thing is the pictures can be changed out. They are magnetic so when they want […]
I’ve taken several glass mosaic from a wonderful teacher here in Colorado Springs. Recently I took another mosaic class from Cathy, a lighted block mosaic. I’ve really grown to enjoy mosaics and I think the lighted block mosaic is my favorite. I chose to make a winter scene instead of […]
During my Doherty Craft Show I was asked to make a red and white iridized bowl but for the life of me I can’t remember her name. If you wanted me to make you a red and white bowl please email me. I actually made two fused glass bowls for […]
My good friend Lela always supports me and my fused glass artwork. She buy my fused glass for her and her family. She also lets her talented and capable daughter assist in my art shows. As a thank you for all Lela has done for me I made her a […]
I’ve mentioned Fay many times. She is an amazing artist and I love her work. I have been collecting her pyrography creatures. I have seven in total now and plan on getting more. If you would like to check out Fay’s amazing artwork click here. If you want to see […]
Last year a good friend of mine who is also a social worker asked me if I’d consider donating some fused glass pendants for “her kids”. I did and it made me feel so good that I did it again this year. I picked out 100 pendants put cords on […]
Doherty Craft Fair was my last show of the season. I only do 5-6 shows a year. I enjoy showing off my fused glass and talking about how much I love fused glass. As you know, I do a drawing for those who sign up for my newsletter during each […]
Last month I wrote about some fused glass beads I made but didn’t make them into anything until last month. Well this month I did the same with completely different fused glass beads I made. Below are some options for my new fused glass beads e.g., key chains, bookmarks, etc. […]
