This month I received commercial production order. It was a fun one but lots of work. First I cut out squares and then I cut circles. I cut over 200 circles and only broke 2, that’s crazy good!! Then I washed them then, painted them, full fused them, then slumped […]
In March and April I wrote two DyK’s about recycled bottles. I thought I’d show you what I made with some of the tops of bottles. I love recycled bottles. Here are some using different colored bottoms. I like the different shapes of bottoms and tops. I can include a […]
After taking my glass with Craig Mitchell Smith last month I went crazy making some fused glass vases. It’s not the same technique but I am very happy with them. The first two are a beautiful amber. I really like the bases. The bottom two are really fantastic. The red […]
Recently I met an amazing woman, her name is Tracy; she is a police officer and a glass artist. This police-woman is one of the most compassionate, caring, and dedicated people I’ve ever met. We spoke about the current state of affairs and of the myriad of things she said […]
Since Father’s day is only a month a way I thought I’d do post on a possible gift for a dad or husband. A co-worker asked me if I could make a custom fused glass tie tack and cuff links for a friend of his. He asked for blue with […]
I received another commercial order for fused glass soap dishes. I know I’ve posted these before but I never get tired of making them. This glass is fantastic. As you can see each piece is completely different. They are so elegant and beautiful. Besides being so different in color and […]
I love making fused glass pocket hearts and crosses. Since it’s Mother’s day next month I thought I’d make some more crosses and hearts. I love giving them away as gifts (see my mother’s day post). Here are a few of the hearts I made. All of the hearts below […]
One of my friends and loyal customers is moving out of Colorado next month and as a gift I made her a very special fused glass “aspen” nightlight special in it doesn’t look like my “normal” aspen nightlights. As you can see I added a lot of dicrohic dots, a heart, […]
Last month when I got an order for recycled bottle cheese platters. I mentioned to him that I was trying to think of what to give him has his gift for purchasing the bottle cheese plates. He told me what he could really use was something to hold lollipops in. […]
I’ve mentioned my friend and mosaic teacher Cathy many times in my posts. I’ve taken 7 classes with her over the years. A few years ago a friend of mine closed his stained studio and I bought his supplies including glass and molds. Some of the glass is fusible and some […]
In February’s Newsletter’s DYK I showed 2 new Fused Glass Letter Openers. I liked them so much I decided to make a few more. Below is a picture of the fused glass letter openers I made in February. Here are the new fused glass letter openers I finished this month. […]
Recently I wrote a post about custom decals for my fused glass. Based on that post I had a request to make pendants with custom decals. I made two options for her. The one on the left is the design she sent me. Maybe it’s my eyesight, but I couldn’t […]
I love creating fused glass, which is why I write my posts and newsletters. It brings me such joy when I sell a piece of my fused glass, because it means someone else loves my glass as much as I do. With the pandemic I’ve continued to create my fused […]
My daughter bought a “my intent” bracelet at one of the craft shows I went to in 2019. She loved it and so did I. My Intent is a company that focuses on positive reinforcement bracelets. I liked the concept so much I bought a kit. Below is the kit […]
