I love creating fused glass artwork. One of the things I focused on this month was fused glass snaps. I have three different sizes; large, medium, and small. This first picture shows my large snaps. Some are round but I also have a few that are different shapes. I like […]
I love fused glass pebbles or dots whatever you want to call them. They are so pretty and relatively easy to make, I make them all the time. I use them on mirrors, frames, as embellishments, to name a few. Anyway when I was making my most recent pieces I […]
This month I’ve made several new fused glass night lights and I thought I’d show them off. These first ones are made with iridized glass, ironically I made flowers. I also use both switch lights and sensor switch. I love my nightlights they are such pieces of art. These two […]
One of my goals for this year is to use one of my molds a month. I’ve had this wonderful mold that I’ve never used. I had this great piece of organic clear glass and decided the two were made for each other. In addition to making this fused glass […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
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. […]
I’ve been busy making some more fused glass pieces for both my last show at Doherty and for Tulip in Denver. First I made some Christmas ornaments. These are some of my favorites. I also made two fused glass candle […]
