I so enjoyed Rock Ledge ranch this year. I had so many old friends come by and made lots of new friends. Of course I love talking about glass, as those who visited me found out. Thank you all again for visiting me. Below are a few pictures from the […]
While I was making the commercial order of recycled bottle cheese plates I decide to make some more recycled dishes / cheese plates. I made some green ones. The first one has a textured bottom and the last two have a bit of a curve to them. […]
Recently I had a commercial order for green glass bottle cheese plates. I love that a nice restaurant sees the value in recycle bottles and how great they are. I made 12 of them for the order, these are huge plates. Again I so appreciate […]
Since I made some Halloween fused glass pieces I thought I’d make some Christmas ones too. It takes a while to make Christmas projects. Then I made a couple more Snowmen spoons and a couple of little snowmen dishes. I also made some fused glass […]
As those who follow my fused glass newsletters and blogs know when I go on trips I do my best to find other glass shops or really anything glass. While we were in Lancing, Michigan; I went to Delphi. Delphi is a glass retailer. It was a nice setup and […]
In my glass last few blogs I talked about my class with Craig Mitchell Smith. I thought I’d show you just how talented he is. First if you want to really check out his amazing talent, click here to see his website. Craig has done several famous shows like Disney’s […]
As I mentioned in my recent blog my friends; Julie, Melinda, and Pam took the Craig’s kiln formed Iris class together. I’ve talked about them in other blogs. Our last group class together was in New York. But I’ve also taken two Bob Leatherbarrow classes with […]
I just finished a class with one of the most amazing Kiln-formed Glass instructors, Craig Mitchell Smith. He is incredibly talented and the way his brain works just blew my mind over and over again! I’m sure I will write about how fabulous Craig’s class was several times in the […]
I’m asked occasionally do you hate selling your fused glass. The answer is yes sometimes I do. A few years ago I had a really difficult time selling my fused glass wolf sconce. I thought it was a beautiful, and it made me sad to sell it. […]
While I was at the Woodland Park show I had a great guy and customer came in and asked if I had cuff links that would match his teal jacket. This was not the first time he has visited me, last time he purchased the fused glass cuff link snaps. […]
In the past I have made fused glass wine charms, albeit I haven’t brought them to a show in a while. I have holiday ones including Christmas, Halloween and New Years. However, during the woodland park show two lovely ladies walked into my […]
I would like to thank all of those who came out to visit me at the Woodland Park’s Mountain Arts. This was the first one of my season and I just really enjoy seeing my customers. It’s been since December and I really enjoy catching up with them. For those […]
While I’m working in my glass studio I listen to books on tape or watch glass videos. Recently I finished a book by Greta Van Sustern “Everything you need to know about Social Media – without having to call a kid”. It was an interesting […]
Just finished up a custom order for fused glass flower sculptures. I’ve made several fused glass flowers before but what makes these different is they are meant to hang them on the wall. I spent quite a bit of time figuring out how to hang them and even got advise […]
