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Art, Blog, Custom, Mosaic

New Glass Mosaic

New Glass Mosaic

For those of you who follow my newsletter you know I’ve taken a couple mosaic classes from a local mosaic glass instructor (below).           I just finished another mosaic class and this time the glass is on a rock. Which I think is awesome. I think […]

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Commercial, Fused Glass, Home Decor

New Commercial Fused Glass Order

New Commercial Fused Glass Order

It’s interesting I normally do 3 or 4 commercial orders a year, but this year I’ve had 4 within the first 6 months. I have a new fused glass commercial order for 200 soap dishes. I’ve made these before and I like them, They are perfect, plus soap dishes are […]

by × July 18, 2018 × 0 comments

Commercial, Fused Glass, Home Decor

Broken - Fused Glass

Broken – Fused Glass

Guess what happens when you get cocky with creating fused glass? That’s right it breaks. I’ve made over 100 of my big production plates. But in my last few slump firings 2 of my plates broke. The first one actually took a small bowl with it. If you know about […]

by × July 14, 2018 × 0 comments

Accessories, Art, Fused Glass, Fused Glass Events, Home Decor, Jewelry, Locations

Upcoming Arts Festival - Fused Glass

Upcoming Arts Festival – Fused Glass

The Mountain Arts Festival is coming up, August 4-5 and I will be having a booth to show off my beautiful Fused Glass Artwork. I thought I’d show some of my fused glass. Fused glass Essential Oil pendants and car fresheners.           Fused Glass bookmarks and […]

by × July 10, 2018 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Custom, Fused Glass, Jewelry

Buy two Fused Glass Earrings and get 1 free

Buy two Fused Glass Earrings and get 1 free

Over the last few months I’ve made a myriad of sets (over 50) of Fused Glass Earrings, so for my first show 4-5 August (Mountain Arts Festival, in Woodland Park), when you buy two sets of earrings you get 1 set free (of equal or lesser value). My fused glass […]

by × July 9, 2018 × 0 comments

Accessories, Art, Fused Glass, Home Decor

My Fused Glass

My Fused Glass

In my last blog I talked about all the glass I purchased over the years. As I was walking around my house I also other glass I bought made. I have quite a bit so I may have to break it down into different categories. First, functional pieces. First in […]

by × June 27, 2018 × 0 comments

Blog

Another Trip wonderful to Germany

Another Trip wonderful to Germany

For those who follow me know I travel a lot with my job. This month I went to Germany. It was a busy trip, but I did get to have a little bit of fun so I thought I’d write a blog about it.   When I’m on my trips […]

by × June 24, 2018 × 0 comments

Custom, Fused Glass, Jewelry

Fused Glass Bubble Earrings

Fused Glass Bubble Earrings

Before I left for my business trip I had a special custom order a pair of fused glass earrings. I’ve used the fused glass bubble technique before but I had never made a pair of earrings with the technique. I did finish them before I sent them, I just didn’t […]

by × June 24, 2018 × 0 comments

Blog, Fused Glass, Jewelry

Finishing Fused Glass Earrings

Finishing Fused Glass Earrings

When I go on a trip I always try to do something glass related. If there isn’t any glass related activity close by typically bring things with me to finish. Did I mention I have a bad habit of starting fused glass projects and not finishing them? One of the […]

by × June 24, 2018 × 0 comments

Commercial, Fused Glass, Home Decor

Follow-up to Fused Glass Hotel Plates

Follow-up to Fused Glass Hotel Plates

  I promised to keep ya’ll informed regarding my progress on my big order for the hotel in Florida. As I’ll discuss later in June’s newsletter I had a business trip to Germany which would have put me severely behind in my progress. So I decided to teach my husband […]

by × June 24, 2018 × 0 comments

Art, Inner Circle

Hidden Figures Class with Cathy Claycomb

Hidden Figures Class with Cathy Claycomb

In addition to the Alcohol Ink class with Cathy I also got to take Hidden Images 3-D with Cathy  Claycomb.  Like the first class this class wasn’t a fused glass class either. Again we used Kokomo glass, it’s so pretty, I wish it could be fused without losing it’s beauty. […]

by × May 26, 2018 × 0 comments

Commercial, Fused Glass, Home Decor

First Shipment of Fused Glass Plates

First Shipment of Fused Glass Plates

As I mentioned in my April Newsletter, I’ve been working on a 400 plate order for a fabulous hotel and Restaurant in Florida.   Well I shipped my first portion of the order. I can not tell you how nervous I was. This is one of the toughest custom orders I’ve […]

by × May 26, 2018 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Home Decor

Sold a special fused glass bowl

Sold a special fused glass bowl

Normally I sell my fused glass arts and craft shows during the year. About 7 total through out the year however, I also have different sites including Etsy , Artfire and of course my website. I must admit I’m horrible about updating my websites because when I’m home I want […]

by × May 16, 2018 × 0 comments

Accessories, Art, Fused Glass, Home Decor, Inner Circle

Fay Helfer an amazing artist!

Fay Helfer an amazing artist!

For those who follow my Fused Glass newsletter know I have an amazing family and on this Mother’s day I’m even more thankful for my amazing family. Obviously my son, David who works for Pixar and has won several awards.  David did these back when he was 16 years old.  […]

by × May 14, 2018 × 0 comments