With both St Patrick’s day (March 17th) and Easter (April 5th) coming up I wanted to write a blog about some of the fused glass pieces I have for both Holidays. First last year for both St Patrick’s day and for Easter I wrote blog regarding the meaning of each […]
Valentine’s day is just around the corner so I thought I’d show you some of my new fused glass pieces perfect for Valentine’s day. There are little fused glass pendants for children from $5 to more elaborate pieces for that special someone in your life. So for Valentine’s day I […]
Fused Glass Eye Glass Holders As I’ve aged I need glasses to work on details of my glasswork and to read. I leave them everywhere and forget where I put them. So I have created several fused glass eye glass holders to […]
What an amazing year. I was able to see my son and daughter-in-law, my family and I got to drive down the west coast, I lost over 40 lbs and I had 7 fused glass shows! It has been a fabulous year and I’m looking […]
I did something different for December’s third birthstone is Zircon. I fused a CZ into the fused glass. Two are pictured but I can fused CZ into any piece that you like just email me for details. Derived from the Arabic words zar and gun, […]
Happy Hanukkah, to all my Jewish friends. December 16th – December 24th I am not Jewish but I have several friends that are so I didn’t want to leave them out of my Holiday blogs. Just […]
December third birthstone is Turquoise. Turquoise also commemorates the 11th wedding anniversary. December’s fused glass faux turquoise comes in many different colors, just like real turquoise. The name turquoise, from the French expression Pierre tourques or Turkish stone, originated in the thirteenth century […]
December has three birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise. *I also saw lapis listed. I’ve made fused glass Tanzanite, fused glass Turquoise, and something special for the Fused Glass Zircon. Tanzanite also commemorates a 24th wedding anniversary. Tanzanite was discovered in 1967 in Tanzania, […]
All year I’ve been writing blogs regarding the Awareness causes for each month. For December there are numerous causes and I have Red fused glass Ribbons representing Aids, Bone Marrow, & Anemia. All of my Awareness fused glass pieces can be made into pendants, key […]
All year I’ve been writing blogs regarding the Awareness causes for each month. For November there are numerous causes and I have fused glass representing the majority including White for Adoption, Purple for Alzheimers (see below), and grey for Diabetes. All of my Awareness fused […]
November’s fused glass Citrine As I mentioned November has two birthstones Topaz and Citrine. Citrine also commemorates a 13th wedding anniversary. Citrine can be found in a variety of shades ranging from pastel yellow to dark brownish orange. Citrine is a yellow-to-golden member of the […]
November has two birthstones Topaz and Citrine. November’s fused glass Topaz Topaz is a gemstone available in a rich rainbow of colors. Topaz also commemorates a 4th wedding anniversary. The word topaz is believed to have come from the sankrit word tapaz for fire, a […]
Kiln Crafting – Hot Tips for Fusing and Slumping Glass (Collection 1) Gil Reynolds I love to learn about fused glass whether it is through classes, eBooks, or actual books. I also like trying new products therefore, I thought I […]
October has two birthstones Tourmaline and Opal. I wrote about Opal earlier this month so here is the information regarding Fused Glass October Birthstone Tourmaline. Tourmaline is also recognized as eighth anniversary gemstone. Tourmaline’s name means multi-colored. Tourmaline is also dichroic (just like […]
