June 2023 Newsletter

In this edition:

- Upcoming July Events:

• Home Shows - None Schedule

• Craft Shows - None Scheduled

• Glass class - Private class

• Posts * Elegant fused glass

Alpaca's in Westcliffe

While we were in Westcliffe this month, we went to Willow Wind Farm. The owner and operator of Willow Wind Farm is Annie. She posted in Facebook about taking a tour of the farm, I quickly signed Dan and I up for the tour and I'm so glad I did. The two outer pictures are mine and the one in …Read more.

The Beauty of Westcliffe

We went to Westcliffe several times this month, and I wanted to post a few pictures of some of our activities. First, I have to show you our beautiful sunrise and of course our hummingbirds. They are so much fun to watch. It's been a bit chilly and raining so there aren't as many flowers as normal, but I did …Read more.

Wood and Glass Sign

My good friend Marilyn asked me if I could make her a wooden sign with my screen printing. I created the screen, screen-printed, and I also sealed it. I love it, I hope she likes it. Marilyn has 3 adorable dogs, so I made some doggie paws out of glass and then glued them to the wood. The picture on …Read more.

Private Fused Glass Flower Vase Class

One of my good friends had an old friend come to take a private class. She wanted to make fused glass flower vases. Here are a couple pictures of the setup. Kathy chose to make 4 flower vase panels and 2 flower magnets. Here are some class photos. Since it was just the 3 of us we had a lot …Read more.

Fused Glass Sconce Class

This month I gave an absolutely fabulous, fused glass class to three previous students. It was a Sconce class; it was a long class, but we sure had fun. Here are some photos of the setup, I had vitrigraph, cutouts, murrine, and so much more. Here are some class photos. Each person made a sconce, but each one is completely …Read more.

Fused Glass Pocket Vases

I love making Fused Glass Pocket Vase, including standing vases. When I was asked to make a few fused glass standing pocket vases for the Beckwith Gift Shoppe, I made them the following. The standing fused glass pocket vases below focus on the glass without design. The glass is so beautiful, they don't need fancy design. I also added screen …Read more.

New Fused Glass Flower Artwork

It's flower season in Colorado - I love driving down the road and seeing flowers everywhere! I love flowers and never get tired of making fused glass flower artwork. First, I made these little flower panels. They can be displayed in little stands like the middle picture, or they can be put in frames. For the flowers pieces below, I …Read more.

Fused Glass Votives

I love making fused glass votives. When I was asked to make a few for the Beckwith Gift Shoppe I made several for them. This first group are a smaller votives for candles or potpourri. I've wanted to do this type of fused glass handkerchief vases for quite a while and when I watched a tutorial from Larry Pike, I …Read more.

Beckwith Show in Westcliffe

I had a wonderful show at Beckwith Ranch in Westcliffe. Here are a few pictures around the ranch. It's just so beautiful. It was my first Art show of the year, and it was great sharing my love of glass. Here are a few pictures of my booth. I met some wonderful people and had a pretty fabulous day. It …Read more.

Fused Glass Bird Sconces

Several years ago, I took a fused glass bird class from my first Fused Glass instructor, Coral - Full Spectrum in Colorado Springs. Last month when Sharon & Brian from Tulip Gifts and Cards in Denver came over to get some fused glass artwork for their store, they were in my inspiration room and asked me if I could make …Read more.

Did you know ...

This section is used to answer any questions you may have or to pass on tidbits of information that add value and enhance knowledge regarding fused glass, metals, or jewelry in general. Let me know if you have anything you'd like me to discuss.

This "Did You Know" is about Fused Glass Magnets. I love making magnets and I have made quite a few types recently and wanted to show them off. Of course, I made a couple of family ones too.

I love America and I thought I'd make some Patriotic Fused Glass Magnets for the 4th of July. Big surprise I went a bit overboard, but they are so beautiful.

Last month I wrote a post about my visit to the train depot in Westcliffe. I told them I'd make them some train magnets. I'm so happy with them. These are my gift to the depot, I hope the ladies like them.

Mission Wolf is located in Westcliffe and I wanted to make them a few glass magnets for them to sell in their shop to raise some money for the wolves. I hope they like them.

Because I love sceneries, I got these great decals and then proceeded to go a bit nuts. I added frit at the bottom of some of them and even added a little sun to the deer. Aren't they awesome magnets.

I love bears so I made a few normal bear magnets. Of course, I added some frit and dots to make them into little scenic magnets.

I also made some claw magnets.

As you all know I love Westcliffe so I thought I'd make some Westcliffe magnets so I can have them at work with me. I made some flower magnets, some of my favorite sites in Westcliffe, and of course a few animal/bird magnets. I love them all!!!

I love motivational sayings, so I thought I'd make some fused glass magnets with sayings.

I can never remember if our dishes in the dishwasher in Westcliffe are clean or dirty, so I made some dishwasher magnets. I created the screen, screen-printed them, and then added some murrine / millefiori.

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