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Happy Thanksgiving – 2021

Happy Thanksgiving – 2021

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I had a great time with family on the western slope (Delta) of Colorado. Here are just a few pictures of family. It was the first time Sky wasn’t with us. In fact it was the only time we weren’t all together since […]

by × November 28, 2021 × 2 comments

Blog, Home Decor

Uranium Glass

Uranium Glass

Recently I saw an article about uranium glass that glows under florescent light. I found it fascinating and I read up on it; here is some of the info I learned. Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before […]

by × July 26, 2021 × 0 comments

Blog, Inner Circle, Locations

Trip to Ottawa, Canada

Trip to Ottawa, Canada

I recently took another trip to Ottawa Canada for a business trip. It was freezing, but so pretty. I really love Canada, it’s such a wonderful country and amazing people. Here are just a few pictures from my trip. I just love the canals and the architecture. If you get […]

by × December 30, 2019 × 0 comments

Blog, Fused Glass, Jewelry, Pendant

How to get rid of Tarnish

How to get rid of Tarnish

Something that you may not know is most metals, except for gold or fine silver, tarnish. Most of the time I use a sunshine cloth to keep my jewelry looking new. It cleans gold, silver, brass, copper, and glass. But I had a couple of really tarnished pieces and didn’t […]

by × December 30, 2019 × 0 comments

Blog, Holiday Messages, Inner Circle

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I had a fantastic Thanksgiving with my in-laws on the western slope. I have so many things to be thankful for family (my husband, daughter, son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, mom, sisters, brothers, nieces & nephews, cousins, in-laws), friends, and of course my job. […]

by × December 1, 2019 × 0 comments

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Family Reunion

Family Reunion

Every two years my family has a reunion. This year was really fun, several of my cousins (many of which I had never met before) came to the reunion. It was wonderful, I really enjoyed meeting my cousins. The picture on the left is my brother, sisters, nieces, nephew, daughter, […]

by × November 27, 2019 × 0 comments

Blog, Glass Trips, Inner Circle

AirBNB in Bonny Doon

AirBNB in Bonny Doon

In my last post I talked about my fused glass class with Laurie Spray. In this blog I wanted to talk about the Airbnb I stayed at while I was taking the class. The airbnb host was Nancy and she was a true delight. We had a wonderful time together. […]

by × November 15, 2019 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Class, Custom, Fused Glass, Glass Trips

Fused Glass Flowers with Laurie

Fused Glass Flowers with Laurie

Y’all know I love fused glass flowers. This month I took a class with one of my favorite people – Laurie Spray in Bonny Doon California. Here is a picture of of Laurie and me. I just love her. This is my third class with Laurie. I also took a […]

by × November 15, 2019 × 1 comment

Blog, Inner Circle

Second Cooking class

Second Cooking class

After taking the cookie class (see previous blog) Lela and I took another cooking class (BTW I don’t enjoy cooking). The class was at the French Kitchen in Colorado Springs. They gave me a nice bag because I signed up for another class. I made chicken and dumplings. I so […]

by × October 27, 2019 × 0 comments

Blog, Inner Circle

My love of learning – cookie class

My love of learning – cookie class

So I really love learning new things so recently I took 2 classes… Cooking classes!! The first class was a French Macarons class. This was more of a demonstration but I still enjoyed it. The class was in a local shop. Nice shop and instructor. What I learned from this […]

by × October 24, 2019 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Custom, Fused Glass, Holiday Messages

Fused Glass Ornaments for my Family

Fused Glass Ornaments for my Family

In my DYK I’m going to talk about my family reunion. I’m going to give them is various types of Fused Glass artwork. One of the things I’m giving my brothers and sisters is fused glass ornaments.  I love my ornaments with fused glass decals. Which decal is your favorite? […]

by × October 16, 2019 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Fused Glass

Artist Statement

Artist Statement

I’ve blogged about Tulip (Denver) and Sharron several times. Tulip is a fabulous store in Denver that supports me and other local artists. I’m so grateful to her. The last time I visited Sharron she asked me to give her my artist statement. I love talking about glass but I […]

by × October 16, 2019 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Custom, Fresh from the Kiln, Fused Glass

I have 2 questions.

I have 2 questions.

Recently I made some fused glass Rainbow trees. I just love them, they are so colorful and just make me smile. But I need your help. 1st question – is which shape do you like best the curve or the wave? I like them both for different reasons. I like […]

by × September 29, 2019 × 4 comments

Art, Blog, Fused Glass, Fused Glass Events, Jewelry

Winner of Rockledge Ranch Show

Winner of Rockledge Ranch Show

As you know, I do a drawing for those who sign up for my Fused Glass newsletter during each of my shows, including the Rockledge Ranch.  Even though I wasn’t at Rockledge Ranch Friday and Saturday I still had my drawing. The winner of the fused glass drawing at Rockledge […]

by × September 23, 2019 × 0 comments