I make a lot of fused glass stirrers, letter openers, plant stakes, etc and one of the best ways to display them are in the little vases I make. They are actually made out of a bottle. I use the top half for mushroom lights and the bottom make perfect […]
One of my favorite things to create is my Fused Glass Plant Stakes. Some of the fused glass plant/garden stakes I’ve created include the below. So many techniques just in these 2 pictures. With Christmas coming up I decided to make some Christmas Plant stakes. The reason is, not everyone […]
I love making my Fused Glass Mushroom Lights. Here are my newest mushrooms. This first group, have extra embellishments. The first one has, basically a sticker on the bottle part of the mushroom, the second one has washi tape on it and the third one has a decal on it. […]
I love these little fused glass dishes. The small 3-inch square dishes are perfect for rings, tea bags, spoons, a small candle, or just as a pretty little dish. I went a bit crazy and made several, whether they are 3 pieces put together like the first picture or 2 […]
Several months ago, I made a few fused glass dishes for the house in Westcliffe. I made beautiful amber, blue, and green rectangular dishes perfect for dinner and breakfast. The key is not to put them in the microwave. I love my fused glass dishes, however I didn’t make enough. […]
One of my goals this year is to use some of my glass and murine. So this post is about 6 fused glass small decorative bowls I just finished. These are not food safe, they are home decor. The first two fused glass bowls are made with pinks and purple […]
I love making fused glass dishes. This fused glass bowl has so much going for it. First, it’s spirt glass and it’s purple. You may not know this, but purple, pink, and red glass is made with gold, which is why purple glass is so expensive. It’s also transparent glass […]
During my visit with my sister earlier this year, she talked about her little house on a Florida river. Laurie has always liked fishing, so we talked about making her a fish related gift. Here are the pieces I made for my beautiful sister. I made enough fused glass fish […]
I love making fused glass dishes especially using different techniques. Recently I saw a picture in one of my Facebook fused glass and liked it so this first technique is based on that picture. I also sandblasted the first two and then slumped them. I love the mat appearance, such […]
I taught a second dichroic jewelry class at Festivitea this month. Here are some of the sample pendants and earrings I had available, aren’t they so gorgeous. I explained the difference between full fused (left) and tack fused (right). I provided colored, clear, black, etc. backgrounds & dichroic glass. I […]
A few months ago, I created a custom fused glass wedding invitation frame for a customer. It was beautiful and too sided. Isn’t it lovely, the back is luminescent. Last month she asked me to make another two-sided wedding invitation frame. The grey glass she chose was quite challenging, it […]
In March I gave a Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea, we had a wonderful time. Here are some of the myriad of samples I’ve made for the class. The samples included iridized, black dichroic (textured, pattern, and solid), and clear glass as well as both full and tacked […]
A month or so ago I added some fused glass to spoons. I really liked how they turned out, here they are again. I’ve been wanting to do the same with knives, they turned out great. I also have some tiny spoons which are perfect for smaller teacups, etc. Aren’t […]
Last month I made some tea dishes, and I had a class and one of my students made tiny glass dishes and it reminded me how much I love little dishes. Here is a picture of the tiny dish with my normal size dish. Additionally, the top green is 2 […]
