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Getting Ready for Beckwith Ranch Gift Shoppe

Getting Ready for Beckwith Ranch Gift Shoppe

I have my 1st Art show of the year on 3 June in Westcliffe. I’m excited it’s my first event outside of Colorado Springs ever. I’m doing a craft show at the Beckwith Ranch in Westcliffe. I’m also going to have some of my glass at their Gift shop which […]

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Fused Glass, Home Decor

Fused Glass Flower Canvases and Screenprint

Fused Glass Flower Canvases and Screenprint

A couple months ago I created fused glass signs with flowers I call them my flower canvases, if you don’t remember here, they are again. I went a little nuts and made several more fused glass flower canvases. Here are a few of them before I used them. What should […]

by × May 17, 2023 × 0 comments

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Custom Presents for my Cousin

Custom Presents for my Cousin

My cousin is a talented quilter. Here are a few of her quilt blocks and the last one is an actual quilt. My aunts and grandmother use to make quilts. Quilting an amazing art form that I believe is special and beautiful and I wanted a one of her quilts […]

by × May 13, 2023 × 0 comments

Art, Fused Glass, Home Decor

Fused Glass Flower Displays

Fused Glass Flower Displays

Recently I made several fused glass flower magnets and art pieces for Mother’s Day and for shops that showcase my fused glass art. They are beautiful the way they are, but they can be displayed in various ways. The fused glass vases can be added to frames with washi paper […]

by × May 5, 2023 × 0 comments

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New Fused Glass Dishes

New Fused Glass Dishes

Several months ago, I made a few fused glass dishes for the house in Westcliffe. I made these beautiful amber dishes. They are rectangular and perfect for dinner and breakfast. The key is not to put them in the microwave. I love my amber dishes, but I didn’t make enough. […]

by × April 27, 2023 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Salt and Pepper Bowls

Fused Glass Salt and Pepper Bowls

Last time we went to Westcliffe we picked up some salt and pepper from the Amish Deli. The cool thing about the salt and pepper is it comes in plastic bowls. So, I decided to buy wooden salt and pepper bowls with lids and of course I decided to put […]

by × April 19, 2023 × 0 comments

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Screen-printed Bags

Screen-printed Bags

I’m not sure how your state is but in Colorado you either have two pay for bags (10 cents) or buy some reusable bags. BTW next year stores won’t have the plastic bags available – so we have a year to remember our bags because of course I forget the […]

by × April 19, 2023 × 0 comments

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Pressed Fused Glass Flowers

Pressed Fused Glass Flowers

I love pressed Fused Glass and I have pressed glass several times. I’ve also made small flowers with the pressed fused glass. They are versatile and fun. Here are a couple I’ve made previously; I slumped them and as you can see these are all magnets. I watched a video […]

by × April 18, 2023 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Flower for Mother’s Day

Fused Glass Flower for Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day coming up I thought I’d make some Fused Glass Flowers for Mother’s Day. There are so many options for these flowers. First are small pieces that can be magnets or pendants. I also made some bigger ones the first row has a clear base. The second row […]

by × March 27, 2023 × 0 comments

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New Slumped Fused Glass Dishes

New Slumped Fused Glass Dishes

I love creating fused glass dishes, whether for art or as functional pieces. I just finished slumping several new dishes. Here are just a few of them. There are myriad of techniques and they are in various sizes. This first set is pieces of clear and blue fused together then […]

by × March 25, 2023 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Home Decor, Recycled Bottles

Bottle Vases

Bottle Vases

I’ve been making a lot of fused glass stirrers and flower stakes lately. I normally keep them in a bottle vase, but I’ve made so many I’ve ran out of bottle vases, so I’ve decided to make some bottle glass vases more. These first two bottles have texture so I […]

by × March 22, 2023 × 0 comments

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Fused glass – Drop Vases Mistakes

Fused glass – Drop Vases Mistakes

A couple of months ago I finished up some of my fused glass drop vases. Here are the pictures of them and the majority of them turned out beautifully. However, there were a couple that didn’t turn out well. The first picture shows how I separated it, the how uneven […]

by × March 15, 2023 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Cane

Fused Glass Cane

I pull vitrigraph and cane pretty regularly, but I’m not an expert at creating fancy cane / murrine. So, when one of my good friends was selling cane, I decided to buy some of her COE 96 cane. They remind me of the old fashion stick candy, so colorful. It’s […]

by × March 11, 2023 × 0 comments

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Wissmach Glass Pebbles and Squares

Wissmach Glass Pebbles and Squares

Last month I wrote about some of the fused glass pieces (below are just some of the dishes) I made with Wissmach Prisma Glass, Reactive Blue Oster Pearl and Oster Pearl Reactive Blue. Such a beautiful glass. I loved this glass so much I decided to make pebbles and squares […]

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