DESERT ROSE ART GLASS

Hummingbird and Yucca Flowers

2011-10-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

Hungry Hummingbird

2011-08-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

Small suncatcher made with old Kokomo textured and Spectrum Opal art glass. Perfect size for a kitchen window!

Hummingbird and Single Flower

2011-08-28T08:56:00.000-07:00

Just finished this small panel as a Christmas gift. Used some multi colored glass I fused in my kiln for the inner border and hand rolled Uroboros for the bird and flower/leaves.

Hummingbird with Trumpet Flowers

2011-06-21T09:08:00.001-07:00

Finished this stained glass panel for a dear friend in Michigan. Taking it with me next month and can't wait to see it hanging in her home. Made with hand rolled Urorboros, Bullseye and Youghioheny Stipple glass.

New Mosaics

2011-05-16T09:47:00.000-07:00

Just finished a mosaic marathon -- 2 small terra cotta pots and a heart shaped wall hanging. All are for sale in my Etsy Shop.

Hummingbird Heart

2011-05-01T08:20:00.000-07:00

Finished this piece just in time for Mother's Day.

New Mosaic Garden Pot

2011-04-08T10:37:00.001-07:00

Just finished this large clay pot as a gift for a friend. Can't wait to give it to her this weekend!

Pretty Little Flower

2011-02-03T08:52:00.000-08:00

New suncatcher made with fracture/streamer glass and a large blue glass nugget.

New Mosaics

2011-01-19T12:41:00.000-08:00

I spent a lot of time after the terrible tragedy of January 8th in my glass studio working on a couple of mosaic projects. For me working in glass is very therapeutic and calming; and mosaics are a wonderful stress reliever.
Have been designing and creating quite a few Hummingbird mosaics to figure out which colors look best for the birds and surrounding design. It has been enjoyable. The sweet dog leash holder is the 2nd one I've made. I'm pleased with both of my latest mosaic projects!

Chilies

2010-12-07T07:29:00.000-08:00

Finished this custom panel for a customer in Sacramento, California. Made with Bullseye, Uroboros, Wissmach hand rolled glass. Measures 24 x 20.

New Fusing Projects

2010-11-07T10:28:00.001-08:00

This is my new favorite fused glass dish. Striped glass strips cut and squared up on a clear base with 2 borders; one clear and one orange. Fused flat and then slumped into my new "funky" mold. This is a Christmas gift for a good friend ;-)

Another fun glass dish made with sparkly green glass accented with a fracture streamer strip.

Small dish made with the striped glass and with orange for the border. I love little dishes and this one turned out great!

New Dragonfly Suncatcher

2010-09-25T12:00:00.001-07:00

Just finished this large Dragonfly stained glass piece. Love the way it turned out, the wings are iridescent glass and they just sparkle! The background fracture/streamer glass is a piece I made in my kiln by using frit, noodles and confetti glass and fusing it onto a piece of clear and the lavender border glass is recycled glass from an old church in Chicago that was torn down in the mid-70's and given to me by my late Father in Law, John Kraushaar.

This piece is listed on Etsy at desertroseartglass@Etsy.com

Pretty Stained Glass Flower

2010-09-18T14:14:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite new piece of stained glass. I just love the way the handrolled glass diffuses the light in the flower petals. I used Youghiogheny for the flower, leaves and stem, Pilkington architectural glass for the background and some Kokomo blue for the border. Love the textures in this piece too!

New Wizard

2010-09-12T13:18:00.001-07:00

Here is another fun suncatcher for those fans of all things middle earth!
This suncatcher is made in copper foil method and highlighted with a cut glass jewel.

Relisted!

2010-09-11T12:59:00.000-07:00

Just relisted this pretty red heart in my Etsy store, Desert Rose Art Glass this morning. This is such a pretty piece, the red cathedral glass is a very old piece given to me by my friend in Santa Fe who used to work in stained glass in the 70's. The center piece is a glue chip bevel. I used scalloped foil on the edges and beaded the nylon coated wire hanger.

Another Suncatcher

2010-09-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

Just finished this sweet blue and yellow butterfly. It's made with premium Oceana glass and looks great hanging. I think a little flower would look so neat next to it....must make one of those soon!

New Listings

2010-09-09T12:58:00.001-07:00

I've been busy since I got home making stained glass pieces to list in my Etsy shop. These are a few of the new items and I'm making more. Christmas is coming and who wouldn't like a piece of stained glass as a gift. Always beautiful and enjoyed for years, it's a gift that will truly be appreciated.

Mosaic Pots

2010-09-09T11:51:00.000-07:00

Logan's Pot

Brendan grouting his pot

My Decorated Pot

This year Brendan, Logan and I made mosaic plant pots as our art project. They each decorated small pots for Aimee to put on the window sill above her kitchen sink. I decorated an 8" pot as a gift for my girlfriend, Ginny. No stained glass was used, just ceramic shaped tiles and glass nuggets. The boys did a great job, they are getting to be pros making mosaics and I really enjoyed spending this time with them.

Party Time!

2010-09-09T11:38:00.000-07:00

This summer we had the opportunity to celebrate all of the kids birthdays together. We never get to do this because Matthew and his family live in Florida, I live in Arizona and Aimee and her boys live in Michigan. I brought a burro Pinata back with me that I bought in Mexico years ago and the kids had a ball "whacking" at it. It was a day full of wonderful memories for me and I hope everyone else ;o)

Family Time

2010-09-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

Got to spend an afternoon with my wonderful son and his family in Brighton, Michigan over the summer. They live in Florida and were in Michigan for a couple of weeks visiting family....we had fun at the city park on a beautiful day. Check out my cutie pie grandsons!

Suncatchers

2010-09-09T09:52:00.000-07:00

I made these suncatchers for my Michigan grandson's new bedroom. They were fun to make and the boys love them hanging in the window.

Autumn Candle Holder

2010-09-09T09:46:00.001-07:00

I couldn't post these pictures until now because this piece was a gift for my dear friends Ginny and Rodger in Michigan who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this past July.

This piece is one of my favorite stained glass pieces to make and although it's time consuming and tedious at times to make the leaves, berries and pumpkins/gourds, it's so worth it! When lit with votive candles this piece really glows! It was an instant success and I know it will get lots of use during the cold Fall and Winter months.

Finished!

2010-04-14T16:02:00.001-07:00

Holding their finished birdhouses.....they both did a great job and I have them displayed on my patio!

Spring Break Fun

2010-04-14T15:55:00.000-07:00

My daughter Aimee and her boys came out west for spring break and we had a great time together. The boys always like to make something in Gram's glass studio and this year we decided a mosaic birdhouse for my patio might be fun. Here they are decorating theirs with every kind of ceramic tile and glass shapes I have in my supply.

Feeding the Giraffes

2010-04-14T15:52:00.001-07:00

Spent a day at the Reid Park Zoo and the boys got to feed the Giraffes! Biscuits and lettuce are what they like and as you can see, it's quite an experience when the long tongue comes out to grab the food!

Good shot of Logan giving the little female Giraffe her biscuit!

Mosaic Garden Bench

2010-03-27T13:48:00.000-07:00

I bought a concrete garden bench and spent this past week decorating the seat with an Iris design. Grouted it this morning and I'm in love with the way it turned out! Can't wait to move it to our front patio entryway area. Since it was a seat and would be used to sit on, I made sure all the glass is the same thickness. I used Spectrum, Gecko and Bullseye glass for the flowers and Spectrum for the leaves, background and border. Now I want to do another one!

A Couple More New Pendants

2010-03-10T14:23:00.001-08:00

These are a couple that I listed on Etsy this morning.....I'm enjoying doing some fusing lately.

Finished Pendants in Kiln

2010-03-09T14:28:00.001-08:00

I love to open my little kiln after I've fused some pieces and see how everything turned out...it's always a treat! These were fused last night, cold worked and fire polished this morning.

2010-03-09T13:00:00.001-08:00

I've taken a break from mosaics for the past couple of weeks and decided to do some fusing. So far I've made a dozen or more new dichroic pendants. I did some research and found a good firing schedule for the ripple glass that helps eliminate bubbles which has been awesome. Still working on layering small pieces of dichroic together and fusing without bubbles, but this has been harder to accomplish. More to come later, but here are a few of my favorites that I'm hoping to get listed this week.

Dichroic Ripple Hearts

2010-03-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

Made these hearts for my best friend Ginny's daughter and daughter-in-laws as gifts. I used the same piece of dichroic rainbow ripple glass for all three and love the way each one is similar but still different from each other.

New Garden Stone

2010-01-28T16:55:00.000-08:00

I loved the stained glass suncatcher so much, I had to make a garden stone for my yard with the same design and colors.

Flowering Plant Suncatcher

2010-01-23T16:03:00.001-08:00

I love to garden and have many plants in pots on our patio. We have terrible earth here, lots of rocks and sand. I saw this pattern in an Ed Sibbett book and was anxious to make it out of stained glass. I made this piece with Bullseye and Uroboros hand rolled glass. It really makes stunning stained glass pieces. This piece will be hanging in a good friends home as soon as I get it packed up and shipped.

Valentine Hearts

2010-01-23T15:54:00.001-08:00

I've been enjoying working on some stained glass projects for the last few days. It's been a nice break from mosaics. I made these 2 hearts -- one is small 4"x4" and the red one is larger 7"x7". It's been fun to experiment with different glass and adding just one bevel to each heart really seems to accent these pieces.

Autumn Foliage Candle Holder

2009-11-24T08:58:00.001-08:00

My favorite stained glass candle holder. I made this a few years ago and it sits on my coffee table year round. Measuring 15" in length, it holds 3 votive candles and just glows when they are lit.
I've only made 3 of these, the leaves and berries are a lot of work and time consuming but so worth the effort.

Christmas candle holder

2009-11-24T08:47:00.000-08:00

I made this sweet candle holder using four pieces of glass I fused in my kiln. I added some beautiful clear mottled glass, red glass nuggets and green glass jewels as accents. Measuring 8" x 3" this piece is the perfect size to hold tealights or votives. It has a mirror base that adds to the reflective value when candles are lit!

Christmas Bevels

2009-11-24T08:41:00.000-08:00

I just love these precut Christmas bevels that come in many different designs. Just add some of your own glass for accents and Viola! you've created a beautiful gift! Many of these that I've made over the years hang in people's windows year round...so beautiful when the sun streams through them and creates a prism!
If you're interested in one of these, send me a note!

Sold!

2009-10-18T09:50:00.000-07:00

Sold these on Etsy yesterday...just listed the earrings the day before, first sale in a long time!

Pocket Mirrors

2009-10-15T16:05:00.001-07:00

Finally fusing again, started with these super cute cosmetic/lipstick pocket mirrors, perfect for carrying in a purse. The small sewn cloth holders to protect the mirrors when not in use from scratches, etc. The mirror is glued onto the fused glass base and has been foiled and soldered with lead free solder, making these mirrors safe to handle!
These can be found for sale in my Etsy store.

Halloween Fun!

2009-09-27T12:34:00.000-07:00

All four of my darling grandsons wearing their Halloween costumes that I made for them this year. Can't even express how much fun it was making these outfits for them. So great that they are a hit will all of them.
Brendan likes his Plains Indian outfit so much he's planning on wearing it on Thanksgiving Day too LOL!
Sweet Isaac slept in his Superman costume last night....good luck getting him back in pj's Melissa!

Super Hero Halloween costumes

2009-09-25T19:24:00.001-07:00

Finished and sent out to the boys already! They turned out so cute and I'm looking forward to seeing them on the boys....Can't see too well in the pictures, but the symbols are made with sequined fabric so they sparkle! How fun for Halloween or any time they want to play super hero!

Ginny and Me

2009-09-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

Me and my best friend Ginny with the stained glass panel I made for her. We reconnected this summer after 20 years. We were joined at the hip when our kids were babies and we were both pregnant all those years ago. It was like all those years never happened, we are joined at the hip again. A fun and remarkable time we shared this summer.

Renaissance Fair

2009-09-14T09:17:00.001-07:00

Fun pictures from the Michigan Renaissance Fair!

Summer Pictures

2009-09-14T09:14:00.001-07:00

The boys really enjoyed decorating their birdhouses and love their costumes! Couldn't get Brendan to smile the day I was taking pictures, what a tease LOL!

Summer of 2009

2009-09-14T09:03:00.000-07:00

I spent this past summer (or most of it) in Michigan with Aimee and her boys. Aimee went back to work full-time and I stayed with the boys. It was at times wonderful and at other times very trying. All in all, it was a wonderful experience for the 3 of us. We visited the Detroit Zoo and the Renaissance Festival. Most days they rode their bikes or we walked to downtown Northville and visited the library or went for ice cream. I made them each a Halloween costume,which was a hit. I also kept them busy with art projects, they each painted 2 birdhouses (one for Mom and one for Dad), we made paper plate masks and they did lots of drawing, coloring and painting.

Hummingbirds

2009-06-10T10:26:00.000-07:00

Took a break in between mosaic projects and made these two hummingbird suncatchers. One is a gift for a friend and the other will go in my Etsy store.

Small Mosaic Circle

2009-06-10T08:52:00.000-07:00

This was a fun and quick project. Broken china focal piece with ceramic tile surrounding it. Measures 6 1/2 inches across, a perfect piece for a small spot on a wall that needs a little something extra.

Mosaic Dog Leash Holder

2009-06-09T17:42:00.001-07:00

Grouted yesterday and cleaned up today. It should be a fun gift for my sis with 3 dogs LOL!

Grouted!

2009-06-05T16:53:00.000-07:00

Grouted today and I'm glad that's done LOL! Always such a mess, I think it's the worst part of mosaics. Anyway, included a close up shot of the center area with the dichroic cabs I fused for the flower centers. Makes this piece fun.

WIP - Dog Leash Holder

2009-06-04T17:30:00.000-07:00

Fell in love with this MDF base shaped like a bone. I spent today on it and only have the border edging glass left to cut and glue on. The hooks are removed until after grouting. The paws were made by a talented clay artist on Etsy as was the base.

WIP Large Flower Panel

2009-06-04T17:28:00.000-07:00

Ready to grout -- this project has consumed 2 weeks of my time already...I thought I'd have it finished last weekend --Ha!
Hope to grout tomorrow.

Grouted

2009-06-03T08:32:00.000-07:00

I finally got this one grouted. Hmm, what to plant in it....something that won't cover the all of design and work I put into it.

A Few Fused Dishes

2009-05-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted anything in a long time!

Small dishes are a fun way to try new designs and techniques. These dishes are small (5"x5") and a nice size for displaying or using to collect "things" in.

The first one has dichroic accents on an iridescent blue base and black wavy noodles. The two woven dishes are made on a clear base with iridescent glass on the top layer of the weave.

Mag Not Mosaic Piece

2009-04-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

Finished this yesterday -- all of the exchange pieces incorporated into a small mosaic wall hanging for my studio. What better way to admire my fellow CGGE artists work and get inspired? I love the way it turned out!

New Garden Pots

2009-04-18T13:40:00.000-07:00

Just finished these yesterday. The one on the left is for my Mom for Mother's Day, she's been hinting for a mosaic garden pot for a while now LOL ;o)
Hope she likes this one.

They are both made with broken china pieces and ceramic tiles. I love the ceramic flower accents on the blue and yellow pot!

Woodland Cottage

2009-04-18T13:00:00.001-07:00

Grouted finally!
This one is really unique -- two colors of grout and glass nuggets, very fun ;o)

New Dichroic Necklace

2009-04-05T13:48:00.000-07:00

Made this necklace this week, it's been a week of beading for some reason. Incorporated four gorgeous dichroic lamp worked beads made by Dee Howl of New Mexico.
Thinking about listing this one on Etsy this week. Still working on 2 other new beaded necklaces.

3 Strand Dichroic Necklace

2009-04-05T13:39:00.000-07:00

Latest beaded dichroic necklace listed on Etsy. Love the blues and greens in this one!

Mag-Nots

2009-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:00

These are what I've been working on lately. Some of us CGGE artists are having an exchange of small originals the size of magnets without the magnet, therefore we're calling them magnots or magless. Each one had to be no larger than 2"x2" and an original design. Thankfully we only had to make 15 -- this is the first time we've had this challenge/exchange. It was a fun project and I'm excited to see them all.

Zuni Bear

2009-02-10T07:44:00.000-08:00

I'm always looking for odd pieces of wood to mosaic and found this small piece in our garage (Jim never throws anything away LOL). Didn't know what design to make but saw a tile with a Zuni Bear fetish on it and went for it.
Not so sure about the grout color, but it is what it is at this point.

Butterflies in a Garden

2009-01-31T12:29:00.001-08:00

Grouted yesterday. It turned out really nice, may have to put this one in my yard ;)

Garden Stone

2009-01-29T16:05:00.000-08:00

We have a lizard that resides in our yard all summer long and I thought it would be fun to make a garden stone with a likeness of him sunning himself on our garden wall.

Mosaic China Hearts

2009-01-29T15:49:00.000-08:00

Side by side:

Another side by side angle:

Blue China heart:

This heart is made with different blue china pieces, glass and pottery heart focals.

Lavender/Blue China Heart:

Although it looks blue the glass used in this piece is lavender/blue and the little flowers in the china pieces are lavender.

My Entry

2009-01-15T10:16:00.001-08:00

"Open My Heart Each New Day" is my entry in the CGGE's January Challenge of New Years Resolutions and New Beginnings. You can vote for your favorite challenge piece at:

http://cggechallenge.blogspot.com/

Sunflower Mosaic Garden Stone

2009-01-15T10:10:00.000-08:00

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

2009-01-03T16:14:00.000-08:00

My latest sweet little hummingbird suncatcher made with textured streaky cathedral glass and waterglass for the flower and leaves. Stem is soldered twisted wire.

Christmas Ornaments From My Kiln

2008-12-16T09:52:00.000-08:00

Christmas Bevels

2008-12-16T09:48:00.000-08:00

New Swirl Pendants

2008-12-16T09:33:00.001-08:00

More Etsy Listings

2008-09-18T19:30:00.002-07:00

I've been busy taking photos of my pieces and trying to list something in my Etsy shop every day. It's work to write the descriptions, take the pictures and all the other tasks that go along with selling on-line. These are my latest Dichroic necklace and pendant listings. I'll be listing more new goodies this week.
The holidays are coming, so check out my Etsy shop when looking for a one-of-a-kind handmade glass art gift for someone special!

Challenge Entry

2008-09-18T19:30:00.001-07:00

This is my entry for the CGGE's September Challenge -- "Fall Colors".
Voting is open to everyone. Just get on the CGGE Challenge Blogspot.com site for the directions. It should be a lot easier this time. Voting will be from Midnight 9/25 through Midnight 9/28. Check out our beautiful entries and please vote for your favorite!

Final Entry in the CGGE August Challenge

2008-08-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

My third and final entry in the challenge. Voting starts tonight at midnight and ends Tuesday night at midnight.
You can vote for one of my entries at:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/cggechallenge/

Thanks!

Snowmen!

2008-08-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

These were a special order from my daughter's BGF.
I just love these snowmen Christmas tree ornaments!

New Panel

2008-08-12T08:26:00.000-07:00

Started a new panel last week. This one will be lead and I'm making it in a refresher class at my favorite glass shop.

I made the center focal piece by fusing two pieces of glass together. It incorporates all the colors in the panel.

Only have the border left to cut out. We start the leading process this Thursday.

Creative Glass Guild of Etsy August Challenge

2008-08-07T12:46:00.001-07:00

"Butterfly on a Summer Flower"

"Summer in the Desert"

My on-line guild is having a contest for the month of August. The theme is Summer and we are each allowed to enter 3 pieces. So far I've entered these two pieces. The contest runs until August 25th at which time there will be a limited amount of time to vote for your favorite.

You can check out all the entries at:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/cggechallenge/

I'll be back with more information on the voting a little later in the month.

Three Angel Ornaments

2008-07-27T17:05:00.000-07:00

Three of my favorite angels so far. No room for kid's names, but these would be nice for Moms and Grandmothers. They measure 4" x 3 1/4", the perfect size for an ornament.

Coffee Anyone?

2008-07-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

Found this stained glass pattern and thought it would make a cute gift for one of my CGGE friends. She always has our coffee, tea and chai ready for our forum chats. I decided to fuse it instead of making it out of copper foil. As always I learned a lot on this first fuse. It was fun!

Fun fused Angels

2008-07-21T10:46:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to think about the upcoming holidays and a show I'm going to be in. I think these sweet angels will sell quickly. I'm hoping to make a couple of dozen, all different and some smaller that can be used as tree ornaments.

Butterfly Garden Panel

2008-07-17T12:43:00.000-07:00

This one was fun to make. I used some of the glass bicycle reflectors for the flower centers and they add a wee bit of dimension to this one. I've been trying to make smaller panels to sell on Etsy, it makes the packaging and shipping so much easier.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

2008-07-12T14:31:00.000-07:00

Finished this small suncatcher yesterday. I seem to be stuck on birds lately, I love the way this one turned out.

New Stained Glass Pieces

2008-07-01T13:23:00.000-07:00

Notice the fused cabachon centerpiece in the flower. It gives this piece a lot of pizazz!

I made these over the weekend. I listed them on Etsy today.
It was a nice change from working with mosaics.

Dichroic Glass Necklace

2008-06-17T07:54:00.000-07:00

Smokey Lady, one of my fellow Creative Glass Guild of Etsy team members purchased two of my dichroic pendants to use with her handmade beads for necklaces. Her Etsy store is: SmokeyLady54.Etsy.com

The first necklace she made and listed on Etsy for sale was made with a ming green dichroic glass on a wispy clear/white base with a clear cap. She matched the pendant beautifully with her own beads.

I'm so honored by her choice to use my work in her beautiful jewelry creations!

Jellyfish Garden Stained Glass Panel

2008-06-02T13:46:00.000-07:00

I received this picture from Sonnee, a member of my on-line Glass Guild who bought the Jellyfish Garden panel.
She sent me a picture of it hanging in her Florida home.
It looks great with the Palm behind it.

Another Birdhouse

2008-05-25T12:51:00.000-07:00

It seems I've been making mosaics only lately. I made this birdhouse using a random cut swirl pattern with iridescent purple and white glass. I wanted something different as an example for the class I'm going to teach this summer.
It turned out very different from the others, it has some sparkle!

Hummingbird Garden Stepping Stone

2008-05-23T09:28:00.000-07:00

It's grouted at last!
I'm very happy with the way it turned out, the dark grout makes all the colors just POP.

New Desert Garden Birdhouse

2008-05-23T09:20:00.000-07:00

I've been busy grouting and finished this new birdhouse. I used Plum colored grout and it didn't turn out as I hoped. The plum is darker than I thought it would be and the pink flowers on the front of the birdhouse don't pop out as much as I'd like.
Live and learn :)

Finished at Last

2008-04-23T11:35:00.000-07:00

I grouted the garden stone early this morning while it was still cool outside. I'm really pleased that the grout color matches the stone color so well.
I know it's going to look great in Mom's new flower garden.

Flowering Amaryllis Bulbs

2008-04-20T12:02:00.000-07:00

This post isn't glass related, but I just have to share my Amaryllis bulbs from Christmas's past.
These bulbs were gifts in 2006 and 2007 and are now in full bloom in their pots.
They are so beautiful!!

Garden Series Mosaic Birdhouses

2008-04-18T17:11:00.001-07:00

After making a mosaic birdhouse for Karen with Brendan and Logan, I really wanted to make a few more. I call these my garden series birdhouses. I've already made two and sold one! They are a lot of work but I love the way they turn out.

I loved making these, they were fun and challenging.

Howling Coyote Panel

2008-04-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

A fun fused glass panel of a coyote howling at the full moon. I made this last fall and it's hanging in my studio window.

Jellyfish Garden Stained Glass Panel

2008-04-03T08:39:00.000-07:00

We've all heard of the Octopus's garden that the Beatles made famous. Well, just next store live the Jellyfish! This is a fun whimsical stained glass panel made with geode slices for the Jellyfish bodies and a fused glass piece as a sea anemone! I've added some sea shells on the ocean floor to give this panel a 3D effect.

Studio Window

2008-04-03T08:34:00.000-07:00

A shot of the window in my studio from this morning. I just finished the Jellyfish Garden panel and hung it in the window to take photos. I love spending time in this room and creating glass art to my heart's content :)

Fused Glass Garden Stakes

2008-03-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

These are some of the garden stakes I've been making with wrought iron stakes and fused glass pieces. These are great in a garden or in a large pot on a patio as an art accent.
So much fun to make, each one is different and an original design made up as I go along!
These make great gifts, I sold all but four of these at the trunk show in December :)

Heart Wall Piece

2008-03-31T08:57:00.001-07:00

I made this wall hanging for a Creative Glass Guild of Etsy challenge using recycled material to create a new piece of glass art. This is made from older glass heart pendants that weren't turned into pendants. The red glass at the top and bottom is scrap glass, the side accents are wavy noodles and the hanging material is beaded with tiny red hearts for accent.
I love to recycle!

Mosaic Birdhouse

2008-03-30T08:02:00.000-07:00

My first attempt at a mosaic birdhouse! I made this with Brendan and Logan for their Grandma Amin when they were here this month. We had so much fun making this project together.
I want one too!

Happy Customer!

2008-03-25T12:49:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd share a picture of one of my best customers wearing the new heart necklace she purchased from my Etsy store last week.

Looks beautiful, Melissa!

Sold!

2008-03-15T09:46:00.001-07:00

Sold this dichroic pendant and beaded necklace this morning to my daughter-in-law's sister, Kim. Thank you Kim!

Latest Stained Glass Piece

2008-03-14T17:35:00.000-07:00

This panel is made with hand rolled glass with Geode slices for accent. I sold this piece the first week it was listed on my Etsy site. When my customer received it, it had a crack across the Saguaro! We are now in the process of waiting for the USPS to approve our damage claim so she can send it back to me for repair. All the stained glass panels I've shipped as gifts and the first one I sell gets damaged in transit. Thank goodness for Insurance!

Pendants and More!

2008-03-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

This is a fused glass heart that I made into a necklace. It's strung with Garnet and gold filled beads and finished with a gold filled toggle clasp. The heart is fused with 23K gold leaf.

These a two of my latest, "Bubble Pendants".

A Dichroic fused glass heart. This sold in a couple of hours after I listed it on my Etsy site.

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Fun fused glass "Ghost" earrings and pendant. These were very popular for Halloween. A special "thanks" to my step-daugher, Lisa for promoting these to her co-workers!

Dichroic pendant beaded with glass beads and finished with a Sterling Silver toggle clasp. Sold.

A few of my favorites

2008-03-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

Stained glass panel made with hand rolled glass.

I just finished these windows in November 07. Lots of little pieces for the grapes, but well worth the effort. This are installed over our wine cooler/dry bar area in our nook.

One of my favorite commission pieces. Made as a gift for my sister's in-laws for Christmas a couple of years ago. Picture is of it hanging in their home in Virginia.

This table top was my first glass on glass mosaic project. It now sits on a wrought iron base on our patio.

The "Morning Singer" Native American Kachina fused accent piece.