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New Goodies :-)

18 years ago

Haven't posted my latest projects for a few weeks. Work after the holiday break was a madhouse but my sanity was saved by playing our favorite - glass :-)

I found this little center piece at my local stained glass shop and built the rest of the panel around it.

This was made using the scraps from the above panel. I loved the rippled glass and couldn't throw it in the scrap pile!

My granddaughter is in love with Elmo (what baby isn't? lol) so yesterday I drew this using the GlassEye program. He needs a good cleaning/polishing. I think I'll use silicone to attach the pupils of his eyes unless anyone else has a better suggestion (???).

{{!gwi}}

And here sits my lonely "TBM" pile, waiting for inspiration to hit! I found the tissue cover and the amber glass light globe at the thrift store, the cow, pig and bunnies from graveyardmall.com, and the little wooden birdhouse that's peaking out at Hobby Lobby. Please pray for inspiration soon! lol

Comments (25)

  • 18 years ago

    Love all you glass projects...especially the secoond one...they are beautiful..

  • 18 years ago

    Wow, you've been very busy, I'm impressed!
    I can't decide which thing I like the best, they're all "stand on their own" post worthy.

    My son has been here the last few days, and he's making a box from bevels (I think it's great, he's just got me giving him advice, he's never taken a class, although I taught him a bit a while ago) so I'll be showing him these when he gets out of the shower.

    Really nice! And good luck with the TBMs, I have a feeling you don't really need it though, we'll be seeing something yummy from them soon;)

  • 18 years ago

    I LUV!!! your first project pix.
    Bright green/orange/gold/red makes my crazy ;)

  • 18 years ago

    Hey! Great stuff!!! I LOVE that center pc! And Elmo will look great with his eyes on!lol! Here I am struggling all morning with the background on this salmon pc and you are rolling along with multiple things!!! I'm so frustrated I had to walk away! Your 2nd pc is really inventive! That yellow is awesome!

  • 18 years ago

    Those are gorgeous! You stained glass ladies really blow me away.

  • 18 years ago

    Nice work! I have to agree that the second is my favourite too!! I can't throw things out either. Join the club!

  • 18 years ago

    Elmo is so cute ! I think we all have our piles of TBM stuff !

  • 18 years ago

    They're all nice, but dang, that second "scrap piece" really catches my eye! I love that ripple glass.

  • 18 years ago

    Really great projects!!! I agree with bama, that second one is really sweet. I also liked looking at the "goodies" that you have found to work on later. Hope to see pics of all that too!

  • 18 years ago

    WOW! LOVE that ripple glass!! So inventive and AMAZING!
    I'm kind of partial to the first one...how cool to take one little piece and build a whole work of art around it!Your goodies look interesting and now I have to go see what this graveyardmall.com is all about!

  • 18 years ago

    Love those stained glass pieces. Wish I could do it.
    Bianchi

  • 18 years ago

    LOVE that wavy glass, if I can ask a stupid question - how do you foil that? my limited (very) experience now has me going - uh??? lol is it tricky to deal with?

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks for all your sweet, supportive comments :-)

    Nice - the wavy glass wasn't any different from foiling than regular flat glass with the exception that I had to smoosh the foil down a bit in between the ripples. Got an owie on my thumb from that :-)

    I lurve the little sun bursty swirly thing in the middle of the first piece. It cost me a small fortune but it was one of those things that whispered "bring me home" gg :-)

    The scrap suncatcher thingie was fun, too! I learned that I could cut a bevel in half (which I'd never tried before). DH kept trying to figure out what it was. Who knew that he was outside his comfort zone when I couldn't put a name on it and just said something pretty. lol He decided it's a house! mmmmm-okay!

    So, should I use silicone to adhere poor Elmo's pupils or wrap them in foil and solder them on?

  • 18 years ago

    I would use silicone. Poor blind Elmo.....

  • 18 years ago

    Those are great. Nice use of scrap glass!! You did a nice job on elmo, too!! They all look wonderful!

    Maria

  • 18 years ago

    Oh, LOVE those glass pieces, and the ripple adds such interest. Beautiful work.

  • 18 years ago

    Good job on everything! I never even noticed poor Elmo was blind. I really like the suncatcher thingy, great use of scrap glass for sure!

  • 18 years ago

    icheer, your pieces are gorgeous! And look at that soldering - whew, that's perfect!

    I have been wanting to make some glass panels like your first one. I have several pieces of textured glass that is just waiting for me.

  • 18 years ago

    I love your projects and I can't wait to see what you do with your "goodies"!

    Barb

  • 18 years ago

    I love your projects especially the scrap piece.

  • 18 years ago

    Those are all so pretty .

  • 18 years ago

    Just a thought, but you could even paint his eyes if you can't decide on the other two options.

  • 18 years ago

    I love your glass, Elmo is great, but I especially love the first two projects. Well done!

  • 18 years ago

    Oh wow! You are so creative. I love how you take all those different types of glass and put them together so each is enhanced. What did you cut your bevel with? Been wanting to do that but was afraid it would chip or shatter with just a glass cutter.

  • 18 years ago

    Elmo got a small crack :-( I made the mistake of laying him on my lightbox after cleaning him and the kitty cat jumped on the lightbox (love that warmth!) and cracked him :-( Oh well, since it's my granddaughters kitty cat, she should understand!

    The bevel was cut using a conventional glass cutter but I was unable to break it by hand and had to use my running pliers - firmly!

    Thanks for all your sweet comments. I'm just peeking in from work for a quick glass fix :-) Hope the rest of your day is great!

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