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Made Another Christmas Gift!

18 years ago

Yup, seem to be stuck on flying critters!!!lol! This is for an 11yr old Girl named Blixa.






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  • 18 years ago

    Stunning! where'd ya get the bod?

  • 18 years ago

    I just found it laying around in one -o-my boxes, can't even remember buying it!!! lol! Was going to put a crystal hanging down or legs but am waaay behind on stuff and still have to make a jewelery box for DD before she gets home, IN 4 hrs!!! Good thing it's 1/2way cut out! And if I really push it, I wanna get her TP Tower done too! LOL! As long as I don't go near food(wah!) I'm okay with this flu bug! Wish me luck!

  • 18 years ago

    Well that's gorgeous. She should love it, at least I do.
    And I learned something from it. I made a dragon with a metal body several years ago, and I had a heck of a time making it hang correctly. I never thought to put hooks on the wings, what a great idea! So thank you:)

  • 18 years ago

    Can I PLEASE be on your Christmas list?

  • 18 years ago

    Wow! LOVE THAT!!!
    Blixa?.........really.....Love what parents come up with!
    My name was so common growing up.......now I never see another person with it. It was a fad name.

    You are kicking butt!!!
    Your new Art room is so inspiring you big time!!!!

    Hazie

  • 18 years ago

    Here is a jewelery box DD and I started, like 2 yrs ago and never finished, so I finished it! Hope she still likes it.





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  • 18 years ago

    Those are awesome, Janie! Man... I can't get over how you whip them out! And so beautifully!!! I'm sure that they are thrilled with those gifts!

  • 18 years ago

    Janie all of your things are beautiful!!! WOW WOW WOW And you still are not feeling well<: hope you still are having a good day.>This stained glass is calling to me. WOW!! Have to learn how to do this!!

    Chris

  • 18 years ago

    Jane, those are just gorgeous!!! Is the butterfly done with lead? I'll bet it was a bugger getting those wings on that body!!! I absolutely love it. I would love to make some of these. Your color choices where wonderful. You are on such a role. I love all the stuff your making these days!!!

  • 18 years ago

    Chickee; I use hobby came around everything as a finishing touch, it's kinda asignature mark for me, I just like the thick even look of the outside that way. It's a lead body that are sold in a pkg. I am getting better at attaching the body and wings these days and like doing 3d stuff. DS is home and a friend gave me a 1000 pc puzzle to do with him! So my craft table is cleared off and we are giving it the ol' college try! 1000pcs!!! DS loves doing puzzles, I basically find border pcs and try to sort stuff, could care less except hangin' w/DS!!! This is a bulldog puzzle so we are gonna finish it and hang it on the wall...in the ART ROOM!!!

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful pieces Jane!!

    Enjoy your time with DS!!

    Maria

  • 18 years ago

    BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. You are on overload, and are so multi-talented. How many days left to Mexico fun?

  • 18 years ago

    Incredible...really stunning! Beautiful job!

  • 18 years ago

    Your butterfly is gorgeous!

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful,I'll never learn to cut like you do.Beautiful creations!

  • 18 years ago

    Wow... that water lily is amazing. I cannot wait to learn to solder and foil... ah breathtaking

  • 18 years ago

    CJ- This is amazing; is this little talent you have easily acquired? I like the idea of creating little works of art like this, and yours are lovely! Is that a good reference book you show in that first pic with the jewelry box?

  • 18 years ago

    Wow, Wow, Wow!!! Just beautiful! I have a whole new appreciation of stained glass pieces since starting my class. What beautiful work, Janie. Wow. Just love it.

  • 18 years ago

    OH i love them both, But the fairy i love the best, seening i collect fairy's.

  • 18 years ago

    I am green with envy on your soldering girlee! I'm still working on getting that down. My teacher says that is the hardest for the student to get.

    Your gifts are beautiful.

    You're my hero!

  • 18 years ago

    Jane - I keep coming back to this and admiring your work. Hope you don't mind a few questions from a stained glass newbie?

    On the butterfly - is the hobby came just on the outside of it, or are all the pieces wrapped in hobby came? Your work is so NEAT!!!

    Can I ask you what size the hobby came is, and where you get it? My instructor mentioned hobby came, also, but I've done searches on all the suppliers in my "faves" and haven't had any hits.

    TIA!!

  • 18 years ago

    I found one lonely item on eBay, but don't know if this is a decent price, cuz don't know ANYTHING about SG yet...

    Hobby Came on eBay

  • 18 years ago

    Oh, (not that I'm getting into SG) but isn't this what they call the "H channel"? Looks easier than anything I've seen demonstrated.

  • 18 years ago

    This was already near the bottom of the page, so I'm bumping it so Jane will see my questions above? Thanks, Jane!!!!

  • 18 years ago

    Da-hanng janie! Glad this was bumped up so I could see it!

  • 18 years ago

    I am using the stuff Mary posted, I bought a box of it, it was yrs ago and was like $75/box. I only use it on the outside, it is U shaped not H. I like to use it to harden the outside of panels too, I solder it onto the copper foil around the edges and so it makes it super strong. I bought it off a guy who had his own shop and sold really nice small pcs that he dipped in his own electroplating system.He was mass producing little window things, but I can't seem to make more than a few of the same thing and move on. Now you can get those kinds of things at the dollar stores, made in china, for nuthing! In china and elsewhere they have robots that solder lamps etc and sell for very reasonable.

  • 18 years ago

    My eyes are cross-eyed from lack of sleep...but this sure straightened them out! Beautiful....just beautiful!!!

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks, Janie.

  • 18 years ago

    hey jane-
    I got that book off 1/2.com...thanks for showing it! I'll be brwsing through it at lunchtime in a couple minutes (yeah, I AM still on the clock...bwahahahah)

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