Wow it has been a long time since I have written in my blog. Sorry! It was a busy spring. I made nearly 100 I love you suncatchers for the WV Deaf and Blind school here in Romney. They sold them as a senior class fundraiser. I went to the school and did a demonstration one afternoon for them. They were amazed at how long it took to make one; They kept asking isnt there an easier way? I got a chuckle out of that!

In May I had to start packing my studio for my move. I got everything moved out in about three days. Then came the hard part....unpacking and organizing. Well now I am all moved and set up. I am VERY excited to be in the big downtown Romney. I have had more visitors in one week than I had in two years at my old studio. I believe this was a great move.

Now that I am in my new shop with about three times more room I am feeling I need to create more work to fill up the space. Over the weekend I created this little suncatcher. I was going for creating four seasonal suncatchers to go with the snowflake but this one turned out to be more celestial than seasonal, oh well!

I am now off to teach at the 4-H camp. I will write sooner than the next six months!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all. I know I am only twenty days late in wishing everyone a happy new year but after yesterdays inauguration, it is a new year. Although some may not be too happy about it; It is historic.This entry has nothing to do with the new year or the inauguration. I had been waiting on a photo from a friend on a collaborative creation, well I am still waiting.

So while I wait I decided to post the snowflake I made. Since it is January and it is cold and there is snow! A few weeks ago I was doing inventory in my studio and I pulled out this sheet of glass to cut up to sell. Well as I went to break my score mark, I'm not 100% sure what happened but I dropped it.....on the top of my foot (which still hurts). Now I cannot sell these one hundred small pieces that I just created, what now?

I love the glass. It is clear with a very textured swirl in it. It almost sparkles. Ok, perfect for snowflakes! Yesterday I finally sat down, drew up my snowflake pattern, and made one. The soldering isnt typical of soldering one ususally sees in stained glass. It is created by taking a wet sponge and pressing it into the hot solder, giving a great texture, which I found to compliment the glass and the snowflake in general. I envision many of these, different sizes, hanging from a ceiling. One down many to go!