Designs from the Heart

2009-06-15T14:41:00.003-04:00

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

2009-01-21T12:10:00.003-05:00

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!

Happy Holidays to all...

2008-12-23T14:12:00.002-05:00

Finally, my Christmas rush is over and I get to post my first blog on my newly designed website! It was a busy month for me which is a very good thing. I had a commission piece to create and I wanted to share that with you. There is a touching story behind the design. My customers father passed away and on the day he passed there was a monarch butterfly at the window as if trying to get into the house. As soon as he passed the butterfly also disappeared!

Happy Holidays Everyone! I'll be back to post more in the new year.