All Blog Posts Tagged 'glass' (8)

Okay, here’s the tutorial on glass etching that I promised to show everyone. I was about to finally put it up a little bit ago but then there was a problem uploading photos so I figured I’d wait till it was fixed. Diane suggested etching the flower pattern that I give people on my glass etching site. I did etch it but it’s a little more advanced pattern used for sandcarving so I decided to show a simpler etching. Yes it is very basic but you can do a lot of interesting and personal things with t… Continue

"Tag You're It" is Week Twenty Five of My Creative Challenge Well I'm back on track and this week has three entries for all of you to take a look at. I love working on this line a lot. It is fun to come up with different images that can fit into this set limited space. I want the fretwork to be de… Continue

These are just some basic etched glass mugs that I have done with some of the equipment that I use. If your interested about how to do it let me know. Everyone let me know soon about what a cool idea for me to etch would be. Anything would be cool. I'll do it on scrap glass for the example. Continue

I'm "Entangled" in Week Twenty Four of My Weekly Creative Challenge Well I thank everyone for letting me take a break to get ready for this past week's 3 Day Art Crawl in Webster Groves, MO. The show went Great and I was very pleased with al the feedback I received on my new pieces. Iworked on ten… Continue

Nature's Answer to Week Twenty Three of My Weekly Creative Challenge ! Working on new pieces is always fun. I wanted to get back to basics and I choose to go back to my love of nature. This piece was fun because of of the little wire wrapped pieces (Woooooooooo). Many of my drawings that I have w… Continue

A little about my crafting: I've been painting as a hobby since '02, and more recently got into jewelry making, stained glass work and scrap booking just about 2 years ago. I enjoy painting landscapes, animals, flowers, and colorful abstracts in acrylic and watercolor. Nature inspires me and I like to get outside, takes some pics. and then use them as studies. I've taken art classes in high school but am pretty much self taught. I consider myself a beginning beader. I like to make earrings and… Continue

As a full time sea glass artisan and life long sea glass collector, I wanted to share the hunt with others. I recently created the site “The North East Sea Glass Society”. Our group is made of New Englanders who have discovered the beauty and the allure of authentic sea glass. Beautiful sea glass jewelry starts with a beautiful piece of sea glass. Our mission is to hunt the beaches of New England that have been known for sea glass in th… Continue

Week Five The Creative Bug stays "Alive" This week was a join venture. I work at a bead shop here in St. Louis named "Lady Bug Beads". I work with some very creative people there and one of those creative people is a lady named Jo. Well, this time around I brought in my metal com… Continue