This is what I did for fun today. I bought this sweet action figure on Etsy – its a great design by Bre Pettis, laser cut into a small rectangle of plastic. You pop it all apart and assemble the little guy – MK1 Flatpack Monkey. It arrived over the weekend and I was excited to put him together, but
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Many glass torchworkers are now using Natural Gas (Methane) instead of Propane. There are advantages and disadvantages – the short end of the story is this: Natural Gas is safer but setting up the system takes a little of bit of know-how. One of the major hurdles is that residential NG comes at a very low pressure that will not
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here you can see my hand picking the lucky winner – Lisa! – she will be receiving a box of glass circles. The number 1 blog entry by popular vote turns out to be the “Glass Fishies” video. I must agree. Life in the studio is fun, especially with Aimee around cracking me up. This video was a real spur
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There’s a show this Saturday evening at the Secret Society Ballroom, the Craft Mafia is hosting, consider yourself invited!I will be there – come and check it out and celebrate the local craft scene – we have a mafia now! and I am in it Come one, come all, this Saturday evening at the Secret Society Ballroom from 5pm to
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This coming Monday I am teaching a Beginning Beadmaking class Have you ever wanted to learn to make your own beads? Come and play with me and you will be well on your way. Not only will you learn to make beads, you will also gain access to unlimited torch time at the Aquila Glass School (they only charge $8.50/hr
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Okay – lets talk photography – this is a popular subject in my world. I had fun taking pictures of this little project. The first pictures are from when I made (outdoors in the sunlight), and then back in the studio under all the photo flood lights and whatnot. Makes for a good example of what you can do on
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Seems there was a yoga class going on in my photo studio today. The ladies were trying to look their best under the bright flood lights. I listed a whole little crew of glass ladies doing yoga in my etsy shop… and a few beautiful little trees. Oh my goodness, one has a bird it, the bird is super tiny.
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Show a little love for the ol’ Garden of Leah! In celebration, I am doing a garden give-away this week. The winner will be announced on Friday. (the big Tri-Pod give away is still going on thru the end of the month, if you know anyone that needs a tri-pod to improve their photography, don’t forget to enter!) My first
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My Organics to Me deliver just showed up at my door, friendly man with a big head of hair is always smiling when he drops it by. I get a bi-weekly delivery of the “Bin for One” and I have found that it suits me fine. There are two men around to help me eat it all (brother and boyfriend)
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Okay – heres my idea – you order this fun kit from Etsy that includes everything you need to make a little fun glass mobile. Plan a day of it:- get some tasty food for fuel (creative juices need fuel),- go to your local Art Museum and sit under a Calder mobile (this can be done in so many cities
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