We had our first snowfall this week (a semi-sticking kind, anyway). I love snow (from inside a heated space!)! So pretty … I’ve been keeping a couple of kilns busy for the last few days. We’re keeping up with ornaments, one mini load at a time (which somehow makes it easier for me) … I …
Category: cooking, fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, recipes, vitrigraph Tags: cane, Christmas trees, Clayton Hill Neo's, coe90, comfort food, custom requests, fused glass studio, holiday preparations; gifts, murrini, Neapolitan Mastiff, night lights, ornaments, snow, winter
I ran out of time last week to post. So, here I am in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, planning out my week ahead and reflecting on last week. We did a beautiful coe96 vit pull on Friday. Here are photos of the gorgeous red murrini from the cane, and the pull progression from …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, fused glass, Neapolitan Mastiff, non-glass ... dogs, vitrigraph Tags: cane, card making, Chloe, christmas ornaments, coe90, coe96, foiling on cards, fused glass studio, glass, more crazy birds, murrini, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, recipes
Our youngest daughter was sick last week … and then DH & I both came down with a virus that wiped us out for a couple of days. [Yep Baby Girl in Ghana, and we get sick too!] So, I made her a get-well card, along with a Halloween card. And, our oldest son turned …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, fused glass Tags: birthdays, cane, card making, celebrating, Chloe & Ro, coe96, flu, fused glass studio, murrini, organizing, ornaments, recipes, water color
We are totally taking advantage of our Indian Summer – and the heater in our pool. Pool dayz … Gotta love ‘em! In between, we had a vitrigraph (murrini cane) pull. Requested yellow and black … make for a Green Lantern-esque cane. Hmmm … I like it! Our Neo pups are seven weeks old, and …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, recipes, vitrigraph Tags: cabbage roll soup, cane, card making, Clayton Hill, coe 96, english blulldog, Indian summer, murrini, Neapolitan Mastiff, pool time, vit pulls, warm weather, yellow and black
Celebrated another anniversary of ‘Turning 29’ … DH and I had a quiet week. I didn’t cook a single thing, and he made cake! Hmm, I might finally have this birthday thing figured out … We watched over our pups, who are slowly opening their eyes: I made some progress on my double-knit polka dot …
Category: fused glass, knitting, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life, vitrigraph Tags: angel, birthdays, black, cane, cat, christmas, coe96, double knitting, glass, murrini, Neapolitan Mastiff, ornaments, puppies, red, reindeer, santa, snowman, studio
For our next coe96 glass murrini cane offerings …. We did a gorgeous ‘scallion’ pull: And. here is our first coe96 medley package, available in our Etsy shop: It’s getting to be that time of year. The studio is becoming ‘Ornament Central’ as I prep for Christmas and our next show: Alas – it’s …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life, vitrigraph Tags: art shows, baboon azz, bulldog stubborn, cane, Chloe, christmas, Clayton Hill Studio, count down, for sale, heat cycles, murrini, ornaments, penguin, snowman, too cute
Got through the online nursing competency bit AND the day-walking blitz competency … So, yeah! I’m street-legal with my employer for another year. Yay!!! Back in the studio … I’m taking inventory in slow preparation for Arts & Greens 2017, deciding which projects, ornaments and techniques to try. And cutting up vitrigraph stacks, as we …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... ER nurse, recipes, vitrigraph Tags: art show prep, candy corn, cane, Clayton Hill Studio, coe 90, coe 96, comfort food, murrini, ravioli, vit, yellow gold
It’s that time of year again! Yep, annual on-line nursing competency H.E.L.L. … To add to the fun, our educational expert decided to choose a print font visible only to the insect eye! And I’M the ONE getting tested for age-specific appropriate skills, tools and techniques?!? But, it’s over … for now! We had a …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... ER nurse, vitrigraph Tags: annual testing, art shows, cane, Clayton Hill, coe96, crummy educator, fused glass blog, glass, Indian summer, murrini, nurse competency, old eyes, pool days, studio
I’m working on more coe96 cane colors. We had a pull tonight, and here is our ‘Pumpkin’ murrine: I’ve cut glass for SEVERAL more pulls (… I was in a cutting mood!) … I have a few of the stacks prepped. I hope to keep the vit kiln busy this week: We also have …
Category: fused glass, jewelry making, vitrigraph Tags: 90, 96, camouflage, cane, Clayton Hill, coe, frustration, glass studio, GoT, grape blueberry, hydrangea, learning, mod, murrini, productivity, pumpkin, retro, royalty, show prep, turquoise brown, web code
I used some of our 96 murrini to make a couple of pendants. They’re cute (!) and they proved to me they are fire-safe/stable. So – check for cane listings in our shop and on our FB page! And, it’s that time of year! Yep – Sangria Weather. So – I made up a vat, …
Category: fused glass, gardening, jewelry making, non-glass ... dogs, vitrigraph Tags: cane, climbing vines, coe 90, coe 96, cpi pendants, glass jewelry, leaving home, murrine, murrini, neapolitan mastiff pups, outdoor living roof, pool time, sangria, summer, sunshine, vitrigraph