Clayton Hill Studio
Site of my fused glass life
Tag: zen artisan boutique
0-60mph in 2.9 seconds …
Not sure what I planned for this week – but I didn’t expect what I got! So it started well enough, with a COE 96 (100+ sheets) glass delivery filling up my (old) studio! But then it got nutty! I am sorry to say that Zen Artisan Boutique is out of business. Yep … before …
Restocking, custom orders and … penDots
Equals PLAYING … So, this is what you can do when all of your kids are ‘self-sufficient’ … Amazing! I love it … I’ve sold out of a few Michigan-specific dichro cabs … and all four of my two-legged kids attended/are attending my alma-mater … So, totally due: And, I’m wrapping up a custom-order … …
Help … My studio needs cleaning!
But, I don’t want to stop making stuff … This is crazy … I have hundreds of dollars worth of dichroic glass balancing precariously on teetering molds [umm, multiple molds], while I shuffle jars of frit from here-to-there, to make room for etching cream … on the cutting mat, off the cutting mat … move …
Mother’s Week
New offerings at the shop – in honor of Mother’s Day: Found myself in a ‘fiddly’ mood this week – working with beads, pliers and earrings … A good week: Met up with ‘the girls’ for dinner – always a fun evening. Thanks to Heather for spinach pies and Congratulations to Lara & Craig! I’m …
Laying low …
WWU: Assisted fellow-staff with one nasty case of Norovirus this past weekend. While I cleaned and scrubbed [head to toe] with soap, sanitizer and BLEACH, I woke up Tuesday moving slow, with pains (head ache and back ache) … Jumping to the only sensical conclusion, I announced to the family that I was suffering from Noro-meningitis …
Grand Opening, a Give-Away … and more!
So, the official grand-opening is this Saturday 4/9/16. But wait, there is more … we will have a ribbon-cutting/media-covered/grand-opening again on 4/16/16 – with door prizes. Here are my contributions: To sum up (champagne and cupcakes on both days): “ZEN ARTISAN BOUTIQUE – Grand Opening 4/9/16 – come and see! 108 E Grand River, Howell MI This …
The Shop, Empty-Nesters and …
This year’s “When you can’t go to Glass Expo” experiments: Playing with frits and temperature. Here are tonight’s tiny tiles ready for the kiln, along with some fired pieces. Meanwhile, DH and I spent a few hours at the shop, working on our displays. It’s all coming together, and the boutique is full of so …
I love it …
When my plotter and I are in sync! Working on pendants, night lights, ornaments and bowls … These are weeded and ready to apply. I have a few ideas for sun-catchers and a mobile – we’ll see. When my kilns are running double time: Night lights and nite-lights and more … When the count-down begins …
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