October 2022

 A few new listings on Etsy.

Gardens are done for the year except for a few hold out flowers. 

Holiday items have been taken to Riverfront Art Center in Stevens Point for their holiday sale starting in November.

New ideas are working their way to the surface. I'm hoping they are good ideas.

~ Julie

Keeping on . . .

 I find it difficult to work in my basement glass studio when the weather is nice, but I miss working creatively with glass if I don't do any work for a few days. Such a problem. November here in Wisconsin was a very mild month with many sunny, warm days. This last week in December also had some beautiful days. I have been working with glass, but in fits and starts rather than prolonged times. No excuses. It's just the way it is.

A few projects - 

My latest is a red and white lace bowl. This process can challenge my glass cutting abilities especially with white glass, but I love the results.

     

It can be found here in my Etsy shop.

I sold this Poppy Wreath from my Etsy shop this week. So excited.
It can be affirming to randomly sell some of my work.

 

I have been making coffee, tea, hot chocolate, etc. drink stir sticks lately.
I love to use them in the morning to stir honey/oat milk into my coffee or tea and they also work great to stir an evening cocktail. I have been using them for a couple for months to make sure they wouldn't break and were functional. 

No breakage and YES, they are very functional.

I have been continuing to play with electroforming. So fun.

Christmas ornaments - 

I have blown a few small bulbs for our tree this year. Small is one inch in diameter, but we only have a small tree that we cut from our property, so it fits in well. No large ornaments on the tree, the branches will not support them. I have also been practicing icicles. I'm not consistent or happy with my icicles, but I keep practicing. Someday I may figure it out;-)

I have made some gnomes and viking gnomes. They are part of a Facebook challenge, but I like them and will be putting them on my tree this year.

Keeping the kilns warm,

~Julie

Early May 2020

The first week of May finds us Safe at Home.

I am trying to continue to make art each day. Many times this will consist of just a hand full of beads for Beads of Courage, but it gets my kiln warm and sometimes it spurs a new idea. I do love experimenting with animals and animal heads for the kids.

We have had some warm weather and are in the process of getting the garden prepped for seeds and starts. We will start planting as soon as it is warm enough, but we are expecting freezing temperatures over night for the next few days.

I love this time of the year with the tulips, daffodils, magnolia and dandelions blooming.

I have one bee hive that is very active. I lost my other hive in April, but I'm getting a new package of bees this week. The package will include a new queen and bees so I can continue to have at least two hives this summer.

Recently I sold a few pieces on Etsy.

I enjoy making these assembly pieces. There are a lot of flowers that make up one piece, but it is so enjoyable to put them together and have them become a larger assembled wall hanging.

It is difficult to ship these pieces. The flowers are somewhat fragile. 

I haven't heard yet, but I hope they made it to their destination and didn't break in shipping.

~Julie