Tear Drop Heart

Filed under Anniversary, Birthday, Christmas, Festive, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Valentines Day, Wedding Gifts by on July 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm {one comment}

Over the years we have made these beautiful Tear Drop Hearts, which also has a hanging Swarovski Strass Crystal. We use Spectrum granite iridescent, along with frosted glass and they measure approximately 8 inches high x 7 inches wide, complete with a fine silver chain. When using clear glass we like to put black patina on the solder lines, but one must ensure to use black backed foil (7/32) to further enhance your piece, along with using Kwik Clean for cleaning and polish to make this wonderful suncatcher. These make wonderful gifts as they complement many decors.

TearDropHeart

We believe the original design was by Chris Rich

Alphabet Floral Letter “D”

Filed under Anniversary, Festive, Flowers, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Wedding Gifts by on July 12, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

The Daffodil flower is very pretty for the Alphabet Floral Letter “D”. In this instance we did not make a surrounding border and this piece measures approximately 6 x 6 inches. As with any of these Alphabet Letters one has to use the flower colors but one can then pick and choose the glass color and textures for the individual letters.

StainedGlassAlphabetLetterD

This alphabet floral letter D shown was surrounded by Glue Chip frosted glass, and this piece measures approximately 9.5 inches high x 8 inches wide, the silver hanging chain was soldered in to the seams.

StainedGlassFloraAlphabetLetterD

Design by Rachel Cecere

Simple Candle Holder

Filed under Anniversary, Birthday, Christmas, Gifts, Valentines Day, Wedding Gifts by on July 10, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

This is an easy to make simple designed candle holder. With a square base and 4 circles, which are relatively easy to attach together. We solder and bead the edges of the 5 pieces before assembling. You can use various clears and colored glass to suit your home decor. We buy the votive’s and candles from a local discount store and we also add 3/8 inch clear vinyl bumpers to the base to ensure that these and other candle holders we make do not scratch furniture.

SimpleCandleHolder

Design by Flory Wilkins

Garden Small Butterflies June 2014

Filed under Butterflies, Festive, Gifts, Wildlife by on July 8, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

These are the same as the larger garden butterflies but measure approximately 2 x 3 inches. They also are attached to a 2 ft metal rod. The antenna are made from 1 piece of tinned wire, with the tips bent to hold a dab of solder, then the middle of the wire is bent together and soldered into the seam in the same manner as the larger ones. These too make neat additions to your summer flower and garden beds.

StainedGlassSmallGardenButterflies

Designed by Bob & Flory Wilkins

Alphabet Floral Letter “C”

Filed under Anniversary, Festive, Flowers, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Wedding Gifts by on July 6, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

The Calla Lily flower was used for this alphabet letter piece. We used glue chip glass for the background, with pastel colors for the flower and leaves. As with all of these alphabet floral letters they were made some 8 – 10 years ago before we had a digital camera. Most of these alphabet flora letters were 50th wedding anniversary gifts.

StainedGlassAlphabetLetterC

Design by Rachel Cecere

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