Vittorio

Yesterday I was fortunate to be able to drive to a Boston Chapter meeting. Besides a great pot luck lunch, we were treated to a day of demonstrations by Vittorio Costantini. Despite my being the navigator, Mimi of Lilac Wind Art Glass was able to drive us there with only one little "detour" :-) Thank you Mimi!

Vittorio and his wife are a delightful couple....and the glass!! OMG, gorgeous and so lifelike!!! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures.....


Vittorio working on a fish.


About 4 inches in length. I am amazed at how large he can work with soft glass!!

Yes, there is a dragonfly in there. Sorry about the angle of the shot.

One last pic...he shared with us how he makes spiders. This actually bounces up and down on its glass legs!!!

Looking out my window

I actually started this yesterday and got distracted. Thought it might be a good idea to finish and post it :-)

Just sitting here, listening to the sounds of the rain outside, enjoying a cup of coffee and catching up on some friends. One, Glass Addictions, posted about her recent trip to Ireland. I shared it with DH and we both agreed that Ireland is now higher up on our list of Places to Visit :-) Despite the dreariness of the weather, it's actually been an uplifting, refreshing start to the day.

One of the things that I LOVE about this time of year is that the winter browns have changed to the Spring Greens. Infused in the green scenery around me are splashes of color...aka, flowers! Before I get started on my Today's To Do List, I thought I'd share a few with you...

I love the lines to this vase! Suzanne of Tannerglass is an incredible glass artist. She was recently one of the Featured Artists in Facts and Fancies: Blown Glass with ProvidenceArtGlass. A fantastic article which can be found in Etsy's Handmade Blog section of The Storque. Congrats Suzanne!!


Here's another piece that I love! Maybe it's the flowers with the sparkly centers (that look "wet" to me) Susan Sheehan is a gifted lampworker and it was so hard to choose only one from her shop.

One more, and then I'm off to play with some glass. How could I not include this fused pendant by Popko? It's so colorful and cheerful!

Steampunk Style

Finally! Something to break my Blogger's Block (in case you haven't noticed, I've been MIA for a while :-)) One of the members of my Steampunk Style Market on 1000Markets created a really great "widget" to share some of the incredible work being created by the artists. If you look down and see "something" then I was successful at inserting it here....and I'm off celebrating my technological ability. If it's blank, well, then I'm probably off sulking :-) Thanks to Jill of LivnGood Jewelry for her technical prowess and willingness to share with the Steampunk group! !

Keep your fingers crossed that it works......




Ahhhhh, success!!! Thanks, Jill!!!!

Such a Tragedy

One of the Etsy members tragically lost her five year old son in an accident. There has been a fund set up to help with funeral expenses. Four of my hearts have been designated to help them out. From now until Sunday night, if any of these sell, 50% of the money received from these items will be donated to the Zachary Michael Cruz Fund. I can't begin to imagine what this family is going through.

Virtu Art Festival

I found out today that I was accepted to the Virtu Art Festival in Wilcox Park on Memorial Day Weekend. I've visited this show for several years and have always thoroughly enjoyed walking through a beautiful park while looking at some incredible artwork. I had contemplated applying last year, but did not have a picture of my booth setup, which is a required photo for the jury process. A friend of mine suggested that I take a picture of the tent in its box....maybe I should have. Think they would have let me in based on the most humorous entry? :-) :-) But, seriously, I'm excited about being a part of it this year!! If you're in the RI area and decide to visit the show, stop by and say Hi!

Yesterday was a marathon picture taking and listing day for me. I have quite a stockpile of pieces that are just waiting for pics. These are a couple of my favorites that are up in my Etsy shop. I promised myself that I'll spend more time working on getting things up on Etsy, so there'll be more new items in the future.

Etsy Gift Guide

I just received a message from my friend Suzanne of TannerGlass! One of my pieces is in the St. Patrick's Day Gift Guide on Etsy!!! I was totally surprised. While it's not a piece specifically made for that holiday, the colors go beautifully with what they put together. It's an honor to be included in one of their Gift Guides. Think I'll mosey over and see what other goodies they have in the various guides. :-)

What WAS I thinking?

A while ago, my daughter set up a Facebook page for me. She wanted to be able to share pics of her excursions. I kept quiet about it, mainly because I plain couldn't add another thing to my plate. (Have you noticed how bad I am about updating this? :-)) Over the months, a few of my friends "found" me. Ok, still not doing much with it....till the other day! I got it in my head that I needed to be with the times and actually use the thing. So I spent a long time figuring it out, a few phone calls to DD to ask for help (which she thought was hysterical...not to worry on that, I have a long memory and there WILL be a time that she'll need my help....wonder if I should practice my hysterical laughter so I'm ready for that?). The sad thing is I was a Technology Teacher at one point so it should have been easier for me...I just couldn't wrap my brain around how it worked...maybe there was a reason for her thoughts? :-)

What WAS I thinking????????? Another place to suck up my time!! But it IS fun!!

I did manage to get a little time in on the torch. Here's a couple more Big Hole Heart on interchangeable necklaces that came out of the kiln yesterday.

Back to FB for me :-)