It's Been SOOOOO Long

Thanks to Lora Leigh, a fellow fuser who happened to comment on my last entry, I was drawn back to the blog. I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last wrote...I guess it's been a busy one! I finished the summer sushi set by adding 2 small plates to make it a that would make it great for a picnic for 2!

And I have been busy practicing some of the techniques I learned in my class in San Antonio last month. The way the teacher, Nicole, taught us to layer the dichroic glasses makes these pendants so rich with color, and ever one turns out so different. They look like rainbows and stars rolled into one, so I have used them as a launching point for a new line of pendants... Rainbowfire. I have only gotten one listed in my Etsy store so far...Go take a look.

Chaos:

"The true harvest of my life is intangible--a little stardust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched."--Thoreau

Starry Night:

Patience and Summer Sushi

After many mistakes and ruined glass, I finally got a glass piece larger than pendant size to fuse without a bubble, dome, or crater! For an impatient person, fusing is a tad frustrating...especially if the project takes more than one firing like this one did. I fired the flat piece really slowly to avoid the dreaded crater I got in my crab plate, beveled the edges on my grinder, fire polished, and finally slumped. That's 3 long firings... But, I love the results! Doesn't it remind you of a window awning on an old vacation home? Can't you just taste the lemonade and hear the crickets? At the risk of giving away how old I am, I'll admit that I think I can even hear creaky screen doors slamming!



"We would never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world" --Helen Keller

Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

It's been a couple of weeks since I wrote on my blog. I have been busy with so many things. I did get to go with some friends to San Antonio and Fredericksburg last weekend. What fun we had. I took a fused glass class for the 2 days that we were in San Antonio, and learned quite a bit to keep me going for a while in this newfound passion. In Fredericksburg, we stayed at a beautiful Bed and Breakfast, and went on a rainy winery tour. (I should have seen it coming. It was the first of 14 straight days of rain around here!) We were supposed to have the Big Chill Weekend this weekend, so I have been gearing up for that, but God had other plans. It has rained like cats and dogs for days. At last count it has rained about 13 inches this week. Needless to say, a weekend at the beach with 13 inches of rainwater standing around does not sound pleasant, so we have had to cancel and reschedule.

The rain is depressing! I have been housebound for 3 straight days. Today, I finally got out of my funk and remembered one of my collected quotes:

“Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear.”

So I put on my "happy pants" and decided to get something done! I finally got pictures of the pendants I made to match the sundresses I bought at the thrift store.


Plus, I managed to fuse a blank for an upcoming sushi plate...without a bubble! It appears that the rain may have finally stopped for a while, so maybe there will be a rainbow. Whether there is, or isn't I can at least look back on today as a productive one!