Very pretty bowling ball and I love it on the doggy planter! For those of you looking for a cheaper alternative to the glass tiles try stained glass and a glass cutter or nippers. I got scrap pieces at a stained glass shop in Milwaukee. I got an extremely heavy box of stained glass for $15. Or you can get sheets as large as 16" by 20" for under $20. This is my ugly stained glass bowling ball made with stained glass scraps. I made it at a mosaic class I took and the instructor had this God awful grout/adhesive stuff that only came in white. It was about the consistency of putty so I don't think it could be colored. She supplied the stained glass. There were a variety of scraps in different colors that 8 of us had to share. It was hard to come up with a design without worrying that I'd run out of a crucial color. The stand it is on is made from a floor lamp that someone threw out. The rusty fellow beneath it is Screech a metal junk bird I got on a junking excursion.

Great job..............another idea to put on my TO-DO list! OMG I'll never get to the end. What type of glue did you use to hold the glass pieces on? Does anyone know what type of paint may have been used on the ones in the GJ Inspiration Album. My thought process really started rolling after seeing all those inspireing bowling balls.

Thanks. You drill a hole all the way through the ball at one of the finger holes. Add PVC pipe, silicone around both the top & bottom. Add a top piece that you have drilled holes in so the water can come out. Add a PVC collar that is tall & wide enough to hold up the ball & house the water pump. Will try & add pictures when I am putting it together. Oh, you also have to add tissue to the other finger holes & silicone over them.

OOoohh 40 windows :) Oh, and welcome :) I haven't done glass on glass.......yet:).a lot of the ladies here have,so you're in the right place!...but I've seen some pretty windows mosaiced with broken china and stained glass. Some were on the wooden parts,and some right on the glass(looked like fans) Happy Smashing !!!