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Stained Glass & Mosaics

from when I first started with breaking dishes

16 years ago

2004

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seaglassic
Original Author
16 years ago
today, I uploaded some pictures from cd's that have been waiting for soooooo long to be transfered.
finally, in my old age, I got a computer worth its weight in thinset!

SEAGLASS..................

;(*_*);
Calamity_J
16 years ago
YIPPEE!!! SOME SEAGLASSIC PICS FINALLY!!!! Are those shoes, To Be Mosaics?! This is your craft room? WOW That whole big building is beads???!!! HEAVEN!!! And it looks like you want to be "The Clear Glass Totem queen!"lol! I remember when you were soooo addicted to beachcombing!!ha!
Those blue plates are super pretty!!
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cindiloo
16 years ago
And I thought I had a lot of totem makings! At least yours are put up and I bet it's really pretty when the sun shines on them!
nicethyme
16 years ago
LOL Jane's gonna knock some one over wagging her tail so hard!

Your stash is heavenly Becky!
stjohnsgypsy
16 years ago
I'm oooohing and ahhhhhing over all your stash!!! Love those dishes.........so pretty........and the vases........and!!!
crackpotannie
16 years ago
Beautiful Stuff!!!!
PantherFL
16 years ago
Oh wow! I'd love to see it 1st hand & watch you working with it.
seaglassic
Original Author
16 years ago
lol........they aren't for totems...
each of the vases and clear jars are holding broken dish pieces.
I spent all my time, while living up on the canal, while I was beachcombing, sitting in the evenings, just nipping dozens and dozens of dishes.
everytime I went to a ts, or value village, I used to get a vase or two, so the day would come that I didn't have to go searching for the base of any mosaic.
and yes, when the sun shines in, it's sparkly...
it's totally therapeutic, to sit and cut up dishes!

;(*_*);
toomuchglass
16 years ago
Beautiful CLEAR pictures !!! I love it !!!!!
andrea_2
16 years ago
What a nice big, bright area you have! I think the hutch got it in my head that this was your kitchen. As I scrolled through the other pictures I wondered where the kitchen table was lol. It's funny how your eye sees some things but not everything. I caught the cowboy boot right away, but I didn't see the black pump (right next to it, duh) until the close up shot. Are you going to mosaic the shoes?
chickeemama
16 years ago
Wow Becky I have some of those plates too!!!! Cant wait to see all the stuff you get started on!!! Did you mosaic the vases I see on the cabinet???
d3bbi
16 years ago
Sea, those plates are beautiful! Your room looks so inspiring with that big window and all those materials.
seaglassic
Original Author
16 years ago
one of the shoes is prepped already, with masking tape and the vases in the cabinet I did make.
I think I made them either just before or just after the frying pan...I know they all have the same cut up dishes.

kinda sure it was after the pan...
I'm working slowly on another fry pan. I don't know why, just wanted to.
I've gotta get that 6" ball, too...
the sunshine is really helping me get more busy...this dreary weather is a true downer, for these months.
Monday was just plain ugly and I wanted to stay in bed all day but couldn't.
one thing for sure though, is ..it's nice not to have to break up my days, for babysitting anymore.
I'm down to one evening a week, to oversee the grands, while their mom is in a night class...again....
she transfered to the 4yr. college to finish her course.
she goes on Saturdays, and I only kinda keep an eye on them.
phone calls and such..that's when I want a couple of them to start to get interested in mosaicing with me, for this up and coming spring and summer.

chickee, where'd you find the dishes like mine?
they don't have any markings on the back at all....
chickeemama
16 years ago
Sea my plates came from my Grandma...I have 3 plates each with a different scene. I couldnt tell you where she got them. On the back mine dont say anything either other than a warning about being for decorative purposes only. I went and looked at my plates and they are almost identical...they are a bit different but boy did I think it was the same when I first saw it!!! Slightly different but very close!!!

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