Oh man was I disappointed today....

barbfrizzell1955

16 years ago

With so many people lately scoring great glass deals from Craigslist, I've been checking for stained glass every day. Friday, I saw a post for stained glass tools, glass, books, patterns, kilns, scrap glass, etc...I sent an e-mail saying I was interested in glass and books and I received a reply back saying she was closing her studio and she would sell the scrap for $2.50 a pound and her studio was a 2 hour drive from me. I replied and thanked her but said I couldn't afford to pay $2.50 a pound. She answered back and said she had 100 pounds of scrap glass and she would let me have it for $1.00 a pound. Talked it over with my DH (my driver) and my DD (the banker who would be the one paying for the glass) and they both said we should go get it. We finally got ahold of the owner and she said we could come today, it was already 3:00 pm but my DH, bless his heart, said okay...let's go get it! We drove 2 hours to get to her store, walked in and when she showed me the bin with the scrap, my heart sank...it was mostly all tiny little pieces...like 2" by 3" or 1/2" wide by maybe 10" long. I was so bummed out!!!! I did end up getting some pattern books for 1/2 price and she gave me a 35% discount on her "larger" pieces (like 10 X 8 size)and my DH & DD were so sweet they actually spent 45 minutes sifting through that bin of "scrap" scrap glass picking out glass for me!!! ****SIGH**** I'm not even sure what kind of scrap they picked out for me, I didn't feel like bringing it in when we got home. She also gave me 5 bowling balls for free...guess I'll add them to the other 10 or 12 balls that I've already got!!!

Man, what a day!!!

Barb

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bamasusanna
16 years ago
Hey! That doesn't sound too bad!
You could always use it for "filler" or do totally abstract with all sizes! Do you normally work with just larger pieces of glass? Remember the chimney tile I did?? That was all scraps. None of the pieces were over 1". This can be a wonderful exploration for you!! Don't bum out!
Well, on the good side, you got to spend time with your two favorite people! Plus you got some new pattern books.
Which books did you get?
pea_
16 years ago
That is great size scrap. I love to mosaic with small shards. When I went and picked up scrap from freecycle I got 2 five gallon buckets of small size scrap(1 inch and smaller). Its perfect for me and i don't have to feel guilty about breaking a big pretty sheet of the stuff. I also got larger scrap which i have yet to touch other than to sort and file it by color. The larger scrap actually surprised me I had expected it to be all small scrap.

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shrty411
16 years ago
Where did you go for the scrap, Barb? Sorry you were so disappointed. I guess "how big are the scrap pieces?" would be a good thing to ask. I would never have though of it. At least you got some new books!

Maria
nicethyme
16 years ago
I would have a hard time working with it that small - hard to do designs.
Calamity_J
16 years ago
WOW! DD AND DH were supportive?!!! YOU LUCKY DUCK!!! And what a STRIKE on the BBs!!! Do you have pics of the books you Scored???
seaglassic
16 years ago
well, I hope this makes you feel better....
when I found the good fortune of glass on Craig's list..all the pieces are of different sizes...from maybe 10" by 1" and anything and everything in between.
I'm sitting at my work table, on purpose, cutting everything to 1" or smaller...
so, if that helps, you still found a good deal.
you can't possibly do a bb, with any piece bigger than an inch.

personally, I prefer very small pieces, unless one is doing a stained glass window picture or GOG..
but for me...the smaller the better (did I just say that??..lol)

Becky ;(*_*);
gretch1964
16 years ago
Awwwwwwwww, at least you got some. And some books also. I have been lucky is all. Hope you can do some great projects with what you got.
barbfrizzell1955
Original Author
16 years ago
Maria, we drove to Mendon, MI to get the glass. I finally emptied the car and brought all my glass in to the house. I opened up the packages of sheet glass and was shocked to see that 2 of the red are actually red mirror! It was so dark in the store where her glass was that it was really hard to tell what some of the colors were. In the first pic the 2 pieces of glass on the left are the red mirror.

{{!gwi}}

This is 3 pieces of orange:
{{!gwi}}

This is 2 pieces of Uroboros glass
{{!gwi}}

Here's the books I got
{{!gwi}}

I also got 2 boxes of scrap that I haven't gone through yet. I still can't believe my DD and DH spent 45 minutes digging through that scrap bin!!! DH said there is 36 pounds of scrap altogether, and I got 6 bowling balls, not 5. I got all this for $100 so I guess I did get a good deal???

I'm feeling a lot better about it today...or maybe it's because I worked on my holiday exchange gift and I made a lot of progress on it! LOL

Barb
icheer
16 years ago
Great deal and I love that red! That stuff is pretty pricey!
bamasusanna
16 years ago
Heck yeah! You got a GREAT deal.
Just the books retail around 10.00 each! And you got RED mirror too?? WOW!
BTW, I have the Birds and Butterflies book. One day I want to do a large butterfly..something with a wing span of say 3 feet!
shrty411
16 years ago
Geeze where in the heck is Mendon???? Out Jackson way I assume??

You did good! some cool glass!

Maria
barbfrizzell1955
Original Author
16 years ago
That's exactly what I thought too Maria when she said she lived in Mendon, MI. I had to mapquest it to see where the heck it was and yep, it's out Jackson-Battle Creek way! LOL

Barb

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