Aqua, Sky Blue, Turquoise, Smoky Blue!

I have just completed 2 brand new candle holders today and want to share them. I'm planning on listing one, and will give one as a gift (I can't say why as it's a secret and that person may see them and know it's for them!).

I haven't yet decided which to give as a gift so please feel free to give me your opinion.

They look quite similar but actually have a few different features. Look closely and you will see!

Thanks for checking in, more tomorrow! I am getting very sleepy, did a 5.9 mile run this morning followed by cooking, laundry, working on glass, a trip to the zoo with my husband and grandson, more laundry, and then had to package up some items, and get them to the Post Office so they'll go out first thing in the morning. I use the after hours drop quite often! Alrighty, nighty now!

Post by Diane Winiecki.

Sawdust Festival Winter Fantasy 2013-1 "I'm In!!!"

Hi All, I'm back and I'm determined to be a consistent and interesting blogger here from this day forward! :)

Thanks to you who are reading my blog, and I know you are out there! I will have a lot of news and interesting stories to report in the coming days, weeks and months as I was just officially accepted to exhibit in the Sawdust Festival Winter Fantasy this coming Holiday Season! 

Here is a link to the Winter Fantasy, I hope that if you visit you will stop by my booth and introduce yourself so I can meet you in person! 

http://sawdustartfestival.org/winter-fantasy-2/

There are so many things there to keep you occupied, and the Winter Fantasy is so fun for kids and adults alike! I'll be talking about some if the fun times we have had in the past. Keep on checking back as I also will be posting about the items I'm working on to show in my booth, and will post about the progress of getting ready for the show. Did you know that the booths are torn down each year after the show ends? This year I was lucky enough to be using a booth built by a summer exhibitor, so there will be so much less to do. In the past my husband and I built my booth from the ground up, and it's literally like building a room in a home, as it has to pass city inspection and all, to be safe enough for all of the visitors who come! 

One more item: I participated each winter 2006-2010, and always sold plenty of stained glass items. Ornaments, candle holders, you name it! This year I will have my oil paintings as well! I'm so excited because I have never exhibited my oils! Nervous but excited as well. I have a lot of work to do between now and then so keep checking. I will make posts at least twice each week. Some posts will be informative, such as basics of creating a stained glass piece. 

I hope you enjoy!
This business card holder is my latest to go out to a customer. It's made using a very unique 'Kokomo' glass which is made in the beautiful USA. I love the deep shades of blue with greens, all swirled together within the glass. I always use good quality, true stained glass for all of my pieces. Here I added 3 glass 'globs' to embellish the front of the holder.

I'm hoping to hear from the new owner of this piece soon as I believe they received the delivery today! I'll let you know when I do get feedback. 

Thanks for stopping by and keep on coming back. Have a wonderful day!

Leaving Las Vegas

Another set of my rainbow color chimes sent out this week!

Finishing up a bird and flower mobile today. This one was purchased as a gift!

Well here I am working on my glass in Las Vegas, while Dan has business meetings all day long. Jake and I tagged along on this trip to keep Dan company and get out for a few days, change of scenery and all.

I brought a lot of work along to stay busy and pass the time as it's really too hot and ugly out to do much outside. When I say ugly, I'm referring to warnings about poor air quality due to several fires burning, both here in Nevada, and from huge fires all the way out near L.A.

I've been keeping pretty busy with orders from my Etsy shop! Happy to say I just received another order from a happy customer, this time in Oklahoma.

Working on a new website, complete with shopping cart!

http://dianewinieckiart.myshopify.com/
I did some research, not only on which sites offered the best ecommerce, but which shopping carts are best too. I came up with this shopify site that seems to be fairly easy to set up. I'm going to try the 14 day free trial as I move over some of my products and see if I actually like the way it works and looks with my artwork.
I will keep you posted on a launch date but I'm hoping I can find the time to open in the next 2 weeks!

Step One, after agreeing on colors and size, draw up 2 exact copies of the pattern. One copy remains whole, and the other copy is cut very carefully on all lines with special scissors that trim away the areas of the marker lines. This allows you to cut the pattern, while leaving room for what will be filled in with either copper foil and solder, or lead came, depending on which route you take.

More to come!

A Stained Glass Window

I have made many many sizes and shapes of stained glass Peace Signs suncatchers over the years. Well, recently I was commissioned to create a Peace Sign Window! This is a 17 inch diameter window that will hang inside a 19 inch opening, and in front of a 17 inch round window in a 2nd story bathroom. It's cold and another snowstorm is headed toward the midwest, so I don't know how this will effect the delivery of said window, which seems to be in no-man's land according to the tracking system of USPS. I'm hoping to hear some word from its new owners that it has arrived! And better yet, that is looks fabulous in the room, the colors match and go great with the decor, and with the morning sun shining in it casts beautiful splashes of color throughout the room.

I decided to photograph each step of the creative process so that I can share this with you.

Artist Quote for the Day