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~Through The Round Window~
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Just a bit of prattling on about the stained glass that I make (and probably some stuff about family life too)
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Get a Grip

Am I mad to be considering spending nearly £20 on some hairgrips?!But LOOK AT THEM!

5 h ago

Flying Bird, Flying.

Inspired by Camillas excellent animated GIF and tutorial, heres my flying bird on the move.

1 day ago

Week in Pictures

1) Been working on a few non-shop bits and pieces this week - including painting some replacement pieces for a church window repair.2) Ordered a copy of the Rob Ryan quarterly newspaper, SPQR, and it...

4 days ago

Contemporary Stained Glass Panel - Semi Circles

Ive just listed this bright and beautiful overlapping semicircles panel on Etsy... I love the way the colours sing out together.  Ive been stalking all things semicircular for a while now - here...

21 may 12

Sunday

We went to Moreton.  There is a large ford to paddle in, quite wonderful Tea Rooms and St. Nicholas church with engraved glass windows by Laurence Whistler. We visited Lawrence of Arabias g...

14 may 12

Scandi Cushion / Winners Announced / Discount Code

 My heart did a little skip when I came across this cushion in my favourite junk shop.  Gorgeous colours!  Hand embroidered!  Scandi-tastic!  Just need an Ercol sofa now and ...

11 may 12

Raining

What a miserable day!  Making treasuries always cheers me up.If you havent seen it already, I did a little house tour over on Little Green Shed.Still a few hours left to go on the giveaway.Raind...

10 may 12

GIVEAWAY - Contemporary Stained Glass Owl Baby

Today Im having a giveaway.  Ive been requested to make an owl quite a few times before, but have never done it, for one reason or another.  But a drawing session with the kids the other da...

04 may 12

Oili Tanninen

 SourceSourceSourceIve just discovered the wonderful illustrations of Finnish childrens author Oili Tanninen.  I love the simplicity of the black outlines on bright backgrounds.  ...

01 may 12

Contemporary Stained Glass Flying Birds in Stock

Due to a clerical error (mine) I have two flying birds in stock and ready to send.  They were ordered as part of a set of 4 for a family (only I got the colours wrong). (Okay, and the pattern). ...

29 apr 12

Miniature Stained Glass Window Installed in a Dolls House

Funny how serendipitous the world wide web can be isnt it.  Just a few days after watching Arrietty, my head still full of teeny kitchens and bedrooms, I received an interesting email from ...

25 apr 12

Smoky Tea

What do you do on a Sunday when the weather cant make up its mind?  Up to the bluebell woods for smoky tea of course! Storm Kettles available from here.

22 apr 12

Pink & Yellow

I remember finding pink and yellow such a yucky colour combination when I was little. Now I find myself seeking it out. If only "true" pink glass wasnt so very very expensive (its made with g...

20 apr 12

Spring & Autumn - Contemporary Stained Glass Door Panels

Lovely to see the windows in-situe today with the sunlight streaming through them. The doors lead to two girls bedrooms - the elder daughter was born in October and the younger daughter has a May bir...

17 apr 12

Contemporary Stained Glass Commission - Sneak Peek

Couldnt resist from posting a cheeky peek at one of the panels from my latest commission which I delivered today.  Im going back on Tuesday so will take some better photos then, when they have b...

13 apr 12

Lost

...in their own little worlds.

12 apr 12

Randomness

Been a busy old week - visiting best friends in Bristol... long lazy days at the beach... impromptu family reunions around the kitchen table with never ending mugs of coffee... tidying and sorting. &...

07 apr 12

Help!

Vintage orange phone from hereI just had one of those "steam coming out of my ears" moments.  I was listening to my answering machine messages, and Isla was doing the whole "MUM! &nb...

31 mar 12

A Spring in My Step

Ive been faffing around for ages trying to make this treasury "clickable" but its just not happening - that clever Lou seems to know how, perhaps she could enlighten me? ;)Hope youve all been...

30 mar 12

Q&A

This short and sweet tag is currently doing the rounds - thanks to Caroline for passing it on to me.  Ed Emberley fabric for Cloud 9Animal:  A big hairy lion.Colour: I used to get aske...

27 mar 12

Attention Monsieur!

This design very nearly made the cutting room floor in my recent re-assessment of things.  But Im just too fond of the driver.... a bit Monsieur Hulot meets Mr Magoo.  The main problem with...

25 mar 12

Contemporary Stained Glass Egg Men Decorations

These are the finished Egg Men, which are now available to buy at The Stained Glass Museum Shop, along with lots of my other designs.>>>>>&l t;<<<<Im having a bit of a ...

17 mar 12

Contemporary Stained Glass Himalayan Poppy Window

A recent commission for the door of an artists garden studio.The glass used for the poppies is some beautiful English mouthblown with a slight milky quality which I was given by a friend&nb...

12 mar 12

1950s Mid-Century Stained Glass

This window had my heart a-flutter on the Stained Glass Museums website.The painted, etched and stained glass panel was made in the 1950s,probably by one of Moira Forsyths assistants.

09 mar 12

Stock for the Stained Glass Museum at Ely Cathedral

Sorry, thats a bit of a dry title.  Im trying to make my blog more "search engine friendly" I get a lot of visitors looking for peg dolls or paper chains,very few for contemporary s...

06 mar 12

This and That

We made the most of the milder weather recently and had a great walk down to The Fleet(a lagoon tucked behind Chesil Beach)The faded paint on the boats looked so lovely in the sunshine. Fou...

28 feb 12

Separated at Birth

Just re-listed my Sweater Cat design on Etsy and Folksywith some new colours and photos.I couldnt put my finger on it for a while,but then I realised what the main picture reminds me of...

21 feb 12

Spring Flowers

Ive got such a thing for beautifully illustrated bouquets of flowers at the moment.Here are a few favourites Ive pinned recently...Amber AlexanderLulie WallaceBrittany BurtonAll The Luck In The World...

20 feb 12

More birds

Two birds I painted recently for a pair of Victorian front door panels.Ill try and post pictures of the complete panels soon.

14 feb 12

Procrastination.. .

...can occasionally lead to productivity.I was in the workshop late the other night, and didnt really want to be there.So I started doodling on some of the plans I use to make my singing birds.I like...

05 feb 12

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