The beauty of Murano glass jewelry |
| 8/30/2009 9:43:47 PM |
| I wasn’t sure what Murano glass jewelry was until I was looking online for some unique jewelry. Wow, was I surprised at how beautiful these pieces of jewelry are. This type of art, and that is exactly what it is, has been around for centuries. It was started in Murano, Italy, using a special glass-blowing technique. There is so much history connected to this unique craft.... Read More |
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Glass Vases an Essential Decorating Item |
| 8/30/2009 10:05:10 AM |
 Glass vases are an essential part of my home decorating. When garden flowers are out of season, I turn to dried flowers and weeds to have something attractive in the glass vases. Having a variety of colors and textures in the dried or fresh bouquets really lends a lot of interest to a room, and can even be inspirational. I am very interested in plants and love to garden. I... Read More |
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Hand Blown Glass Still Popular |
| 8/28/2009 11:08:42 PM |
When wearing jewelry, often we will select a blown glass piece to wear. This type of jewelry is easy to mix and match with other jewelry. It fits with most any outfit or occasion, and it can be worn both casually or formally. A hand blown glass pendant is often given as a symbol of an animal or heart. The process is so difficult and special to produce hand blown glass... Read More |
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Blown Glass Pendant Takes School by Storm |
| 8/28/2009 2:17:23 PM |
 Blown Glass Pendant
My best friend showed up at school today with a stunning blown glass pendant. I had never seen anything like it before. I really want one as well. Of course all day she would not tell me where she got the blown glass pendant. In a way I understood. Everyone was asking her where she got it. They all want to have a blown glass pendant as well. I guess she... Read More |
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Blown Glass Objects Make Great Gifts in Tight Economy |
| 8/6/2009 9:13:30 AM |
 Last night I went to a birthday party and the birthday girl got the most beautiful blown glass pendant. Because times are tough, giving artisan-created blown glass jewelry is a way to celebrate a birthday without spending a lot of money, and glass jewelry is every bit as beautiful as gem jewelry and generally less expensive. Personally, I've always loved glass vases and... Read More |
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Glass Vases for Tying in Hard-to-Decorate Odds and Ends |
| 8/5/2009 6:29:34 PM |
 I love the many different glass vases that I have in my house. They really help me to tie in the odds and ends places that can be difficult to decorate. I have several glass vases in every room in my home in fact. My bedroom has a small desk that has several shelves that I don’t really use for anything and that otherwise would remain empty if I didn’t have some colorful... Read More
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A Cute, Blown Glass Pendant for my Mom |
| 8/5/2009 3:14:07 PM |
 I have bought numerous jewelry gifts for my loving mother over the years, but have recently come across a gift type that I had never thought to get for her: a blown glass pendant. I was searching around online over the past few days for unique jewelry and never had even thought about looking for blown glass jewelry, as I didn’t even realize that they made such beautiful... Read More
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Glass Vases for Christmas in June |
| 8/5/2009 2:17:53 PM |
 Glass Vases
My mom is kind of funny. She likes to do things differently. Take for example last year at Christmas. She gave everyone glass vases. She found a site that made handcrafted glass vasesand then placed a bulk order. She liked the glass vasesand thought everyone else would as well. There, her Christmas shopping was done. No worries about budgeting, or finding that... Read More |
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Glass Vases Perk the Place Up |
| 8/5/2009 2:00:09 PM |
 Glass Vases
I went to an auction the other day and found some beautiful glass vases. Since I like to have flowers throughout the house, I bid on these unique glass vases and won! There were six of them of different shapes and colors and sure enough, they were perfect in the places throughout the house that I had in mind. Glass vases can help decorate an already beautiful... Read More |
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Blown Glass Takes Tremendous Heat to Create Beautiful Jewelry and Vases |
| 8/5/2009 10:49:56 AM |
 I met a woman last weekend who makes her own jewelry with blown glass. We were at a festival together, she selling her blown glass vases and jewelry and I demonstrating solar cooking. She got really interested in solar energy and wondered if there were a way to use solar heat to melt the glass. I thought there was, so I gave her some links for sites online to learn about... Read More |
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Hand Blown Glass Jewelry is Elegant |
| 8/5/2009 3:50:51 AM |
After looking in the Art Studio where I paint, I realized the store also carried hand-made jewelry. I had never noticed their jewelry before; but, it was so lovely, and the lights reflected perfectly off the blown glass jewelry she carried. This made me realize how utilizing one's skill to develop hand blown jewelry is certainly a skill to be respected. You do not find... Read More |
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So Much Value with the Hand Blown Touch |
| 8/4/2009 4:39:20 PM |
 With the billions of products out there only a select few made with blood, sweat and practice are truly valuable. A great example of hand crafted merchandise is hand blown glass. No matter if they are custom glass vases or the true beauty of a blown glass pendant, the time that went into this craft is as unique as it is rare. How many people do you know who work with blown... Read More |
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