NEW Shop Update

I've been a busy bee working away these last few weeks of winter and getting ready for spring (sigh, spring....).

In the coming weeks, you can expect to see a bunch of changes in my glass shop, Penny Glass Girl and even more in my new shop Gibsons Landing which will open at the end of February.

Today I began with listing these key chains which are new to the Penny Glass Girl line.

Black Friday - Cyber Monday SALE. Plus an additional discount for my Friends and Followers.

Yay! Sale time:) ALL items in my shop are on sale until Cyber Monday! Everything is 25% off, PLUS if you're a friend on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest, you will receive an additional 10% off when you use the coupon code FRIENDS2014 when you checkout.

All items are READY TO SHIP (with the exception of personalized made-to-order items) so shipping will happen same day to next day.

xxoo Penny

Shopping Handmade For The Holiday Season Means A Lot To Me

It never ceases to amaze me that so many people have purchased items from me that were once only an idea in my sketch book. Buying local and buying handmade allows people like me continue to provide handmade goods that people can enjoy knowing that a small business can thrive in this economy.

I'm so excited to be partnering with Etsy for their #UnwrapEtsy celebration this holiday season! Here is a small selection of items from my shop www.pennyglassgirl.etsy.com featuring fun, functional gift ideas:

New! Home Decor Products in Penny Glass Girl!

Over the past few months I have been hard at work reconsidering Penny Glass Girl and how I want to move forward with my company. 13 years ago, when I started this venture, I could never have imagined that I would have continued for this long, left my stable career and jumped in full time. It has been amazing, scary, horrible and wonderful all at once. I have used my small business to experiment and hone my sills and came to create a jewelry line that I love.

Now, after some serious time and lots of reflection, it has come time to put that time and energy into a new line, a home goods line that that will incorporate my love of working with glass into functional everyday house wares! The new line will include lanterns, lamps, wall art and light boxes, plates and dishes will be arriving near spring as well.

What does this mean for my current line? Well, it means that there will be lots of changes to my Etsy Shop and to my wholesale line as well. I am still in love with jewelry and accessories and I will still continue to offer a line of accessories, but this line will be more streamlined and less experimental. I will also continue to offer custom colour and personalization to my items because, well, because I want to.

I hope you'll love some of the new lanterns which have already been filtering into the shop, there will be so many more to come!

NEW Penny Glass Girl Bangles

I have been working on this idea for awhile, and FINALLY they are here: BANGLES! I have listed a few Bangle Sets in the shop and will be listing a bunch more sets AND singles in evry colour by the end of the week. They can be worn on their own for a minimal statement or together in bunches (my fav) for a burst of summer colour.

I do hope you'll stop by xxoo Penny

POST EARRING SETS

I have had many requests lately for sets of post earrings, so who am I to deny? Here are just a few of the sets that will be listed in Penny Glass Girl this week:)



P.S! Use code SPRING2014 for a special discount until friday May 2nd:) xxoo Penny

NEW Spring Flower Pendants

Spring is here! Well it was here, but now it's freezing again:( Geesh. I'm getting over it by hunkering down in the studio and dreaming up spring with some new designs.

I've been working with Millefori a lot lately, they are tiny glass flowers made to be fused into sheet glass or beads. This is what they look like before I fire them into pendants:

After cutting, layering, firing and firing again, they look like this:

I do hope that spring appears outside soon. xxoo Penny

50% Off just in time for Mothers Day

I just wanted to let you know that I've added a new 50% off section to the shop - just in time for Mothers Day!

Stop by and pick up a gift or something special for yourself at a really great price as I reorganize the shop ahead of summer arrivals.

New Shop Update

This season has been a busy one for me, phew. I won't complain at all though and happy to be up and running into spring. If only the weather would catch up. I'm using my time indoors while I wait for the thaw, I've been in the studio a ton making new pieces for spring and summer. I do hope you'll drop by the shop and take a peek:)

NEW Brights Post Earrings

I have been working non-stop lately for two reasons: 1. I'm avoiding the winter weather that seems to be pervading the spring and 2.because I wanted to stock the shop with post earrings (my most requested item) in as many colours as possible. I often get custom requests for earrings to match my pendants and while I love to oblige, I wanted to make it easier for people to order these items.

You can find a whole bunch of post earrings in the shop but here are a few new options:

NEW In The Shop Today

Spring is coming, I can feel it. I am so over this nasty winter and have been plotting my new spring colours for some time. To celebrate, I've added NEW post earrings to the shop!

COUPON ALERT: If you enter SPRING2014 in the coupon codes at checkout, you'll receive a special spring discount:)xxoo Penny

In the Shop Today

I've been thinking A LOT about spring lately. I know I'm Canadian and all, but I'm done, I give.
At least I can sit in my bright little studio and dream of warmer days which I'm sure will be here soon. They have to be here soon, right?
In the meantime, here are just a few of the NEW spring designs in the shop this week (oh, and mention "springiscoming" in the coupon codes at checkout and get 10% off this week!):

Design Your Own Initial Pendants are NEW in the shop this week.

I like colour, I like making things, and I like having as many choices available as possible. I imagine my customers do to. I've come up with a way that everyone wins with my new Design Your Own Pendants in the shop.
Come see how you can design your own pendant here:

New Colours for Spring!

Choosing colours and sticking with them is not my strong point. Much of my design sense is driven by colour, so narrowing down the pallet and focusing on a few choice colour combinations is always painstaking for me. Yet, decisions had to be made for my Spring 2014 collection. Even though I have dozens (most likely over 100- really) of glass colours to choose from, by focusing on a dozen or so choices I can streamline the design process and provide a well thought out colour pallet for the season that compliment my jewellery design in the best possible way. So, here are my main choices so far (I think, really):

Look out for my new Spring collection coming to the shop this week. Yes, I still hope for spring, even though it -20 and snow covers most of my windows!

More NEW pendants are being listed in the shop today! This time, these wood bezel and fused glass beauties I've been working on for awhile. I have sold these at craft fairs and in my studio for sometime, but recently decided they belonged in my ETSY SHOP as well.

Each pendant is one of a kind and is made in several stages just for you. I love the vintage feel and mixing the wood bezels and fused glass gives them a natural texture. Come by and take peek. XXOO Penny

New Year New Work

Penny Glass Girl is back to work. After a long hiaitus from making new items, I am finally back t listing new work in my Etsy Shop. I do hope you'll have a chance to stop by and take a peek. New listings will be added all week. xxoo Penny

Remember These?

Hello! Just thought I would FINALLY update my progress on my new hand painted pendants that I posted about in this post waaaaay back in February! I have been so busy getting things organized and finnished on the home front, that I just couldn't get my act together to list them in my shop.

Well, without further ado, here they are:

Ta da!

Just for fun, I've kept the sale going for facebook and twitter friends:) Simply enter SPRING2013 for 20% off all week.

xxoo Penny

Hope you have a great weekend, oh and FLASH SALE

I have been adding a whole bunch of new things to my shop this week! It feels wonderful to have a space to work and play again and I wanted to share that with you as well!

Visit the shop and use the coupon code SPRING2013 for 20% off until Sunday April 7th at 9 pm:)

Happy Spring and I hope you have the most wonderful of weekends. XXOO Penny

New Work for Spring

PHEW, I have been slowly digging out from our reno and finally adding some new work to the shop! I've been concentrating on keeping things light and breezy for spring and began with these pastel birds. Come stop by the shop and have a peek.

If peeking should turn to buying, use coupon code "PENNY2013" for a super special discount.

Now back to unpacking for me (yay!) xxoo Penny

I can see the finnish line....

I have LOTS of new work to list and share here, but first, I wanted to stop in this weeked and share some breaking news: I am finally moving into my NEW masterbedroom addition! Yay!

It has been a long year of ups and downs, but I can finally rest my head in a comfy spot reserved just for hubby and I on our private third floor master bedroom. I won't share all just yet, after all, I've only just moved up here and there are tons of details to finnish, but here's a sneak peek:

This long bright hallway will soon feature a floor-to-ceiling glass wall, a feature I had in mind from the beginning of the design process and had to fight for more than a few times during construction.

The bed and the wall behind it still need some work, but I have to say it's sooooooo great to have a bed again after three months of sleeping on a mattress on the floor.

This shadow box with gold framing once belonged to my grandmother, then my mother, so I really want to make it a focal point in the room. For now, it sits atop my dresser and holds some of my jewellery and nail polish.

I haven't had a full length mirror in th house since we purchased it (7 years ago, eep) so I figured this corner of the room was the perfect locale (and I just love how it reflects the light here).

This ledge (which sits just to the right of the bed) was one of many "decisions on the fly" during this process. I had to make it work as we had to cover up some plumbing pipes for our NEW master bathroom. Not what I had in mind, but now it's a great art ledge and spot for my brid cage/jewellery stand.

so thrilled to finally have a room of our own!

I'll be back soon to share some more pics, including the masterbath and office, oh and some great new work too:)

I hope that you are somewhere warm, bright and cosy this weekend. xxoo Penny.