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 Bird Series Candle Lanterns

I've been busy creating my new line of home goods in the shop. Here's a look at the NEW series of lanterns featuring vintage illustrations of various birds that I've listed:

Use coupon code PENNY2014 when you checkout this week and receive 15% OFF!

New In My Studio

Hi! Just thought I would share a pic of my latest studio project. I made a few of these windows/glass art wall hangings for some Holiday shows that I did this year and they sold well. Trouble was, the original intent when I made them was to hang them in my little studio for some added colour but people started asking me to make them for sale instead.

This week, I finally had time to make the one below just for me (and anyone who visits:), and started a few others for the shop. They are mixed pieces using a fused glass image in the centre, surrounded by stained glass which has been assembled using lead came. I'm thinking it's pretty much spring themed so perhaps I'll aim to have a few by end of February.

My First Blog Giveaway!

This is the first giveaway I have attempted on my blog - so bear with me.

I love this piece and it has become one of my most popular styles, both in my Etsy shop and in the retail locations that I supply. It is fun and funky and works perfect with summer lights and winter darks.

This giveaway is open to anyone and everyone, but please a few guidelines:

1) To enter, just leave a post in the comment section below with a way to get in touch with you (email, your blog info etc) and a comment on anything you found in my ETSY Shop.

2) Only one entry per person please.

3) One entry will be drawn on Satuday Feb. 21st.

PSST: Follow my blog (top left corner of the page) for notifications of upcoming giveaways.

I LOVE BACK TO SCHOOL!

First Day Of School, First Day Of School!!!!!!!!!

Oops, did I say that out loud? Yes, I do love back to school, and my kids do too (for now, they're still young). But I have to admit, I never did lose my entusiasm for fall, autumn colours, warmer clothes and new school supplies.

In honour of this fabulous occaision - and because I happen to know the most talented designer in the world - I have a brand new look on my etsy site to go along with all my new goodies. I will be integrating it into my blog soon too, but for now, it's beyond my technical skills :)

Thanks so much to Carolyn Houston, designer extrodinaire, for her hard work. Penny Glass Girl has never been so glamourous!

My new fall line, which is being rolled out on my Etsy site, and in various retail locations, was designed with my memories of autumn and all that it inspires. Think warm colours, natural textures and all the organic materials that I could think of including: glass, wood, and hemp. Being me, I couldn't forget the fun and playfullness either - a whole new lot of bright and fun colours have poped up too.

Because I love fall sooo much, please mention my blog when you order, and I will include free shipping and gift wrapping.

Thanks for taking time to consider my work, more to come soon!

New This Week!

New to my etsy shop this week, I have listed some pieces from my

signature series. These feature my fused glass pendants together

with semi-precious or new and rare beads. I have

been haiving fun taking a break from my summer line and revisitng some pieces to see what new things I can create: Just like my kids with lego.

BLOG SPECIAL: Just for friends and subscribersto this blog, you can get free shipping when you purchase anything from Penny Glass Girl. This includes my Etsy site and my NEW Dawanda site.

P.S. If you combine this offer with the one listed in my shop sepcial section on etsy - you can also receive a free 16" chain (with purchase of three items)!

http://www.pennyglassgirl.etsy.com/

Bubbles are Fun

I've been doing these small stained glass pieces on my etsy site, the series is entitled, "Bubbles".

It has been great to dabble in stained glass again after a break whileI have concentrated on fusing. I forgot how fun soldering is - an how hot, ouch!

It's fun to see the all the different ways I can design within the same confines. Each piece has been very different.

Looking for other e avenues....

I began looking to sell my goods in other places in the last few weeks...
I love etsy and the supportive community I found there, and now I need to expand. So far, my investigation has turned up DaWanda as a good place to sell across the pond, so off I go on another e adventure.

For someone so young (relatively speaking) I have somehow missed the tech gene. My husband (V.P. of a tech company) makes fun of my lack of skill and constant questions: What's a "thread" and how the heck am I supposed to keep it alive? (aren't I responsible for enough lives already?). What is the difference between a "hit" a "mark" or a....well I don't care just get me there!

I vow today, to brush up on my "e language" and not be left behind in the e merchant world. I go forth from here. Look for my new shop www.en.dawanda.com/shop/pennyglassgirl (coming soon, if I can figure this out in euros!).

Made it into a treasury today!

I'm having fun with some new summer colours and today I was included in a treasury on etsy! I'm so glad that someone else appreciates the way I use colour because I'm having way too much fun playing in my studio lately (the laundry is piled up and threatning to escape!). Oh well, only so many hours in the day!

Here's the link! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=10134

Working Mom Gets Through IT!

Ok, I don't like to complain, but this week was a little challenging! Two sick kids (one with the chicken pox, one with the flu), but I managed to get through it and still get a little new work in! Yay, chaulk one up for working moms everywhere!

Although, sleep deprived, I managed to post some exciting new items on my etsy site. Including some new dichroic pendants (so deep and glittery!) and new fused glass items including bookmarks, wine stops and keychains.

Penny Glass Girl Finally Begins a Blog!

I have been making art my entire life, but fell in love with glass about six years ago. I began selling to friends and family, then friends of friends, then family of friends, then to retail, then online...before I knew it I had started to build a small but fullfilling business that I could work into my full-time parent schedule.

It all began when....
My husband dragged me to a stained glass class so that we could have an activity only adults could do after the birth of our first child. He quickly became the "teacher's pet" as his mechanical skill was far superior, but after many, many late nights I fell in love - with glass!

Light drives me....
I love the way light can pass through glass and totally transform it. My sons, although only seven and three, already marvel at my creations and beg me to put them up to a window to view them. I love that I have instilled this appreciation for glass, and all its reflective qualities, in them at such a young age.

I just had to start melting stuff...
About a year ago, I was no longer content to make cold glass and was inspired by a local lampwork class. After an attempt at making lampwork beads however, I realized that this was not for me. While at the studio, I inquired about glass fusing, and decided to dive right in. I bought a kiln, all the supplies and decided that I could teach myself. I was amazed when my first, second, then third attempts were successful - again I fell deeper in love. Like most relationships, all it takes is a little background research and many sleepless nights!

Glass has given me the ability to take all the colours and shapes floating around my head and translate them into art, while challenging my technical abilities. When I'm in my studio I get to use the Parts of myu brain that were dusty from parenting duties and give me more to pass on to my kids, a deep appreciation of an age old artform and their mother - the glass artist.

www.pennyglassgirl.etsy.com