Glass as a decorative motif is beautiful. Placed where the sun can shine through it, glass adds color and sparkle to any room. Whet is a kitchen window without a sun-catcher hanging in it. These small pieces of glass can be hand-made or mass-produced. The method of construction may be like stained glass or fused [...]
Beaded bracelets come in several varieties. The beads may be work into a macrame’d design woven in hemp or some other colored string, or the beads may make up the majority of the bracelet. Once you start looking, you will find many ways to make bracelets from glass beads, whether the beads are large or [...]
Glass pearls are glass beads on which a opalescent outer shell has been deposited. The advantage of glass pearls is that, unlike other pearls, the original diameter hole is maintained so stronger or larger stringing material can be used with the pearl. Pearls usually have the smallest hole in the world of beads, which makes [...]
As an inveterate picker upper, my first contact with sea glass came on the rocky beaches on the western side of Newfoundland. There the beaches are covered with round rocks from quarter to fist size, and obviously an bottle coming to rest there was going to be busted up and ground smooth by the wave [...]
This is not exactly a glass collectible, but you need to know about it. Several companies now offer glass as an alternative to rocks for placing around a tree trunk or as a border for your flower beds. The glass is usually recycled, and available in at least a dozen colors. Imagine, instead of white [...]
There are glass items found in the yard or garden that can be collected. The most obvious is the gazing ball. A large colored glass sphere, coated on the inside with a silvering process, is placed on a pedestal, or laid on the ground, to provide a splash of color and shine. It reflects the [...]
Some of the most precious commodities in life are held in glass. In the case of perfume, this is packaging a beautiful smell in something beautiful to see and touch. The perfume bottles used by the manufacturers are beautiful and frequently designed by famous artists and designers. In addition there are multitudes of specially made [...]
Because of its usefulness, glass is a prominent material on the vanity, dressing table and/or dresser in a bedroom. Many products found on a vanity table come in glass bottles or jars, and some of these are quite beautiful. These products may be transferred to “plain wrappers” to hide the brand and make the vanity more [...]
As a versatile and common material, it is no surprise that specialty objects have been made for the normal tasks of keeping house. Such as sewing and mending. In the past clothes were made in the home and mending any tears or holes was normal. Clothing was not thrown out until all there was was mends. A woman’s [...]
by a Guest Author Quality glassware made with actual glass or even crystal is almost always the more elegant option over plastic, but sometimes you just don’t have a choice. Glass and crystal material, as beautiful as they are, are generally far more expensive than plastic, and a lot less durable. If you’re hosting a major event [...]
With its ability to resemble natural materials, glass is an obvious material for use in jewelry. Roman glass makers worked to make cups that resembled polished agate cups for those who could not afford the real ones. The agate-like glass was also used to make intaglio (symbol carved into the surface of the stone) seals made into [...]
Can you collect glass furniture? Sure you can. But keep these things in mind: if you care going to use it as well, you need to be very serious about protecting it from breakage or scratching. You are also going to be willing to give up a wooden piece if you find a glass replacement [...]