Wine Bottle Votive Lantern

Wine Bottle Votive Lantern

Garden mood lighting is a category that I completely forgot about until we started updating our patio and seating areas this year.  A few of these lovely lanterns with candles (I like battery powered ones) make a soft friendly flickering light that encourages relaxing...
Adding Mica to Fused Bottle Bottoms

Adding Mica to Fused Bottle Bottoms

If you’ve been following my adventures in glass at all, you’ll know that I love mica and will add it to just about anything!  Today I’m adding mica to the raised designs of fused bottle bottoms.  These have all been fused on bottle bottom molds, for reference, you can...
Fused in Loops in Bottle Bottoms

Fused in Loops in Bottle Bottoms

One of the questions I get very frequently is “How do I make holes in bottle bottoms if I don’t want to drill?”  And I get it, drilling is only a tiny bit fun.  So, I did some experimenting and found I could fuse loops into my bottle bottoms.  While they aren’t the...
Tips for Removing Bottle Labels

Tips for Removing Bottle Labels

Removing labels from bottles before fusing is always a chore! I’ve found one way to make it somewhat easier is to do the bottles in batches. Start with a bunch of bottles, this is just part of my stash: Bottles ready to be processed I prefer to cut the bottles before...