Glass Garden Ornaments

In April, 2012 I was antique shopping in Houston, Texas and came across glass sculpture glistening outside a shop.

I thought to myself why I could do that. So, I researched the methods of building such a sculpture. I interviewed two Ladies I met at the Katy Craft show from Ohio and Spring, Texas who had spent the last year gathering glass and gluing sculptures and other items as garden and interior home decor. I reviewed advice and techniques in etsy, eBay and bloggers who sold, wrote about and photographed these garden ornaments glistening in the sunset.

I took a trip to Roundtop antiques show with a dear friend and got her interested. We both came home with boxes of bud vases, candlesticks, plates, bowls, saucers etc. Armed with our E6000 glue we began to assemble our masterpieces.. My friends pieces took on a whimsical glow and mine took on a more french country, classic look.

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