Holiday Sparkle | Upcycled Bottle Serving Trays

What do you get when you take a plain, clear wine bottle and add a half a teaspoon of sparkly mica powder into it and heat it up in the kiln until it is flat?

You get an amazing upcycled serving tray!

Sassy Glass Studio finally found a use for all the clear wine bottles that were getting a bad rap for not being 'pretty' enough to be made into serving trays, cheese boards, trivets, spoon rests or whatever you want to call them. The photo below shows the first bottles to receive some sparkly shine. There is one each of gold, bronze and reddish pink. More or less mica can be added to the bottle for different effects. More of these bottles will be created and will be available for sale at the Market Square Farmers' Market, Holiday Market, and in the Etsy shop very soon. These bottles will be $20 each. Regular sized wine bottles without mica are $15 and small bottles are $15 with mica and $10 without mica.

These trays are the perfect gift to give for anniversaries {gold, silver and bronze mica are available}, hostess gifts, weddings, and of course, Christmas. Discounts are available for order of ten or more bottles {plain or mica}.

Clear bottles with mica powder added prior to flattening in the kiln are a great gift idea!

Autumn Has Arrived

Autumn made an appearance in East Tennessee for a few days at the beginning of October and it reminded me that Christmas is right around the corner. This means I have to create lots of fresh fused glass goodness to restock the Etsy shop and fill the booth at Market Square Farmers' Market. It also means that you still have time to place your custom order for Christmas gifts. 

Don't forget there is something Sassy for everyone! With the launch of the new Digital Fusography line of fused glass featuring color images permanently fused to the glass, the possibilities for personalized one-of-a-kind fused glass art are endless.

Drop by the Sassy Glass Studio Etsy shop to see what's new and drop by the Market Square Farmers' Market every Saturday to see what is available as well as place your custom orders.

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Sneak Peek | Digital Fusography

Sassy Glass Studio is excited to announce the arrival of Digital Fusography. Finally! For over one year I have been researching methods and processes for fusing full-color images permanently to one-of-a-kind glass jewelry and art. Sample pieces using several different types of digital images- people, animals, art, logos and flowers- were created on a base of white glass and are shown below. White does not print so white will almost always be the base color of choice, but it can be edged with a border in a coordinating or contrasting color to add interest to the piece.

The information below is retail/consumer pricing, but wholesale/vendor pricing will be available soon. This is unique product I will be marketing to my fellow photographers in time for the holidays. Contact me at lisa@sassyglassstudio.com for details/pricing before it is posted here.

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Pendant featuring fractal design by Steven Lareau

10 inch diameter bowl

Pendant featuring a photographers image of a baby

Photographer's image of a newborn

Coneflower photo

Photograph of a coneflower

Pendant with logo for Female Racing News website

Pendant showing off a bull dog puppy

Cat image graces this gorgeous pendant

Soft lavender irises shine on a pendant

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Going Green | Introducing the 'Recycling Center'

One day as I was cleaning and removing the labels from some wine bottles to flatten into cheese trays, I realized I could do something different with the bottles. I could break them! Not only could I create some new art, but I could also relieve my frustrations. Awesome!

This past Saturday at the Market Square Farmers' Market Sassy Glass Studio introduced the 'Recycling Center' featuring fused glass goodness created from recycled {or if you prefer 'upcycled'} glass bottles. These pieces join the wine bottle cheese trays I have been created for several years and are a small bowl and a business card holder. Additional pieces will be added to the collection over the next few weeks.

The bottle used to create these pieces was a Pellegrino water bottle which is a fabulous shade of light bright green. I am always on the hunt for colored bottles, so if you or someone you know has any to share, be sure to send them my way.

Business Card Holder | back view

Detail of bowl edge

Bowl

Chunky but not sharp...

Business Card Holder | front view

Business Card Holder | side view

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Sassy Glass Studio Featured on Pipsqueak & Petunia | Creative Entrepreneur Interview

Hello! I haven't posted in a couple of weeks so I have a few things to share. First, if you haven't already dropped by the Sassy Glass Studio booth at the Market Square Farmers' Market on Saturday's from 9am to 2pm, come by and say 'Hello'! And second, if you haven't popped over to the Facebook page and 'liked' it, you should. Click here to do it right now!

Some of you may have seen some sneak peeks of the Sock Monkey pendants, but if you haven't here he is! Sock monkey pendants are available by special order and are $40 each. Each one is custom created and they will be listed in the Etsy shop soon, but in the meantime you can drop me a line by e-mail if you would like to order one, or more and have a sock monkey party!

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Creative Entrepreneur Interview Series

Kelsey Golden of Pipsqueak and Petunia was so kind to feature me in her Creative Entrepreneur Interview series this week. Visit this link to read my entertaining and perhaps informative interview. Kelsey was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed sharing my entrepreneurial insights with her readers. Check out the other creative people she has interviewed as well.


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