A Bit of Glass

I’ve always been a bit arty, I remember as a child on Christmas and Birthdays, Mum would buy us the clothes and toys and Dad would always buy us something arty crafty. Being a 70’s child meant Etch a sketch, Spirograph, Spiro-Matic and Shaker Maker to name but a few and I never got tired of making things.

I’ve tried many different crafts, I’ve knitted, cross stitch, made cards, I’ve even made miniature furniture from clothes pegs, but all of these were fairly short lived.

Then one birthday a childhood friend popped in and gave me a hand painted jar tealight holder, that she had made, it was beautiful, she said that she was rubbish at drawing and that I should have a go…………So I did!
First tumblers then wine glasses and so on and on and on. If it was made of glass I felt the overpowering urge to paint it. I am now painting and selling glassware and ceramics

But, yes there’s always a but, with this passion comes a problem.

I live in a small maisonette with my partner and 4 cats and my spare room is floor to ceiling with glassware, what’s wrong with that you might say, well the problem is I buy more, it doesn’t matter that I already have 50 wine glasses yet to paint, if I see some I like I just have to have them.

And the reason I’m telling you this is because this little glass buying addiction has bought me to this group of lovely crafty ladies and even though we have never met I see each and everyone of them as my new found friends

Miss Glassy