NIGHT LIGHTS

Wow, I see my last post was in September! You would think I've been a busy girl. Yes and No. September was around the time I had cataract surgery on my right eye. After a few weeks, I had the other eye done. Then I had to wait for new glasses. Before I got the new glasses, I participated in two craft shows. Writing those tiny labels was the hardest thing. But all is well again .... my vision has really improved.

My friend Drewcilla is an exceptional glass artist. She has been making custom night lights for years, selling them in her Etsy shop. Recently she started using fusible decal paper by Bullseye. She used a black and white printer to transfer the images to the decal paper. The images were then fired on glass, and they fired to a lovely sepia tone. How simple could that be, I thought. I have a black and white printer that I've used many times for etching images on metal, so I was pretty confident it would work. You can imagine my disappointment when I opened the kiln door and saw pieces of glass with NO IMAGES on them! I tried it a second time with the same result. So it was time to buy a new printer!

After wasting many sheets of the decal paper and getting some technical assistance from Canon, I finally managed to get three successful pieces printed and fired.

These are my dogs Sarah and Sammy. Sarah, on the left, is a poodle mix and is 14 years old. Sammy is a rescue dog I've had for a few months. He's two years old, is wild and crazy, and has brought so much fun and joy to his new home. He and Sarah play constantly.

This is Sarah again. She is beautiful.

This is Charlie, who we lost earlier this year. Such a sweetheart.

This was a great project! If you are interested in making night lights, I'd be happy to share my information with you.