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Inspired With Glass

As many of you are already aware, I have a business where I create and sell glass work.  I have been calling my business Inspired By Glass for over ten years now.  I decided to create my own website using Roodweb.com and the website tonight template.  I have the basics added to my website and have it up and running.  I needed to purchase a domain name for the website but ..... sadly...... Inspired By Glass was being used by someone else.  Lesson number one:  If you think you want to fall in love with a business name - buy it!  So instead my new business name for my glass work is "Inspired With Glass."

I would love to hear what you all think about my new website and look forward to adding more inventory as well as technique and trade secrets for creating beautiful and unique glass work of all kinds.

Enjoy!

www.inspiredwithglass.com

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Here's a photo for you too from the side of the plantation house

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Love these little ring boxes!

How Do You Wish to Come Out of Your Shell?

 

In response to Jamie Ridler's Wishcasting Prompt of September 15, 2010.

I did not even have to ponder this prompt for one minute.  I would love to have an unbelievable confidence in myself as a dancer. 

Having only been a student of dance for a little more than a year,  I still feel so intimidated on the dance floor.  I am speaking of studios and showcase dance floors.  I feel right at home at nightclubs, when the lights are turned down low and the dancers are fighting for space on the tiniest of floors, but on a stage with an audience. I am sweating just thinking about it. 

But to come out of my shell in the area of dance, would be a dream.  I do not feel that I am a showy person, that exudes confidence and grace.  But to be one with my body and the music and my dance partner,  would be such a personal accomplishment.  To be as graceful as the reeds blowing in a breeze.  I am looking for the courage to take that step and to know that I will not pass out cold when I step onto the dance floor.  Wish me luck as I crawl from my shell in the next few months....

One of our Finds

She always said she was afraid of bugs and creepy crawly things... but this summer was different.

The green, misty August climate in lower Michigan brought out everything that creeped, crawled and flew.  And she was there to admire it and show it off. 

Listening to the Morning

 

On our recent trip to Michigan this past August, we were so excited to get to be with nature in a different way.  Our favorite was sitting on Jacqueline's porch swing early in the morning and just being quiet and listening.  So many sounds we don't get to hear in the heat of the desert back home. 

Missing ?

  

Some of my most precious memories are those on the swing yelling higher...

No fear in going as high as we can and reaching for the sky.

Sunrise Over Superstition Mountain

I have been saying lately that there just are not enough hours in the day to do all that I want to get done.  I am busy with so many things and have been tired when I do finally fall into bed.  So much so that I literally crash.  So I decided I need to get up a bit earlier in the morning to experience everything the day has to offer me.  I started last week getting up at 5:30 a.m and walking across the street to our beautiful clubhouse to swim with the ladies of the lakes.  We exercise and talk for about an hour, then I relax with my coffee before walking back home to start the day.  We arrive at just the moment that the sun rises over the Superstition Mountains.  What a great way to start my day.

Finding Just the Right Spot

While spending an amazing few days this already hot summer with my girlfriend at a resort not far from home, I took a little break from sunbathing to find a quiet shady spot to read my new "Artful Blogging" magazine. It was truly a serene setting to be alone.

Creating a table top book out of my Just Like Home Blog!

Grateful for ...... an amazing exhibit of glass art