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Stained Glass Crosses

These beautiful hand made stained glass crosses are 15cm tall and are currently available in six colours. The glass is classed as ‘streaky’ as there are shades of the colour in each piece. If you’d like one of these do get in touch: cosycreativecrafts@hotmail.com

Memory Hearts

Having something to hug when you have lost a loved one or favourite pet, feels so good. A Memory Heart is a hand-made, unique, beautiful heart shaped glass object, in which the artist places a tiny amount of your loved one’s ashes. Forever you have their memory to love, hold and hug. The hearts canContinue reading “Memory Hearts”

Pocket Hugs Video

I thought you might be interested to see how I make the Pocket Hug hearts so here is my video. Here are some I made earlier (to use a well known phrase!). They are £6 each (incl p&p Mainland UK and NI). If you’d like one (or two) please use the contact button below. PleaseContinue reading “Pocket Hugs Video”

Glass Pocket Hugs

It’s been a difficult year with no direct hugging of anyone outside your bubble so how about sending someone you’d like to hug a Pocket Hug. These hand made glass hearts come in lots of colours. Here are just a few: I can post them direct to your recipient and include a message from youContinue reading “Glass Pocket Hugs”

Mothers’ Day Pocket Hugs

We face a different Mothers’ Day this year as we may have been apart from our Mothers for a year. Although I met my daughters during easing in 2020 I wasn’t able to give them a hug. So here is an idea for your Mothers, or sisters, fathers, favourite Aunties or your GP. These beautifulContinue reading “Mothers’ Day Pocket Hugs”

Steam Train

I’ve just finished this mosaic project. I started it last year but used the lockdown to complete it. Ultimately it will be hung on our garden fence but meantime we’re showing it off in the front garden. We love steam trains and hope to have our own model layout soon – we’ve been planning itContinue reading “Steam Train”

Lockdown progress

What have you been up to during this period of Lockdown? Like me, perhaps you’ve re-decorated everything in sight, cleaned out your cupboards and now have a stock of bags to go to charity shops, whenever they re-open! I have also been working on some creative ideas. I was cleaning the studio, repainting bits thatContinue reading “Lockdown progress”

Contact Details

Please get in touch if you’d like any further information about my glass pieces, craft fairs I am attending so we can talk face to face or if you’d like to book a workshop with me. Email address: cosycreativecrafts@hotmail.com

Lampwork bead making, a beginner’s story

Father Christmas, aka my husband Bernard, gave me a lampworking beginners kit for Christmas. He then helped me to set it all up in my lovely studio. If you don’t know what is involved….well listen in. To make beads from glass you need a torch (like a flame thrower), in my case I have aContinue reading “Lampwork bead making, a beginner’s story”

Lamp working course

I recently went on a glass bead making course. Ultimately I would like to make glass animals but I had to learn how to make beads first. It was great fun and not just a little bit scary, after all, the flame varies between 800 and 1400 degrees! The technique goes a little like this:Continue reading “Lamp working course”