All That is Gold Does Not Glitter

All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
A light from the shadows will spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.

J.R.R.Tolkien

A couple of years ago I was in a cute little boutique when I spied some glassware that intrigued me. Tall odd shapes with pedestals and curves. Each piece was priced at $75. A little too pricey for me. But after some scrutinizing I realized that the Dr. Seuss-like glass was just lots of smaller pieces glued together. I can do that, I said. I can do that and for alot less that $75 per. Coincidentally, yesterday, in Country Home magazine there was a little blurb about doing this and they used some silver pieces as well as the glass.

I needed a couple of tall pedestal servers for  the fall display and these are what I came up with. This one is a champagne glass sitting on a lacy bowl, a crystal plate on top. In fact, this piece can be used upside down for a tall fruit bowl.

This other piece is a plate set on a glass lamp shade.  I turned over a bubble bowl as a dome. Inside is a little nest and the one egg that was left in it.

The glass pumpkins up above are hand blown from our glass blowing program at school. Pretty impressive, huh?  There. Check off Saturday and Sunday's projects. How long can I keep this up? I don't know but I am so happy to be moving so many raw materials out of the workspace. Very fulfilling!

Comments

[Sarah]

Those glass pumpkins are super impressive!

Have you seen the glittered pedestals at the glitter lady? (They were also on Martha I think.) Same idea as this one, but with a paper plate glued to a candlestick and glittered. I think I might use it for Christmas since I didn't see it in time for Halloween. Did you have to use a special epoxy with the glass?

[Mrs. G.]

What an incredible display. You have a glass blowing program at your school...that is too cool. I covet those glass pumpkins.

[Christy]

Your craftiness amazes me! Those are beautiful!!

I see those glass lampshades all the time at the thrift. Now I'll have to pick some up and give this a try. What did you use to glue them together?

[K. Winch]

great use of on hand or repurposed stuff.. anything looks more interesting placed under glass.. you've been very busy and have made some wonderful things.. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with next

[Libby]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the lovely parcel full of surprises that arrived this morning (all on my blog) beautiful, wonderful and fantastic.
You are a special blog friend who inspires me immensely to 'have a go'!
{{{very big hugs}}}

[Rebecca]

V - I LOVE THESE. Now I want to make some too. What kind of glue did you use? Hot? You do like it hot I would think. ;)

Seriously, good job.

[Darla]

Oh my do I spy a Candlewick glass plate in there? I my have to pry that away from you.

Clever glass arrangements tho.

Darla

[somepinkflowers]

i have a shelf full
of those old glass light shades
from redecorating bathrooms
over the years...
i can never throw them away
BUT
they have holes at both ends...

what to do, what to do?

:-)

thanks for showing me...
going into the attic NOW...

[Rosa]

I love all your pretties. Missed you! Really! Probably have a lot to catch up on, you prolific thing you! xo

[Allotment Lady]

My goodness you house must be huge to house all your treasures.

Loved the felt tea cosy - you made for Libby - you are one very talented lady.

I never know what I am going to read when I pop over here and am never disappointed.

[Pam Aries]

OUI .OUI..TRES impressive!!! So..would that be inpression.....glass????

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

This is an inspiring display! I think you've spurred on some ideas for next year for me-- I am always trying to avoid an abundance of orange in my harvest decorating (I appreciate that others like the color, it's just not my favorite shade)-- and now you've got me thinking some of my beaded fruit might work under a crystal cake pedestal and dome.

There's a wonderful soft and natural harvest feel to your vignette!