ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

I completed the church commission in Iowa and the windows were installed! A dedication ceremony will be held next weekend. The photos will be uploaded as soon as my laptop heals from it's "black eye!" 
I head out today to another new client in New Glarus, Wisconsin. She has chosen a hexagon pattern containing oak leaves to adorn her front porch! I'm looking forward to this commission. It is smaller (26 inches) so it will give me some much needed instant gratification. I enjoy the large commissions but now and again it is nice to do a piece and be done in a week or so. LIFT UP YOUR ART! With gratitude, Laurie

THE LOOKING GLASS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS

 Hello friends,

It is a bright, sunny day here in Freeport, Illinois. My studio doors are open, the breeze is glorious and my grinder is humming away, finishing up the third (and last) church panel. My life is drastically different than only a year ago and I am daily blessed with new friends, new commissions and new challenges. My mother and sister recently visited my new studio and my mother exclaimed that "the Gods" have truly smiled upon me. I believe in karma, paying it forward, and I thank the Bose family daily for their generous spirit. I have a lovely space carved out in the work shop and it is more than I could every have hoped for. I have support for my love of this art process and with that, I feel like I've been given wings. They glass ceiling? I'm ready to bust through it! LOL...I will be finishing the church windows by the end of the month and plan on attending the dedication ceremony. After completion I will be starting on two windows for a friend in Evansville, Wisconsin and then a window for a client in New Glarus, Wisconsin. My summer is rapidly booking up and life is most definitely good. Thanks goes out to all of those special friends and family who have "had my back" during this past year. There have been some tremendously difficult days but they have always been followed by sunshine. LIFT UP YOUR ART! I will leave you with a few photos I took over the weekend. The joy is always in the small moments. I am sharing some of mine with you! 
With Gratitude,
"Lorelei"

PROGRESS ON THE STAINED GLASS CHURCH WINDOWS

 

I am adding additional photos today of the progress being made on the church windows. It's going very well and I'm getting ready to grind each individual piece of the first panel. The photos I've added show some of the pattern pieces adhered to the sheets of glass and then the "pile" of pattern pieces that have been cut and are now ready to grind! Progress. One small step at a time. LIFT UP YOUR ART! With Gratitude, Laurie

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POSITIVE CHANGES

Hello to all of my friends and readers! As I look at my posts from the past few weeks I'm asounded at how fast time is flying for me. I recently undertook a move from Central Illinois to Northern Illinois and am in the process of moving into a new stained glass studio location along with getting settled into a lovely home, surrounded by timber near the beautiful Galena Territory. The decision to move was a difficult one but I am confident it was the correct one. I am filled with gratitude for the incredibly undestanding clients who are willing to work with me on the lag time this move has created. A goal of mine for the upcoming weeks is to get back in the groovy with my blogging and share some photos along the way. I am currently working on two more geometric patterns and will then be starting on the church panels! I miss my blogging friends very much and am hoping they will still be here when I jump back on the "internet saddle"! In the meantime, please enjoy this photo of three new friends I made over the past month. These guys were so fun to see in the mornings and evenings and lived in the timber behind my new home. I am introducing John, Greg and Dave to my online friends! I called them over for this photo shoot and was so pleased when they complied! What a hoot...With gratitude, Laurie B.