Sparkling Color

Is there anything more beautiful than a collection of Blenko Glass water pitchers with the light shining through them? I grew up about 10 miles from Blenko and as a child my family and I would go to the factory. I could walk onto the factory floor and actually stand next to the glass blowers! I could even go to the scrap pile behind the factory and find treasures like bottle stoppers and chunks of scrap glass. I had quite a collection. Then federal regulators made that a no-no. Bummer! I love these pieces and use them frequently. This is the original design and Blenko still makes them today. Enjoy!!

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Burlap - not just for potatoes anymore!!

I am in love with burlap. And now there are so many colors that anything can look great when made from burlap! I still love the natural color the best, but I have used other colors and wanted to show you some of my latest creations.

These wine bags are made of burlap in potato sack and the labels are from natural burlap.

As you can see, I found this beautiful raspberry color burlap and used it for a pillow.

I used natural burlap for this pillow. There are different quality burlap out there too. You need to buy the best quality for the project you are working on or else you will be sorry. The looser weaves will shift on you if you are doing any seaming at all. Just experiment and have fun!!