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Big Corporate Licensing vs. Cottage Industry

April 15th, 2013
TARDIS Fridge

Recently a big hoohah has come about over the Jayne hats from the Firefly series, aired so many years ago, for a single season before it was cancelled. Fox owns the rights to Firefly and they chose to pretty much ignore anything to do with it for more than a decade. Meanwhile, loving fans were making hats in a certain style similar to one that a character wore. Now this wasn't a newly designed hat, made specifically for the show. It was an old old style knitted cap with ear flaps that people have been wearing for centuries. Enjoy The Full Story...

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Making a TARDIS Refrigerator

November 17th, 2012
TARDIS Fridge

I've turned my refrigerator into a TARDIS. The doors look like the Police Box, the cap has the sign and a working light beacon, the ice/water dispenser is hiding behind the little phone door and it even makes the whooshy sound when the doors open!

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Kickstarter Project a Success!

September 4th, 2012
Blown glass ornaments for the whole solar system

This past spring, in order to help us pay the ticket to the National Space Symposium, we ran a Kickstarter campaign.

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Focus on: Wyvern Designs Artfire Shop

August 13th, 2012

I love it when I find a shop that is selling the kind of work I want to be doing. I look through, get inspired, (get jealous), and have just too much fun looking through. That's what I found with this week's Focus on shop. Wyvern Designs creates these wonderfully fun pieces that I just love.

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Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity

August 5th, 2012
sky-crane-800

Recently, I was commissioned by a lady to create a canvas painting that depicted a moment for the Mars Science Laboratory Rover, Curiosity, when it was being dropped off on Mars by the newly developed Sky Crane deployment craft. The landing is to happen this evening.

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Focus on: JudyCogoDesigns Artfire Shop

July 29th, 2012

This week my focus on feature is a wonderful shop with the kind of jewelry I wish *I* was doing! I have always loved the wire-wrapped jewelry pendants. I have wanted to do that with my little glass pieces, but haven't. The shop I'm featuring this week

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Focus on: Lisianblue Artfire Shop

July 22nd, 2012

Being a glass artist myself, I am always loving seeing other glass artist and what they do! This week, I'm focusing on a wonderful Artfire shop that primarily creates painted glass or stained glass pieces! WooHooo! Lisianblue

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