Featured Glass Artists Imaginative Creations

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Imaginative Creations has been such a fun business to watch grow.  The effort that glass artists AJ and Sandy Smith give to their craft is second to none.  They began creating glass in 2002 and over the past couple of years, with 100% time devotion, have been able to grow a sustainable and profitable business around their unique fused glass jewelry.  Take a look at all they have to offer and if you are in the NY area, be sure to catch them at one of the dozens of art shows they participate in. 

40% Off All Bullseye Glass Products at AAE Glass

Hello glass art lovers.  AAEGlass.com and the AAE Glass Art Studio want to offer you the biggest Bullseye Glass discount yet.  For a very limited time, you can save 40% on ALL Bullseye products online and in store.  NO COUPON CODE NEEDED.  There are hundreds of colors and textures of Bullseye Glass, Frit, Molds, Thin Fire Paper, Kiln Wash to choose from!

If we don't have what you are looking for in stock, we are placing a new Bullseye crate order this week.  You can jump on with us and we will extend the 40% discount to you. 

If you are interested in opening a wholesale account for Bullseye Glass products, contact John at info@aaeglass.com for more information and he can get you started.

Lets get fusing!

Save on Silver Settings with the Six Pack Special

AAE Glass works with fused glass artists who are known for framing their fused glass pendants, bracelets and earrings in silver settings.  These are the best quality settings on the market for the price.

Now you can save even more when you purchase 6 pieces of the same design with the AAEGlass.com silver setting six pack.  Simply choose a quantity of 6 (or more) of the same silver setting piece and the price will be reflected in your cart.  It is that simple.  Don't forget to log into your account to receive your valuable reward points that you can use for future savings.

Over 30 designs of these quality silver plated settings are now available for purchase from major distributors as well. Contact your sales rep today and ask them for AAE Glass silver settings.  We want to help make your glass fusing hobby or career as affordable and/or profitable as possible.

Mighty Tree of Life decal will be available tomorrow at 12pm CST

Good evening bloggers. The time is here. The new custom MIGHTY TREE OF LIFE is here. Almost. At noon CST tomorrow, our decal will be released for purchase. Click this link to access the store http://www.artfire.com/users/GlassDecals_FusingSupplies I wanted to let our blog followers know first. Also, all current members, as of today, will receive 10% off their next purchase of jewelry and/or decals. After you pay for your item through paypal, please send us a note that you are a blog follower and we will refund your 10% at that time.

Here are some pictures of some dichroic glass pendants I made using this exact decal. I wanted to make a tree of life that looked very solid, like an oak tree. I am very happy with the turnout. The birds on the first one were from a different decal that I combined.

I hope your creative juices are flowing. You will be able to make beautiful jewelry with this custom image.

Stay tuned for Tip #2 on photographing you jewelry to sell.

Ciao

AAE

New decals and jewelry coming soon

Hello everyone!

First I would like to thank the following people for joining our blog and I am offering all current members as of 8:30am cst on July 24th 2009, a 10% discount on their next order of decals and/or jewelry. (Tina Rodriguez, Nancy Sparapani, Rwillisglassartist, Beth, Dawn, itsamistry, smutopiajewelry, alteredbeauty, markveit25). Please let us know when you order and we will deduct 10% from your order. Your participation is appreciated.

You can visit us at the following sites to purchase.
DECALS http://www.artfire.com/users/glassdecals_fusingsupplies
JEWELRY http://www.artfire.com/users/AAE-artglass

There is new jewelry available as of last night and we will be releasing a new tree of life custom designed decal in the next week. We currently have some inventory of decals in the shop, but look for that to be expanded in the near future.

We will be offering more sales like this to blog members/followers. If our products are something that you think you can give as a gift or keep for yourself, join this blog as a follower today to save money.

As always, contact us with any questions and we will be happy to chat with you.

Have a great day.

AAE

Combining decals Tip #1

This is the first, in a series of "tips" or "tricks of the trade."

I wanted to share a technique that I use when making dichroic glass jewelry with waterslide decals.

When I first started working with these decals I would center them on the glass and complete the piece. The decal looked great and I could change the color of the background. But after making hundreds of these it began to get repetitive. So I asked myself, "Self, how can we get creative with these pieces?"

I experimented with combining 2 decals on the same piece of glass. I remember it like it was yesterday. I put a tree of life decal on a pendant, I cut out some birds from another decal and put them above the tree of life. I used 2 decals for awhile and then I introduced a 3rd decal. Now whenever I look for inspiration, I lay out several different decals and put together a scene that I think people will like. Remember to be aware of your background colors when picking out your decals. Some decals may fit best with a blue or green background, or you can get really creative and make the background a sunset or sunrise .

This pendant was created with 3 decals. If placed correctly on the glass, you should not be able to tell it consists of 3 separate decals. It should just look like one complete image. It takes some practice to perfect this technique, but once you do, you will have a trick up your sleeve that other artists do not. It will separate your work from others.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me, info@aaeglass.com. I come from a family of teachers, so I love teaching

Tune in next time for tip #2, how to photograph your jewelry to sell.

I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor.

AAE