Someone left a question the other day...Do I use lead free solder on the hand mirrors? No, I don't.....If it's lead poisining that your worried about,I have worked with lead solder and lead camming on a daily basis for over 10 years. I have had my lead levels check several times and it has always been fine. Lead free solder doesn't flow as nicely as the 60/40 solder. 60/40 means that it is 60% tin and 40% lead. Most stained glass artists work with the 60/40 unless they are doing a project like a platter or vase, jewelry, ect.... I have seen a beautiful large bowl made from agate slices, (the artist said it was meant to be a fruit bowl)it was done in lead free solder. All in all lead free solder is harder to work with. If you are new to stained glass I suggest you get used to working with 60/40 solder first.

My boyfriends mom loves ladybugs. I hope she likes it.........Let me tell you the picture doesn't do it alot of justice! It looks really cool hanging in the sun. It's 11 inches wide and 8 inches tall. The green glass that I used has a glittery sparkle to it in the right light! It has to make it all the way to Florida from Michigan.....kinda got me a little worried.






I had a small 3-D humming bird pattern, that was on a metal stick, that you put in a house plant. A friend of mine has one in her plant. Her daughter asked me if I could do a bigger one, but in a mobile style........I thought about it and didn't see why not?! Well, this is what I came up with........