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Realistic Handmade Octopi with 78mm Glass Eyes
Posted by Megan Petersen on
Michelle S. from Spokane, WA shared these amazing photos of her recent projects with us. On this project she used both the 78mm Blue Octopus and 78mm Orange Octopus eyes in her hand-crafted creations."I thought you might like to see my octopus with the 78mm blue octopus eyes. I’ve made 2 with the 78mm eyes and several with 30mm and 40mm. Your eyes add so much realism to an octopus. I included some photos of the red octopus with 78mm eyes which I don’t think I ever shared with you. Usually I make the red style octopus, but this time I made the...
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An Author's Dragon Brought to Life
Posted by Megan Petersen on
Author Nikki Haras recently sent some pictures of her latest project: a dragon inspired from a character in her co-written fantasy Prisma Isle book series. Meet Cynric! Cynric is an Eastern style fantasy dragon created from a Crafty Intentions pattern and brought to life with these yellow glass eyes. It's so cool to see creations brought to life with our original glass eye designs! About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs designed by Megan Petersen of Spokane, Washington Each cabochon is handmade with attention to detail and inspected for quality All products are made and ship from our...
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Spectacular Amigurumi Owl with Plastic Yellow Safety Eyes
Posted by Megan Petersen on
Michelle Starr from local Spokane, WA crafted this stunning white amigurumi owl with speckled detailed and these yellow owl plastic safety eyes. According to Michelle, she "got a lot of awesome feedback on the realism of this owl." She's certain that the yellow plastic safety owl eyes she used were a big part of that! It's so delightful to see such incredible work brought to life with a set of our eye designs! You can shop our entire selection of plastic safety eyes here: https://handmadeglasseyes.com/collections/plastic-safety-eyes About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs designed by Megan...
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Amigurumi Baby Dragon with Orange Glass Eyes
Posted by Megan Petersen on
This fun amigurumi baby dragon doll was hand crafted by Rozan from Colorado Springs. She intended to add wings to the little guy, but the soon-to-be owner of the dragon loved him too much as he was, and wanted to take him home right away! Rozan completed this amigurumi baby dragon with these orange alpha dragon glass eyes. The eyes provided the perfect finishing touch he was waiting for! You can check out our entire collection of glass dragon eyes here, for crafting amigurumi dolls and more! About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs...
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