News & Spotlights — craft project

Elizabeth J. from Jensen Beach, FL shared this photo with us of the beautiful Stained Glass Owl she created. This gorgeous brown owl is given life with a pair of Yellow Owl Glass Eyes.⁠"Megan you do beautiful work, thank you. I use them on my stained glass projects." Elizabeth, this is lovely! Thank you for sharing with me! We look forward to working with you again in the future and thank you for your continued support of this small business! ~ Megan   About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs designed by Megan Petersen of Spokane, Washington...

Evan Y. from Maineville, OH shared these amazing photos with us of the 17 foot long Great White Shark made for their Vacation Bible School. This Great White Shark is given life with a pair of Great White Shark Glass Eyes.⁠"Our vacation Bible school went really well, and the great white shark eyes that you made for us really helped with making it look great!  Having a 17 foot shark in our “Scuba” centerpiece in the sanctuary was pretty amazing!" Evan, that shark is absolutely amazing! We are so happy to hear your program was a success. It is so...

Lynn M. from Daleville, VA shared these jolly photos with us, of her 30 inch high Needle Point Santa with animals. On this project she used several different sizes and designs of our eyes.⁠ Santa is brought to life using our Green and Blue Human Glass Eyes. The animals use glass eyes that are similar to their natural eyes.⁠"I had to use them because they are perfect. Santa’s eyes alone make the project, and the rest of the animals look so much more realistic with your eyes. I told folks where I got them when they asked, and I shared your website with them...

When Creativity Has Other Plans I sat down fully prepared to make a bracelet. Beads, wire, tools—all ready to go. But soon after I started threading the beads, something changed. Instead of making a bracelet, I found myself creating a beaded barrette. It wasn’t part of the plan, but I went with it. What started as a random detour ended up becoming an entire line of beaded barrettes, and that collection is still one of my best sellers over at my boho jewelry website. This kind of unexpected shift happens often, especially when I’m designing glass eyes. The materials pull me in...

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...