News & Spotlights — glass eyes

Soft Turtle: Before and After Button Eyes Applied

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Alexa Frear of Pismo Beach, California needed some new eyes for a plush, stuffed turtle. As you can see from the "before" image below, without eyes the turtle was a bit... lacking. Alex stumbled upon the sew on green sea turtle eyes at handmadeglasseyes.com, and determined that they provided the perfect solution. After applying the 16mm button eyes, the stuffed animal appears much more lively and full of character! You can check out the sea turtle eyes Alex used to restore this stuffed turtle here, or shop all sew on glass eye buttons here.

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Soft Beetle Sculpture with All Black Eyes

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⁠"I never thought I could find black eyes! Perfect for animals with black eyes, like my beetles! I will be a returning customer!" - NaturesProductions ⁠ This 5-star review was given in regards to our All Black Horror Glass Eyes. While these eyes were originally designed with horror props such as zombies and evil witches in mind, it's interesting to see how many different - completely not horror-related - projects have been created with these all-black eyes included. These detailed and dark all-black glass eyes are available in sizes 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, and 40mm....

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Sterling Silver Cat pendants with Realistic Glass Cat Eyes

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Show n' tell time!Ya'all know how I LOVE seeing stuff that's made with my glass eye designs. Well, when Bianca Henriquez of New York, NY showed me to amazing sterling silver cat pendants, I just knew I had to share. These glorious pieces of handcrafted jewelry are completed with small glass eyes from my cat eyes collection.You can view these pendants and more of Bianca's sterling silver jewelry creations in her Etsy shop, AncestralTwine.Thanks for letting me share, Bianca!   These custom sterling silver pendants include personalization with engraving on the back. You could have it be the name of your loved one, or pet.  What a great...

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Cthulhu Sculpture with Soft Blue Glass Eyes

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"Perfect for my project! Thank you!" - Review from John Blake of Roanoke, VA John used the soft blue and green human style glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com to bring his Cthulhu sculpture to life. You can find the light blue and green eyes used in this sculpture here. Or you can shop all human style glass eyes here. Glass eyes come in a range of sizes including 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, and 40mm. (4mm, 18mm, 50mm, and 60mm are not listed, but are available by custom request!) Our glass eyes are used in paper mache sculptures, taxidermy...

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Life Sized Owls Handcrafted from Wood

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Gary Gossen of Kimberly, WI handcrafts life-sized owls out of wood and other materials. These majestic sculptures are brought to life with glass owl eyes by Megan Petersen, available at handmadeglasseyes.com. Whether creating sculptures with wood or other materials, life and character can be added to your original handcrafted creations with a unique set of originally designed glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com

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