News & Spotlights — ocean life

Mesmerizing Blue Moon Eyes

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Justine H. from Arlington, TX shared this photo with us in her review of how she used our Blue Moon Glass Eyes in her mesmerizing yarn craft. "Beautiful eyes, exceeded expectations. I've purchased from this shop several times and always been happy with the products." Justine, this is just eerily beautiful, thank you for sharing it in your glowing review! 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...

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Spectacular 17' Great White Shark with Glass Eyes

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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...

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Realistic Handmade Octopi with 78mm Glass Eyes

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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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Hand Carved Trout with Dark Fish Glass Eyes

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Carl L. from Scottsdale, Arizona said this is an email about the Dark Fish Eyes used in their project:⁠⁠"Glad to do business with you. Love your products!  I don’t have any pictures as cute as your daughter, but attached are my 3 hand-carved trout with your eyes added today as the final touch!  Love it! Cheers, Car"⁠ Carl, those trout look so incredibly life like! What an amazing detailed creation! Thank you for choosing our eyes to bring them to life and we appreciate your support of this small business! ~ Megan   About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass...

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Carved Wood Walking Stick with Custom Kraken Eyes

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Tab M from Kentucky, shared these amazing photos with us in a recent email about the Custom Kraken Glass Eyes they ordered for their project: "Here is the finished walking stick...the eyes are perfect" Tab the time and effort in your creation is evident in the amount of detail in the designs. Thank you for taking time to share such a unique creation with us and allowing us to make the eyes to complete it! ~ Megan   About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs designed by Megan Petersen of Spokane, Washington Each...

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