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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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Wooden Rocking Horse with High Dome Albino Horse Eyes

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Dan A. from Camarillo, California shared this photo with us in is his email about the High Domed Albino Horse Eyes used in his project:  "Hi Megan, wanted to thank you on your help picking the perfect eyes for the wooden rocking horse I carved for my new granddaughter. She loves it!" Dan, the time and love you have invested into this rocking horse for your granddaughter is evident. We hope she loves it just as much! Thank you for supporting this small business with the eyes for your project! ~ Megan   About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All...

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Driftwood Creations Brought to Life with Various Glass Eyes

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Rick R from Stillwater Lake, Canada emailed us pictures of his amazing driftwood creations, outfitted with eyes from our 16mm Bird Glass Eye Bundle, Electric Lime Green Dinosaur Eyes, and Light Green House Elf Fantasy Eyes:⁠ In his email Rick said, "Hi Megan,⁠ Thought I would send a couple of pics of my Driftwood Creations with your eyes, the eyes make a huge difference. You may like to see some finished products with your eyes :)⁠ Rick"⁠ We love how the eyes bring life to your driftwood sculptures, they are amazing and inspire our imaginations! Keep on creating!~ Megan   About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com:...

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Meet NEIGHdlepoint, the Needlepoint Horse

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Mike C. of Lexington, Kentucky, introduced me to NEIGHdlepoint, the needlepoint horse. NEIGHdlepoint is a life-size fiberglass horse covered in yards of vintage and newly stitched needlepoint. This project is a part of Horsemania 2022, a large public display of horse art sponsored by LexArts, greater Lexington's premier cultural development, advocacy and fund raising organization committed to the arts. (You can learn more at NEIGHdlepoint's website.)I am honored to note that these glass horse eyes were also included in the project."They are awesome and look so lifelike," Mike wrote in to me to say. How cool to be a part...

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Story Critter Caricature Sculptures for the Grandchildren

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Morris C. of Oro Valley AZ, write stories for his grandchildren. To illustrate the characters within the stories, he creates caricature sculptures for the critters within them. "I sculpt each one of the critters and plants from clay and then paint them," Morris explains, "Then, I put them in a setting to match the story and take a photo that is then inserted in the story." (Photo of a Watersnarfer with these blue glass eyes.) "I enjoy coming up with the caricatures to match the stories and sculpting them," Morris wrote to us in an e-mail, "Your glass eyes really make the...

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