Deck the halls with Dragons and Trolls

After I used one of my sons old Christmas stockings to help display our welcome sign ~ I stood back and realized we have decorated our shop with Dragons and Trolls :-)

Aspen Hot Glass ~ Christmas Cards

When I was first studying art in Seattle I wanted to design for Greeting card companies. Now some 10+ years later I design cards for our glass company and give a free card with every gift. This has been a blast for me and I feel I can scratch off a line on my bucket list :-).

This year I created 3 new Christmas cards and hope to continue the trend with new designs every year.

Aspen Hot Glass ~ Santa’s Subcontractors

Christmas is upon us and Bill and I feel like we are subcontractors for Santa Claus. Our store has been like our “beach cabin” get away that allows us to dream big and in the process we have been developing new products. Bill has been getting back into making glass icicles and I have been making cork top bottle stoppers for long-term storage of wine and champagne that easy go into he refrigerator.

These are called “Wine Bottle Bling”

I also have expanded my wine accessories sections and added a “Wine Box Bling” for my friends that drink boxed wine. Bill has set up a small torch station at the store and has been doing torch demos on Saturdays. Last Saturday he made several of his little fish. As I was turning his fish into pendants I put one on top of one of my wine corks and now we have “Fish Bottle Bling” for wine bottles too. What does it mean when all things I do right now go into wine accessories?