The truth is

you have to have cool materials to make cool things.  So, when James called me a hoarder, it HURT a bit but it was the truth. I hoard COOL things.  I look for COOL things.  I stop to pull COOL things out of the trash…

Some cool things

come to me by way of friends and relatives… These are special gifts.  My coolest most special gifts of late are these stained glass windows.  They were salvaged from a church in Illinois and have been with Judy Chandler in Eldorado, Texas, for some time.  My cousin, Mary Lewis, spotted them and told Judy I would take care of them for her.

So on a warm March day last year,

I met Mary at Judy’s ranch and picked up the 14 broken 100 year old windows. The cost to me was minimal…. or so “I thought.” It was one window redone…These windows are leaded and I knew that the work to restore one window was out of my league.  I did what any insane/sane person who likes COOL stuff would do…… I agreed.

 

Knowing that I was not going to put lead around these windows again,

I needed a solution for my payment back to Judy.  Mosaics was the answer.  I found some old windows out of an old house and made Judy two pieces.  The first was an exact replica of one of the windows.

and the second was in collaboration with Mary… a Dove.

 

Because the gift of these windows is so great

I have made sure that it is a gift that continues to help others.  Here are a few more pictures of pieces that were done with some of the windows.  The first was made with Dinette Watkins… She wanted to do something special for our fall festival in October.  This is what we came up with.

And last a picture of a few more pieces done for worthy causes.

Just sayin’,

You have to have Cool materials to make cool things.  I am a hoarder.