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About debbiesshed

My blog is all about the stained glass projects I get up to in my shed. I promise to post regularly with fresh and beautiful jobs. Thanks for looking.

Has it been a month?

Posted on June 2, 2013 by debbiesshed

Sorry folks, but where has that time gone…? And it is not that I have been lazy it i more that I have never stood still. Busy, busy time for the Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail, for which … Continue reading →

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Life’s a beach

Posted on May 1, 2013 by debbiesshed

Or it was today…… Been busy finishing off bits and bobs for my ‘open studio’ on Friday and the sun came out perfectly for these two pieces on the beach. And most excitedly, today i got my new gate!  Roy … Continue reading →

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Tilly

Posted on April 26, 2013 by debbiesshed

‘Tilly’ is my friends bouncy wire haired pointer. She is just gorgeous, with long legs and eyebrows to die for, (or perhaps not, unless you are of course, a wire haired pointer!…. Dogs and their owners and all that, I … Continue reading →

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Weka is off!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by debbiesshed

  Well, I have got there….. am passing it across to Ray tonight. “Fingers-crossed” he likes it. Here’s how it went…. Clawed feet, soft soldered using brass bar and brass wire and aged with a little grout – A first … Continue reading →

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A lucky escape

Posted on April 14, 2013 by debbiesshed

Orrrrrr, isn’t he cute! We rescued this little bunny from my cat. He had him trapped in my downstairs loo but thankfully scampered off un-harmed…..Just back from a week in Cornwall and although beautiful, it could have been warmer. Stunning … Continue reading →

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A Spring opening..

Posted on April 2, 2013 by debbiesshed

It is ‘Open Shed’ again for me on Friday, but I am also most excited to be exhibiting one or two things at a friends open house too. Jan Huntley Peace with her beautiful ‘Art to Wear’ is inviting all … Continue reading →

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A ‘weka’ in progress……

Posted on April 2, 2013 by debbiesshed

Whilst all around me are eating eggs………. I am hatching a weka.. My customer is a rusty engineer, sorry, I meant to say ‘Rust Engineer’ and he was concerned about the legs. So far I’m using a nice bit of … Continue reading →

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A day of drawing…….(and re-drawing)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by debbiesshed

A blustery day and I’m feeling a chill so definitely not the day to be in the shed with that easterly wind whistling through. Far better a day at the kitchen table working on some designs. My ‘weka’s and ‘walshes’ … Continue reading →

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Progress back at the Shed

Posted on March 22, 2013 by debbiesshed

  An itty –bitty week…..progressing commissions and finishing off bits and bobs. My ‘nearly there hare’ is now a really there hare’ – Happy 40th Lu’.  Tilly the floppy dog in progress, I just love her comical expression. Just need … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Wales

Posted on March 8, 2013 by debbiesshed

A recent commission from a friend…..it went something like this. “My brother-in-law is having a birthday… it’s a special birthday…..i need a special present for him… and I need to take it with me to America – a week on … Continue reading →

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