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Continue reading →: Tiny Glass Boxes make Great Bridesmaid GiftsOne of my most popular items are my Tiny Boxes, which sell great at Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and all year long for Weddings. Brides love to give them out as bridesmaid gifts – being a useful item, colorful, long lasting and truly unique. Each one is hand crafted…
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Continue reading →: Making Glass Invitation Boxes Full TimeI’m making the leap to full time with Invite Boxes and Art Nites Classes! After years of being an artist for other companies, I decided it was way past time that I take my art business seriously. I had tried it in the late 1990s and although I had a…
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Continue reading →: Keepsake Box with Removable InvitationSometimes I will make a box that will allow the customer to remove the invitation. It’s usually because I don’t have the invitation, or I have an imperfect one. I can still ship to the customer so that they receive the gift on time, and they save time not shipping another one to me.…
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Continue reading →: Unusual Glass TerrariumsThere’s a lot of interest in terrariums lately. I’ve seen a lot of polygon shapes, hexagons, pentagons etc. Usually they’re done with just plain clear glass, one side left open so that you can fill it with a plant or put in a candle, glass bits or whatever you’d like…
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Continue reading →: Multiple Colors in an Invitation BoxLately I’ve been making glass boxes with multiple colors for the tops and sides. I was always afraid to do them this way, but they’ve come out great! I think my hesitation stemmed from my thought that they wouldn’t be “serious” enough of the occasion, but now I feel they…
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Continue reading →: Fun and Funky Bat Mitzvah GiftI was recently asked to make a keepsake invitation box for a girl who’s “fun”. Her aunt asked me to make it “fun & funky” to fit her personality. The invitation itself was so colorful it was easy to design around. We decided to make sure it had lots of…
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Continue reading →: Art Nites and Renaissance FairesArt Nites is going to be at the Robin Hood Springtime Festival! We’re going to lead off a different painting every day. The Faire runs every Saturday, Sunday, and Memorial Day from May 21 to June 5, 2016 (11 am to 7pm). Combo Tickets to the festival/Art Nites painting will be…
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Continue reading →: Art Nites Painting EventI’m now finally teaching Art Nites Painting events! I had wanted to get into this for the past two years, bought $1,100 worth of easels, paint, canvas, brushes and aprons. Now, it’s actually happening! I’ve done my first two classes, which turned out great, and I’m on to more. The…
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Continue reading →: Lessons Learned from the Naked CakeI’ve been asked to make another naked cake for two weeks from now! Here’s my first one above, made last summer. Well, technically this was my third one, I made two in preparation for this one and brought them in to work for comments and taste testing. I had made…
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Continue reading →: Stained Glass Set for a Bat Mitzvah GiftHere’s a stained glass Bat Mitzvah invitation box with a matching photo frame. I was originally asked by one person to make the box, then a few weeks later another customer asked for a box – for the same girl! So I suggested the photo frame. I don’t make them too…
Hello,
I’m Anna
I love to design unique stained glass pieces for weddings, Bat Mitzvahs and other special occasions. I also make smaller glass boxes, wall hangings, sun catchers, mirrors and other functional art. I’m a full-time artist – designing stained glass, jewelry and freelance graphic design as well as teaching painting and craft classes through Art Nites.
Artist Anna Harding 