…the pansy fan lamp
I had been anticipating the birth of my second grandchild since finding out of my older daughters’ pregnancy last spring. And then they announced that a girl was on the way, which meant that I would have one of each. Beautiful Avery Elizabeth showed up on the 22nd of February, and is a joy to mom & dad (and grandma, too)! Her room is all pretty in pinks & brown. As I was thinking of something to make in stained glass, I came 
across a piece of paper that I had kept because it had a colored imprint of 3 pansies which I knew would make a great pattern for something. I scanned, enlarged and highlighted where I wanted to make the cuts. and voila! a fanlamp nightlight for the baby girls’ room.
My daughter loves it. And I imagine that Avery will too, when she is old enough to know what it is. I loved making it and I believe that the joy I feel when I am creating pretty things comes through the finished piece. So, I am now starting on a wall mirror with overlaying glass pansies and a wispy pink glass & irridescent pink nuggets framing the border.
Oh what fun!
