Art Admire

i've always admired stained glass whether it was in a church or a decorative piece in a home decorating store. Even though I have played around with a variety of arts and crafts, I had never attempted to work with stained glass until last weekend.

We recently remodeled our kitchen and were finished all but the backsplash. We had seen mosaic tiles online and in home improvement stores and thought they were lovely. But instead of using a pre-made design, my husband came up with an idea for a backsplash that would give our kitchen a personal and artistic touch. We would create our own backsplash using stained glass. This sounded doable to me so we went to the hobby store and found a large variety of beautifully colored 12-inch by 12-inch sheets of glass.

We were like kids in a candy store.

"Oh, look at this one!"

"Ooh, let's get this one, and this one. And, how about this one?"

We selected about thirty tiles since they were on sale. We had no idea what tools we needed to work with the glass but we would obviously need something to cut the tiles. We bought a quality cutter for about $20 and headed home to get started.
By Yvonne Perry Platinum Quality Author