Santa with his elves Isabella, Erin, Andrea & Ellie!

It’s about time I thanked all the Elves for helping out with our second Painting With Santa. We sold out weeks before the event. I wish we had space and time to have accommodated every child/family that wanted to participate. Santa was so sweet to all the kids and our Photographer, Joy, of Shoot The Moon Photography captured brilliant photos of Santa with the children (and even with some parents :)) It was quite challenging coordinating the location, Santa, photos, glass fused ornaments, and finger print custom frames. We also had an on location event at the same time that took 1/2 our staff to Brown Deer to paint with over 100 kids at a corporate event. All in all I believe it went very well. I had many positive comments. There are a few hiccups to sort out before next year (like 3 Matthews!), but we will do it again so be sure to sign up early!

Tags: Elves, Santa, Shoot The Moon Photography

We had a fun time at our Holiday party Saturday night.  You might be seeing a lot of periwinkle blue worn by the Glazians as they all received hooded sweatshirts with “Glaze” embroidered down the sleeve.  I think they turned out great and I haven’t seen anyone yet who doesn’t look good in that shade of blue.  The evening ended at The Rivoli where we showed the movie “Elf“.  It was an interactive film thanks to the creativity of Kay who thought up the actions to go along with the film.  I must admit, it really doesn’t matter what activity we come up with, we always end up having a good time.  It must be the people :)  Check out my new custom made shoes next time you are in the studio.  The Glazians had a special pair of Glaze shoes made just for me.  I LOVE them!  (I’ll have to learn how to post a picture here)  We also used the professional services of Lori Luther to create a power point presentation showing photos from the past 4 years.  The background music was from Stefan’s band: We The Living.  Perhaps I’ll keep a copy at the studio in case there are any requests to view it.  Who knows…maybe you or your piece made the film…

Tags: Elf, Lori Luther, Periwinkle, We The Living

Here we are already going on Jan. 3rd.  It’s been such a great week.  I love having the Holiday fall in the middle of the week.  It felt like we had three Saturdays in a row!  Tonight is a big night at Glaze.  We are having our staff Christmas party!  As you already know, we have an amazing group of dedicated “Glazians” working at the studio, and tonight is the night we treat them to a night out.  We have some really fun things planned, but I will have to write about them after the event so I don’t ruin any surprises :)  The studio was very busy yesterday.  I love seeing families spending time together creating art and memories.  I know, I am a total sap.  Enjoy the weekend, and thank-you for the responses to the first blog post!

I’m very excited to be blogging on our new web site!  I’ve been waiting for this day!  Now that Christmas Day is sadly behind us, I have found a few moments to start the blog.  I love the excitement, preparation, anticipation, and pure joy of the Holiday season.  I plan to enjoy every day my kids are home from school.  We have lots of activities planned throughout the week.  I’m also working on putting together another “Mommy Camp”.  I recently decorated a Birthday tree for the CJWC’s Festival Of The Trees.  My Birthday tree was auctioned off to raise money for local charities.  It was hard to let the tree go as I imagined it being put out on display each time a Birthday was celebrated.  I wish I would have made 2 right away so I could have one.  I enjoy decorating trees for Christmas time, why not have a Birthday Tree to be used any time of the year?  This is the inspiration for a January Mommy Camp.  Look for information going out regarding the designing and decorating of a Birthday Tree for your home.

My plan is to blog several times a week-hopefully with pertinent information regarding Glaze and the community, but most likely just random thoughts and ideas floating around the studio and in my head.  I am looking forward to hearing back from you as well.  Share what’s on your mind.  It’s all good.