Comments on: Blenko Glass Factory In Milton, West Virginia http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne M http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-86341 Anne M Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:02:48 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-86341 If you heat the glass pieces in a kiln, it will round off the edges when it cools. They can be used then for all the good ideas here.. If you heat the glass pieces in a kiln, it will round off the edges when it cools. They can be used then for all the good ideas here..

]]> By: Barb Wilson http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-31938 Barb Wilson Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:10:50 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-31938 That colored glass would make real pretty vases u can glue them on & they off set the flowers & so forth that u put in the vase I have seen earrings also made out of glass also make colored glass makes xmas decorations to put on a tree when the lites hit it they just glow That colored glass would make real pretty vases u can glue them on & they off set the flowers & so forth that u put in the vase I have seen earrings also made out of glass also make colored glass makes xmas decorations to put on a tree when the lites hit it they just glow

]]> By: Donna http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-20210 Donna Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:37:35 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-20210 P.S. - you could fill little dishes of it and place it on the bathroom sink. My friend did this with the tiny colorful fish/starfish/tiny whales that came in little bags at Albertson's. Just a thought - I am totally NOT creative. LOL My older sister got all that. Also, my husband is the decorator at our home - he has an eye for things. P.S. – you could fill little dishes of it and place it on the bathroom sink. My friend did this with the tiny colorful fish/starfish/tiny whales that came in little bags at Albertson’s. Just a thought – I am totally NOT creative. LOL My older sister got all that. Also, my husband is the decorator at our home – he has an eye for things.

]]> By: Donna http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-20209 Donna Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:17 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-20209 We have a Libby glass factory - the other side of Shreveport, in LA. I went around last Thanksgiving with a friend, and we purchased the prettiest Christmas glasses. They had small gold rims, and Holley on them and looked like the ones that sell in the larger department stores, for around 10-15 a glass...we paid a dollar each, or less. I love bargain shopping. I also got a large water pitcher for our dining room table. It's so fun to go to. One sister in law ("outlaw") lives in Fairfax, VA and goes all over, to that "neck of the woods" ...I'll have to ask her about it. She mentions places she takes visitors to, to shop out that way. We have a Libby glass factory – the other side of Shreveport, in LA. I went around last Thanksgiving with a friend, and we purchased the prettiest Christmas glasses. They had small gold rims, and Holley on them and looked like the ones that sell in the larger department stores, for around 10-15 a glass…we paid a dollar each, or less. I love bargain shopping. I also got a large water pitcher for our dining room table. It’s so fun to go to.
One sister in law (“outlaw”) lives in Fairfax, VA and goes all over, to that “neck of the woods” …I’ll have to ask her about it. She mentions places she takes visitors to, to shop out that way.

]]> By: Minna http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13525 Minna Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:48:24 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13525 I found the pictures and instructions for a wind harp. If you decide to make it I can translate the instructions for you. http://kirppis.yle.fi/node/259 I found the pictures and instructions for a wind harp. If you decide to make it I can translate the instructions for you.
http://kirppis.yle.fi/node/259

]]> By: RobynL http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13523 RobynL Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:49:26 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13523 Love the colored vases, wow!!! My first thoughts, before reading any responses, were to use the glass pieces around a mirror frame or picture frame. Also, you could use them on a small table top as long as you could grout to hide the sharp edges. Now I will say I'd make a stepping stone or two or three from cement or plaster(you can buy the mix in a bag and just have to add water) and before it hardens place pieces of the glass and embed them in the cement so the edges are surrounded by cement. Leave them here and there in your flower/vegetable garden or have on the front step. Very pretty. Love the colored vases, wow!!!
My first thoughts, before reading any responses, were to use the glass pieces around a mirror frame or picture frame. Also, you could use them on a small table top as long as you could grout to hide the sharp edges.
Now I will say I’d make a stepping stone or two or three from cement or plaster(you can buy the mix in a bag and just have to add water) and before it hardens place pieces of the glass and embed them in the cement so the edges are surrounded by cement. Leave them here and there in your flower/vegetable garden or have on the front step. Very pretty.

]]> By: kacey http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13522 kacey Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:04:04 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13522 I'd use it for a mosaic coffee table top. So pretty! And I'd probably put some pieces in a glass bowl by the window to catch the light. Wow, I so want to go and see these glass places. Way cool. I’d use it for a mosaic coffee table top. So pretty! And I’d probably put some pieces in a glass bowl by the window to catch the light.

Wow, I so want to go and see these glass places. Way cool.

]]> By: Susan http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13519 Susan Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:36:28 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13519 I'm dumbfounded to learn Fenton Art Glass closing! :shocked: I’m dumbfounded to learn Fenton Art Glass closing! :shocked:

]]> By: Dru http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13517 Dru Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:49:22 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13517 If they are colored pieces of glass bits, I would create some type of paperweight and have it displayed on a bookshelf, mantel or curio cabinet. If they are colored pieces of glass bits, I would create some type of paperweight and have it displayed on a bookshelf, mantel or curio cabinet.

]]> By: Kimmy Lane http://chickensintheroad.com/living/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13511 Kimmy Lane Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:59:16 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/10/19/blenko-glass-factory-in-milton-west-virginia/#comment-13511 The star is beautiful. I'd use the pieces for xmas ornaments The star is beautiful. I’d use the pieces for xmas ornaments

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