Sage House Glass

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  • Collection Drop: Garden Medallions out now!

    Collection Drop: Garden Medallions out now!

    It’s drop day!

    I’m so intensely proud of these Edwardian stained glass florals, if you haven’t seen them on my socials–check them out. I’ve got process videos and a lot of reels pairing the different colorways to specific Disney princesses, pictured below.

    Pocahontas Poppies
    Aurora’s Tulips
    Belle’s Rose
    Tiana’s Rose

    I wasn’t actively imagining color combinations for princesses when I was making this first collection, but it was a happy accident. When I completed the rose medallion I was struck by how “Belle” it looked–evoking the narrative scene at the beginning of Beauty and the Beast, when the story is being told in stained glass. It gave me a very fairytale feeling, so I started to imagine all the different princesses who would have hung these glass pieces from the castle windows or towers or Grandmother Willow branches.

    This drop is small! And the pieces themselves are small, only 6 x 4 ovals. They’re being used as an interest gathering mission, if you will. What floral medallions are most popular, what colorways are a favorite?

    It’s also my first time really attempting a drop on my new website, so I hope this goes smoothly! Please bear with me as I work out the kinks, if there are any. If certain medallions are already spoken for, I’ll be taking backorders with a 2-4 week creation window for certain colorways. Some glass is limited edition! Please e-mail me through the contact page if you have any issues with that.

    Thanks for all the support and love as I start figuring out these online spaces and move further away from Etsy. More in-person markets to come, but I’m so excited to grow this space. Cheers!

  • Florals for Summer? Groundbreaking

    Florals for Summer? Groundbreaking

    June & July months are so incredibly freaking hot in the south. I’ve barely been able to work in my garage because the heat dome is too intense–we’re working on getting air conditioning in there, but in the mean time, we’re sweating. Sometimes I’ll be in my little stained glass corner grinding glass pieces while my husband is doing wood working on the other side of the garage. When we take off our PPE we look like victims of drowning.

    This June, I did have the pleasure of making another commission for a good friend out in California. She was hoping for a floral piece, possibly a tulip or a rose, for her friend who loves to garden. I wanted to create a medallion shape; a folklore feel, a bucolic aesthetic. So I reached out onto the web and found Dutch tulip florals and medieval roses, using those as inspiration for a new line of oval medallion suncatchers.

    I sent the commission, but I couldn’t stop making the florals. I’m up to my nose in little tiny pieces of flowers. At this point, I’ve designed tulips, roses, poppies (couldn’t help myself) and peonies. The peony is a little outside my wheelhouse, but I’m doing my best with all the tiny little petals.

    The color combinations are reminding me so much of the Disney princesses that I’m referring to colorways as specifically princess-inspired. So far I’ve got the Belle, the Aurora, the Pocahontas, and the Tiana. Elsa, Anna and Ariel to come! Below is a small preview of just Belle & Aurora, but I’m looking forward to having time next week for a real photo shoot for the other colorways.

    I never know when a commission is going to help me grow in another direction! I love florals, plants and gardens, so this flows incredibly well with everything else I love to make. Cheers to a whole new floral category in my store front–coming soon!