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From elegant to whimsical, there's something for everyone's celebration style in this collection.
I also create matched sets of most of my glassware designs, so you can serve from a matching pitcher or have a full set of glasses and mugs.
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Hi there!
Janelle and I wanted to share with you a chat we had about the expanding one of our most popular wine glass designs – the flamingo – onto every type of glass piece we use.
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Jay: Tell us a little about the new Flamingo glasses you painted.
Janelle: The Flamingo wine glasses are one of our earlier designs. They’re fun, light, and they fit the shape of a wine glass. The idea was, of course, yours. I just made it happen – so credit where credit is due!
Since the shape of a flamingo matches the shape of the glass, we left it as just that, because it fit so specifically to a wine glass. It’s actually the only one I still paint on our original style of wine glasses. I now buy those glasses specifically for that design, and don’t use that glass for any other design. They have a taller stem and a shorter goblet. And we’ll keep it that way since it fits – longer legs need a longer stem.
Now that we’ve gotten into expanding lines that we’ve decided to keep for this year, we decided to do the same with the flamingos.
Jay: What adjustments did you make to fit it to the different pieces?
Janelle: To make it fit the other glasses, we had to crop it differently, so it has shorter legs, as far as what you can see. They’re all standing in the water, so it’s the same design, but since you can see around the back of the glass differently, there are now a few more flamingos on each piece. So 2-3 others in the flock are in the back – the design is now completely three dimensional – as you wrap around, and look at the backside, you see some other flamingos hanging out. There are clouds in the background and they’re in a little flamingo setting, so now you can have a whole flock of flamingo glasses that have little flocks on them.
They’re all the same colors as the originals, so they’re more versatile now.
I’m excited to have this design on a lot more pieces.
Jay: What pieces are new for this design?
Janelle: They’re on mugs, stemless glasses, pint glasses, and pitchers. I’d be happy to put them on a cookie jar, someone just has to ask me for it….
And I can always adapt designs to additional pieces if that’s what someone wants. Not every design converts to every piece – pint glasses don’t work for the “flower in the bottom” designs, like the Red Daisy or the Sunflower – if someone wanted that, I could change the design up significantly. The design would be on the sides, more like the Spring Daisy pitcher. We’d basically revamp the design to fit the taller, straighter sides.
We’re trying to get all our current designs crossed over to each piece where it’s appropriate. Anything can be adapted, but I don’t cross it over if it’s going to depart too much from the original.
Jay: And other thoughts on the flamingo?
Janelle: It’s just fun. I know I say that a lot, but that’s what I like doing – fun designs, light and happy stuff.
Things that feel joyful. Moments that make you smile kind of things. I love flamingos. They’re all over Daisy’s room (our daughter). I’ve had lots of practice at what flamingos look like in various stances and sizes.
These are basically life size on her wall.
This collection is definitely very summery and light. Beachy without the sand.
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Hi there!
Janelle took her Music Note design and worked it into all of our glass pieces.
Here’s a little background on this design, and what makes it unique (even among Janelle’s other works).
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Jay: Tell us about this design and how you’ve expanded the line.
Janelle: We’ve now moved the Music Note design onto every piece we have available – previously it was available as wine glass and a mug – now you can also get it on stemless wine glasses, pints, and a matching pitcher. We will also do this design as a cookie jar on request.
Jay: What do you like about this design?
Janelle: I like the high contrast lines, and it has a kind of a cartoony feel, but not a lot of softness to it. It’s bold, the notes, highlights and shadows, the red and black…they’re very sharp looking, as opposed to being a more fluffy design like some of my other pieces.
I like also music, and I play piano, so it wasn’t hard coming up with the notes.
Jay: What notes are on there?
Janelle: I have been trying to get them all consistent, and using the same note pattern each time. Each different piece, like the wine glass, the pint, they all have the same set of notes. Bigger pieces like the pitcher have an expanded set of notes.
It starts with a quarter note, whole note, eight notes, and it kind of moves around. Some of the ones with more room have a bird’s eye, they have the railroad tracks, and the areas with the red have more notes and symbols in them. Flat, sharp, natural…a triplet where there was room.
I did get away from the 1/16 notes – they’re so tiny. There’s a few, but you won’t see them everywhere.
I like the Music Note pieces a lot.
I don’t always like creating them, because of the number of coats, but I always like how they look when they’re done.
Jay: How many coats do you put on them?
Janelle: It’s a solid three coats, but I can do less on each coat. The first coat goes on pretty quick – it’s getting the shape on. The second has to be a full coat to really fill in the color. The third coat is to touch up coat where you can still see through the black. It goes on the fastest, but it’s a full three coats for the black.
For the red, it takes a full three coats as well to get it solid enough, especially on the mug handles. It’s the only design I’m planning on using a painted handle on.
Jay: Why is that?
Janelle: Just for the wear and tear. Not to mention, it’s tough to paint all these tiny notes with highlights and shadows on the curve.
I love the way it looks, but that’s why you don’t see the pitcher matching with the painted handle. It’s held up and everything, it’s just a concern point for me from a durability standpoint…it’s just going to get more wear and tear than any other part of the glass across any of the other designs.
The cookie jars do have a handle design, but you don’t sit and hold your cookie jar lid.
That’s the part you touch the most, so I feel like over time, it could be harder on the paint then what I’d like to see. I could be wrong, it hasn’t been a problem.
And I’ve been able to move the red around on the other pieces.
The exception to that are the stems on wine glasses. Lots of stems are painted, but it’s a little different. I feel like mugs take more use than a wine glass…depending on your lifestyle, I guess!
Jay: Any other thoughts on the Music Note line?
Janelle: I just think they’re fun!
I wanted something that was light and casual, but it’s an eye catching design. Anybody is going to notice it, as far as a piece to have out or to use for company, and it’s conducive to a lot of different groups and settings.
For example, the Flamingos are more girly – a lot of my designs are more girly – where this one is a little more gender neutral, at least for my stuff.
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Music Note Stemless Wine Glass
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Hi there!
Check out Janelle’s thoughts on her newest and favorite design, the Tree of Life…
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Jay: Let’s talk about your new Tree of Life Design.
Janelle: The Tree of Life design, and I know I say this a lot, but honest to goodness, this is my favorite design I’ve done so far; I absolutely love this glass, so much so that I’m going to keep this first one that I’ve painted. And I’ve never done that with any of the glasses I’ve painted so far.
I’m hanging onto this one, I like it that much.
It fits my personality and style really well, and it has some new and different things going on with it that I’m really happy with process-wise.
Jay: Does the Tree of Life design have any significance to you?
Janelle: One reason this design re-surfaced was a talk I heard at a women’s retreat about being rooted. It was about really being rooted in the Lord and everything that is able to grow out from that, and you know you can’t have healthy branches without a healthy root system. With a healthy, strong root system, your tree (being you) is able to withstand adversity. Trees can get large, but have a poor root system, and that’s when they topple. But you can stand and have good fruit by being well rooted in the Lord.
That’s why this design came back – I was thinking about it at that retreat, and I started wondering if I could re-do it.
Jay: When did you first use this design?
Janelle: I originally used it for teaching a wine glass painting class; it was the first glass design I came up with. It was one I never intended to paint and sell. I was going to keep it as an easy piece for painting as a class, no big deal.
Jay: So, this was your very first design. After painting probably 1,000 glasses since then, how did you change this design?
Janelle: So instead of trying to utilize the paints I do for the tree – the basic glass acrylics – I’ve gone to trying to use Pebeo paints for the background, so we can have a really loose, different finish, which is also really tough.
I thought this might be one we could switch from the regular acrylics – which are challenging to get the fade on quick enough to not take your background off – to maybe using these really loose paints. I did a test between a glossy and frosted finish, and ended up settling on the frosted finish because it was a very soft, sky-feeling design. So I’m really happy with the background.
Jay: What do you like most about this design?
Janelle: They kind of look like hippie Easter eggs when you’re painting them!
They’re gorgeous. I love the way the light comes through them, whether it’s lamplight or daylight, because they glow through this paint. I’ve been very happy with using the frosted finish.
I also like the color fade from the purpley kind of fade into the pink, into an orange before you hit the yellow – a really nice lemony, sun-shiny yellow color.
It’s a really nice earthy design with the tree and roots in the same proportions. In this design, as opposed to the original, it has leaves.
The original was a fall tree without the leaves, and I really like having a little bit more foliage; it’s a little more leafy, and spring looking.
And I love the warm highlights on the tree. It’s a slightly warmer tone. It’s a light yellow. Catching a little bit of light in the design. I love doing the dark silhouette against the bright background with a little bit of highlight over it.
I love this design. It’s very eye catching…I’m not going to say fun, because I always say that…
It’s a design that’s going to draw your eye to it, because you get almost a tie-dyed kind of background to it.
It stands on its own.
Jay: What pieces will you put this design on?
Janelle: This line will have every piece –pints, pitchers, stemless wine glasses, mugs, and regular wine glasses.
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If you’re using a piece of Janelle Patterson Art glassware as you’re reading this, finish your drink real quick and look at the bottom. There you’ll find Janelle’s signature and the piece’s year of creation.
Janelle does that because it truly is a piece of art – a functional piece of art, but art nonetheless.
Because of the quality, uniqueness, attention that goes into these – especially compared to everything else on the market – we expect them to become collectibles.
That’s why we’re issuing a Certificate of Authenticity for each individual piece moving forward (think Adoption Certificates for Cabbage Patch Dolls. Or having a rare beanie baby when they went crazy in the 90’s).
We’re also going to be numbering each piece, which means someone is going to get #1 for 2017 – and someone will get #100. And if things go according to plan, someone will get #1,000, and soon Janelle won’t be able to paint every piece herself. If things continue on the current pace, the window of time where Janelle will be able hand paint every piece will close soon.
And that changes the value of the originals when the art begins coming from the master’s workshop instead of from the master’s hand.
We can’t promise a future value, but we’d like to set the stage for that to happen.
And we’d like to make sure you, as an early supporter, benefit the most when Janelle Patterson Art glassware becomes the collectible we think they can.
Every new piece will have a Certificate of Authenticity included, as well as instructions for completing the certification.
Wondering where this puts your pre-2017 glassware?
Just go to the Authenticity page and add a Certificate of Authenticity to your cart. We’ll contact you to verify the number of pieces you purchased previously and get your certificates out to you.
To further reward you, we’re going to make sure that the lowest numbered pieces from each batch are sold direct (through Facebook or our website), instead of going to Amazon or other marketplace sites we sell through.
As always, let us know if you have any questions or thoughts (especially if you need a Pre-2017 Certificate of Authenticity) - we’d love to hear from you!
Thank you so much for your continued support!
Jay (and Janelle) Patterson
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Hey friends,
We just wanted to give you a quick update on some changes we’re making in 2017. You could maybe even call them New Year’s resolutions…
Before we jump in, we’d like to sincerely thank you for your support in 2016. We couldn’t do this without your purchases, as well as your likes, shares, and comments on Facebook!
Because of the momentum and tons of small victories we got in 2016, we’re going to continue to grow the business in the coming year.
Here are some of the things we’re most excited about.
Standing Inventory – In the past, every piece has been made to order, which means 3-5 days minimum before we can deliver or ship an order – and that’s if there are no orders in progress.
To create this inventory, Janelle is going to be painting almost 200 different pieces over the next couple of months – more than she’s ever done in such a short timeframe.
New Stock Designs – This is one of Janelle’s favorite parts of the business, and we’re already scheming on a few new designs.
Painted Piggy Banks – We did one piggy bank as a custom order in 2016, and we’re adding it as a whole new product line. We have lots of ideas for the 10 pigs we just got in!
Custom Orders – We’re going to continue doing custom orders, and we’ve come up with a pricing structure to help streamline things.
The pricing will be:
$20 custom design fee + the cost of that piece with an existing design + TBD depending on the difficultly level.
The TBD is to accommodate extremely challenging requests, while not inflating the price for more straightforward designs. So, if you have something in mind, just contact us on Facebook or our contact us page!
More Giveaways – We’re looking at doing more giveaway promotions in the coming year to get our products in more people’s hands. We’ve found that once people own or gift a piece, they keep coming back for more!
Upgrading Workspaces – This is another one Janelle’s really excited about – finally repainting her studio area and revamping the former man cave that has become a storage area/photography studio.
Right now the studio has maroon cabinets with pea green sponge-painted walls. No idea what the previous owners were thinking…
Another room was done in purple sponge paint and another was dark blue.
Be on the lookout for some before and after pictures.
Previously Janelle could only shoot at a certain time of day, and only on sunny days. She’d setup a background in front of the studio door, crouch in the floor, and fight off cats the whole time (because that was by far the most interesting thing going on in the house).
Better Photography – As the marketer, this is one I’m really excited about...We’ve finally invested in some decent lights for doing photography.
You might also notice that there are no lifestyle photos or people shots. We’re looking to change that with a few photos shoots (anyone looking to get that modeling career going?).
Maybe Video… – Even though we have zero experience in video, I think we’re going to give it a shot. It’s what all the cool kids are doing…
Getting More Social! – We’re going to be doing some Facebook advertising and getting more involved on Pintrest. We even have Pintrest share buttons on all our product pages, so please pin away!
And last but not least….
Amazon – Trying to get some more sales and reviews on Red Daisy wine glasses on Amazon (eligible for free shipping!).
And there are a lot more small things we’re looking to improve, but those are the biggies.
If you haven’t already, please like our page on Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop on new pieces, promotions, and to keep up with our adventures!
Thanks again for all your support!
Jay (and Janelle) Patterson
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