Thousands of miles in a paper bag:  five different minerals in a brown paper bag, add a small colorful label, that we sell for one dollar.  Each mineral collecting trip includes Sherry’s goal to pick-up enough pieces to make mineral grab bags that change with each batch.

Above are one hundred jus made, complete and with a list of what is in each bag.  Five buckets, bags, labels, stapler and patience conclude what started out as one rock at a time picked up on trips that total thousand of miles.  Fun, educational, only one dollar, and that is part of the “minerals” of Bustin Glass and Minerals.

We have added some new shows for April and look forward to a respite before going back on the road later this month.  Check out our show schedule and hope to see you there!

The fossil arthropod, thought to be a trilobite was found under the bark of an old growth juniper in Oregon.  The fossils run in tracks along the wood.  The artist, Darren Lambert is showing his lamps at a Western Art Show, here in Las Vegas at the South Point Hotel, where we are setting up for the Glass Expo this weekend.  We had the privilege to meet this artist and his wife along with his mother, Diana Lynn, who makes lamp shades out of leather and other natural materials for the lamps made out of the old growth twisted juniper from Oregon.

The art show ends on Saturday and the Glass Expo begins on Friday.  If you would like to know more about these beautiful lamps, some with the fossil tracks, visit their site at www.juniperlampco.com

In our town of Perris is a world-class sky diving center and hot air ballooning.  We can see the balloons rise and the divers fall from our home several miles away and once had a balloon land next to our home!

This week we will be exhibiting at the Glass Craft & Bead Expo in Las Vegas.  This world-class show features classes and an exhibit hall with a hundred exhibitors.  We have added some new Evershine Pewter items, including the Hot Air Balloon pendant featured here.  Mention this post in an order and we will include a free 18″ necklace with a pendant order.