Ball #93

This ball came from a church rummage sale. It was deep green and I decorated it in "daisy" flower power. The daisies are opaque white with opaque yellow centers. The background fill is various shades of green. There are occasional highlights of bottle glass with a green cat eye. This ball went to a church bazaar and was purchased by Mom for her garden in July 2010.

Ball #75

This ball also came from the Catholic Church's rummage sale in October 2009. It was red and I painted it with nickel shimmer from Krylon - a really nice color! It is covered with lavender, purple, purple iridescent, and green iridescent in concentric circles, with several lines of mini lavender interspersed. I gave it to the pastor of my mother and sister's church, who had admired the various balls I put into the silent auctions. She likes gardening, so hopefully will use the ball in her garden.

Ball #71

This ball came from Mom's neighbor. He is also a member of her church and donated the ball for me to decorate and put into Mom's silent auction for the hospice. It was black and I painted it cream white and covered it with clear with light orange cat eye, clear with dark orange cat eye and orange iridescent. Mom bought it, so now she has 4 of my balls - three in her sun room and one in her dining room. (My parents are my best customers!)

Ball #59

This ball was a deep green with sparkles and came from the Baptist Church. It was very tempting to keep it, since it was my favorite color, but it went for a good cause. I covered it with deep green translucent, light green bottle glass, light green with white cat eye, and large light green leaves in a continuous swirl pattern. I donated it to a Silent Auction that my mother organized. The auction took place at a Pig Roast in August of 2008 and was a benefit for a new hospice that is going to be built in our town.

Ball #45

This ball originally belonged to a friend of my mother. Mom bought it from an estate sale after her friend's death. It was a green and turquoise swirl pattern. I used large and small clear and oval marbles, clear flowers, and white opaque flower power with a turquoise center. I used an large oval over the engraved name on the ball. I gave the finished ball to Mom and she has it in her sun room, which is aqua and white.

Ball #37

Here is another ball my Aunt got from a bowling alley. This one was cracked - I assume a casualty during finger hole drilling. It was black with sparkles. I painted it white and covered it with opaque orange & green flower power, iridescent opaque aqua, and clear with aqua cat eye. I gave this one to my mother for Valentine's Day, 2007. It matches the colors in her sun room, where it currently resides. Because of the cracks it was not weather resistant, so it worked out perfectly to have an indoor place for it.

Ball #30

Here is the fourth of six balls from the Baptist church. The first attempt was to paint it hammered green and cover it with rubber frogs which had been painted black, then hammered green. It looked really cute but the frogs kept falling off. I had sent it to the garden center in 2007 but the owner pulled it after several of the frogs came loose. So, I scraped them all off, touched up the hammered green paint, and tried again. This time I used large clear ovals on the equator, and a variety of large and small clear, plus clear butterflies, on the rest of the ball. I sold this one to my mother to give to her friend for Christmas 2007.

Ball #3

This ball belonged to my mother. It was black with her maiden name initials on it. I painted it hammered bronze and covered it with 2 layers. of pennies. All the pennies on both layers were face up except two. Renegade penny one was face down. Renegade penny two was a Canadian penny, maple leaf side up. I gave this ball back to Mom and she has it indoors.