Ball #104

The fifth ball and probably my last. (But never say never!) This ball was black and I painted it yellow. It is covered in a rainbow pattern with a star at the north pole and then ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) more or less to the equator and then reversing to the south pole. It was given to my pastor and his family for their garden August 2011.

Ball #102

The third of five rescued balls. I painted this one navy and covered it with opaque periwinkle, and a variety of blue marine shaped marbles that came from The Christmas Tree Shop, including fish, sea horses, star fish and shells.

Ball #101

This ball was one of the five rescued by a Rotarian when his neighbor was going to throw them away. (Gasp!) It was a black and red swirl (the kind that bowling alleys have for the amateurs) and I painted it green. It is covered with a variety of translucent and opaque greens and highlighted with black-eyed susan flowers made with opaque yellow with a brown center. This ball was purchased by Dad for our uncle.

Ball #99

Another ball from my friend's son (I think!). This one was blue and I covered it with aqua translucent and cat eye. It is accented with glass sea horses, star fish and shells that came from The Christmas Tree Shop last summer. More concentric circles. Given to the Rotary friend who gave came up with five balls for me.

Ball #98

I am pretty sure that this is another ball that came from my friend's son. (See what happens when I don't make notes immediately?) This ball was an orange swirl so I covered it with peach clear, peach beach, peach oblong, orange iridescent, mini amber and mini clear in concentric circles and flower power. It also has three amber fish.

Ball #97

I can't remember where I got this ball, but I think it was from my friend's son. It was a lovely silvery blue color. I found a marble mix that included mini opaque silver, clear mini, and clear mini with sparkles. I combined them with some small and large opaque white marbles that had some veins of greyish blue. The design was concentric circles. I think of it as the "Polar Ball". It was donated to the Rotary for their golf tournament. (It also kind of looks like a giant golf ball. Hopefully whoever wins it will enjoy it.

Ball #94

This ball came from one of Dad's Rotarians in July 2010. It was black and I painted it yellow. It is decorated in concentric rows of clear with yellow cat eye and translucent cornflower blue. It was given back to the donor in thanks, since he had given me several other balls a few years ago. May 16, 2011 update: Given to a Rotarian for his neighbor, who gave me 5 balls.

Ball #92

This ball came from a church rummage sale. It was black and I painted it navy. It is decorated with cobalt stars, large cobalt rounds, opaque periwinkle and clear with a periwinkle cat eye. I sold it at a church craft bazaar in July 2010.

Ball #90

This was a pink swirly ball found by a friend in a house she is re-habbing. I covered it with expanded flower power (flower power with concentric circles) in light, medium and dark purple. Also mini-purple, pink, clear and clear with white cat-eye. It was purchased by Dad and given to a Rotary friend.

Ball #86

Here is ball three of three. This one is covered with concentric circles in a repeating pattern using clear, clear with white cat-eye, white, translucent red and black.

Ball #85

Here is the second of three red/maroon balls from my sister's friend. I used red hearts, small round red, white, clear, clear with white cat-eye and beach glass in concentric circles of a repeating pattern.

Ball #83

The final Craiglist ball. This one was a funky purple, aqua and white swirl pattern. I covered it with purple iridescent, dark purple, light purple, mini purple and translucent aqua in concentric circles. It has a large aqua at the north pole. The mini purples are at the equator and approximately at the tropics of cancer and capricorn. The repeating pattern of aqua and purple changes between each mini row. In my imagination I was going for an ombre effect. It's still only in my imagination!

I donated this ball to a fundraiser and it brought about $40.00 in a chinese auction.

Ball #82

Another ball from the Craigslist haul. This one was a brown swirl. I covered it with clear with a gold iridescence and cream opaque. There is a large clear round at the north pole and 3 amber butterflies.

Ball #81

This ball came from Craigslist. It was black and I painted it navy and decorated it in red, white & blue. It has a large cobalt at the north pole, and then has concentric circles of clear, clear with white cat eye, translucent red and translucent cobalt. It also has some opaque white and cobalt stars.
7-09-11 update - This ball was given to a friend who is a master gardener. He said he is going to tell his grandchildren it came from outer space!

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 #73

Another ball from my friend's son. This one looked like a bowling alley ball, black with turquoise, and I painted it creamy white. I covered it with a new color I found at Michael's - opaque peach (they called it pink), orange metallic, and clear with orange cat eye in concentric circles.

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 #69

I purchased this ball at the Catholic church's rummage sale in June of 2009. It was a red swirl and I decorated it with a red heart at the top, and then a repeating 16 pattern including clear, red translucent, red opaque, red iridescent and white beach glass. Sadly, I forgot to photograph it before I gave it to the friends who brought us our new kitten, Raquel. (See my other blog for more about her and her brother, Clovis.)

Ball #66

Another Baptist ball - black and painted navy. This one was decorated in a patriotic theme with red hearts, white and cobalt stars, and alternating stripes of clear, clear with white cat eye, red, white and blue. Dad bought this one also on June 1, 2009 to give to a Rotary friend who happens to have a life-sized red, white and blue horse sculpture in her front yard. She put the ball in her front garden and I see it often!

Ball#64

Another Baptist ball - this time black and painted periwinkle blue. I covered this with a repeating 9 pattern of clear with periwinkle cat eye, periwinkle opaque, cobalt translucent and cobalt with cat eye in concentric circles. This ball was purchased by Dad to give to one of his Rotary friends.