This is all we used to make the "stained glass"...I love the idea of real colored glass, but the reality of cost and it's vulnerable proximity to the kiddos made this a much better option...Bonus was the children did it with me. Win, win situation.

How to...Mix glue with drops of food coloring to achieve your desired shade. I thinned it with a few drops of water to help it "self level". Paint it on the "inside/backside" of the window glass and voila~ let it dry...

A.D.O.P. Alert!! This was why I went to the window and door store...This is the sidewall of my sheds. I converted this part into a chicken coop years ago. I had put an old wooden framed window in to give some light to an otherwise dreary living space for my flock. 10 years is a long time. Especially when surrounded by 6 children. Yes, we have 6 amazing kiddos. BB guns, stray baseballs and most recently, college kids with paintball weapons! I just wanted to replace the broken panes so my younger ones and I could try staining glass with school glue and food coloring...Works great...I love the colors the kiddos came up with. Not so much on the brighter blue and orange one I did...Easy enough to change but again  my attention is being turned to the free windows I was blessed with.

Okay, this is how it started...(ignore the camera dates, I'm better with power tools and kids than electronics) I was hoping to replace some broken panes of glass...The local window and door store was more generous than I could ever have dreamed...I inquired about the replacement panes for an old window I had salvaged and placed in my chicken coop a decade before...The smirk and grin was a typical response to one of my many plans. But, then the conversation took a wonderful turn to one of  "county fees" for disposal of construction debris...Debris??? I'm a "green" kinda gal...My Papa was the original "upcycler"! His generation knew how to..."Use it up, wear it out or do without." I grew up many summers in east Texas marveling at all the things he had made with "trash"....

I'm not an eloquent writer. I won't be able to "wow" anyone with my words. I am, however, passionate about creating and learning to do anything. I hope to inspire and be inspired. I'll share lots of moment by moment photos of "projects" we do...As soon as, I figure out a new computer and blogging...Hope to share more very soon.