THE LOOKING GLASS
The Looking Glass creates one of a kind stained glass for home business and church. Proud member of NAIA and WWAO along with other organizations. Work may be seen and purchased at http://27lauriebethbeggin.etsy.com
 
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THE LOOKING GLASS ADAM AND EVE NUMBER 1....ready to set sail east to New Jersey! Whoot!

Pam Hawk
Pam Hawk
Ooooooooh. Pretty.
3 hours ago
Athena G Penson
about an hour ago
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THE LOOKING GLASS I AM STILL SOLDERING.....LOL

Sue Kerr Hubb
Sue Kerr Hubb
beautiful !!!!!
Thu at 4:23pm
Athena G Penson
Athena G Penson
mmmmmm nice......
about an hour ago
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THE LOOKING GLASS IT'S TIME TO START SOLDERING! WHOOT...

Lori Fluegel Van Zee
October 31 at 7:30am
Athena G Penson
Athena G Penson
it looks like fun!!
about an hour ago
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Good Morning friends! Ah, as my current client said, "Oh Laurie,
haven't you learned by now that life always gets in the way of living!"
Wiser words were never spoken! A big shout out thank you
to Sharon, the most patient client I have had to-date! Here are photos
of the current Adam N Eve panel, ready for foiling. Being i...n
"transition" has been a real challenge (time management!) but a welcome
one. Progress is being made so incredibly fast on my stained glass
studio! I am truly "living the dream"!
Autumn is upon us here in Northern Illinois. Firewood was delivered
yesterday and is stacked snugly in the garage. The leaves are falling
fast and furious and today is a MOST precious "Indian Summer" day. I am
relishing every moment of it. Lovely warmth and sunshine, leaves
rustling, pine trees waving hello to the sun, and little chipmunks
running around with nut-stuffed cheeks! It just doesn't get any better
than this in my book! I hope wherever you are you are able to connect
with nature on some level today. Sending out warm Autumn wishes! LIFT
UP YOUR ART, Laurie B.
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Athena G Penson

Athena G Penson I LOVE your work!!! the spirit .... the emotions... WOW!!

October 13 at 5:23pm · Report
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Awh, thanks Athena! Your kind words are deeply appreciated. Wow back atcha!!!
October 15 at 12:52pm
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THE LOOKING GLASS Here are photos of yesterday's progress on the Adam and Eve panel. It really taking shape! Enjoy and Lift Up Your Art! Laurie B.

Sherry Roskam
Sherry Roskam
Keep up the good work! Love ya!
October 15 at 7:33am
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THANK YOU everyone for your kind words! I love this art form.
October 16 at 9:36pm
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Good Morning Friends,

Here's hoping you have sunshine where ever you are today. It's gloomy
here in Northern Illinois! I wanted to share a couple of photos of
where I've been keeping myself recently. I'm making great progress on
"Adam And Eve" and hope to have this piece foiled and ready for
soldering by the middle of the w...eek. My temporary digs are working out
just fine and I am thankful. Lift up YOUR art! Laurie B.
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Steve McMillen
Steve McMillen
Can't wait to see your interpretations/realizations in glass!
October 12 at 8:06am
Patti
Patti
Gloomy or not, you rock wherever you are! Your work is simply put inspirational!!
October 12 at 10:45am
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Thanks to all for the kind words! I made really good progress on this panel today. I'll update the pics tomm. The support shown here for my art fuels me on! With gratitude, Laurie B.
October 12 at 2:38pm
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Good Morning friends! I am working hard on this cold and rainy Autumn
day but hold out hope for some sunshine and the changing colors of the
trees. One can HOPE! Yesterday, my friend Denise and I made the trip to
Elvira, Iowa, a lovely farming community surrounded by beautiful Iowa
countryside. I have been commissioned to ...create three stained glass
windows for the Elvira Zion Lutheran Church! Pastor Bill is a wonderful
man, so full of inspiration and energy. I have asked Denise Clenney, of
Changing Designs, to draw the pattern I will be using for the windows.
I was able to get the measurments of the windows with Denise's help and
our brain-storming session with Pastor Bill was very exciting. I'll be
creating an Iowa landscape in a tri-scape design. I'm incredibly jazzed
about the location and I think this project will be beautiful! I am
looking foward to sharing this journey with you and will be sure to
post pictures as I create these pieces for Elvira Zion Lutheran. As
always, LIFT UP YOUR ART! With Gratitude, Laurie B.
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Patricia Swearingen Hecker
Patricia Swearingen Hecker
...and then Miracle grow takes over!
October 8 at 11:59am
Sherry Roskam
Sherry Roskam
Will be passing on this news to the staff here at Vic Woods, Lutheran Social Services of IL. I haven't been Lutheran yet. May try that next.
October 8 at 6:27pm
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THE LOOKING GLASS "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -Anais Nin

Sherry Roskam
Sherry Roskam
Hey! I've never seen that piece! Does that belong to Alex?
October 7 at 8:49am
Lisa Townsend
Lisa Townsend
yep-I look at it every day. I have 2 other of Laurie's pieces as well.
October 7 at 9:42am
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Hello Readers,

As I wake this morning I realize that so much of life's accomplishments
are based not just on our abilities and our gifts but on our courage
and our tenacity to never give up. Taking a leap of faith has never
been easy for me and my most recent leap was a big one. It feels at
times like I have jumped the Miss...issippi, the Grand Canyon and on
certain days, the Atlantic. The kicker is I did it. I revel in that.
This move has been glorious, scary, heartbreaking and joyous. The
feelings come and go and remind me of the waves lapping on the shores
of the Mississippi after a fishing boat has passed by. I work at
letting these feelings move at their own pace and try my best to BE. I
learn new lessons every day and the new experiences presenting
themselves make me feel as light as a feather. I enjoyed a beautiful
Sweet Adeline performance yesterday in Belvidere, IL and it was nothing
short of MAGIC. These women simply rock! I am actually entertaining the
idea of singing again. A year ago I would have shrugged that idea off
with a single thought. Life takes work but if we pay close attention it
is a beautiful journey. I will spend the balance of my week working
feverishly on my latest commission and hope to have this latest panel
done by weeks end. I will be sharing photos of THAT journey during the
week.
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Patricia Swearingen Hecker
Patricia Swearingen Hecker
Things unfold before us. Sometimes we cannot unwrap them ourselves.
October 5 at 7:40am
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Jaime...drink more Cafe Lait' lol and Laurie CONGRATS! I am thrilled for you. I just got a flier in the mail asking me to be a Hospice Volunteer. I did that in Central Illinois and apparently they have found me in Northern Illinois! It is such important work. Keep on moving forward friend!
Joye, thank you so much for your insight and your kind words about my work. And Patricia...you are always so inspiring. Are you my muse????
October 6 at 8:57am
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Hello to all of my friends and readers! As I look at my posts from the
past few weeks I'm asounded at how fast time is flying for me. I
recently undertook a move from Central Illinois to Northern Illinois
and am in the process of moving into a new stained glass studio
location along with getting settled into a lovely home,... surrounded by
timber near the beautiful Galena Territory. The decision to move was a
difficult one but I am confident it was the correct one. I am filled
with gratitude for the incredibly undestanding clients who are willing
to work with me on the lag time this move has created. A goal of mine
for the upcoming weeks is to get back in the groovy with my blogging
and share some photos along the way. I am currently working on two more
geometric patterns and will then be starting on the church panels! I
miss my blogging friends very much and am hoping they will still be
here when I jump back on the "internet saddle"! In the meantime, please
enjoy this photo of three new friends I made over the past month. These
guys were so fun to see in the mornings and evenings and lived in the
timber behind my new home. I am introducing John, Greg and Dave to my
online friends! I called them over for this photo shoot and was so
pleased when they complied! What a hoot...With gratitude, Laurie B.
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Sherry Roskam
Sherry Roskam
LOL, LOL, LOL
October 4 at 6:01pm
Robert
Robert
I think it would be great to have my poem " The Looking Glass" etched into one of the stained glass creations
October 13 at 12:24am
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THE LOOKING GLASS We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier, Americans and Others, 1912 US essayist (1855 - 1950)

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THE LOOKING GLASS Worth repeating....... All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.
M. C. Richards

Tressy Starr
Tressy Starr
Is this the Hollywood Bowl?
September 1 at 3:50pm
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THE LOOKING GLASS “If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should QUESTION OURSELVES before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different or makes decisions based on things we know nothing about.

Ann Kerr- Gill Plum
Ann Kerr- Gill Plum
and you go with who????
September 6 at 9:53pm
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