Lambies and Fishies and Windows, Oh My!

A lot has happened recently, we got a new lamb (pictures will follow shortly), I finished my Madonna window, I started my playing card window, and I made some new plans for my aquariums.

For my Madonna window, Mr. Leap showed me some metal embossing plates that I could use to make a cloth pattern by laying them down over a matt and pulling around them. I also added some silver stain to the Madonna's face piece.

I'm less than satisfied with the cloth, I think it's too light. Overall it looks o.k. though.



My playing card has had it's 2nd matt pulled, but not fired yet.

 This coming week we are going to start an angel window, and try to get it finished before the trimester ends. I have my doubts about whether or not that is going to work. Can't hurt to try though :)

I'm really excited to be getting a new 50 gallon tank, with accompanying filter and fish this week (so, with my 30 and 20, I'll have 100 gallons of aquarium in my room) I have a tiny room, so it is going to be somewhat overwhelming, but my two passions are stained glass and fish, so I'll be happy. I am very careful about making sure I have enough space for my fish, so right now I actually only have 6 fish total in my tanks, so my room is less fishy than could be supposed. I think I mentioned this earlier, but I've got 2 small goldfish in the 30 gallon, and a Golden Algae Eater with a changing number of Danios in the 20 gallon. This incoming tank is inhabited in part by a 6 inch plecostomus, which I'm excited about, because I really like plecos. I'm thinking about starting to use sand in my tanks, rather than gravel. It seems like a pain as far as filtering goes, but it will be better for the fish. I'm thinking I'll try out Estes Marine Sand. Reviews I've seen have been pretty good, and I really don't want to injure any of my fish with bad additives or sharp edges. Wish me luck!