First, a look at yesterday's window now that it's finished
And second, I have finally begun listing my sea glass windows in my Etsy shop! 
***Update! The above window has sold, I will be listing more tomorrow when I can get some good sunlight through the windows! :)
Making sea glass windows...
this one is a custom piece ordered at my show last month.
A few photos to show you what I've been up to and why I've been so scarce around here lately...
And this is just the tip of the iceberg with things I've been making! More photos this week!
I used almost exclusively sea glass collected in Jamestown and Newport, RI for this window. For a client from Jamestown.
All the coke bottle green on the right comes from the shoreline near the Naval Base in Newport. Apparently soldiers drank lots and lots of Coca Cola!
Dry setting is complete
Resin poured
Cured and ready for hanging (hard to get a good photo of the green sea glass in the evening light, sorry!)
So this is where we started. An old, wood framed, double hung window scrubbed clean and given a fresh coat of paint.
Once it's dried, I coat the panes with a wash of glue and let it dry overnight
Then I start planning out the design. 
And gluing it down.
These swirly ones seem to take on a life of their own, I can never predict how they'll turn out.
The last piece is adhered!
After drying for 48 hours, the epoxy is mixed and poured.
Cured for another 48 hours and it's ready to hang!
Okay, so maybe this is stretching the terms "vintage" and "retro" but these windows are definitely OLD. I got them off Craig's List in winter 2008. A woman who lived just 5 miles from me gave them to me for FREE (my favorite word!) and she even drove them to my house and helped me unload them into my back yard.
So what does one want with a pile of old windows? Well, for me- it's another way to satisfy justify my sea glass obsession collection.
And just what does sea glass have to do with old windows? Upcycling. Wikipedia defines upcycling as the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value. For my purposes, I take windows people are getting rid of and turn them into colorful pieces of art.
Here are some examples of pieces I have made in the past
My windows are all wood frame windows destined for the dump. I use paint that I find in the "oops" section at the hardware store and the glass is either sea glass gathered off local beaches or repurposed bottles, jars and glasses rescued from my own recycling bin and put into a tumbler to smooth the rough edges. The epoxy I use to set the glass is a styrene free product with no dangerous peroxides and no VOC's which means a safer environment!
I mentioned yesterday that I was working on a project for my sister. She commissioned me to make her an upcycled glass window to be given as a gift later this month. She's coming to pick it up this weekend. Here are some work-in-progress photos
The glue is still drying in these photos, so please ignore all the white showing through, it will dry clear!
So while I don't know that this is technically Retro or Vintage, I am linking up to Tracy over at Crazy Suburban Mom for Retro Tuesday and Coloradolady for Vintage Thingies Thursday!
ps- this is not intended to be an advertising blog post but if anyone is interested, the koi fish window is for sale and I do take on commission work! :)
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