DIY gemstone stained glass door processfrom @want.zamora

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Let's add gemstone stained glass to my front doors. As you guys know, I love stained glass. I've actually added it to most of my apartments using a renter friendly technique that I found a few years ago. And today, I'm taking it to the next level and adding gemstone. This would look so good on these two French doors. They get the best lighting during sunset, which is gonna make the stained glass and the gems just shine. First things first was finding some gems. I googled Gemini. I'm looking for small gemstones. What are the best stores to find them in LA? Better I got some recommendations, I picked the store that was closest to me and headed to a shop in Downtown LA. And this store had everything. There were all sorts of crystals and gems, literally anything you could think of. After searching through buckets of gems, I found the perfect stones. I wanted the palette to be iridescent with some warm and cool tone gems, and worst importantly, translucent so that the sun rank shine through. Before starting, I wanted to sketch out my design, so I used my galaxy tab s 11 ultra to sketch out the placement. And once that was done, it was time to hang up the gems. I knew I needed to glue the gems to the window, so I had the idea of using clear window film to attach the gems onto. That way, everything is renter friendly. To attach the film, you just spray water on it and on the window, and then slide it into place. I sprayed the gems with this adhesive and then individually stuck each one to the film. I was really curious what this gem was, so I took a photo of it and asked Gemini to identify it. I learned that this is actually a sliced agate and that it usually comes in earthy color tones. I thought that this privacy screen kind of resembled stained glass, so I decided to add it to the design to add different glass textures. Once it was up, it was time to add the liquid stained glass. This is the technique that I've done before, so I'm quite used to installing it. I first placed the faux lead lines and then filled it in with the clear liquid paint. I used a fork to give it a rippled glass like texture. I actually have this beautiful piece of stained glass, which I'm thinking of incorporating. But before that happens, I need to let this dry, so stay tuned for part two.