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Libby Daniele
@botanicbeetle.bsky.social
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🪲 Stained glass artist
🐝 Critter / moss enthusiast
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Reminiscing about this Pumpkin Tutter panel that I made last Halloween 🎃
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Rectangular stained glass panel. Tutter (a light blue mouse muppet) dressed in an orange pumpkin costume with a light green and warm yellow background. Stained glass Tutter panel from previous photo backlit on a window ledge, surrounded by white curtains with a colorful botanical print.
November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I love snails so much 🥹
#stainedglass #snails
A small stained glass snail made with two types of green glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it. A small stained glass snail made with brown (shell) and marigold yellow (body) glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it. A small stained glass snail made with two types of light blue glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it. A small stained glass snail made with tan (shell) and deep red (body) glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it.
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I chose some additional pastel glass colors for this round of hot dog hearts, and I had no idea they would end up being this cute and pretty! 🥹
#hotdog #stainedglass
Group photo of stained glass hearts with hot dogs in the center. Hearts are pastel blue, green, purple, and iridescent clear. Hot dogs are painted with different combinations of ketchup and mustard. Two stained glass pieces - light green hearts with hot dogs in the center. Pieces sit on a white paper plate, with a red and white checkered table cloth beneath it. Two stained glass pieces - light blue hearts with hot dogs in the center. Pieces sit on a white paper plate, with a red and white checkered table cloth beneath it. Two stained glass pieces - light purple hearts with hot dogs in the center. Pieces sit on a white paper plate, with a red and white checkered table cloth beneath it.
August 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I decided I’m keeping my Garfield piece because I’m pretty sure it’s the best thing I’ve ever made #stainedglass #garfield
August 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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🌭 HOT DOG!!! 🌭
July 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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This sunburst diving beetle panel is definitely one of the most “me” pieces I’ve made so far - I was super happy with how it came out (and mildly devastated when someone purchased it at Bug Fair lol but I’m glad it went to a good home!)
May 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I’m seeing so many (real life) poppies blooming in CA right now, so I thought I’d share my stained glass version 😎
#stainedglass #californiapoppy
A stained glass panel depicting three orange California poppies (one closed, one partially open, and one fully open). The panel is an oval shape and has a textured blue glass background, with vibrant orange glass used for the poppies. The panel is finished with black patina, and wire details for the center of the open poppy. It is being held by the artist’s hand, with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Snail meeting, snail meeting!
Three stained glass snails stand in a line outdoors on a concrete path with plants behind them. From left to right: a light pink snail with white iridescent shell, a deep yellow snail with a brown streaky shell, and an off-white mottled snail with a red streaky shell. Each snail is finished with black patina, wire antennae and shell swirl, and a painted eyeball (which despite not technically being very accurate, is very cute.)
April 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Sweet little honeycombs I made for my display at Sea Hive Mini here in San Diego 🍯
A set of 3 stained glass pieces sitting on a white notebook page with a pothos plant nearby. Each piece is made up of one yellow, one amber, and one dark amber hexagon made from textured glass. The pieces are finished with black patina and a black chain hanger. The same set of stained glass pieces from the first image - one of the honeycomb pieces is being held at an angle to the notebook so that the glass refractions are visible.
April 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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I made this pug for a cat & dog themed art show. I’ve wanted to make one forever, so I was thrilled about the theme 😊
A stained glass panel in the shape of a pug’s head. The stained glass is black, dark brown, and fawn/tan colored to represent a classic pug color scheme. The pug also has painted eye details, and a light pink tongue. The pug looks happy and has many solder lines giving the illusion of wrinkles. The piece is finished with black patina and a black hanging chain. It’s held up in front of a pale green wall, with a spider plant behind it, and is front-lit with natural light making the subtle bumpy texture of the black glass visible.
March 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Lil beetle panels, can’t wait to make these in tons or colors! 🪲
Three oval stained glass beetle panels sitting on a window sill, backlit by natural light. Each panel has an amber frame and has different colors / textures of glass. Left to right: black iridescent beetle with white wispy background and red gem, dark green iridescent beetle with clear textured background and dark blue gem, light green beetle with light blue textured background and purple gem. The same three beetle panels from the first image arranged to overlap each other slightly on a white tissue paper background. The iridescent glass is more visible in this photo, and there is a pothos vine along the side of the image.
March 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Just a handful of frogs 🐸
March 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I love when my work-in-progress is super colorful 🌈
#stainedglass
A tray filled with stained glass work-in-progress: a light green beetle panel with blue background and amber frame, several black eyed Susan flowers (two orange, two yellow, two white, one pink) with black centers and dark green leaves. Glass has been cut and ground, and rests on a paper towel lined tray which is being held next to a window with several plants in the background.
March 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Blue toucan (blue-can?) throwback 💙🩵
Stained glass panel: pill shaped frame with a toucan’s profile depicted in monochromatic blue shades. The piece hangs by its chain in a window with a vining floral plant in the background. The same stained glass toucan panel from photo one in front of a neutral wall next to a window and above a pothos plant The same stained glass toucan panel from photo one laying on a plain neutral background
March 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Lemon lime moth bbs!
A stained glass moth (about 3 inches wide) with light yellow wings, a white center, and black patina. It has painted black eyes and a yellow / white lemon slice pattern painted on the wings, with wire antennae. It has a fishing line hanger and is being held next to a window (slightly backlit) with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it. A stained glass moth (about 3 inches wide) with light green wings, a white center, and black patina. It has painted black eyes and a green / white lime slice pattern painted on the wings, with wire antennae. It has a fishing line hanger and is being held next to a window (slightly backlit) with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.
March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Got a chance to remake this Cosmic Cosmos piece as a commission earlier this year and I loved it just as much the second time 🥰
#stainedglass
March 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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My contribution to the 2025 community project by @korinaoswald.bsky.social + AGG. I named this design “Remember Me Always” - a little play on the forget-me-not flowers. My little spider will be combined with pieces from hundreds of artists to create one amazing group piece! #stainedglass
A small trapezoidal stained glass panel (skinny side up) depicting a dark colored spider hanging from a web, its front legs grasping onto a purple and green forget-me-not bud with two bright blue, white, and yellow forget-me-not flowers filling in the bottom of the shape. The background is textured iridescent clear glass, and it’s finished with black patina. It’s held in front of a neutral wall with a pothos plant below it. The same stained glass piece from image one standing on a white windowsill, slightly backlit, with a tan stucco wall and foxtail agave visible through the window. The same stained glass panel from image one being held up outdoors to be backlit by the sun. The blue sky and tan stucco walls of the neighboring buildings are visible on either side.
March 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Who is she(ep)? 💖🐑
A square-shaped stained glass panel with bright silver solder lines and rounded corners. There is a light pink wispy background with deeper pink four-sided stars. A light champagne colored sheep leaps through white clouds in the foreground. The sheep has wire curls to represent its wool, a big cute eye, and a rosy cheek. The panel is held up by the artist’s hand in front of a light green wall, with a spider plant hanging in the background.
March 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I’m working on a dreamy sheep panel this week. Seeing just this teeny little face on the tray when I cured the painted details was silly 😅
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I love choosing glass for a new design - taking a moment to appreciate it in the window instead of tucked away on the shelf is the best 😊
#stainedglass
Four photos are tiled together into one image. Each photo shows one piece of art glass leaning on a windowsill with a white and botanical-print curtain next to it. The glass is backlit by natural light. From top left to bottom right: textured translucent natural light green, translucent textured navy blue, translucent textured teal blue, and semi-translucent wispy white glass.
February 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Fruit = cute, I’m excited to make more of these lil fruit moths soon!
🍓☺️🫐
#stainedglass
Strawberry stained glass moth with wire antennas; light pink glass wings with red strawberries with green leaves painted on them, and a white glass center with black eyes. The moth has a clear fishing line hanger, there’s a neutral wall and a pothos plant in the background. Blueberry stained glass moth with wire antennas; light blue glass wings with blueberries and green leaves painted on them, and a white glass center with black eyes. The moth has a clear fishing line hanger, there’s a neutral wall and a pothos plant in the background.
February 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Nothing like a fun market with tons of lovely people to chat with on a beautiful San Diego day 😎☀️
#stainedglass #sandiego
Libby (the artist) stands at her outdoor market booth in a yellow t-shirt on a sunny day. She is behind a set of 3 tables arranged in horseshoe shape. Each table is covered with a white table cloth with yellow stripes. There is a large green pop up canopy, and a green and gold sign in front of the table that says “Botanic Beetle.” Various pieces of stained glass are displayed on each table.
February 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A few duckies in progress this week! I’d love to make them in all sorts of color combos eventually 💛🫧
#stainedglass
Two unfinished rubber duck stained glass pieces sit on top of a rack of stained glass sheets in an array of colors. The first piece is an opaque yellow duck with an orange beak, surrounded on the bottom with streaky white and blue bubbles. The second piece is an opaque medium-purple duck with a deep yellow beak, surrounded on the bottom with streaky white and light purple bubbles. The pieces are at the copper foil step, meaning there is copper foil tape wrapped and burnished around each section of glass but they have not yet been soldered together. They’re temporarily held in place with tan masking tape, which peeks out behind each piece.
February 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Oh hot dog
I love you so!
What’s inside?
I do not know.
It could be heartburn,
But even so…
You always set
My heart aglow

(Thanks for letting me be weird 😂) #stainedglass
Stained glass panel depicting a hot dog with bun and mustard, diagonally displayed over a heart shaped background. The background is divided into red and white squares like checkered a picnic table cloth. Alternating squares are painted with streaky red or white paint and floral designs to mimic the intersections of each color in the fabric. The piece is held up by the artist’s hand, there is a pothos plant and a neutral wall in the background.
February 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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These snails are on a date 🐌💖🥹
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A stained glass panel with an iridescent white background depicting two tan snails with brown shells, each sitting on top of a red mushroom with white vertical line design on the cap and white base. The snails each drink from their own pink striped straws leading to a pink milkshake in the center with a cherry and whipped cream on top. The ground of the scene is made of light green mottled glass, there is a set of 3 ants painted on the ground holding up the milkshake. The piece is behind held up by the artist’s hand, with greenery in the background and natural light. The same snail stained glass panel as described the previous photo, held by the artist’s hand in front of a birds nest fern, slightly backlit by the window behind the plant The same snail stained glass panel as described in the first image, held up to the sky by the artist’s hand. The piece is glowy and backlit. The sky is clear and blue, with a tan apartment building in the bottom of the frame.
February 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM