Couple of crummy cases at work, mixed in with some great patients and holiday-weekend volume left me feeling road-weary Monday morning … Just Wow!!! So, I crashed hard. Spent a fair amount of energy plotting out my listings for the shop … Maybe I’m making it more complicated but … Wow! Today, I took the time …
A good appointment with our tax man means CHS gets to keep making cool stuff! [Well, yeah, sure – AFTER a weekend of ER nursing fun!] Our pups are growing by the minute! Momma Xena is eating like a champ and her fat ‘lil piglets will be opening their eyes soon! So, I’m happy! Had …
While DH and I are pushing to meet the deadline, sifting through papers and tallying columns … we’ve done a few other things too. I made a cute owl/crackle plate. So now I have a poppy version in the works … And we have pups … adorable squishy-faced love. Xena loves her babies … Victor …
Glass Expo is this week. Nope, I still can’t go. Dangit! So – I’m staying busy … It’s been several weeks in the making, but I wanted to make some ‘cloud tiles’ … So, I did. And, tonight I cut those beauties up into future pendants: Here are the tiles going in, mapped out for …
This week, anyway … We did our first murrini slab. Hmmm … next time I’ll make a round one for a kiln drop (imagine custom pendant-style light shades – for my studio!). And, I’m still making component parts for future tiles/jewelry: I have a few ‘themed’ tiles in the works … rusty brown, ocean marina …
I didn’t mean to – I was just asking questions on a chat board – talking out loud, working through the process … But stuff got weird (picture THE most opinionated gathering of ER and ICU nurses – ‘sharing ideas’ … Oh YEAH – this glass group has got nothing on them! DOH!) Half way through …
I’m playing with a few color combinations for component pieces to use in future pendants. Some great colors, some … not so much. We are using stringers that we’re pulling from our vitrigraph kiln. I love that! And, I’m putting together a couple of tiles … just waiting on a few more jars of frit …
We tried a pink/purple pull this week. Good results, I think! I’ve been restocking spoon rests – along with some new designs – 8 prepped for the kiln. Also catching up on night lights [no photo], along with a couple of Easter bunnies … They are adorable and I had fun making them! I’ve …
CHOPPING!!! Yay! DH delivered my chopper to the studio today. So, I had to interrupt my cleaning spree to start cutting up murrini. OMGosh! So easy and so awesome!!! Thanks Babe! While we were setting it up, little Miss Cowbell nabbed our sponge, and like the Tasmanian Devil that she is, had it well on …
We had another vitrigraph pull this week … We’ve got a nice variety of cane going – while we continue to learn what to do and what not to do! Now, if SOMEONE would just finish making my cane-chopper! I played with a few recipes, too. We made tahini – which gives our 25+ year …
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