Thank goodness for sunshine, pool-time and Summer! I am officially over this past (nursing) weekend! I’ve also played a bit in the studio: Freeze-N-Fuse … It’s been 3+ years since I last fiddled with the technique. Much better results this time around! So, ya know … more ideas! I’m also playing with my plotter, working …
Category: custom orders, dichro, fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life, penDots Tags: badge reels, custom stencils, English Bulldog, enjoying summer, fleur de lis, freeze-n-fuse, fused glass studio, glass jewelry, plotter, sand dollar glass, sun catcher
New offerings at the shop – in honor of Mother’s Day: Found myself in a ‘fiddly’ mood this week – working with beads, pliers and earrings … A good week: Met up with ‘the girls’ for dinner – always a fun evening. Thanks to Heather for spinach pies and Congratulations to Lara & Craig! I’m …
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Whew, praise Jesus! We are all gonna make it! I could gripe about the trauma and drama involved with keeping one spousal unit and two teenage kids on task; or describe the frantic knitting and then felting escapade (had to wash those slippers FIVE times to finally get them the same and correct size!); or …
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OH!!! It is SOO DH’s fault … He sent a de-funk Craig’s List item that promised a new storage rack/work station in my COE-90 designated work area. HE emailed the no-good listing to me. Now I WANT one! Shelves for my frits, upright storage for my glass, a place to tuck much-needed tools, AND a …
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Minute by minute?? Yeah – that’s about right. Here’s the scoop: My grandma is rallying; She has a trach, peg tube, foley and a tube in her gallbladder; per the specialist doctors (rehab), she suffered a major neurologic event at some unknown time … Is she down and out? Nope – NOT My Grandma. She’s …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life Tags: artfire, badge reels, Clayton Hill Studio, dichro, dichroic jewlelry, end of life, ER nurse, etsy, fused glass studio, Maggie, poppy glass plate, Santa Claus, shades of green night light, spooon rests, stress, Yorkshire Terrier
The family room make over is done! We splurged with super thick carpet and I absolutely love it! And, ya know – it only took 10 years to get the fire place in there! [Heavy sigh …] We have Yorkie babies too. Three little ‘doberman mice’ joined our crew. So far all are doing well, …
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Let me just take a moment to say ~ regardless of how shameless it is … I love how varied my Etsy shop listings are looking right now. And – public awareness moment: We have only 55 days until Christmas … Just sayin’!!! But – here’s where I’ll start to get nutty: I have 2 …
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Oh my! Put in a full day at DTW yesterday (13 hours) … thank you central scheduling! But, we now have extended family in WA, VA, MO, NC and TX (as well as OH, IN, WI NY and MI). All the pups did great! We have one last pup here to play with (Stella), before …
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[Fingers Crossed!!!] My irid platters are back in the kiln … this is where I blew it last time. Here’s hoping the kiln-Gods are pleased with me today … I’ll find out tomorrow. I moved my zentangle badge reels/pendants along. I capped one (you’re not supposed to, but I like it), ground edges on a …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs Tags: badge reels, CBS dichroic extract, Clayton Hill Neo, dichroic glass, ER nurse, frit painting portraits, fused glass studio, glass jewelry, Neapolitan Mastiff, play day in the studio, puppies, zentangle
Spent some time reading glassist C.Morgan’s blog … besides loving her art, I appreciate her sense of humor. So, now … she has me intrigued with glass casting (absolutely love her statue ‘Shout’ – check it out!). Oh, soooo much to learn, supplies and equipment to gather … Uh Oh! I also found a bit …
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