a work in progress….
Convinced my mom that we NEEDED to fire up the kiln to fire the enamel-stamped glass she started last fall. Here’s a shot of the “before”. The orange-y red in this photo is from the kiln elements. I almost forgot to take a “before” picture and snuck this one even though the kiln was ramping up towards the “don’t you dare open me” temps. No explosions, so I apparently remembered the important temps right 🙂
Playing with silver in February:
Now to figure out what to call it. Any ideas?
Surprise invitation @ lunchtime to go biking + estate sale shopping landed me with my very own copper foil tool and 5 rolls of copper foil for a grand total of $10. SCORE!!!!
Perhaps this is just what I need to get back on the 4-panel kitchen cabinet project.
Confession: I don’t know if the maple sap season is actually here or if I’m early or if I’m late (or maybe even on time) BUT ladies and gentlemen, we have sap!
Front yard – I can see this one from my living room 🙂
Back yard
Last year I borrowed equipment; this year I have my own. Last year I tapped only 2 trees; this year I’m considering tapping the two from last year AND the two on the curb… but I’m not sure about (a) whether I’d have enough room in my fridge for twice as much sap as last year and (b) is it even legal for me to tap two trees that are technically city property? Some additional investigation is in order.
Last year, I passed on the community sap boil; this year I’m going to go! Assuming there even IS another community sap boil. I haven’t seen any ads in the places I saw them last year… again, more investigation is in order. Otherwise, I might be having my own all-nighter in front of the fire. Who wants to join me and set things on fire while boiling down some local sap?
I have found a new favorite pen, and it is purple!
Unofficial goal for this year is to sketch more. At least a little bit every day. Here’s what came out of the first three days of the year 🙂 GOOD STUFF!
With questionable amounts of Xmas spirit come questionable Xmas cookies. Are these whales? Or are they snails?
After failing to make cupcakes/muffins with these molds (seriously, it was a disaster), I relegated the silicon molds for SOAP. I think they turned out beautifully. I’m not sure where I fall on the love/hate homemade soap spectrum, but I’m glad I tried it at least once.
I started with these two styles, but found tutorials on at least two other styles of [more advanced] zippered pouches that I haven’t tried yet. I now have about a dozen plans for MORE zippered pouches, largely to use up assorted scraps I’ve been holding on to just because they’re pretty. I’m curious how *fast* I might be able to make these if I tried something more similar to an assembly line….
