I thought it might be fun to make a “rag rug” out of some old(ish) towels…… my helpers think a half-finished project as soft & cozy as this one needs to be tested…. (gee thanks for pre-covering it in cat hair guys)
Little furry helpers….
Bird book!
I practiced coptic bookbinding a couple of times before making that book for the friend’s wedding….. (sadly, I still didn’t get part of her book as tightly bound as I’d liked to have — her covers still shift left/right more than I think they should)…. here’s the only one that I remembered to photograph before giving it away:
Linz’s magnets
A set of four magnets for a friend who lives right off of a nature preserve:
Lara’s magnets
A set of four magnets for a friend with a purple kitchen:
Karuna’s magnets
A set of four magnets made for a friend who enjoys yellow & other bright colors:
Steve’s funky magnet
Playing around with some liquid glass = surprise bubbles!
I thinkthis kind of looks like a seahorse…. butif you turn it up-side-down, it looks like a very stylized Ganesh head. (note to my readers – no, I don’t actually particularly like these colors together, but sometimes a person has to try new stuff out just to see what it might look like 😛
Instant gratification
Cutting up small watercolor remnants to make cards:
(Note to self – pick a better background for photographing this stuff next time)
Spring Flowers – take 3
Notice the new tile floor & new cabinetry in the background of this photo. Yup. I still LOVE my new kitchen…. now to put the moulding back up one of these days…..
Spring flowers – take 2
Flowers cut from my backyard:
Spring flowers – take 1
Flowers for to spruce up my kitchen/dining room table:
(yes – in the background that is a small kiln you see that lived in my kitchen for a couple of weeks 🙂