Happy St. Patrick's Day! Going to go home after work and make some fun Irish food...Dublin Coddle with bacon, sausage, potatoes and cabbage; Irish Soda Bread, and some yummy "black and tans" made with Guinness Stout and Bass Ale!
I don't like keeping you posted only once a week, but sometimes that is the trend. A lot has happened since I posted last week!
This,
this,
this,
this :)
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| B getting his Webelos markings :) |
this,
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| my 1st attempts at etching...projects to come! |
and wow, this!
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| Results from Sunday's Pipe Dreams workshop |
I signed up for
Stephanie Lee's Homesteading Metalsmithing class this past fall...watched all the videos and read the blog. Never. made. anything. Well, I did make a mess! Flooded - oops, tried to flood one base piece and could not handle the truth! Plus, it was close to the holidays and there was just too much going on with the fam..remember, I have a 9-year old honeyface to love/support/ raise!
Fast forward to 2011, Jeanette and Cindy at Artbliss announce Stephanie Lee and Metal Magic as their Spring Act!! Hello, my name is written all over it, but alas, the 4-day workshop just wasn't in my budget or schedule. Thursday and Friday was the Handbook of Elements class which looked scrumptious, but I knew that wasn't in my cards. Saturday and Sunday might be more doable with Pipe Dreams - a class Stephanie had never taught before. Hmm, still a bit steep for a working girl! Yay, Artbliss announces that there will be 2 weekend classes! Junk Drawer Metalsmithing (similar to what was offered during Homesteading) and Pipe Dreams for 1 day on Sunday! Hallelujah, a solution! So, with my schedule already filled with my boy's Blue and Gold CubScouts Banquet on Saturday, I signed up for Pipe Dreams! It was great! I absolutely loved it! Stephanie was a totally gracious teacher who made you feel like you had known each other forever! Not only did I succeed in creating 3 cool soldered/embellished pieces, when I got home, I tried some of the Homesteading techniques that I had previously bombed at and was pleasantly surprised how much more I actually took home with me!
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| funky soldered-tip headpins, a length of chain, and my 1st soldered bezel |
As a bonus, I got to put faces to some new blogging friends
Erin and
Sandi and see old friends
Jeanette,
Cindy and
Lori. I was totally into my art and didn't take a single photo of anything or anybody, but please go to these folks blogs that I have linked and take a look!
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| the beginnings of a necklace! |
