Progress in the studio: The last sheet is in place, though not screwed down. Or up. Depending on your perspective. Yes, I plan to paint this side just like the other, but I was more concerned about using the lift than painting. Hopefully, a few minutes of attaching it, then it’s off to the other…
Category: Crafts
Silk Tie Easter Eggs
For those of you procrastinators… who haven’t dyed your Easter eggs and really… that means you’re LATE… and you insist you aren’t the Crafty Type and therefore totally ignored my earlier posts about the fine Easter egg art known as Pysanky… Here’s my quick and easy How To Dye With Silk Ties Tutorial! Dig out…
Soap Stones
Boy. It’s been a LOOONG time since I set up anything in my store… and I hope I did it right… but they are there! SOAP STONES ARE NOW AVAILABLE! Soap and washcloth in one! Great for toddlers (especially in Ivory Soap, it floats!), comfortable for arthritic hands, and the exfoliating action works for faces…
Pysanky Class II
Concentration. Creativity. More Creativity. And again… One more time… I just love SUCCESS!
Pysanky 2013
I should have just loaded the photos… but, no… Carol had to make a slide presentation! Enjoy Pysanky 2013!
Pysanky – General Tips
So I’ve teased you a bit about pysanky… let’s get going on this! Here’s a few general tips. I’ve been doing this for quite a while… 14 years? 15? 13? But come this time of year, and I still search google and youtube and vimeo and pinterest and see what I can find. Lately, I’ve…
Join Me
The foam flecks splashed against the rock wall. Sheer and massive, the cliff face had stood since the beginning of time. Chained to it was an old beast. Its slobbering jaws threw the spittle in arcs, through the crisp mountain air, and onto the granite. Fury flamed in the monster’s eyes, and and its claws…
Class Results
Man, it’s late… everyone was having so much fun, class didn’t get over until 10:30! I’m posting the class results and heading to bed! Aren’t our chickens simply marvelous?
Eggciting
It’s time again… I’m giving two, yes, TWO classes on pysanky this year at the library! There’s still an opening or two or three for the class next Monday, so sign up now! I’m getting a late start in preparation, so tomorrow’s going to be a crash course… should I say crash when it comes…
SoapStones
My newest little venture into capitalism includes these beauties. I’ve named them SoapStones. I discovered the process while investigating my wool felting. Remember those Christmas stockings? Well, this includes the wool roving, but instead of using a needle, you simply wet felt the wool around bars of soap. At some point, I may add some…
More and More Fun
I probably messed up… It was a warmish day, in the thirties, with sunshine for the first bit. I decided I was going to prime my ceiling boards for the studio, even if it wasn’t 50º. I hauled out a heater, turned it on, and felt it start kicking out heat. I then went to…
Get ‘Em!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I know I shouldn’t let those kinds of things bother me, yet they do… thanks for lifting me back up! Two (hopefully) final thoughts about “So God Made A Farmer”. 1. Jay Leno *just* made fun of the commercial. I didn’t catch it all, but sheesh, guess it means…