November Craft Day...

This month's projects were a little outside the sorts of things I usually create or display. Even so, it was another great day with friends.

The first project was to take a decorative bottle and turn it into a lighted angel. While many of the ladies colored and glued embellishments and wings to their bottles, completing them by placing battery-operated fairy lights inside, I chose a different route.

I chose a lavender bottle and ribbon, specifically because I know they're my sister, Di's favorite color. I wired the ribbon to the neck of the bottle as a decoration and placed my lights inside. I'll gift it as a nightlight to her next time we're together. 

This was a quick project, and even the kiddos made one along with us. They were quite proud of their creations, too.

The second project reallllly wasn't my cuppa tea. This entailed floating different colors of nail polish on top of water (seen in the back of this photo) in aluminum pans. (First of all, we had to open a lot of windows because of the fumes.) Once the polish was on the water in a number of different patterns, each of us chose glassware (or cereal dishes, or mugs) and rolled them in the polish to pick up the colors. It was messy and wasn't drying well without using a blow dryer.

My mug is in the back right of this picture (open end up). There was no way I could bring it home with me because it was still fully wet - even after taking a blow dryer to it. The last step is to apply a dishwasher-safe ModPodge™ to the exterior so it can be used and washed.

Adrienne said she'd coat all of the pieces over the course of the next month and they'll be ready for us at our next gathering on December 7th. I'll likely let someone else have mine (so they have a set). 

Well, as I said, it's always worth the drive to me to spend time with dear friends. My girlfriend, Linda K. wasn't there because she's been having problems with her back. If she's not at the next one, I'll be planning to make a side trip to her home to visit with her before leaving town again. 

So, there you have it. Our November projects. I'm baking bread today, and apologize that this post is going up late. Handsome and I were glued to our television until nearly 3 am and understandably slothed in bed later than usual this morning. Time to get productive again. Bread, a little laundry, and perhaps a bit of needle dancing for the rest of today. See you tomorrow!

Introducing Baby Number Three...

Guess what I did yesterday? I spent the entire day needle dancing, while simultaneously doing two loads of laundry. It was a true day of accomplishment. For some reason, Baby #3 went pretty smoothly and quickly. Perhaps because I'd already done two?

This is how the piece looks so far. I only have one more bird to tackle...the one in flight. I'll do the fencing as my last element. I think that's going to take a while as I decide how I want to pad and stitch it, but I'm way ahead of myself even thinking about that right now.

I'll be at work today, so no time at the needlework stand. Oh, and we had a last minute call for Craft Day last Saturday. I'll share photographs of that with you tomorrow so you can see what we did. Even some of the kids participated!

More ATCs...

October is over, but the Artist Trading Cards are still coming. Two more arrived over the past week, so I'm sharing these beauties with you.

I'm still expecting three more, so I'll wait until the rest of them arrive to share in one photograph with you.

I'll be participating again in November. This month's theme is "Fabric". hee hee Now to decide what I'm going to do with that! I'm thinking something unique and unexpected. I'm looking forward to sharing with you as soon as I get going on them.