Progress?

5 out of 12 left. I am running out of black and my first test square is smaller than the other 11 so I redid it. This is my technique for making baby booties which I don't really do anymore. Just keep making them until you have 2 of the same size. Protip for free.

Stained Glass

7 colors and most of a day. The pattern needed more user testing, I redid most of the rows and went through all progress shots cause it wasn't making sense. I need to make 11 more.

I hit up a thrift store recently.

These books are the first thing I saw and since I didn't want to wander around with 11 books, weak arms, I bought them and left. That tactic works well in Costco too. No basket or cart and you leave without buying too much.

The Latest

I've been working on Christmas stuff lately and can't post any pictures until after they've been opened but here's some stuff in progress that I won't be wrapping up.

I'm giving the coffee table a break. This is an old tv tray table I painted and then carved.

And then carved some more, and painted the design a light blue.

Then I filled it in with resin, which I mixed with photo-luminescent powder so it glows in the dark aqua.

I bought some picture frames at the $1 store and spray painted them red, after stenciling the glass.

I wanted to make something for the new coworkers, I bought some books at a thrift store and cut off the front and back covers.

I used copy paper for the text block, I didn't have the art paper with the grain going the right direction, also I don't know how into blank journals they are so the sections are 10 pages each with 5 per book. 

I did a Ethiopian Double Needle Coptic binding.

I hope they like them. I get over anxious about that but I do know that at least one needs to write stuff down more so hopefully this helps. 

The big Christmas party raffle is this week and other departments are donating some amazing things. I'll post pictures when my stuff is all finished. Super nervous yet again and I don't even have a 2 headed cow to start off with!

New Dremel!

My coffee table was too narrow to hold my square o mdf I paint on. I added a long box with a lid and it works. But then the top seemed boring and I've been dying for a dremel since mine broke. I did get it working but not enough rotation was getting through the flex shaft. So this is the first project and I'd forgotten the tendonitis I used to get. I missed that pain.

So I have this idea.

What do I do if people don't get it?

Caterpillar

It took 4 tries to get this sort of right....