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Mardi Gras pretties
What is Mardi Gras? In this case, it's glass (clear) with stringer (long, skinny 1mm strings of glass) and frit (little bitty crumbs of glass) melted into it. I love the stuff, I think it makes neat designs - especially since it has a definite directional pattern to it. This most recent batch from the studio I played with it - a lot. Let me know ( Read more... ) -
No Disassemble Subaru!
So, I got into a car accident last week Thursday, coming home from work. No, I didn't get hurt (neither of us did), yes it did involve another vehicle, and yes our car got crunched in the accident. The other car - no damage at all. :-P silly trucks ( Read more... ) -
Bicycle!
So when my parents came down to visit last weekend (I think - time runs together) on their way to the airport to go see my sister's graduation, they dropped off my old bicycle. I hadn't had it with us when we lived in our apartment in Tigard - not really a very bicycle friendly area and too many hills for my (and my knees') taste. But now that we' ( Read more... ) -
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Wow this weekend/weather has been something - stayed up till midnight last night and didn't really notice myself getting tired much.
Got up early (for a Saturday) and went down to the PSU Farmer's Market w/
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More glass pics!
Took some pictures of the things I did my most recent stop at the studio. Starting to learn how to take better pictures. :)
I did 8 of these in all, only 5 of them were done when I went to pick them up the other day. The other 3 are similar, but different color schemes (black & white, and cools I believe).
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Garden!
So my parents came down today, to help work around the house, etc. Well, Dad loves working outside so that's what he did. I had weeded pretty well already, earlier, so he went through and worked the soil, fertilized it, and planted a bit. In addition to what we had growing already in the yard (rhubarb, raspberries, and green onions) we now have ( Read more... ) -
Art Glass pics!
So here's some pics of what I've been doing these past couple weekends. They look much better in person - I'm still trying to figure out how to get the camera to actually focus on them - with the glass and the transparency of them, it likes to make fuzzy pictures.
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New Icon!
Sorry, just had to share the new icon I found. Ahh, wonderful memories. :)
