long weekend~


we went to the cemetery a few days before the the crowds made their way there and were able to avoid all the horrendous traffic.

 
i think i like cemeteries... they're actually very peaceful and not really creepy -scary once you get over the fact that, well, it's a cemetery heheh




and when i got home, my clay supplies arrived -- yey! -- so i immediately went to work and started crossing off all the samples-to-do on my list. this cake slicer and server were top priority. now that i'm finished with that i can go on to the fun-ner stuff! photos to follow soon.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

purpleluggage floral headbands

Image
Just a little info on the floral headbands I just posted. A lot of people have been asking about them saying they look so pretty and dainty but wonder why they're priced differently than most headbands out in the market, so I wanted to give you guys a little peek into what actually goes into making these pretty floral pieces :) I begin by making the petal canes I will use to make flowers. I usually make them by batches so i always have several canes with the same color scheme. my pasta machine, my trusty sidekick When I've made enough canes, i cut very thin slices from these petal canes and make the flowers by hand, building each flower petal by petal. And when I've made enough flowers I assemble them and lay them out on a brass finish headband base and bake the whole shebang in the oven. The whole process ( from making canes to baking to post-curing processes) takes about two days. yep. Two days. So although they do cost more th
Read more

New Canes

Image
I was in a caning mood today but before making more, i knew i had to sort through the mess of canes i've accumulated over the years.  i've been meaning to sort them out since a lot of them have become too hard or they just don't go  with my designs anymore.   i threw a lot onto the scrap pile, a few i kept, while the other i set aside to make into usable kaleidoscope canes Scrap heap! some canes i tried softening up by dunking them in hot water for a couple of minutes. i needed them soft so they wont break when i make them into kaleidoscope canes. quite a few went into this cane covered it with a striped sheet i had lying around from when i made the peacock feather cane. not my current palette, but it's a happy looking cane so i'm giving it away instead :) i really loved how the first cane i did using this improvised technique turned out (the black and white one)   so i decided to make more of
Read more