Blog Award

Beth at the Salvage Studio was sweet enough to bestow on me this blog award. She was so funny in her note to me saying..."they're like Oscars...you can never get enough!" She's so right and I'm tickled to be given this by someone I like and admire so. Do go visit Beth and Lisa and Amy at the Salvage Studio if you're ever in Edmonds...it's a trip that'll change the way you look at things for sure! In the mean time check out their site and blog here. I'm going to ponder who to pass this on to for a bit...there are so many of you out there who I peek in on routinely or by chance who inspire and amaze me! Thanks for being out there creating in your own corner of the world!

Soldering Party - Part 2

Here are the pieces I made at the soldering party in addition to the large house shaped piece I showed you a few posts back. I didn't get all my pieces soldered...too much chatting and probably one too many trips to the dining room! But, now I have a feel for it and can solder them here at home when I have a free afternoon. Plus, now I have all sorts of ideas for new pieces! Thank you again Cathy for such a wonderful day!

Soldering Party

I finally had a chance to get the rest of the photos from Cathy's soldering party off the camera and on to my computer. This was by far the most fun I've had in ages! What a great bunch of women... some I was meeting for the first time. From the moment we arrived though, it seemed like we'd always known each other. Cathy and Jo graciously opened their lovely home to all of us and the fun began. There was delicious food, good conversation, lots of concentrating on wrapping copper foil, a crash course on soldering and using patinas, laughter, a burnt finger here and there and of course...tiaras! Here are some random shots from the beginning of the party. Once we got started we were all so intent on what we were doing I never picked up the camera again! There's something so magical about getting together with a group of people all intent on creating. There was a constant buzz of energy the entire day! I can't wait to do it again!

Trust Your Wings

This is a collage piece I made at Cathy's birthday party this past weekend. Cathy provided the gorgeous house shaped beveled glass...it's 4 in x 6 in! As you can see here I have the copper foil on it and it's all ready for soldering. My problem is I really like the look of the copper foil with the colors in the collage so I can't decide if I want to solder it or not! Hmmm...I'll just have to keep looking at it for awhile. For fairy woman in the collage is from Divas D 'Este. Be sure to take a look at their site...they have some wonderful collage images. More on the birthday party later...

SDA Halloween ATC's

What a fun week I'm having. The atc's from the SDA September swap were waiting for me when I got home today...aren't they wonderful? Halloween is one of my favorite holiday themes and it's so much fun seeing the variety of interpretations...I love it! In my group there was one swapper who chose a harvest theme (there are multiple theme choices each month) and her card is the bottom right...isn't it lovely?






Kris, Alice, Louise
Lyneen, mine, Pam
Sarah, Kathleen, Julia

Message in a Bottle

I joined Lisa Vollrath's Message in a Bottle mail art project a few weeks ago and now I've received my first bottle! The bottle was sent by DaNelle in Phoenix...thank you so much DaNelle.! It was such fun getting this regular plastic water bottle in the mail...my first piece of mail art! Sadly, I was so excited to see it that I forgot to snap a photo of the bottle before I tore into it! Ah well...As you can see it was filled with all kinds of goodies...a 4x4 page, a post card, a cork, stamps, charms, collage bits, fibers, flowers, beads, metal thingies, an inchie and a playing card! How fun is that? Now, I have to make up two bottles of my own to send out. If you'd like to play just let me know and I'll include your name in one of my bottles and one day soon you'll find a message in a bottle in your mailbox too!

Artsy Autumn Swap

Here are the photos of the basket I received in the Artsy Autumn Swap...isn't it something?! This is the first round of swaps in Linda's year long A Swap for All Seasons. My swap partner for this round was Julie from CupcakeDD. She created this gorgeous basket filled with edible treats, luscious yarns, vintage goodies, a beautiful hanging card and the MOST adorable little happy baby!! Sign-ups for the next round begin on October 1 if you'd like to join in the fun!






















Isn't the Happy Baby just the cutest??



















Artsy Autumn Pendant - a gift from the hostess!