It is good to know I'll be home for awhile. Last night I was in the studio, putting things away from Art & Soul, cutting and bending brass for another round of bezels, and really truely enjoying it. Staying up too late. Planning. Making. Listening to music.
I'm to assessing projects and wedding plans since there is no time to waste now. There is more time to work on things, so if I don't squander it away on the computer I should be able to spend time each day working on a project or two. These are the acorn caps collected along the way home. I've see the cutest little ornaments made with felt balls and these caps - so I'm going to make some this year before Christmas. Easy - peasy, just gluing the felt balls into the caps and adding a bit of ribbon. Here is one tutorial.
Note the Copenhagen tins too - those will be recycled into something jewelry related.
See? Little tan caps and larger, yellow caps that turn dark when they dry. And a couple of bits of moss. All things we don't have on the east side.
This huge bag of lavender is from my amazing mom II. She grew, cut, and dried this and then carted it all the way from Washington to contribute it to the wedding stock. Since the color has faded but the lavender scent is still there, and since so much of the lavender is in the bottom of this bag, that what I'll use this for is filling for the sachets Southern Charm and I are making to give as favors.
Which was the reason I was up too late two nights ago on ebay browing through pages of linen and then, oh yes, French textiles. Thankfully I did not bid on anything - simply filled up my watch list - and in the morning it hit me, "What was I thinking? Buy pricey french linen to cut up for sachets that will live in an underwear drawer?" Sorry, guests, I'm going to Mill Ends for the fabric.
Now these, these also came all the way from Mom II's place. These, however, have maintained their color and will be used for some arrangement at the wedding. Aren't they gorgeous? And sturdy, as they went from Washington to San Diego, then up to the resort and back down and around the the Owens Valley. Well-traveled hydrangeas.
The colors are perfect, a range of gray-blues.
A couple of months ago, JC and I were in southern California for a wedding and we spent a morning at the swap meet. For $10 this rusty chandelier frame and a bunch of rusty crystals came home with us. At last there was time to pull it out and start looking at the pieces. I removed the old light fixture and tried this single bulb fixture from the hardware store - and it fit!
The crystals were put into a solution of white vinegar and water and soaked for awhile, then I came back with a nail brush and scrubbed them one by one.
Ta-da! It worked! Just a hint of reddish-brown on some of them.
It is ready to be reassembled and hung somewhere.
Rust + shiny sparkly....
Can you go wrong?
This is a glorious time of year for projects, for being outside with dogs and horses, and for being thankful for a wonderful life, an incredible man, and no end of satisfying work of all kind - paid, not paid, in the studio, on the computer, on the end of a manure rake.
"All things are coming".
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