Work Table Wednesday

Wow, Wednesday snuck up fast this week. We're kind of in a continuous cycle of dreary rainy weather this week. Fortunately we had beautiful weekend weather that allowed for an Easter egg hunt and all sorts of outdoor play. My friend Vicki was here over the weekend with her 3 kidlets and we spent much time in the studio with the doors flung open.

I had cleared the decks before she arrived and dug into my stash of fabric and paper so we could make ROD style journals. She wanted to make a travel journal for her girlfriend and I had a pregnancy/ baby growing journal for my bestie who is preggers!!

I am only sharing a few sneak peeks here because I haven't bound it yet and I don't want her to see the whole thing.
In this picture I am showing the flap I had to sew on because I made the cover and when I went to stick the signatures in it was too fat! Soo... I improvised and thus the flap was added. I am hoping I can get my sewing machine to sew the signatures in but I may have to hand bind it. I don't mind but my right shoulder has been killing me.

Anyway, following are a few more sneak peeks at some of the pages.

We don't know yet if the baby is a boy or a girl so I had to try to stay neutral in theme/ color but I tended a bit toward the girlie side. Even if the baby is a boy I guess its ok since the journal is for Mama :)

The other thing currently on my work table coffee table is some stitchery. Hannah had wanted to work on this piece that I had lying around and in the process she found the latest sampler I purchased from Charlotte. (Lying underneath) I will probably pop that in a hoop soon and start stitching on it. You may recall what I did with my last sampler from her.

This pattern is a freebie from Bad Birds. We'll probably make it into a pillow when she is done.

What are YOU working on? Pop on over to check out what these other WTW gals are working on: Julee, Barbe, Sherry.

Work Table Wednesday...

Its Work Table Wednesday and we're so excited that our pal Sherry is joining in the fun this week. Also, be sure to see Barbe's cool post. She has been a busy bee. I think Julee is otherwise occupied with driving her little around but she may make an appearance. If you post a WTW post, be sure to let me know in the comments!

So, onto my worktable. Well, I have been busy experimenting with more soldering lately. I have been inspired by Facebook pal Christine Alane to go a bit outside my box and tackle soldering these hearts. I have had the stashed since I dug them out of an old barn at a friends ranch. The aunt that lived there was a serious hoarder, er collector of STUFF. I found so many treasures there and so much I have "stashed" for a special project. Some of the ornaments I used on my vintage ornament wreathes were from there.. along with these hearts. And to think these almost went out of the studio in my cleaning binge..

I have about a dozen or so of these blank glass (heavy) hearts. I set about adding foil tape after cleaning them really well. This is the first one I did:

and I have to say that I am really tickled with how it turned out. My husband saw it sitting on my table today and said he thought it was super cool too.

The next one did not go so well.. its the one with the pink embellishment. Its better now and Hannah soldered a loop to the bottom so I can add some danglies too it.

Finally, I did the one with the cameo today. I am only using a soldering iron and don't have a torch so I haven't been able to attach the embellishments with solder. I have been using clear silicone caulk and it seems to be doing the trick.

I am in the process of taping some others up and trying out different patterns. There is only really so much I can do with the tape itself so I think I might order a sheet of foil to play with on future versions. Its kind of fun to focus on this series of pieces. I have so many ideas!

Here is the picture I took just before heading back into the house. Its my main work table in the studio. It hasn't been this cleared off and organized in a looooong time :) It will be put to good use this weekend when my friend Vicki comes down.
What's on your work table??

WTW-

Hey kids.. Its Work Table Wednesday!! Problem is, I have been in a court room and jury room for the past 3 days so my "work table" looked like a pile of notes, a styrofoam cup and some Tootsie Roll wrappers. They take your phone away when you enter the Jury Room so I couldn't even sneak a peek for you all.

The most recent thing I have been working on is creating some images to make into some art charms/ necklaces. Here is one that I am creating from one of my paintings. That's about as close as we're going to get today because all I feel like doing is vegging on the couch and waiting for Survivor to come on. LOL

Hopefully I will do better next week.
Be sure to pop over and see what Julie and Barbe are doing. And, PLEASE join us next week. If you plan to, just leave a comment below so we can add you to our little WTW blog hop.

Cheers!

Work Table Wednesday...

Hey everybody, I am a little later posting this than I had hoped but its still Wednesday!!

Today was super busy with homeschooling and work and trying to get out into the studio. I did some chores and took advantage of the gorgeous weather outside to spray some weeds and then work with the studio doors open.

This morning early, I was busy editing our mailing for work which is due to go out tomorrow morning. I have spent time on and off today trying to get all the details lined up and get it proofed by all involved so I still have to go back and schedule it. Long process..

When I finally made it out to the studio I cranked up the soldering iron for the first time since Julee was here. I have a little project in my head that I am working on but it has gone off in various directions and now I have too many ideas. The good thing was that it pushed me out of my comfort zone and I tried soldering some "alternative" things for me..
So fun!

preparing to solder

after soldering... still needs some touch up.

Be sure to hop on over to see Julee and Barbe's worktables too and join us next week!!