I’ve been doing this and that the past few days, like…
*A lovely breakfast with Nancy today at The Grove on Chestnut, where they made art out of my mocha,
and I presented her with a jar of the strawberry preserves I made the other day:
She is kindly being a guinea pig, as I’m afraid the recipe wasn’t quite right– the sugar/strawberry ratio led it not to gel properly, and to taste something like cotton candy. Next time I’m using Martha’s recipe!
*Experimenting with the wee tiny metal jewelry stamps I received recently:
I love bon mots and words/phrases/sayings in general, so being able to arrange the letters and bang them into jewelry is a dreamy way to spend a few hours. Either there is a surprising dearth of information on the internet about this particular jewelry craft, or I’m just not searching the right terms. If any of you know of a good resource for tips on metal stamping, or metal stamping supplies (I think somewhere they sell something that darkens the stamped bits so you can see them better), please share! This is definitely something that requires a bit of practice (above you see my first try, and evidence of my sad spatial relations skills), but that I can see having all kinds of applications I haven’t thought of yet. I only wish my letter set was a smidge bigger than it is! And I could find some better, chubbier metal blanks.
*Swooning over the Jen Corace t-shirt and letterpress print set over on Tiny Showcase today- they just keep getting better and better!
*Admiring the lovely handmade goods for a good cause over at The Wonderland Retreat Etsy Shop. Particularly Susan’s awesome skirt kits!
*Thinking about making a skirt or two, or three…