It's been a long time but I'm back in town...
A few days before Christmas we got a new German shepherd puppy. Meet Oskar. (this is Oskar at 8 weeks. He's gained @5 lbs since this was taken. heh.)
It's been a long time since we've had a puppy, and wow, he is either all ON or all OFF. There is no in between. So I'm trying to take advantage of the 'off' times, but it's a challenge to get anything done.
Before bringing Oskar home, I installed new vinyl tile in the kitchen, and then we refinished 3 of 4 rooms on the first floor with wood floors. They look great, but I'm still trying to reclaim the house from the dusty mess that caused.
Kitchen (I haven't painted over the yellow yet. Another day.)
Dining room (before the coats of satin, but you get the idea.)
I also did 2 fun commissions for butter dishes. (Wish I'd taken the time to get formal pics of these, but was in a rush to get them shipped out before Christmas.)
Swiss cheese butter dish
HEY COW! 1lb butter dish
These are little skulls for my tween nephew Eliot's birthday. They each have a hole in the top/back of their head, and I included flame-less votives with them. I love these things and might have to make some larger ones for our house for Halloween.
AND, I made birch fireplace logs for my husband for Christmas. I poked holes in them, intending to poke mini christmas lights through the holes to look like embers. But once I saw them lit (which wasn't till after I gave them to Brian), I wasn't satisfied with how the holes work. And Brian wanted them to have little nubs, like where a branch was cut off, so they wouldn't lay so... flat. I've made a couple mods too, and have version 2.0 in the works. THey're going to be put on hold until I can get more white engobe though. I don't have enough to get 2 coats on each one, and my supplier is out. Might have to order some online.
Version 1
Version 2.0 in progress
Left & middle log each have 1 coat of white engobe for the birch bark, but need another. They all need the black detailing.
