summer craftiness

My summer wasn’t all fun & games… Somebody around here had to get a little work done.So I embroidered a pair of tea towels for my sweet Aunt Faith. I made a pink ribbon bracelet for dear friend Sara.I etched a bunch of glass bottles! (…even googled the Portugese word for oil and personalized a decanter for Aunt Margaret “azeite”)I combined some embroideries and buttons onto a pillow for a wedding gift.I crafted a card or two.I etched glass for a graduation photo frame for my niece.I tried to use the proper paint & technique to personalize a glass cookie jar for my mom. But failed, so I ended up etching it.(Like my “green” gift-wrap?)I made personalized map for a friend’s birthday. (Darn it! Glass is sooooo hard to photograph without glare…)

OK! I see you yawning & hear the snoring – I’ll cease with the show-and-tell.

 

 

love like an ocean

God brings friends into our path to help us as we journey through life. One very dark year in my life He sent Miss P to shine down my walkway. The following year her husband, Mr. Ray, encountered severe illness; and we were blessed to be with them.

For three years we spent part of Spring Break with them in San Diego where the highlight of the trip was always the Floating Lab excursion.

Our last visit there we shared a condo right off the beach in Del Mar. Such a lovely time we had walking the sand and collecting shells, glass & heart-shaped pebbles.

Miss P had a birthday this month. I wanted to create something for her that would recall those wonderful days beside the water.I created my script using Silhouette’s program.

I cut my vinyl. (I decided to use cheap contact paper because it was just for a stencil. I should’ve bought a solid color because my cut lines are very hard to see!)I messed up the vinyl and discovered I needed a different font!I used transfer paper to get my design on the bottle. (Does anybody else hoard collect save spent gift cards for burnishing purposes?)I applied etching cream to the entire bottle and waited an hour before rinsing. Wasn’t happy with the results, so reapplied & waited again.

After I dried the bottle following the final rinse, I was ready to add our sand, pebbles, sea glass and shells.A lovely ribbon completes my little gift.