Amanda Bridges Art

i lucked into a used Bailey's 24/16 gas kiln after a week of trying to find someone who will move it w/out charging as much as i'm paying for it, i'm finally glad to say it won't be much longer until this baby is in my backyard ready for me to fill it with pots!

...from Hello Purl !    

amber needs table decorations for her wedding reception. we can't have candles or open flame, so i'm playing around with different ideas for lighting. i started with five of these, different treatments and different heights.  here's the only one that survived the first round. i got some cracking and shivering at the seam, but it remained intact.

i'm so proud of him!!!

Darby's Bar and Grill

my sweetie's book is now available in e-book format on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Darbys-Bar-Grill-ebook/dp/B005LE4J52/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315773555&sr=8-2

so i dyed my batiks. the first batch came out beautifully. i didn't want to toss out dye, so i reused the blue. the second batch came out lighter, but still very nice. here are some close ups: