Fusing arrived - finally!

Nearly 4 weeks after doing the glass fusing workshop the finished glass finally arrives. There was some excuse about the kiln being in for repair - but she did also say she had two. I wasn't too impressed by the lack of communication. But it's here and I'm quite please with it...

And here it is looking rather lovely in the kitchen, even if I do say so myself:

Halloween painted pebble hunt

I was starting to think that trick or treating was gonna be cancelled this year for sure and I'd already stocked up on sweets weeks ago... what could I do instead? Bring on the local community events... or basically a bunch of people who live in the same close as me who don't want the kids to miss out. With a few ideas of how to keep the sweets socially distanced, and a potential of a treasure hunt (with pictures in windows) and a pumpkin carving comp there had to be something creative I could contribute - not being a kid and able to take part?!.

So I bashed out a bunch of painted Halloween rocks ready to hide... to be honest these didn't take as long as they usually do as I just picked a few designs and kept them simple, but was quite pleased with being able to use orange, despite this not being the easiest colour to work with sometimes, it can be quite effective with black:

Of course there was also a pumpkin that needed cutting ...

Virtual card making - Christmas cards already!

I can't believe it - after finally getting to craft in person last month (it's been 6 months!), we are now in Tier 2 and not permitted to meet others indoors. Which means back to virtual crafting today... oh and Christmas cards!

Glass fusing workshop

What do you do when you have booked 2 weeks holiday to see your sister, aunt/uncle and visit the Lake District and then they go into local lockdown... glass fusing of course!

this started as sheets of glass... lots of cutting required so forgot to photograph before...

ready for firing

It's a surpise what it will look like when it's fired... check back to see my first attempt at a spoon holder ;)