It has been a year since my last post. I’m returning to my blog to record my crafting experiences.
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Feb17
Jul10
Cleaned, Restored and Functional!
I removed the gray, crumbling cover from the flexible neck of the lamp. I actually think it looks better!
I will not tell you how many times I took the screws back out because wires got in the way. I thought I was finished at midnight, but I had the bottom on backwards.
I am proud that when I needed a magnetized screwdriver, I rubbed the end of one with a chicken magnet from the refrigerator.
It worked like a charm! I finished at 1:00am.
So, tomorrow morning, I can tell Kent, in the words of Kenny Loggins, “Turn on your Ottlight!” 😄😄😄
Jul9
15 tiny screws later…
And I fixed my husband’s Ottlight lamp. He’d asked me to take a look at the switch, which wasn’t working.
I had to take the whole thing apart to get to the switch. I got the idea of what might be wrong from an appliance repairman who fixed a faulty dryer switch a few weeks earlier. The actual switch was under a button that had become misaligned.
After removing 15 very reluctant, tiny, Phillips head screws, I discovered that’s what had happened, the switch had worked itself out of the slot that was supposed to hold it under the on/off button.
I glued the switch back in place, and at my husband’s suggestion, added a piece of tape over the nonoperative part of the switch.
I plugged the lamp up, and the switch worked!
Now, after a much needed break, I need to get those 15 screws back in.
Jul5
Light Rays over Water
I tried Rhonda Dohna’s “Light Rays”stamp over Eddie Reyes’ “Water” stamp.
They are on heavy watercolor paper (cardstock, really,) and I didn’t get the absorbency I expected. I also used an old, but unopened, pack of assorted Izink ink pads.
I still like the combination very much, and it suited the fireworks I was hearing in the distance while stamping last night (7-4-26.)
I’m excited at the possibilities of using these stamps with metallic paints, mica and embossing powders, and maybe even glitter glue!
Both stamps are available at PMartist Studios.
I really like my “stamp off” paper!
Jul3
The Rescue of Gutsy
That’s what I call this collage, but I have just finished, “The Glazing of Gutsy.”
I used my favorite satin gel medium and a wide foam brush. Foam brushes introduce bubbles so you have to really watch and smooth them out. I started in the middle and worked out and around counter-clockwise, beginning and ending with Gutsy.
If I ever make something like this, again, I will make sure I glaze the images under the frame before I add it. I couldn’t remember doing that, so I worked some into the openings in the wooden frame, being wary of bubbles.
This collage was in response to the #makerscollageprompt2026 for January. The prompts were bird, mushrooms, eyes, lyrics and frame. The photos are mine, except for the adult birds which were used by permission.
Jul2
Unyun
I was watching Karen McKoy’s live stream yesterday, when she mentioned a funny way a friend said orange. It reminded me of the way my granddaughter said it, and I thought I’d share this video from once upon a time.
And don’t miss the rest!
Jun30
I Found My Sign!
Jun28
June Color Combo
My Shutterstock subscription expired yesterday. If I don’t choose my 10 images, I lose my money. Just for fun, I typed the three colors of June’s color combo in the search. No matter how I tried to describe the color coral, I got images of coral. So, here’s a coral exhibiting the color combo.
Jun19
Home again, home again…
and my magnolia’s got lots of blooms!
Jun19
It’s Gonna be Gorgeous!
I wasn’t really impressed by the diamond dot craze when it started. I thought Van Gogh’s Starry Night was pretty, but didn’t care for the look of the square plastic tiles.
Then I discovered the rhinestone dots! Now I am hooked! It’s like the Bedazzler met Mosaics, and they fell in love!
Jun16
Too Much Information?
If so, close the window. I had to prep for a colonoscopy last night. I thought I’d share my bathroom set-up:
If you are stuck in there, may as well make good use of your time. The bag of crystals is the result of me knocking my dots off the other night.
The project is my diamond dots cityscape. I got quite a lot done.
As for my procedure, everything came out fine!