Transformation

The view from back deck of Studio B has been changing dramatically over the last two months. Each of the photos represented in these stitched shots has been taken between March 2nd and today, April 30th of this year. I put them in an order that looked right and then realized later that they are not at all in order by date. The second and forth images are two times of the same day, we woke up to a light dusting of snow which quickly vanished as the sun came out.
We’ve had all kinds of weather from cold and snow, fog, to a few days this week that were downright hot! At the beginning of March we could see blue mountains in the distance and now the leaves started popping out on the trees closing us in little by little. First the cherry (?) tree started to bloom, and now we are enjoying the three small dogwood trees. (dogwoods - lower left of first image.)

What an amazing transformation. I’m grateful to live in this place. I really am.

Making a Cordial Invitation

Today I made invitations for my parent’s 50th Anniversary Open House. I started out by printing up the information on the paper.

I scanned in the photos and printed them out in small black and white squares, and trimmed them up on the paper cutter. My parents were such cute Mennonite kids when they married! And now they are seasoned and full of wisdom. :)

Add in a little colored paper in my Mother's favorite colors... lavender, purple, plum...

Trim them all up, make sure there are enough!

I used the paper cutter to crease the paper exactly on the measurement.

All the folded papers waiting for the photos to be attached:

So then I added the front photo to the left flap.

And using that as a guide I then placed the second photo directly behind it on the right flap.

So on the front is the old photo, after you open that you see the new photo and on the inside in the invitation.

There they are, alllll done! Yay! So they were stuffed, stamped, sealed with golden seals and sent on their way this evening. There's gonna be a party, and I'm doing the cake. It's going to be a fun celebration! :)

I'm delighted that these two got married some 50 years ago and that they had my brother and I. They are two amazing people (and my brother is spectacular!) and I'm a very lucky girl indeed to have them in my life. Thank You Jesus!

More Glass

I'm thrilled with these, they have a fine layer of gold spun on that really catches the light and is just SO pretty!

A lovely set of five classic vases that are really fun in their own way. This series turned out kind of sweet and pastel and the brighter accents as well as the spun on pearl has a way of making them look soft and sweet. There are a few from this series (not pictured) that I'm not quite ready to part with.

I like how the light played in these three pieces. I was hoping for a kind of funky Christmas young color scheme, and they are actually a little brighter in person. They have a white pearl spun detail that sets it all off.

I have another batch in process that isn't fired or photographed yet and they are a completely different color scheme. And I have a big coorporate order due shortly so I'm also working on those. It is going to be a busy couple of weeks around here!