Creative Space

A peek into my creative space now that I've moved it upstairs...
My big project will come when I take down the wall paper that is already FALLING off the walls and slanted ceiling... and cover it with dictionary pages... :) 

My main work space.

some of my favorite bits...

It's a work in progress... but it's a nice space, and the boys have a space on the other side of the room for playing video games while I work... and I like that.

Overwhelmed

This Go Cart was a part of Travis' childhood...
It has been around since his aunts and uncles were kids.
We live next door to the uncle that owns it.
The boy's worked with one of their cousins to get the motor running again this year, and spent the day riding it...
Travis and I were talking about how much it has meant that our little rental opened up just when we needed a place to move, and how our experience here would have been so different had we moved anywhere else. 

Having people that love you like our relatives do live in the house just down the road has been such a blessing. I feel it every time our children make memories and learn lessons from adults invested in them in a way I can't explain... Watching the boys excitment as the work THEY did to the go cart breathed new life into it, and to see them listening and learning from their uncle Jim while he showed them the tools to use, and how to use them...
I am overwhelmed with joy for the life we've been able to have here, on a chance phone call to a landlord we didn't really know, who called us back when the renters he thought he had fell through... I can't imagine life without loved ones living next door.

Things...

 Things are going well...
My little sister got married, and I made her cake topper along with other decorations I'll be sharing soon!!

We've been spending time at the river with my delicious grandbaby.

Overall... life is pretty good.

I also have so AWESOME news to share with you all... and I hope I'll get to share it with you SOON!

THAT'S MEEEE!!

I still can't believe it when I see my art along side other AMAZING artist's work... Seth Apter has included my photo in his piece called THE PULSE on his blog... where he highlights artists and where they are at in their art right now... You can see more of Chapter Two IT'S STILL LIFE and all of the current PULSE on Seth's Blog!

For My Sister...

I made that. For my sister. With Amazing Mold Putty. OH. YEAH. The post about how I did it will be live tonight on the Amazing Mold Putty BLOG at 9:00pm Pacific, Midnight Eastern! Hop on over and check it out!!
As Shared on the AMP Blog:
"Hello again! It's Rachel Whetzel here...
My little sister is getting married in a week!! Her wedding is an outdoor wedding, and she is using inspiration from images like THIS and THIS... The only problem with hanging candles in a tree for us, is that it's fire season, and a safety hazard. So as much as my sister liked the idea, it was looking like the candle jars in the trees might not be a reality. Then my idea hit me. I was going to make "glass" disks that LOOKED like they were Vintage Blue Glass Ball Jars with my Amazing Mold Putty and Clear Cast resin!

I started out with my Vintage Blue Glass Ball Jar. This one in particular had really raised writing, which made it perfect for creating the mold.

First, I used two equal parts Amazing Mold Putty and mixed them together until they were uniform in color. Then I rolled out the piece over the writing on my Ball Jar. I actually used the jar itself on the flat side first, to shape the piece and then once in one final roll over the writing for my mold impression.

Before the mold set, I used a round glass to trim the piece into a nice circle. Once the circle was firm, I added a rim to the edge of my circle so I could pour into the mold once I was ready.

Because Amazing Clear Cast takes about 24 hours to cure, I decided to make more molds. I also decided that I wanted some smaller circles, so I used my smaller vintage Ball Jar and created smaller rounds using the same technique above.

 I wanted to add a tint to the clear cast, to imitate the blue coloring of my vintage jars, so I used just a drop of Alcohol Inks in my Clear Cast.

Using equal parts clear cast A and B, and then a drop of ink for dye, I mixed well, and poured into my molds.

 Once my 24 hours were up, I popped the resin out of the mold, and I had round pieces of what look to be Vintage Blue Glass Ball Jars!!

I drilled holes in the tops of them, and added a few beads with fishing line... I'm hoping my sister will like them to hang in place of the candle jars in a tree or two. It's certainly a nice alternative to fire in the trees. My other thought is that the disks would look neat scattered on a table in the center piece. Especially on a buffet table.
Here's what they look like in the trees...

Be sure to share any projects you make using ideas like this on the Amazing Mold Putty® Facebook Page!! I'd also love it if you visit me at "my house"!!"

Disclosure: As a member of Amazing Mold Putty's design team, I receive product at no cost to myself.

Some Days

Some days, I look back over the time that has flown by, and I wish that I had been better able to slow down enough to savor more moments...
I miss my blog...

I miss school events where my children are reminded that we are HOME...

The moments of baby love that pass so quickly in toothless smiles...

My own baby is finished with High School...

That same baby has a family of his own now...



Sleeping babies keep growing and changing, even while they dream...

My kiddos are becoming young men...

Through it all... My life is busy rushing along... and I've put it in motion, and I hate it. I hate that it's rushing at a pace I have encouraged it to be... and it's not slowing down. I need it to slow down. So that's my goal. To figure out how to slow things down again.