This weekend I actually did something right on the first try! I’m obviously not talking about the front hall wall color, which took 3 tries. I’m talking about mixing my own hue of paint! I mean, I’ve been doing that forever when I create art. But I’ve never done it before with wall paint. I was inspired by Jo at Let’s Face the Music who gave me the courage to believe I could do it – thanks, Jo!
Today after work I water-sealed/stained our front stoop / front steps with the same water-seal/stain I used for the catio [Thompson’s WaterSeal Semi-Transparent Waterproofing Stain in color Acorn]
Today after work, while I was supposed to be relaxing, I built Birdie 2 more cat platforms for the living room. Now I can relax *nods*.
Fall is OK, but it means winter is coming and I don’t like winter! I wish it went from Fall to Spring to Summer to Fall. I was in Florida all weekend with hubby, celebrating his dad’s 75th Birthday – Happy Birthday Dad#2! It was fun – we [Jim, me, Jim’s brother and Jim’s nephew and niece] flew down and totally surprised him 🙂 But somehow I managed to not take even 1 picture. Oops!
Since my last front hall update, I’ve finished grouting, I’ve sealed the grout, and I’ve moved on to the closet shelf and lighter wall color. Today was a holiday from work, so I went to the paint store and bought a quart of Benjamin Moore Marina Gray. However, once on the walls, it looks like cement.
I finished my stained glass spider web today. Abbie gave me an awesome lesson in soldering. And when I got home I painted on the magical liquid that turns the solder from silver to black. Woohoo! Now I can cross that off my 2015 Projects list. 9 done, 3 to go 🙂
I’ve been working on my 6-panel painting project which I started this past July. I completed 3 of the 6 panels in July, and have been working towards completing the remaining 3. So far I have outlined each shape on the 3 empty panels with a Sharpie, traced them onto paper, and marked them on pieces of tin.
Work continues on my stained glass spider web. I bought a new Glastar Glass Grinder which helps a lot!
My first stained glass spider web will be made of clear practice glass. At least that’s the current plan. My next one will be made from clear patterned glass. And then I’ll graduate to colors. I have started work on my spider web and it’s very exciting!
I HATE grout haze. It’s my current nemesis, although I’ve made huge progress towards eliminating it. Removing it requires lots and lots of scrubbing. With warm water and a green kitchen scrubbie. And once you think you’ve done as much scrubbing as you can handle, you have to to more scrubbing. And rinsing. Lots and lots of rinsing.
