Thursday, May 13, 2010

HELP ME PLEASE, I CAN'T STOP

Thanks to Casey I've gotten nothing done the last week or two. I started making these planters and I'll admit, it took me a bit to get everything right. I had to buy a new "chuck" for my little darling dremel so I could drill the holes in the wood properly....I had to buy some new wire that was a little thicker, for the legs. I did find some at Walmart. And since that's about as close as I can get to a craft dept without driving over an hour I thought I was pretty darn lucky they had what I needed. They usually don't! And I'll tell you once I got on a roll I couldn't stop. It was that addicting. I was having so much fun I decided to make one for each of the ladies in my miniature group. Shhhhh don't tell them......it's a surprise! I've been working on them feverishly for 2 weeks now.



A picture next of my little work station. I picked up a bunch of these little trays at the Dollar Store. They remind me of the trays we used in school. They're so handy to use when I'm working on a project and want to keep it all together and move it from room to room. Depending on where I'm going to sit and work at something. I have 6 or 7 of them and I'll bet in my work room I have at least 4 of them filled with stuff I'm working on.





Maybe tomorrow I'll show you pictures of my workroom. It is an ABSOLUTE DISASTER right now. And I mean DISASTER. I don't know how it gets that way. But if I'm feeling brave I'll show you tomorrow what I mean. It's so embarressing!



Thanks Casey! Now I think I have enough weaving under my belt to try a chair.....wait..........I think I'm going to skip the chair and go straight to a chaise lounge.....wish me luck!


DON'T FORGET TO POKE THE PICTURES TO MAKE THEM LARGER. AND SOMETHING ELSE I LEARNED...IF YOU POKE THE PICTURE ONCE RIGHT HERE ON MY BLOG AND THENAFTER IT COMES UP POKE IT AGAIN IT'LL BE EVEN LARGER. TRY IT!

10 comments:

  1. They are fab! I once tried to do a basket, failed miserably and haven't tried weaving since. Maybe I should try the planter.

    Your tray looks so organized - my stuff is just scattered around and I can't never find the thing I'm looking for...

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  2. Oh Merry Jingle you have no idea. Wait until tomorrow when you see my workroom. That is if I dare to show! Ha! I have to full these trays up with the project in progress and leave the room. I have got to get in there and clean up because that's what happens to me too, I can't find anything I'm looking for and I get discouraged. So I have to clean every now and again so I don't get frustrated. Yes please try the wicker...it's such fun. And we would all love to see you post some pictures!
    Carolyn

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  3. I love them. Where did you get all the colored wax linen? I have browns, tans and white but no other colors.
    I love that you work on lunch trays too.. How else would we find a place to work if they weren't portable... lol..

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  4. I've bought all of my cord online from a couple of different places. Here is one of them. http://www.basketmakerscatalog.com/waxed/wlinen.htm
    I'll try to find the other one that had more colors.

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  5. Here is a another site I bought from. http://www.royalwoodltd.com/cat14-17aw.htm
    I think next I'm going to try Caseys method of using the beeswax to coat regular crochet cotton. I'd really like to see how that works as I have tons of that type of thread around here. Left over from my crochet doilies era!

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  6. Diese Blumenhocker sind so schön geworden. Ich bin immer noch am probieren, habe erst angefangen. Aber es klappt auch schon ganz gut.

    Und einen Stuhl möchte ich auch noch versuchen.

    Bastelgrüße aus Germany PuNo/Monika

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  7. You are so good at this! Your friends will be so impressed! Love the colors you are using.
    They all look great!

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  8. I'm sure your chaise will be wonderful!! These look terrific.

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  9. Your wickerwork looks gorgeous, Carolyn!!

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  10. Oh Wow i love these you are just so talented i could never make something like these they are amazing
    xx

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