Ready, Set ....

Getting ready for my first craft show in about 2 years has turned my house into a disaster area!  Pulling all the display pieces out.  My always helpful daughter pricing. Organizing. Deciding at the last minute that we should change the color scheme for this show ... GO?

My Huge Sign

Bistro Set and Display Trellis

Boxes! Tables! Tent!

You have to have a narrow butt to sit down now!

Stacks leaning everywhere!


Well, I also have stuff to sell!  Trying to get all of that organized, priced and packed for a safe ride in the truck also takes up a mess of space!  (Yes, we say 'mess' instead of 'big' or 'a lot of' in the south!)

First layer of ornaments.

Layer number two.

These are very transparent.
Look beautiful when placed over one of the lights on your Christmas tree!

These have some transparency too.
They turned out looking like camo, but the original design came from
the year I saw a green, brown and gold tree at Cracker Barrell.

I had a cross-making craze for a little while.  I love them!

Jewelry

More Jewelry

More Jewelry

Ring Bowls
All of them were made on the top of light bulbs.

Hearts

Bracelets

Pens
Some have holders.  There are more ... I just have to find them!

So now I must go back to the task at hand

Concord Jubilee

Concord GA

Oct 17 & 18, 2015

Happy Claying!

Up ‘n Smoke

One of my co-workers has a competition BBQ team.  He brought this chemically-rusted metal pig to me and asked me to paint "Up 'n Smoke", their team name, on it.

 

Piece of cake, right?  Well, no.

 

    

My first attempt was using Martha Stewart Metallic Paint.
I don't have any pictures of that.  To this point I hadn't realized what a trial this project was going to be!  It has to be the most expensive 'freebie'



I've ever done!
 1 Shot Lettering Enamels
The second try, I used 1Shot gold automotive paint that I purchased at Summit Racing Equipment in McDonough, GA..
 
As you can see below, it seemed too "bland" --- and nobody likes a bland pig!  So, I decided to outline it in red. 
Not so hot! 
I had tried to curl the lettering some to conjure the illusion of smoke.

My piggy plan was actually going up in smoke!

~*~

So, out came the paint stripper!!

 I used Citristrip Stripping Gel from The Home Depot.
Let me tell you, this stuff is FANTASTIC!!

 
No fumes or odor, and it curdled that paint right up!

There were actually 2 or 3 more attempts.  Didn't like any of them.  Just couldn't cook anything up that had any interest.....
Then I decided it needed COLOR…

and another post …..