Pallett Plate

Using buttercream frosting as the medium, and gel colors to tint, I can experiment with shades and mixes of frosting. Seems simple, but it feels just like what I do when I print. Which will be MONDAY!! Can't wait.

 

Loaded and Waiting

This has been set and waiting for a few weeks now. Somehow my other life got in the fast lane, this just on the side of the road. It won't be forever, but I really do want to see this finished. Maybe just an hour will get me started. There's always hope.
 

Northern most point of the City

A day trip to the shores of Lake Ontario and a sighting of a historical marker about early white settlers to the area. The site held a fur trading post by the French who traded with the Senecas. I forget the change this land has had, as we were just looking for a day's diversion.
 

Gonna Miss Oregon Rain

When I can, I'll switch out  works. I enjoy the details, the connections, and the happenstance relationships I may have not noticed when I built the piece. Oregon Rain (detail here) will not e returning home for me to ponder. It's been chosen by a collector and will have a new home. I hope they study the details too.

 

Tick that Off the List

I've got the major cake in the freezer. And given our very warm days, I'll bet they are happy in that ice box. On to finish the other tasks. Oh, for those cake decorators, I've been getting my advice from "British Girl Bakes" on youtube. She's taught me all I know.
 

Reality of Life

I've been baking carrot cake to the point where I think I can do this without looking. Suffice to say that it is getting difficult to make studio time. Oh, yes, I take care of office stuff, but getting a block of time to create is getting more difficult. August will be better.
 

Making Marks

In my early teens I learned to sew. I remember reading the instructions to mark points like darts, joins, or locations using thread, and not just a pin or pencil mark. I think you would even pass a needle through the points to match. The skirt of the 'big dress' needed those marks, so, yes, I did that. 
 

Happy Fireworks

I could only hear the fireworks, so I'll imagine that they looked like this. Those who know my workshops will be conditioned to say -- hey, ain't that a center medallion? -- and they'd be right. Happy Fourth.
 

Super Moon

You know my camera can't capture the full moon -- and a super moon at that. So, my stroll around the yard found this. Too bad it's not a blue moon. Ha!
 

Making Holes

Most of today was spent catching up on assembling a dress. The back is drawn together with ribbons, part of the pattern, and it asked for stitched holes to direct the ribbon. I've never sewn something so time consuming. Good thing there is Netflix. 
 

Jazz Fest

The Rochester International Jazz Festival concludes tonight. I made it to nine consecutive nights of superb performances. All with fantastic company -- some I met for the first time. Amiable crowd, packed houses, great venues. Next year, I'll do it again. Don't look for me at the end of June 2024.