Hey, What happened?

I feel like

I have been neglecting the ol' blog here a bit....

I always used to wonder why fellow creative ladies

would seem to disappear from their blogs

during the summertime...

It only takes a few minutes

right?

Well,

now I know! 

Somehow this summer I was just consumed with all the 

other things to try and get

done with a child in the house

and 

try and enjoy Summer as well.

Now

I have joined 

the mommies who run to the bus stop

in 

their Yoga pants, sweatshirts and hair pulled up quick

to at least try and look 
like I put a tiny bit of effort
 into not just rolling out of bed

and
 out the door!

Hopefully now 
I can get back on track with my creative side....

I thought I'd share a few things I have made recently

but 
had not been able to post yet.....

 Made this hammered copper charm at "Art Camp"

Torches , hammers and a mob of women....

you would have thought we were out to hunt down a monster 
with all of those ingredients right?

Was very fun and we had a wonderful teacher....

Dawn

at

flipflopsandpoptarts

Super talented 
and 
beautiful to boot!

This was my first time doing any tiny amount of metal working

and I would love to invest in some tools

to explore it further at some point.

This was a real treat....

I'll make this into a necklace or a book cover eventually....

Acid, metal, stamps, tape, sandpaper, baking soda and water....

This was made with the same process....

can you guess what it is?

It is an empty bullet casing!

Etched by the same chemical process 
to be used as is

or
 as a charm to hide things in,

sort of  a do what you will with it piece!

Hopefully something like this.....

 Which was created by

Verni

who is 
(as she would say)

"My new best friend"....

She is an absolutely fabulous, fun, crack you up person!

She made this process totally un-intimidating....

SO

what have you been up to this summer?

I'd love to hear about it,

really!

I feel like it just flew by...

However,
 I am glad to see it go.

This girl has lived in humidity her whole life

but this year 
the 100 plus degree temperatures for weeks on end were just too much!

Today is actually the first day that really feels like Fall...

going to head out to the porch with a cup

and
 sit for a bit....

Have a Happy Monday!