Author: Kelli

Boy oh boy did I have fun yesterday wet felting wrist warmers with Jonatha Foli at Cast Away & Folk in Santa Rosa yesterday. Learned how to wet felt with a resist.

Super happy with my new ombre wet felted wrist warmers!

I made some shrink plastic buttons to go on them, the syllabus stated you can add three buttons, so I made three buttons then realized halfway through class it was three buttons PER wrist warmer DOH! These are interestingly organic and if I add the buttons I’ll be restricted as to how I can wear them, so I may not do it after all.

Love these, can’t wait to make a bag with resist.

I have been making Christmas ornaments every year as gifts for decades.

This year it was fused glass snowflakes. Since I didn’t start fusing in June–my kiln can only fit one at a time and my work is subject to thermal shock if I fuse when it’s really cold in the garage–I had to go to the glass shop to cook these.

I cut all the glass at home, transported it to Stained Glass of Marin for a drop in class and assembled on a tray there. I made 36 but I’m so in love with fused glass snowflakes that I  could have kept going. I think I’ll drop in for another day to make some that are a little more complicated.

I finished them with a wire wrap and coordinating ribbon. Did I mention I’m in LOVE with these?

There was some extra room on a tack fuse tray so I made a few trees too.

Already thinking about next year’s ornaments…

It was a beautiful day in San Francisco, crab fest at Capurro’s Restaurant & Bar was amazing.

Personalized parking assistance from Paul the owner, who kept the boys occupied while daddy secured the reservation and I did the parking. He showed them two giant barrels full of live fresh crabs.

Poor Joe asked if he could please save some, after all, how would you feel if someone caught you, cooked you, then ate you? Sure kid, right after I get mine!

We were only there for an hour, and when we left both barrels were empty.