Saturday, October 26, 2013

Two Weeks in Review - In Tree Wings Studio

Alrighty… it's time to report in:

Here's my work table after two weeks of managed studio time. Yes, I did tidy it up a bit — things were more than a little messy!

Did I meet my goals? Not quite. But I made very good progress. For my shop staples, here are my totals:

I cast, shaped, and painted 24 Queen Anne's Lace beads and pendants, and painted 22 previously cast Queen Anne's Lace beads.

I sculpted 52 sleepy critters.

And, I started painting 22 sleepy owls (sculpted a few weeks back).



I didn't do as well with new bead ideas. But that's okay — sometimes new ideas just don't come easily. I did make some of my current beads in new colors though: 5 Queen Anne's Lace pendants, and 14 (soon to be) painted speckle beads — I'll be testing new paint mixtures on these.



And the sleepy fawns are getting ready to become reindeer for Christmas, 2 new sleepy puppy dog designs are in progress, and 1 pine cone became a mold for new beads.


Scheduled for tomorrow, I have new crackle beads — they are going to go with a certain pretty copper component from Kristi



So all in all, things did not go as perfectly as I'd hoped, but they did go nearly as well as I expected. I'm about 2/3rds of the way to where I want to be and this was only the first two weeks. But, I'm encouraged and very excited about what I can accomplish in another two weeks! There will be some more schedule tweaking and possibly an adjustment of my completed bead goals.


And… I almost forgot to mention, my sisters and I had fun trying out a new brownie recipe on my "day off"! Yum!


Yes, it was a very good beady two weeks! How did you all do? Did you find/make more time for creativity? Did you create anything new? And most of all did you have fun? Do share!







4 comments :

  1. Wow, I'm really impressed and inspired by all you've accomplished in these past two weeks. I hope you keep sharing your progress to keep inspiring the rest of us to stay focused.

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  2. Well done Rebekah - a great output and I agree...you can't force new ideas they'll come in their own good time.

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  3. Very impressive! Making a schedule is easy but sticking to it takes motivation.

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  4. It's fun to see your beads in various states of the process. Congrats on creating what sounds like a great system. One of my main goals has been organizing my work space. I made great strides recently. Yay!

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