Yesterday my friends Carol, Judy and Evelyn took me out to lunch for my birthday even though it was August 22nd. I was in Chicago on my birthday and yesterday was the first day we could all get together.
It was 109 outside and very humid but we dragged ourselves to The Cheesecake Factory and had a wonderful lunch. Before I left for Chicago, Evelyn bought me a beautiful purple suitcase that spins and expands, it is awesome.
My dear friend Carol hasn't been doing clay very long but she always did earth clay and she was an incredible sculptress (I think that's what you call a woman sculptor). She came over one day with these pendants that she had made and you could have knocked me over with a feather. She gave me one for my birthday and it was my favorite one.
I need to take a better picture but I have a headache and didn't feel like getting all my stuff out. The cords slide and those are real feathers and beads and leather cord. I'm hoping she gets them on Etsy. Southwest stuff is really big right now and this is an amazing work of art.
My friend Judy gave me this neat high heeled shoe tape dispenser. I remember wearing high heels and then having foot surgery because I couldn't walk anymore. I get tickled when I look at this and think about all the young girls wearing 6 inch platforms now and what their feet are going to be like when they get to be my age. I would like to find the guy who invented high heels and make him wear them for a full day. Then again, maybe he does. LOL I also got bags with gorgeous copper bails, a gizmo to stamp out a picture and automatically put an acrylic top on it and some gold stamp pads. I made quite a haul.
This is my good buddy Champ. I made his sister and brother blankets so I thought I better make him one. I didn't tell his mom but before I gave him the blanket, I rubbed dogie bacon all over it. She called and told me how much he liked it and he keeps rolling in it and rubbing his nose in it. I had to confess what I did. She thought that was pretty funny.
I have a new extruder that I got from a place called Lucy Clay in Czechoslovakia. I'm hoping to try it today and I'll let you know how it works tomorrow with pictures.
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2 comments:
There is not much better than a birthday after your birthday, Bonnie! A chance for everyone who missed spoiling you on the day...
Is that extruder the one that fits in the drill chuck? It sound so awesome... I can't wait to read what you think of it!
Happy (very) belated Birthday! It's so nice when you get to celebrate twice, especially when it's with your with special friends. Carol's sculpture work is gorgeous, very much wearable art. So glad she's added PC to her repertoire.....and you're so lucky to have one of your very own. I had to laugh when I read you rubbed the beautiful blankie you made for Champ with doggie bacon! Perfect.
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