Wolf River Valley Creations

Gah!  We’re under a winter storm watch with expected snowfall of 5″ to 8″ of heavy, wet snow.   Is spring ever going to come?

I made up a batch of buttons last week and discovered that the tile I had baked them on had left shiny spots and a few marks.   After 5 days of trying various remedies, I ended up having to sand the entire batch on the back of the buttons.  My wrist and fingers are killing me!

This past week I’ve been working on some buttons.  Finally got a tile full done and baked.   I wanted them textured this time and after trying some fabric (which didn’t work for me) I scrounged around the kitchen looking for something.  Still didn’t find anything workable.  Then I was looking for my cutters and found a sieve, I tried that and it worked with some extra finger pressure.

I went down to the basement the other day looking for a clay tool and spotted an organizer down there that I had packed away with my clay.  I opened it up and lo and behold here were a bunch of beads I had forgotten about.  Unfortunately, the majority of them need to be sanded and buffed….waaahhhhh.