Ammendment to the law for crafters.

The following links will put you to the web site that is in charge of the new law requiring testing of children's items. If this is of interest to you, please feel free to follow these links. The second and third is the actual report.

(The following new entries have been posted to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's web page on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 located at http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html in What's New:CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html)Stay of Enforcement of Testing and Certification Requirements - Draft Federal Register Notice, January 30, 2009 (http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia09/brief/stayenforce.pdf)Public Comments on Civil Penalty Criteria - Section 217(b)(2) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, January 22, 2009 (http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia09/pubcom/civilpenalty.pdf)-----------------------------

New Jewelry

Here are some new pins that I'm working on. They are all OOAK made from vintage jewelry.

Starting to work now.

Well I've finally begun working here. I've done some OOAK pins and pendents which I'm sellinmg now in the boutique where I work. I will take some pics today and put them in.

I've also began work on a new doll challenge. It's a figure from the Discworld series of books by Terry Prachett. When he's done he will be Dr. Whiteface, who is the evil clown from this world. I've started the head and hands and have an amiture body for now. This is my first attempt at a real head. I've done some fake heads for decorative things but nothing realistic yet. So it was a little scary, but I'm happy with it so far. It still needs to be painted and sanded etc.

More pics

Here are some more almost done now.

A new studio

Well the holidays are finally over and things are going back to usual. Whatever that is. The studio is almost done. I forgot how much stuff I actually have. As you can see from the 2nd set of pics it's quite extensive. I just hate to throw anything away. You never know when you can recycle, reuse or just admire!

I've enclosed a pic of the great master at work. He's the one with the sour face! Personality aside...he's truly a master at this sort of stuff. Ask him to build something, and low & behold it's done. Can't ask for more. Well maybe a smile now and then. Ah, forget it...who cares if he smiles...just keep building. LOL

New Studio

Well we're into the mess of the new studio. I finally convinced my husband to switch rooms with me and to make "his" TV room into my art studio and my sewing room into his TV room.

Well convince is a nice word for bribe. I pretty much had to promise him the moon and the stars to get him to do this, but now that he started he's really into it.

So far he's almost done with the murphy bed and then he's start with the counter tops. Everything is quite a mess here and it's definitely stopping me from being very creative. but soon enough it will be done and all will be well with the world again. Here are some photos of the progress.

Finally done

Well i finished the 8 necklaces and once again didn't take a photo. What's up with that? Well now I have to start working on the necklaces to sell at Minda's. I bought new beads today and will start on them tomorrow.
These should go faster since I don't have anything specific to follow. I can just use what I have and follow my own ideas. Much faster.
I also have to make some Christmas gifts as well.
Good think they moved the challenge due date from Jan to April. I'm making the Mr. Whiteface clown doll from Terry Pritchetts(?) Discworld series. He's sort of an evil clown. (Aren't they all?)
Anyway it should be fun and I'll be able to start right after the holidays.
Well, got to go now.
Lorraine