Carissa was in town last weekend visiting her friend, Anna, so the three of us had the lovely chance to get together to enjoy dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Café Habana, and to visit a local pottery painting/glass fusing/mosaic making/beading store for craft night. There was lots of great conversation about libraries, blogs, quilting and food! Best of all, I got to see my most favorite quilt of Carissa's (now Anna's) in person.
I'm pretty sure Carissa has a few before pictures of our projects, but in the meantime here are the afters. Carissa made these two glass fused ornaments and put my eyes in jeopardy with her crazy glass clipping tool.
(the group effort star)
I went the plain, boring route and painted the inside and outside of a giant soup mug with an interesting glaze.
Those look like such cool projects! It must have been fun.
Posted by: Oiyi | 04 November 2008 at 09:07 PM
oooh! i like the way the "full firing" made everything all melty and flat. and your mug looks lovely! thanks for posting photos. i'm so glad we got the chance to meet!
Posted by: abcgirl | 04 November 2008 at 09:13 PM
how fun to have a bloggy meet up. I still haven't had a bloggy meet up, but not for lack of trying!!!
Posted by: amandajean | 04 November 2008 at 11:28 PM
Oh my!!!! They are so cool! I love them!
Posted by: Helen | 05 November 2008 at 05:04 AM
I always like Cafe Habana - such a great spot! Where did you go to do all the crafts - sounds interesting?
Posted by: Clever Karen | 05 November 2008 at 05:46 AM
sounds like a fun evening! your mug looks great!
Posted by: priscilla | 05 November 2008 at 09:56 AM
lucky you! im so glad you all had a good time.
Posted by: jacquie | 07 November 2008 at 05:56 PM
That just sounds like my perfect evening!
Posted by: Rachael Rabbit | 12 November 2008 at 11:17 AM
I love the glass tree - it is beautiful. I wish we had a place like that in my neck of the woods...
Posted by: Liz | 22 November 2008 at 10:00 AM