What do you do for fun when you're not gardening?

You did just fine! Beautiful hibiscus flowers.

Is cold porcelain the same as cold cast porcelain?

Wow, you made those? They're beautiful.

They are stunning! Great job.

Beautiful!!!

I thought they were real flowers!

Me too !

Gorgeous! Do you sell them?

no, do not sell
my instructor did suggest I teach

I've tried to upload a pic but it won't
will keep trying

In any case it is a dough--called paste, like fondant
you roll it out like pie crust and cut it with 'cookie cutters' to form the petals, leaves
it is assembled while still maleable and then air dried

They might be having problems with the photo program. The first one you did came through. They are just lovely!

You must paint them also. And what a great job!

venu--actually, the paste is colored with a dust so a base color is choosen and kneaded into it before shaping

the dried product can be dusted to highlight and shade
leaves can be spray painted but again start out with a base color
whole flower is sprayed with matt clear coat

I also do bead work and stained glass, fused glass

How about some pictures of the glass work? I love stained glass.

pollyk--if I can get it to load
been tring since six pm
now just after midnight

I still think there is some problem. I'd give it up for now.

GW, I have just discovered mosaic work and have fallen in love with it. The next step I want to do is stained glass. Is it a pain to do, because then I will love it.

venu--it is very rewarding
fused glass on the other hand is horrid
I am an immediate gratification person and waiting for a kiln is difficult 10-12 hour before you can look
my stained glass is copper foiled not leaded

this is a miniature

How beautiful!

"He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing" Cicero

Snug, :o)

snug--how about
a garden, library and camera

A garden, a library, a camera, and some cats.

A garden, a library, a camera, a cat, and some dogs.

and chocolate

A garden, a library, a camera, a cat, and some dogs, chocolate and a nice cold beer on a hot day.

....or a Margarita.

...a Cape Codder.

Hot coffee with chocolate bundt cake.

...with real heavy whipped cream?

At this rate, we'll never get any gardening done!

no whipped cream...cream cheese frosting !

But we'll sure feel good.

Then I'm not baking it for you. Only heavy cream, whipped to a frenzy, and covering the cake so it can't be seen.

calorie free right?

whipped cream is so "inert"...cream cheese is da bomb !

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. And champagne.

I'll skip the champagne for even more chocolate.

laughing myself silly

I love it

I'm sure cicero's list was longer, too
someone else shotened it!

It's nighttime for some of you and it's raining for the rest of us, so we're not really losing any gardening time with this list. I just have to add peanut brittle, preferably See's peanut brittle.

here is 1st cold porcelain rose arrangement