MTNestWanderer
June Class (Project) - Path at the Condo
This wasn’t really a class, but it IS a big project, and took a ton of my time in June. It started out because I was walking and saw a...
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MTNestWanderer
Lady empty nester travelling the United States in a campervan exploring National Park Service properties, Historic Parks, Landmarks, and anything else. I enjoy telling you about my adventures and would like to hear yours too!
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MTNestWanderer
May 19
May Class - Riesling Bottle Garden Art
I have been given a few old wine bottles, and there are a few that are a beautiful blue color. I wanted to make some sort of art out of...
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Apr 3
April 2024 Class - Glass Craft & Bead Expo - Las Vegas, NV
I signed up to attend the GCBE in Las Vegas, and showed up completely unprepared for what I was going to do! While at home, I decided...
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Mar 10
March 2024 Class - Bead Making in Whitewater
I have taken a class before with the wonderful Julie Lukosaitis, but this one covered more advanced techniques. The event was hosted in...
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Feb 27
February 2024 Class - Glowforge
My friend Sheila had been trying to get me to go to the Waukesha Library to use the Glowforge for several months, and I just never did...
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Jan 30
January 2024 Class - Sea Glass in Brookfield
Sea Glass in Brookfield? There isn’t even a lake here, much less the sea! BUT… we do have wine! And, when there is wine, there happens...
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Dec 29, 2023
December 2023 Class - Glass Ornaments in Whitewater
I have been working glass on a torch for a while now, but one thing that has eluded me was how to blow bubbles. So, when I saw that Josh...
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Dec 3, 2023
Moving into a Studio!!
After going to a total of three weeks of art camp this past summer, all of which were devoted to flameworking, I came home and bought a...
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Nov 21, 2023
November 2023 Class - Snowflake in New Berlin
A few months ago, I joined a group called The Loose Bead Society of Milwaukee. They meet monthly at the New Berlin Library and talk...
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Oct 15, 2023
October 2023 Class - Metalworking in Madison
I really love working with glass and making beads and such. A very complimentary skill is to learn how to do metalworking, so I have...
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Sep 24, 2023
September 2023 Class - Glass Fusing in Whitewater
In September, I was lucky to have signed up for a class in glass fusing as part of KBW Glass Art Foundations’ “GEM V” event. The event...
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Aug 6, 2023
August 2023 Class - Beads in Snow Farm, MA
This was the second of two residential craft classes I went to in the summer of 2023. I am apparently now an Art Camp kind of person. ...
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Jul 23, 2023
July 2023 Class - Fusing Glass in Whitewater
After taking a two-week residential class in June, and knowing I was taking a one-week residential class in August, I hadn’t really...
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MTNestWanderer
Jun 19, 2023
June 2023 Class - Flowers in North Carolina
Now that I have been at Penland School of Crafts, I feel kind of embarrassed for how I ended up there. In early 2023, I was thinking...
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May 6, 2023
May Class - Beads in Mineral Point
Ever since I started my monthly class quest, I have been wanting to take a class at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point. I finally got my...
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Apr 16, 2023
April Craft - Laser Engraving in Brookfield
Sometimes, I have very clear ideas of what I want to craft, but most of the time, I see something random on Etsy or TikTok, and suddenly,...
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Mar 27, 2023
March Class - Community Pottery in Riverwest
I have given myself this goal of taking a class at least once a month, or at least learning a new thing. In March, I DID do the paper...
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Mar 10, 2023
March Craft - Paper Punching
This “craft” came up one day because I said something to a friend of mine similar to “I have no idea what to do with all of these paper...
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Feb 11, 2023
February Craft - Wood Burning in Brookfield
I have no idea what got in my head in early February, but I found myself at the local Rockler store with a wood burning kit in my hands. ...
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Feb 1, 2023
February Class - Candles in Waukesha
My son really likes candles. He also likes to be environmentally conscious, and was wondering how to make his own candles – in part, to...
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