New Projects!

I recently picked up a wood-burning tool at the local A.C. Moore and I'm thrilled! I used to do wood-burning many, many, many moons ago when I was only about 11 or 12. I love the idea of how permanent the image is- especially with my husband helping out. He thinks that wood-burned jewelry would look fantastic stained and varnished. So he's going to finish each piece that I've started. I really like how he's taken it upon himself to help out with my art.
And there's a hot knife point in my wood-burning tool kit. So I figure what better time to try to create some jewelry out of old records? I haven't actually tried yet but I'll let you know what happens!

Lightbox

For several weeks I've been waiting patiently for my husband to make me a lightbox. It was suggested to me by somebody on Etsy that using one might make my pictures turn out a lot better. At long last, I have my lightbox!

It was constructed using information that I found online (after many, many searches). It's made out of plastic sheeting (like for overhead lights), PVC pipe, glue and, of course- duct tape. After all, what homemade contraption is complete without some duct tape being involved!

I've also draped a piece of black fabric down the back and underneath of it for my backdrop. By doing it this way I have the option of changing my backdrop to whatever color I need!

As you can see below, the first picture is my original done without the lightbox. The second picture is the one with a lightbox. Personally, I think the lightbox makes a huge difference! I think the second picture is much more elegant looking. I'm still going to eventually pick up a different set of lights to use with it, but for right now my husband's lights will work.

(By the way, I'm still figuring out how to add pictures to my post so please excuse me if it doesn't look quite right yet!)