Previously I mentioned a beautiful lampshade design I saw on line. The picture from that creation was this:

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This weekend I finally got the chance to try glassblowing at Thames Glass in Newport, RI. mew0422 and I stumbled upon the place in late fall and I got a gift certificate for Christmas that I just now cached in. The ornament lesson was only $25 (plus shipping after it was annealed made it $37) compared with buying a similar ornament for $24 ( Read more... )

As I mentioned in a previous post, my car radio recently gave up the ghost. I considered replacing it with an after-market unit, but I detest the idea of having a bling-bling radio with bright blue LEDs looking all out of place in my nice black dashboard with 1994 green backlights. If I wanted spinners, I'd have an Escelade; I have a Honda Accord ( Read more... )