Here are pics of all of the things I made at Musecon this past weekend (not counting my tribbles, and the just-barely-started card weaving thing). I've put everything behind cuts so as not to overwhelm anyone's friends page. They are in the order in which I made them, except that I made the second chain-mail pendant later.

( small woodcarving )

After a big breakfast (disapointingly, the hotel buffet didn't have an omelet station), I went into the open build salon to see if I could catch the chain mail guy, because I wanted to make another little pendant. He had a class, but he gave me the rings and let me sit in the back and work on that. Went pretty fast, since I already knew what I was ( Read more... )

Had a very nice dinner in the consuite; they had fajitas--yummy! Then crashed in my room for a little while until it was time to head down for tribble-making. Full house--eight people--all of whom finished successfully. Two of them were novices, but they still finished in good time. I think everyone had fun, and they all loved their tribbles ( Read more... )

Got up early this morning (earlier than intended, even, because I couldn't sleep) to go to the free Blinkie open build. Did the basic atom that I had signed up for--and I did pay to upgrade to color-change lights instead of the basic red. Soldering electronics is actually harder than soldering glass, at least for me, because it's so small I couldn' ( Read more... )

Musecon is a relatively new convention--about five years old--in the Chicago area, focussing on crafts and creativity of all kinds. I've been wanting to go since I first heard about it several years ago. I decided that this was the year ( Read more... )