Keeping Up....

Gosh! It's been ages since I've updated - and oh how time has flown right by!

Here are the crazy house, we've been spring/summer cleaning like mad! Between garage sales, resale donations, room reorganizing, and me trying to pare down my 'collections'; it's been a whirlwind of action. That is... when I have energy! Who know that this bean would suck so much out of me. In the end, I know it will all be worth it though!

I've added most of my other soldering classes to the side bar over there on the left. I had so many requests for another Basic Soldering class date that we managed to squeeze it in for September.

The freezer is getting stocked with food for the fall and for our crazy December. Please tell me it's not terribly strange to have meals ready to go so that when the bean arrives my mother and Steve don't feel like they have to cook (or me too!). A few of my coworkers think it's wierd that I'm trying to prepare. My goal is to have at least 10 meals ready to go (well thaw and reheat anyway) so that at least that stress is removed from our first bit of baby time.

My creative space (ie my room, my studio, etc) has recently gone under a bit of rearrangement. Some of the furniture has been delegated to other areas of the house. Some has gone on to new homes. In the end though, I do have (what seems to be) a much larger studio with lots more elbow and creative space. I can't wait to put everything into it's new home, and get going. I have such an itch to create and just not enough time to get it all done. How do you manage to find creative time in your day? Between work (yes, I have cut my hours back a bit and am working to cut back more), and trying (notice I said TRYING not necessarily succeeding) to keep my home clean (tidy works for me most of the time), and spending time with my wonderful husband Steve-o .... it's almost impossible to get any creative time in. Not to mention getting the nursery ready. I still have a dozen or so boxes in there to get taken care of! AAACK!

Thanks for popping in to check on me!

~heather

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It's been set! Basic Soldering Class - August 30th

Lately, I've had a lot of emails asking when my next soldering class would be held, or if I planned to teach more soldering classes. (I used to teach a basic soldering class at The Pad as part of my Beyond the Page class series.) Well, I've finally pinned down a date and have found a free Saturday to have my next Basic Soldering Class. In case you're interested in joining us, the date will be August 30th from 10am - 1pm at my home in Roanoke. In this basic class, we will cover the following:

• Soldering Supplies (and the best places I've found to purchase them)
• You'll have the opportunity to try out different soldering irons (to help you find the best iron for you)
• Charm wrapping
• Basic Soldering - we'll create two 1.5" charms

Attendee's won't need to bring a thing to class - I'll provide it all! Unless, of course you would like to bring 4 pieces of 1.5" art/photos to put inside of the charms we'll make in class. If you do, you'll need to make sure they are printed on plain, regular copy paper and not on photo paper. The glossy (and semi glossy) finish on photo paper is plastic and will melt under the soldering heat.

There will only be a few seats available for this class to allow for a more personal class experience. The cost for this 3 hour class is $40. You can register for my class by sending me an email (heatherales@gmail.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice (probably sometime in the next few days).

I will also be teaching an intermediate and advanced soldering class in coming months (September and October). If these are classes you're interested in attending, please let me know so that I can keep you posted. The best way to keep posted about my classes is by subscribing to my blog. The link is over in the left hand side tool bar.

Hope to see you in class!

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