Ornament Exchange
Earlier this month I participated in an ornament exchange hosted by Beki of Pampering Beki. Above are the photos of the ornament that I sent to my assigned ‘ornament buddy’: Becky of Becky Kay Designs. Fun, right? I can not wait to receive her ornament, as well. She designs purses for her Etsy site, and works a lot with fabric, so I was hoping my ornament would involve a bit of fabric, and as you can see from her blog posting, it does!
Making this ornament was a minor victory for me. I took a soldering class 3 1/2 years ago on my birthday, June 4th. I was due to have Noah 5 weeks later, he came 3 weeks later! So, I arrived at this ‘learn to solder’ class with my required soldering iron-except I had bought the wrong kind! Matt was at Costco the day before and saw a battery powered Soldering iron. He called me to double check, and I agreed it sounded like a good idea! So, I’m sitting there in class with this (way, way underpowered) tool, and the solder is not melting…and not melting… Everyone else in the class is like 3 steps ahead of me and I’m sitting there until the teacher has to get out her spare soldering iron (thankfully) so I can even begin! For the record, I didn’t even cry. A handful of times since then I have attempted soldering with mixed results, and have only just begun to try again. With a few tips from online, it is going much better, though I still don’t know how much I really ENJOY it…