Been a Bit Quiet...

[Flyingcheesetoastie]

...but am gonna try and get on here more!  I've had 6 weeks of just craziness really,  I've been teaching, doing a trade show, making new work, oh and had to find a new place to live after landlady announced she was selling my apartment!

So all in all, have just not been able to cope with more than keeping my own website updated and Facebook pages etc.

So sorry have been quiet, I don't except anyone's missed me too much, maybe just the random glass I bring to the forum every so often...so...



Edinburgh Police Boxes, I've done a dozen of these in different colour blends using some new casting crystal in soe scrummy colours, my photos really don't do these justice.  I've got the first one up on Etsy too - http://www.etsy.com/listing/48139319/miniature-edinburgh-police-box-in-glass



Space Invaders, I'm not sure what these are gonna be yet but they are quite fun and quick to make so might be pin badges or magnets..dunno yet!

Right, that's enough from me for now!

Rachel x

[CraftedRoots]

I love the colours of the police boxes! And those Space Invaders are awesome!

[MakinTheBestOfIt]

Can't believe you found any time to create with all that other stuff going on! 

[Flyingcheesetoastie]

Thanks guys, I have to keep on creating, it's my job!  I've got a couple of craft fairs coming up too and then the summer festivals start big time in Edinburgh, plus the International Festival of Glass down in Englandshire too!

I wish I wasn't having to move house, it's a pain in the rear, plus I have a cat who is getting intrigued by boxes and empty spaces!

[Larissa]

Oh.  My.  God. 

Space Invaders is my FAVORITE VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME!!!  I still have an old Atari, and I still love Space Invaders best, better than anything on my Wii!

I love, love, LOVE those!

Oh, and the police boxes immediately drew my eye, but then blue is my favorite color.  If I was getting those, I'd have to get a whole collection in different shades because they look so great together.

Glad you're ok with everything going on, and it's good to see you back.

[Flyingcheesetoastie]

He he, thanks matey, I used abour 4 different blues and clear in the Police Boxes as the ones in Edinburgh are quite a specific colour which I think I got with a mixture of copper blue and steel blue, though don't ask me which one it is in the picture!

Okies, so I love the space invaders too, but quick question, do you think I should colour in their eyes black?  They are indented and I'm just not sure whether I should or not, I'm also being a bit dense as to which colours to use as presumably it would of been very basic ones in the beginning, I can't remember my DOS versions colours!

[Larissa]

I'd actually leave the eyes as-is; I just think they look good that way. 

Unfortunately, my Atari isn't hooked up (Eric's TV is too new & high-tech, so we need to find & buy some extra converters to get it to work with something as old as a vintage Atari) so I can't help you with colors.

Hey, do you have/can you make a mold for the player's icon - the one that shoots the invaders?  That'd be a cool one to round out the set.  The green guy, I mean, at the bottom of this photo:



Money's a little... interesting... right now, but as soon as we're OK, I'm ordering a set of these as magnets!

[JewelrybyNaLa]

Larissa, what a blast from the past!! We had Atari, too, and I don't even want to know how many hours were frittered away on those games.

Really cool idea, Rachael--and you were missed!   

[trusk4u]

We had an Atari too! WE thought it was the coolest thing ever! The magnets are so cute! I'm still partial to the police boxes though!

[PennyFarrow]

I also had to fight with my brother for a turn on the atari, it was his though I reckon there might be a few members who were born in the 70'S?

I would leave the eyes as they are too. We don't have police boxes in Aus. but i like them because they remind me of Dr Who, did you say you were going to make a flat roofed one?

[Larissa]

I also had to fight with my brother for a turn on the atari, it was his though I reckon there might be a few members who were born in the 70'S?

I would leave the eyes as they are too. We don't have police boxes in Aus. but i like them because they remind me of Dr Who, did you say you were going to make a flat roofed one?

Born 1970, baby!

... and also a fan of Dr. Who.  In fact, I've gotten Eric into it!

[lisianblue]

I was born toooo soon for almost all of it!! waa waa waa!  no lolo - did get in on the space invader game some - and now playing some new games with my 10yr old grandson - love those space invader guys - yes leave the eyes alone -
the "police boxes" well - you got me on that one - but they are pretty cool looking!

know what you mean about moving - in the process myself! with enough stuff for 2bdrm apt and I only have a 1bdrm!  Most of it has to go!

[memoriesinmosaics]

I love those space invaders. I didn't play the game but remember it.
Moving can be a real pain for sure. It's costly too.