What do you look like from A to Z? I thought these were darling and finally, a favorite blog convinced Ali and in-turm myself. Again, thanks to RetroChick for the inspiration!

A-Age: 23

B-Bed size: I sleep on a Queen sized bed. After four years of sleeping on a dorm mattress I refuse to have anything less.

C-Chore that you hate: I have washing windows. How can you tell when they are clean?

D-Dogs: My parents have two german shephards.

E-Essential start to your day: falling out of bed, literally I seem to make this a habit

F-Favorite Color: Black, it’s true, I love the color black

G-Gold or silver: silver

H-Height: I am five foot 2, very short

I-Instruments you play: I played the saxophone from sixth grade till 12th.

J-Job title: I just graduated from undergraduate school and am waiting for graduate school – want to be a psychologist. Currently working towards becoming a domestic violence counselor

K-Kids: NEVER! No really I mean it.

L-Live: I live with my sister and her husband in Fremont CA in a three room apartment

M-Mothers name: Sharon

N-Nicknames: Jess sometimes Jessie if I really like you

O-Overnight hospital stays: Nope cross your fingers

P-Pet peeves: Mastication, if I could hit them I would.

Q-Quote from a movie: Here’s Johnny! I love the Shinning, RED RUM!!!!

R-Right or left handed: Left handed much cooler then right.

S-Siblings: Three – Ali eldest 28 Natalie at 12, and Adam at 9

T-Time you wake up: 8:00 am, currently no set time.

U-Underwear: at the moment….yes.

V-Vegetable you hate: Brussel sprouts

W-What makes you run late: Distractions

X-X rays you’ve had: My teeth, feet, knee, and head

Y-Yummy food that you make: Matzo Ball soup

Z-Zoo animal: Kiwi, I wants one.

Following right after our second craft show tomorrow at Ohlone College in Fremont CA Ali and I will be attending the Rusty Bindings Holiday Craft Extravaganza

Starting at 7:30pm the event will be at

The Greenery upstairs at Diablo Hills Golf Course, Walnut Creek, CA.

If you are free tomorrow and living near walnut creek enjoy snowboarding or skiing come stop by for a free craft fair and visit us!

http://www.meetup.com/Rusty-Bindings-Ski-and-Snowboard-Club-Walnut-Creek/events/38239032/

Forging, forging sounds like a bad ass type of class right? Wrong, oh so wrong!

My second class that I attended for Art is You was a Forging 101 class taught by the very talented Australian artist and entrepreneur Keith Lo Bue. (You can visit his sight at www.lobue-art.com). Notice I leave out that he was a great teacher? there was a reason for that. Keith was clearly an exceptional Steampunk artists, his items were amazing but his teaching style was lacking. We spent maybe the first hour of a six hour class learning the basics of forging.

1. You buy some tire wire (this can be found for cheap at any hardware store by the boatloads)

2. Then you get a small anvil and hammer

3. Third you hit the metal on the anvil in a rapid tapping style in a manner that flattens the metal without leaving chips

4. Fourth you bend it to the shapes that you want

5. Repeat indefinately.

That is really the jist of what was taught, and if you wanted to learn more, say what to make out of the shapes you create, that was fine because for another $200 he had a wonderful tutorial video of ideas and projects. Along with his videos he also sold polishing papers, hammers, extra odds and ends and his own jewelry.

So besides making a few hundred dollars apart from class tuition he took in a rather nice haul from the class, while I learned how to flatten metal and make shapes…..still trying to find something to use Forging for.

So to sum it up…..Dremel class was awsome! Forging not so much.