The vanity for granddaughter is complete.  I put it all together for a photo shoot, but it will have to come apart again to travel to her new home.  I’m happy with it.  I doubt I’ll do this again!  Those barber pole stripes that go all the way around were a trip to paint.  This kind of painting isn’t my favorite but some things you do for love!

You can see a picture of what happened to the matt glaze tiles when I grouted with black here.  And how I solved that to the side here.  I

used acrylic medium to paste these pictures over the black tiles.  It has worked just fine out in the elements of southern Maryland on a birdhouse that I put a “floor plan” in paper on the roof.  We’ll see if it can manage a little girl.  If not, then back to the drawing board.

I’m also including a photo of my bead studio finished – I brought up my thrift store bin ($5!!! and holding several Bernina sewing machine attachments that it looks like I can sell on EBay for a lot more than that!) and cleared off more of the table.  Now I have tons of room and everything is still at hand that I need when working.  I’m really happy with that.  I might even keep it reasonably straight for more than 5 days (note:  3 of those 5 days I’m busy with work and other things so it isn’t really as long as it sounds).

My next free moment I’m letting myself play with fusing, soldering and muddling – and making myself some more new earrings!