It's a party!

It's the Spruill's 35th anniversary... If you can, you really should come by the Spruill Gallery and see the amazing works by the Center's instructors & staff. Here is just a peek, a tiny taste, of what can be seen and purchased. Proceeds will benefit the artists & the 35th Anniversary Campaign.

Japan Week at Spruill

We've finished another hectic week at camp. Fi loved her working on her projects, while Mac & I stayed busy helping wherever we were needed. Here's a peek at some of the finished art work. The kids did an amazing job.

Summer Camp...

Here's a peek at some of the things we have been up to.

Bath bombs & lip goo

Day two of our bath & body chemistry experimentation. We started with some bath bombs. We used some Mayan Gold as our scent.  They should be ready to use by tomorrow.

Then we moved on to the lip goo... I think we will have enough lip balm to last us for a while.

Off to watch Ashes to Ashes... Everyone needs a little Gene Genie in their life!

All done...

We're pretty much finished with school till mid July. Since Mac is off to high school in August, she has an even longer break from formal studies, but she will be busy with camp (as an assistant in jewelry & drama) and with her reading. 

After a two week-long Spruill Center marathon (classes & open studios) we spent a mellow day re-batching some soap...

 beading... (learning right angle weave) 

And making some very yummy pizza! Thanks to "P" we have found a new GF flour that is wonderful. It's called Mama's Almond Mix Blend. I even got her cookbook, despite all the Biblical stuff, but who cares, when the dough is pretty darn close to the real thing; well at least as close as we've found over the last six years. 

I can tell you, not a slice was left!

We made soap!

Our first batch of soap...  Waiting the four weeks till we can use it will be hard. Fi is so excited to start the next batch; already planning which fats to use, and if we will French Mill some of this batch. Thanks to Ann at Spruill for an awesome class. I finally feel comfortable working with lye and a nine-year-old all at the same time.

Black & White or Color....?