Why Is My Wand Smaller?
While comparing Magic Wands we’ve discovered that Cheryl’s are a bit longer than the two others we have in the shop. I’m not concerned however– all the research I’ve done on Wands say that it’s not the size that matters… It’s all about experience and how you handle it. 
Speaking of Cheryl, she finished her latest LSU Window and it looks great. During the remainder of the class she worked on some more of her Magic Wands. She’ll be finished with them shortly and moving on to making the bases that display them. Here’s what she accomplished this week.
Meanwhile Joey finished wrapping the first of two smaller cabinet door inserts that he started working on last week. After that was finished he tacked it together and then got the second door all ground. That means there’s only one left to go before he’s through with all 8 doors. Joey, the end is near!
Fran Came in and worked on soldering her Owl. When she finished the front I suggested that she start soldering the back side and that I’d touch it up after she was finished with it. Rather than taking me up on the offer she wanted me to show her the rough spots so she could fix them herself.   After a few minutes of watching how to smooth over the irregular sections she picked up the iron and soldered some of the best lines I’ve ever seen her do. She’s really made some big improvements with her soldering technique and seems to have the soldering process down now. She then moved to the rear of the window and has half of the second side completed. Expect to see this window hanging in the sunlight next week.
Mark, like Fran, finished soldering the front side of his window and then moved onto the second side. He’s got about three quarters of the back side of his window completed so I’ll say that he’ll be taking this home the next time he comes in for class. I can’t wait to see it with light behind it. Just about everyone in the other classes has commented on his window.
Denise worked on her first wedding box this week. With a deadline looming just ahead of her she still managed to get it all together in time for the wedding. Here’s a look at the box and the grape window she continued working on after the box was completed.
Gerald began working on the second of his three windows and, as predicted, he managed to make some major progress on it. There’s only a tree, some sky and a small flower bed left to cut before this one is completed. The pieces you see cut out below have already been ground as well!
Janice and Grace came in and had all the pieces wrapped that they took home last week.  Throughout the night they took turns grinding the last upper right section of the window while the other would wrap the finished pieces. By the end of the night all the grinding and wrapping was completed so this window is ready for a border! It’s amazing how quickly this window is going together and they should both be proud of the work they’re doing.
Christine found out she had to make a few more mirrors so she continued working away on the newest additions to her mirror collection. She made a few of the smaller ones as well as the full sized mirrors and I know she’s anxiously waiting for these to be over with. :-) I think it’ll be any day now so we should see Christine working on a brand new project shortly.
We’ll be missing Cheryl next week but we all wish her well on her little ‘vacation’ for lack of a better word.  The place will certainly be less colorful without her comments while working on her wands.Â