Lemelson Vinyards: Thea's Selection Pinot Noir

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Maybe I'm kind of a poser... I never drank this wine. C'mon give me a little slack here, I can't drink ALL the wine. This bottle was given to me by my mother and I must say, this is my FAVORITE one so far.

The label itself is blue-grey. Copper accents along with a copper ribbon and some dark grapes that bring out the purple tones help make for a terrific little bottle. Glass glows warm green.

Erath: Pinot Gris

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A darker green than most white wine bottles, this Erath bottle takes a longer, skinnier approach as well. I chose green grapes, true to the genre, so to speak. Label is wheat colored with brown lettering. Ribbon is a reddish brown color. The glass glows a yellowish green.

Funny story about Erath. I always thought they made up the name as an acronym. Turns out Dick Erath started the winery some time in the 70s (I believe).

Witness Tree: Chainsaw Pinot Noir

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This bottle has a great image of a tree on the label. Colors are burgundy with gold lettering. Ribbon is a sheer off-white. Bottle glows warm green when it is lit.

Dalla Vina: Bella Vista Red

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Now known as Terra Vina, this winery based out of Wilsonville, Oregon refers to this as their table wine. I couldn't believe they consider this as just a table wine... Then I tried their Cab Franc.

This bottle is taller and more slender than regular bottles. The glass casts a warm, green glow. The label is black and burgundy with gold lettering so I chose some grapes to accent those deeper colors. Ribbon is a cream color with a touch of gold trim.

Bottles are Back!!!

The leaves outside are changing as summer begins its annual fade into fall. The burst of new colors reminds me that it's that time of year again... time to dust off the dremmel tool and start making my wine bottles again.

Fall is my favorite! Having already embarked on a few "color drives" to enjoy the changing leaves, dabbled in a bit of grape harvesting, and helped out with a little wine production this year I find myself swept up in Autumnal excitement and involved in the harvest season more than ever. It's a perfect time to start making these little beauties again.

Metal sculpture

My father is an amazing artist... he doesn't know it or acknowledge it persay, but he is. He makes the most beautiful, 3-D metal work I've ever seen. Recently, I realized that I had a golden opportunity here to apprentice him and asked him to teach me how to make these incredible works of art. He was more than happy to. So, I wanted to share my progress on my first metal sculpture.

This is my first flower and the basis for the rest of the piece.

Phase two, I added another flower and some smaller leaves to add a little more dimention to the piece.

Phase three: Another bloom and three more large leaves. This piece is really starting to fill out!

The welding is proving to be soooo tricky! Especially since I am working on this in segments on weekends when I can visit my parents. I have to be very careful not to ruin any of the previous work on it, or heat the acrylic finish on a completed flower while welding. I'm still not finished quite yet, but I'm really anxious to, I want to get this on my wall!

Bottle for Sara

I have really laid off of the wine bottles, though I always have a few ready to go lying around somewhere for the occasional sale. My friend Sara had commented on liking the bottle lamp I made and hung in my kitchen so I whipped one up for her for her birthday. The glass is frosted and the copper wire is treated with clear acrylic so she can hang it outside if she wants to.

I forgot to take a picture of it before giving it to her, so I snapped a quick one with my camera phone. Not the best pic, but the bottle turned out nicely. The chord for the lights comes out of a hole I drilled in the back, just like all my other bottles.

Personal Project: The Wedding Album

I like to think I can use this blog to post some of my personal undertakings as well as my public ones. So though, I primarily post things for sale here, I will occasionally show things off too.

I took much pride in my wedding as all brides do, but I felt especially connected to the whole process being as I made almost EVERYTHING for it. I cut sticks from my own yard, dried them, removed the leaves and put them into etched wine bottles with a single burgundy Gerbera Daisy for centerpieces (see the "Happy Accidents" post if you want to see a picture). I bought wreaths of faux leaves at Big Lots and cut each one apart to sprinkle around the tables and bar area. I duct taped fabric to some boxes and stacked them up in tiers to display the carmel apples we served, instead of cake. My husband and I spent hours cutting celophane wrap for those apples by the way. I could go on and on about all the little details I put together for that shin dig. I had a wonderful time doing it, and I will forever be proud of the accomplishment.

All that said, you can see why no ordinary photo album would do to properly commorate the event. So I took it upon myself to make a scrapbook. The scrapbook of all scrapbooks, in my opinion. Over fifty pages of GLORIOUS wedding memories all cut, pasted, fussed over, and eventually settled on by yours truly. Here are a few that I managed to get some decent shots of:

As you may have guessed, leaves were a theme for the book. Refelctive of the fall season in which the wedding was held.

Some disclaimers now, regardless of the heft and size of this project I am not now, nor will ever be the kind of woman to subject anyone to sifting through this book. It is strictly for my own viewing pleasure. Also, about the pink. I'm not a pink kind of girl, but the room we used as the bridal quarters was a kind of pinkish salmon color and the pages I used resemble that. There, glad to have cleared that up.