Champleve

Is this cool or what?!  This is the etching part of the champleve process.  Champleve is enamelwork in which hollows made in a metal surface are filled with colored enamel.

Here are the pieces after the blue film has been removed.  This is a very detailed process, but Burke Johnston at The Arkansas Arts Center  makes it seem so easy!  Check out their class schedule - I'm sure you'll find something fun to do!

Checkout counter from old doors......

I wanted to have a really big checkout counter.  I found one on Pinterest that was made out of old doors, so I asked Stefan of Vickery Construction to make one for me and of course he obliged!  It came out so good!  We got the doors from Habitat for Humanity.  They have such cool stuff there - check them out!