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To do today:

* buy lead, hanging chain, and foil at the glass store
* while at the glass store, ask whether gluing felt to a mirror will wreck the backing
* if I end up at the downtown glass store, pick up Art in the Park postcards with which to spam my neighbours
* stop by Wal-Mart for a rubbermaid container or two in which to haul stuff
* buy latex gloves for patinaing
* rent some stupid TV to watch while foiling
* frame everything that needs framing in lead, add hanging hardware, and patina as necessary
* add hanging hardware to everything that's missing it
* display dry run
* foil cattails over dinner with family

To do tomorrow:

* solder suncatchers
* felt and polish mirrors
* cut out daffodil mirror and quilt suncatcher
* foil cattails and suncatchers over stupid TV
* solder cattails

Phew. ONE MORE WEEK. I'm torn between "I'm so excited I can hardly wait" and "I'm so nervous I can hardly breathe". My display will be pretty jam-packed, at least, so that assuages somewhat my worry about not having enough stuff - it may not sound like a ton of stuff, but display requirements for glass are such that I may even have more than I can cram into my 10x10 space.

Almost 9 AM - everything will be opening soon, so I should haul my butt into the shower and get rolling!! Pictures of display dry run may follow.

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Incredibly productive day today. I love it when that happens. Didn't get through everything on my list, but what did happen was incredibly progressful.

Got home from running errands at 11, and then did some lead framing, and then fixed up the last few holes from the framing of the cathedral trees, which was unexpectedly bitchy - note to self: do not leave this task so long next time, copper foil does not like it.

Display dry run went beautifully. We figured out how to set up my parents' kooky second-hand tent, which has no instructions, and got the timing down to 20 minutes. My work to date fills the space nicely - it doesn't look as sparse as I was afraid it would, and all my display hardware is secure enough not to blow over or get knocked down by a passing elbow. I managed to fit almost everything in, although I'm still working on a few last pieces - I think I'll just have a few extras stashed away to fill any holes that arise from people buying stuff.