For my 38th birthday, my sweet Chucklebutt bought me one of Terri Brush’s soldering workshops.  I have coveted her stuff for quite some time, so I was super stoked to take a class at Melrose Vintage.  Diane and Wendy were super sweet hostesses and Terri was an incredibly patient teacher.  Check out what I made.

I used an old school photo of Mama Puff.

Don’t you just love those pursed lips?!  My Aunt Jeanne gave me the small cameo.  It had been my grandmother’s and she knew that I would put it to good use.

When I got home from the class, I added the flower pot and fence.  I love all things miniature and though they added a bit of hominess to the house.

One of the coolest techniques I learned in Terri’s class was etching on copper.  It looks super complicated, no?

It was sooo easy!  We stamped various images on the metal and then used ferric chloride to erode the metal around the image.  Lots of fun!  Can you see where I stamped “Je t’aime?”

  Thank you Terri for a great experience!  Thank you Chucklebutt for the opportunity!  Have a good week everyone.