Happy EARTH Day, Happy Birthday, Basement Sneak Peek

Yesterday was supposed to be our first play date, formally dubbed "We 3 Art" by Kathy. However, I had no water, thanks to the City turning it off before Dana and Kathy arrived. So, since it was my day to host, I asked them to bring their calendars and a notebook so we could decide what each of us would "teach/host" in the upcoming months.

Although I had hot tea, coffee, muffins, and a kitchen table ready for us, Kathy and Dana would probably prefer a place where water flowed freely.



These were my current projects and my notebook. Now all I needed was for the gals to show up.

I gave Kathy a gift for her birthday, which was April 11. Here she's opening it. I wrapped it in layer after layer of dress pattern tissue and tied it with colorful fibers. Now she has a gift within a gift.

In addition to the other ATC I made for Kathy, I made this one from more of my Tyvek paper. She loves Da Vinci, so this one was right up her alley.

After opening my gifts (which I failed to take photos of), we went to the basement for the big reveal.

I welcomed them both with this sign on my white board that I propped up on my work bench.

Dana commented that Kat's name was first, so I changed the sign. I was more than willing to give them "equal billing."

Here is Kathy standing next to the dehumidifier that takes up a large portion of the room. Since the fans and dehumidifier will be leaving later in the week, I decided to wait to show the basement reveal until all the heavy machinery was out of the basement. I couldn't get a single good photo where the equipment wasn't partly blocking the view.

At least Dana and Kathy were able to make their way around the machines.

And that was where I stopped taking photos. Don't ask why. I took my camera with me, but failed to take a single photo all day. Guess I was just not thinking. It really was a day to rest and "veg out," at least for me. I hope to have the equipment out of the basement before the weekend, so you'll be able to see what Dana and Kathy got to see yesterday.