Soldering with Rita

I had a wonderful day at Solona Beach with the Queen of Soldering, Rita of Mammabellarte. She and other talented vendors have been spending there month end time at the Mermaid Mercantile.

The day was so bright and lovely following a day of rain and storming. This is Rita's BELLA dress form. I love her skirt of "caging". So inventive!

Now when you take a class with Rita, she Feeds you! A lovely brown bag was awaiting me with her homemade pumpkin bread and some blood orange soda. YUMMY! The pumpkin bread had white and chocolate chips. I had some on my break of soldering and finished it up for breakfast Monday. OH So gOOD :}

It was a lovely day and we were outside working on our projects. A bottle turned into a picture holder and a bubble pendant.

A peek inside "Out of the Blue" store that holds the Mermaid Mercantile vendor show monthly.

I got to see one of Rita's FAMOUS bird houses in person that she has on her blog. It is postively beautiful .....what a carpenter she is!

Rita has a couple new pieces made of metal. They are eye catching. She is not sure what we would use them for but we had lots of suggestions like use as a necklace, put in collage, on a book, on a purse. Lovely!

A few more things in Rita's booth.

Here's pics of my finished soldered bottle.....love it!





Beautiful day, beautiful and talented ladies what more can one ask for.

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