August: Month of Little Tasks!

Illness kept me from doing a lot in July. And August has been more of a lazy month. Its been so hot I just haven't felt like going outside to paint or do anything too productive, really. But despite this, I have been gradually making improvements to my room and to my art. So here is a series of pictures with some of these projects I've been occupying myself with.

I've bound my prints together with hardboard I drilled holes into to keep them flat(ter).
Apparently its the same material that goes in the back of bookshelves
(And hopefully its not too acidic!)

Newly bound prints are under my bed with my other portfolios!

I've started to make pendants out of these fragments I found on Jamestown Beach
(Not sure if that was legal)

I had my sister examine them to see if they were worth anything.
She didn't tell me too much. But this should be an interesting piece

Totally used my Dremmel tool to drill the holes!
The clay was tough to get out of the grooves of the screwdriver

I also attempted to drill holes in seashell fragments.
This was tougher than it looked.
Also, the powder that came from the seashells was sooo soft!

I got a ton of frames for prints/art I've had lying in my room!
But this frame had unusual hangers!
 Not one in the center, but two near the corners?

Everything I framed! Yay!

I had to add this to this frame.
It came with the frame, but the tiny brads could barely go in the wood.
See what a great job I did nailing it in?