Hallson Gardens

I would be happy to help anyone I could! I am the oldest of 6 kids spread out over 20 yrs., so got accustomed to showing others how to do things. And I started tutoring in elementary school and continued right through college. We had mom, the grandmas, great-grandmas, aunts, great-aunts and all the ...

PeggyB: You must be joking...artists THRIVE on those oohs and aahs - since we can never seem to make any money at it, we have to enjoy what we can get (hehe). I can’t take any credit for the creativity - I was born with that, along with most other folks on both my mom & dad’s sides of the family. Mo...

LadyR: Thank you kindly. I will have pictures of a few more hats shortly. The one already pictured is made of Icelandic wool, which stiffens up and holds a wide brim. Two I am working on now are Romney wool and one is Shetland. They just don’t stiffen up like the Icelandic, so I spent yesterday and ...

They have all sorts of neat glass paints - transparent, opaque, pearlized, iridescent, textured. You can find them at dickblick.com, and I saw some at Michaels (but not much of a selection). You can also get leading in squeeze bottles so you can “fake” the look of stained glass. The leading comes in...

Jan, Not making much progress this year on the carvings - lost most of the time I would have spent carving last winter taking care of my MIL, and this year is pretty much a bust with my dad having 2 strokes and doing poorly, and now my dear husband has separated his right shoulder and and torn two t...

Sounds like we have quite a talented group here! Thank you everyone...I love making stuff that other people would never take the time to do (still not sure if that is a sign of insanity or perseverence-hehe). The hats do require quite a bit of physical labor, but that keeps your arms well-toned and ...

Hey, its me, guys...don’t know why it posted this under “Guest” as author instead of “Wanda”.

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