Flippy Flop.

So for those of you that know me you know why this blog has been a little left in the cold. For everyone else, I have been freaking busy!

2 pumpkins parties
1 Gulf Coast Arts Festival
1 Booth to Build
Tons of stuff to make for the above
Work got crazy just to add to the stress
Belmont Crazyness, partly my fault but was there none the less
Selling a Truck
Purchased a Truck
Started a new company, Strong Street Studios - YEAH!
Lost about 25 pounds
I could keep going but lets just say it has been a bit of a run as of late.

I honestly don't know how my wife was dealing with my constant level of GO GO GO as well as her constatnt level of GO GO GO! Hats off to you Mini, you are the glue baby I am just the loose stuff looking for something to latch onto. I would be lost without you. MUH!

So I have used the last week to completely and utterly recharge. Took 3 days off..sort of with the hurricane and Vets day to help me. Just wonderful not to have to do anything beside wake up and workout.

Last night was about the first time that I have been in the shop with pretty much nothing to make that had to be made. Of course I had a couple orders but those dropped pretty quick and I was left standing there thinking...what now?! Before the Gulf Coast Arts Festival I had started to play with a specific way to make an ornament. I bet I messed with that thing for a week straight about an hour a night and only truely made about 4 of them worth selling. Never really got it down and could not reproduce them for my life. I just could not get right.

Last night, FLIP FLOP. I realized I was using way to much of a bubble in the pre-shape part of my steps. It was like magic and I was on fire. 15 in a row and not a one hit the gound until I announced to the backyard "I got this!". The next 3 hit the floor. I laughed as each one hit the ground, rolled off the knock off table, or in the last case flew from my put away tongs after I had finished it perfectly. It was in some strange way funny not to be under the gun to get them done and them breaking just made me giggle. Heck I even made a forth floor model. Finished it. Then promptly droped it just for fun. Giggle, toss it up into the air and laugh out loud when it exploded on the cement. Just turn off the glory, put away the tools, and turn of the lights. Funy how much different my outlook is after reaching the goals and being on the downhill run. Looks good from this side of the hill.


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Etsy Glass Pumpkins

As you can tell in the Etsy wigget to the right I put a couple glass pumpkins up. MiniMolli took the pictures yesterday and put them on Etsy.

Little late in the month but we will see if they sell.

Still gearing up for the Gulf Coast Arts Festival, building the booth, and making vases. It will be very busy the next couple of weeks.


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The Ball has rolled.

The pumpkin party is now behind me.

It was a grand success, even better than last year! Ben Bogan's Metal work was a huge plus to the party and he did very well also. The weather was great and the party was a hoppin!

All in all I am not sure it could have gone any better.

Thank you to everyone that came.

Thank you to everyone that helped!

I will post some pictures in the very near future when I calm down and actaully get to look at some pictures.


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Glass Pumpkin Party

It is on!

New Strong Street Studio Website

New Novota.com Webstie


The ball is rollling!


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Pumpkin King back in the swing of things.

Well the pumpkins are numbering somewhere in the 400 range so far.

I had a minor fubar with the furnace popping the breaker lets hope the pot did not crack. Note to self, don't charge so fast that it overheats the breaker. Either that or I have burner out anouthe DP connector it could go either way.

Maybe I should go ahead and order anouther pot for the furnace....that would be bad but I refuse to think about it at this point.

At some point in time I need to get working on my Gulf Coast Arts Festival stuff. I have a couple of idea but I need Ryan here to do them. Now that I have said that I am going to go ahead and order that other pot. If push comes to shove I can always rent out the belmont but I hate doing that under pressure. I never seem to get the times I want.

I should order the pot and a new set of elements right now before they fail....that will keep them from failing I am sure.


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Back from Norway!

Ok so I did not tell you guys I was going to Norway. Sorry. My bad. Honestly I have a huge fear that if I post something like:

"Going to Norway for two weeks, YEA!" I will come home to find that someone that hates me and like my Flat Screen will rob me blind. Color me crazy but I think like that.

Anyway, with my phobias out of the way I can let you know it was amazing. Truely stunning visual experience. Mountains, glass shops, fjords, Cold Play concert in a old fort...just a really awesome trip. I also got a first hand look at where MiniMolli gets all her beauty....Norway has a really good looking gene pool.

We took 3 memory stick full of pictures that I have not waded into yet so once I do I will post some of the better one in the next post.

Right now: PUMPKINS are being to breed in the shop...I think they are like rabbit they seem to be repoducting in my shop I swear we have more than when I left.

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I am KOOL AID!

OH YEAH!!!!!


I see the light at the end of the tunnel.....Huge break in my downhill slide.


OH YEAH!!!!!