It's another great vintage postcard image - don't you love it? If you aren't familiar with how the Two Dog Pond - Make A Comment - Win a Necklace contest works, the guidelines are posted to the right >>>
Art Camp is held at Camp Comeca in Cozad, Nebraska - seriously in the middle of nowhere... the camp is just over the top of those sand hills....
This is the Lodge where I stayed. There are also cabins available, but I'm too neurotic to not have my own room...
Let's start with the worst thing I did. This scarf was so ugly that the instructor wouldn't even let me pay the lab fee for the class. This is the scarf before I drew on it with Sharpies, squirted it with alcohol, sprayed it with Windex with Ammonia and sprinkled orange dye on it, and then microwaved it. Great experimenting, but not my favorite medium...
Norma taught us this beading technique. She spends the summers camping in Alaska learning new things...she's wonderful. That's my bracelet - She also taught a fabric knitting class where they made cute purses. I stayed away from the fabric.
Deb Brooks of From the Heart Creations (on the left) is an incredible jewelry artist specializing in Fine Silver. She taught a class on silver jewelry - there were some amazing pieces coming out of her class. Not mine, but some campers (like everyone of these women) made some beautiful things. I made a ring from an old printers plate of a map and a setting for a beach rock from Moonstone Beach... it's not done yet.
Audrey used to do quilting. Now she prefers a chainsaw to a sewing machine. She taught woodworking classes and then did a chainsaw carving demonstration. Amazing.
The best part about camp is the people you meet and the friends you make. This is Linda and Jaymie (I think I am spelling that right...) who are a mother/daughter incredible force of creativity from Colorado. They had to leave early because they were expecting 36" of snow back home.
This is my attempt at a panoramic view from the back of the Lodge.
Kay Lee of Brownlee taught us to make stick tables. She's amazing, and claims that this is her last year of teaching this... rats. I LOVE stick furniture!
I loved making these so much that I made two of them. This one is in my new Shop in the Studio. The other one, which is even wilder, is on the patio waiting for me to put a glass of wine on it.
This is the box I made in "Metal Fun". Frank Brooks was the instructor. A man with tons of patience and the best power tools! He taught us how to saltwater etch metal, rivet, cut metal....
So I made this box....there are many things going on in the box. Deb saw Jesus in the box, and that started a whole bunch of ideas flowing. By 1am I had to stop...I dreamt about it and finished it in the morning.
I also made this mixed metal piece...it says "She takes pretend quite seriously". Frank had some "scrap" bent forks for sale, so I can't take credit for that part of it, but the rest is mine.
I need some tools.
Here's a bizarre image for you! This one is complements of Debra from Lifescapes who so graciously sent a stack of old postcards for the contest. The contest rules are listed >>> there, but are quite simple: Make a suggestion that best captures the spirit of this frog with a gun and if your entry is chosen you will win a necklace! There is a catch this week, though....it's ART CAMP WEEK!!! YEEHA! I'll be off in the Sandhills of near-western Nebraska learning to make stick furniture, tatting, metal work, PMC, and more. I'm not sure when I'll come back to Two Dog Pond - but when I do - I'll choose the winner. There's no internet out there...no TVs in the Lodge...barely cell phone reception...I can't wait!!
Congratulations Heather J! You are the winner of this cute necklace! Heather's entry of "Go Slowly and Enjoy the View" has been chosen as the winning phrase for the Goat Girl Pendant. Send me your mailing address (e-mail me at rachel@twodogpond.com) and I'll get it right in the mail to you, HeatherJ.
Lynn, that works here in the Two Dog Pond Sweatshop, is a big Twilight fan. Today we took her photo and replaced Bella. I think Edward loves her. Up close you can see that I turned her eyes amber colored, as if she just drank a whole lot of blood.... 
Welcome to Week 24 of the Two Dog Pond Make A Comment Win A Necklace Contest! This is where you make a comment and win a necklace. You have all week long to think of clever things to put on the back side of this image and on Friday {Good Friday} if your comment is selected, you will win a necklace. The complete rules are posted on the right side>>>
The winner(s) of this weeks contest are: Pan's Island with her entry of "All the Flamingos were taken" and Shara with her entry of "Who's the Hoe Now?". Both of you are too clever for your own good! There were lots of really good entries again - and, Yes, I know that I sometimes choose more on marketability, but this week the winners were chosen for the fact that they recognized in this woman in the photo her ability to pick that man up by the feet and swing him around and possibly even let go and watch him sail across that field and still keep a sense of dignity about her. {am I reading too much into your comments?} Anyway, please e-mail me your addresses and I will put your winning necklaces in the mail on Monday. 
