Post #635227 by danlovestikis on Sun, May 6, 2012 7:52 AM

Hi Friends you certainly have given me a lot of joy this morning. I love reading your posts before the newspaper. I'm just grinning ear to ear.

ZeroTiki I heard that thud in Elk Grove but since you were speechless that's all I heard. Thank you.

Atomic Tiki Punk thanks for cheering me on.

Kele, I thought that too. However the game was too rough and Bob fell off the bowl. There is a problem when parts are dry. See what I did next below.

dartharnie wow thank you. I'll start another list after Tiki Oasis 12 in August. Right now I need to perfect all those in progress. I did however finish Invisible Bob last night and now I can't locate him.

mymotiki you all make me speechless.

Beachbumz and Swizzle, I didn't see the tiki face until you mentioned it here. Now I'll have to enhance it just a bit.

Holler Waller more good ideas. Dan loves all the old movies and he's saying I want these too. He'll have to work even harder and mop more floors.

Tiki Tom D I am super happy to have your photos. I even went out to look at the moon. It was fun to see where the mugs went on your shelves. Thank you so much.

MadDogMike a pirate Bob would be fun.

I'm so happy that you all shared your thoughts with me and made my day so happy.

Progress Report:

I need more shelves in my little kiln shed for glazes. We made more places for the tests but I needed more shelves. So we searched all morning going to Best Buy, Bed Bath and Beyond, Target, Home Depot, The Discovery Shop. We didn't find anything that would work and then it was time to go on to Cinco De Mayo with the Sacramento Ohana.

The Blue Kahuna got his Zombie Torch Mug

VampiressRN made sure everyone had a Margarita. She gave us all Tiki Farms new swizzles and SophitaTiki journal books. Thank you so much Vamp/Marlene

The Blue Kahuna brought the South of the Boarder Bob I'd made for him

I was able to deliver 3 more ZT mugs at the party

TikiRoom.net Alia and Mike

Dan's mad, they wouldn't let him mop the floors after the party, that made Laura laugh at him.

Kathi came clear from the bay area to join the fun.

After the party we drove home to Elk Grove and stopped at Big Lots. They had the CD shelf I needed but only on display. We had to drive back into town to buy one at another location. Success!

Back home we had a great visit with Sandra Dee and her mom. Dang it I forgot to take a photo. Sandra Brought a shell lamp as a gift so I could have fun attaching more shells, a hobby of mine. Thank you Sandra Dee for the gift and for sharing your mom with us.

I only did one bit of clay work by the end of the day. The Tiki Bob bowl that was blindfolded rejected Bob. I had one more trick to try.

I dunked Bob in a bucket of water.

I dunked the rest of the bowl into the bucket of water.

While both were still very wet I added sticky clay.

I pressed Bob into place.

I smoothed the attachment and put the whole thing into a plastic bag to dry out slowly. Fingers crossed.

There is so much to do today. I'll share tomorrow. Thanks for checking in and for all the super comments. Cheers, Wendy