Not a whole lot going on here. I feel like I’m really trying to make up for lost time now that I’m feeling better. With Terry’s help, I painted more scissors tonight. I put the final clear coats on two pairs, so they will be dry and ready tomorrow. I decided to start again on the other two that I had previously painted. I found the leftovers of some chameleon paint that we had played with a couple of years ago; it will look like two different colors, depending on the angle of the light on the object and where you are relative to it. We have three different colors, but I chose my two favorites and Terry helped me with the painting. It’s actually a multi-step process. You have to put on several coats of a flat black paint, then build up multiple coats of the color-shifting paint and then end with several coats of a glossy top coat. We got through step two (the color-shifting paint) and will finish with the top coat tomorrow or Thursday. This weekend, I’ll be taking a coveted pair of matte metal Dovo scissors and adding my favorite purple-green chameleon paint to the handles. 😀
The bottom line is that there are no losers in The Great Scissors Giveaway. Even though I had greater than 20 entrants, everyone will end up with a pair of scissors, one way or another. The ones that I’ve painted may not be perfect, but they will be uniquely me. Hmmmm… if I get good at this, I wonder if I could sell them… Food for thought.
Anyway, I’ll post pictures or scans once they are all finished. Probably this weekend, as I have a game night tomorrow and we’re meeting up with Terry’s dad Thursday night.
OH! I almost forgot my big news of the day. For those who have seen the photos from CATS the other weekend and those who met me in person, you know that I have VERY long hair. Well, had. 😉 Yes, I finally decided last night that I was fed up with all of this hair and went today to get it cut. I was only going to get 4 inches taken off, so that it still hung below my shoulders, but apparently my stylist had other plans. It’s now layered and shorter than I wanted. A lot shorter. Put it this way, when I say that I want the cut that Jennifer Aniston had on Friends, I don’t mean that you should take off 5 or 6 inches and then keep going, and going, and going. She got a little carried away with the layering. I think she definitely had a vision in mind and it was not shared by me. So, my shortest layer ends around the bottom of my ear and the longest layers end at the shoulder (Cathy, think your current haircut but just a tad longer; that’s what I get for envying your easy-to-care-for ‘do!). SHOCK! I’m still getting used to it. Maybe I’ll post a CATS photo and an after photo once I get the hang of working with it for a few days. It feels very strange to not have all of that hair hanging around. I was used to just gathering it up and throwing it over my shoulders to get it out of my face, now it’s right there, all of the time. But, as I told Terry before I went in and he’s been graciously reminding me since, it’s just hair. It grows. Give it a couple of inches and it will be closer to what I had wanted. 😆
Okay, that’s it for now, I just finished bundling up some more packages to go out tomorrow morning. And I’ve been fighting a headache since we left work, but it was a tough day fighting programming that didn’t seem to want to work how I intended. Plus it’s THAT week of the month, which usually means a migraine that I’d rather not have. So, I should get to bed, as I had a bout of insomnia last night and was unable to get to sleep for quite some time (fussing about my hair, funnily enough; tonight, it might be my mind fussing over it in the opposite direction!).
I’ll try to post tomorrow during the day, since we’ll have game night, probably into the wee hours. I’ll be taking a couple of hours off on Thursday, mostly likely, and working from home.
Tah!
P.S. I claimed another exemption to my 50 Projects Challenge today. I think I may have found the one store on the planet that still has (hopefully!) one of the Lorri Birmingham hardanger tea tray linen kits called Summer Hearts. As Cathy probably remembers me lamenting at CATS, they did not have that season in Lorri’s booth and I was quite bummed to find out that she was retiring and what they had there was all she had left. I talked to her during class and she was going to try to hook me up with the chart and the fabric, if she still had some, along with a detailed list of materials and where I could buy them, but I haven’t heard from her yet and the actual kit would be a lot easier! So, cross your fingers that they still have one. I have the other three seasons and the tea tray, so I’m really desperate to round out the set. If this order goes through and I win the two eBay auctions that I’m bidding on, my Lorri Birmingham exemption will be fulfilled and no longer in play.
Jenna, I bet you’ll like your shorter hair once you’re over the shock. 😀
Good luck acquiring your LB designs!
First of all, I want to say that I am so glad that you are feeling better. I can even tell it by your post! That is just awesome!!
Anyway, I am very excited about getting my scissors!!!! You are such a doll and so very sweet for doing this! I would love to see a pic with the new harir! I am sorry that the your stylist got carried away, but you might end up really liking it. The first time my hari got cut very very short, I thought I was going to die. Now, when it starts growing out to much, it drives me crazy!!! lol!!!
Can’t wait to see the scissors – AND your new cut, Jenna! 😀
Can’t wait to see the scissors you’re painting, they sound great. Oh, and I think it’s the Hairdresser Rule #1 – ALWAYS cut the client’s hair shorter than they ask. Grrr! It will grow though, and you’ll get used to it, as well. Gosh, I really need to get mine done.
Hi Jenna…
I have to laugh at the ‘exemption’! I posted the list on my blog… claimed four exemptions, and within the hour had edited to make it five!
Have a great day!!
I bet you could totally sell the scissors. You’d get good money for them, too, just look at the prices of the scissors at CATS! It took me a while to get used to my hair being so short when I cut it off. Everyone else liked it, but honestly, I didn’t like it at all! It’s grown on me now (mostly because it has GROWN…). You’ll get used to it, but I know what you mean about it being in your face. I got my embellishment pack for the JBW Advent Calendar yesterday. It’s so tempting to start it, but I’m not letting myself just yet 🙂
Ooooh! I can’t wait to see the pics. I bet it looks *gorgeous*!
My heart is beating really fast now after reading your haircut post! I’ve been trying to grow my hair long for about a decade. It typically gets just to where it lays on my shoulders (and under my purse strap) and I get it cut again (I’m a sucker for a bob cut). RIght now, it’s a few inches below my shoulders, and I want to get it to my elbows (about 8 more inches). The thought of scissors near my hair (except for a minimal trim) is frightening!
Don’t forget to use *way* less shampoo! :o)
I can see it now- limited edition scissors…… Ooohhh! (Wishlist here I come!) It is so kind of you Jenna. 🙂
Your haircut doesn’t sound so bad..*hugs*… ( I am not much of a layering person either. This’ll make you laugh, I told one hairstylist NO NEW LAYERS. What did I end up with? Two- inch layers along the very top of my head (:P)and many, many more. I was so mad. I didn’t go back for a haircut for a few years! And by then it was for 10″ off 😉 and she thins it for me too-“Ah finally!” *bliss)
Oooo, like the others I can’t wait to see photos of both the scissors and the hair! I have been wanting to chop my shag off for a while so I may look to this cut for inspiration.
Hi Jenna! Whoo hoo!! Congrats on your new found happiness and new look. 🙂 I’m about to do that too. Every year I always grow my hair long to donate to Locks of Love at least once a year that is. Well it’s finally grown long enough, so a chopping I will go. Going to try to get it done next week…it’ll be nice to have shorter hair again…too much hair wears my head down. LOL Especially with it being thick as anything..:p
I can’t wait to see the pics of the new scissors too…they sound lovely! 🙂
Have a good one!
*HUGS*
X Stitch X
OK, lovey – let’s see a photo of the new haircut!!
Last time I went for a cut – the stylist did the same thing to my hair [not as long as yours] and when I came home, I was surprised at all the layers. But, it looks ok. It is lighter and easier to manage.
Your scissors sound so interesting. I cannot wait to see what they look like with the painted handles. What fun!
Hopefully you can get the LB kit. I just love her designs. Your scissors sound really neat. Looking foward to seeing them!
Thank you Jenna! There was a lovely toy, (whoops I mean) scissors in my mail box! *hugs*
Thanks so much!
Your painted scissors sound divine – can’t wait to see piccies 🙂 Also, along with everyone else, I’m dying to see the new hairdo too:D Good luck with the LB auction!