A woman in Michigan commissioned me to make (16) 4x4 candleholders for her to give to all of her employees on their birthdays next year - which is awesome (and she paid me up front), but also super scary because now I really have to do a good job! Not that I wouldn't have anyway, but I feel like when there's a lot of money involved and they give you free reign to do whatever you want there's a lot more pressure to make sure you don't disappoint them.
I've been a little worried, especially with the amount of time I have to do them. Normally getting an order in the beginning of November that isn't due until the very end of December is plenty of time, but when you're working a 60-hour work week on top of trying to get other orders from co-workers and friends finished (and preparing for a craft fair!) it can get a bit daunting. But somehow yesterday I was able to get the patterns decided and the glass cut for ALL 16 of them! It had to have been that extra hour we gained with the time change. :) Magically I had enough glass and enough time (even after doing 5 loads of laundry) to get it done - and I've been able to use the grinder and clean all the glass for 6 of them. They're sitting beside me here at work in case I have some spare minutes to start putting the copper foil on them (yes, work is nice enough to let me do that when I have time). I have to say, being able to tackle that hurdle has been a huge relief - now I just need to get them all finished. But I have a little under two months for that, right? ;)
Here's a picture of the glass piles for all 16 candleholders:
I made sure to get at least one of every color of the rainbow!
I will definitely update as the process goes on - fingers crossed it all goes smoothly!!
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