Last week at the Market, a local Latina lady came by the booth with a friend. She showed me this lovely glass sun and had a dark blue color. She expressed that she wanted to have a nylon chord attached to item so that it could perhaps be hung from a kitchen window.I figured that to be an easy enough challenge, so I said that I would have it done in a matter of minutes,while she went on to purchase some vegetables from one of the other vendors.
During her absence, I clumsily dropped the sun ornament and it broke into four pieces. Luckily it was a clean break, but still it was going to be hard to explain this misfortune to this lovely neighbor .Well, she and her friend Carmen (who I knew from the church) returned to pick up the project. In my mind, it was going to be painful to explain how it just slipped and fell.
To my surprise, she graciously forgave me and said that I shouldn't worry about it. This was not anticipated,nor was it how I wanted the story to end. She was informed that it would be repaired, and to come back the next week to pick it up.Naturally, I began to envision the possible difficulties that could be encountered by putting a project like this back together.
It turned out to be a lot easier than first expected. I used a quick, one step resin to bind the pieces together and it worked! Yippee! The next step got those creative juices pumping, so the decorating began to take shape. The pictures below only show the finished project and the glowing face of another satisfied Rock Star, who trusted me with one of her beloved crafts.
