Grand opening of the new space was a packed out studio with champagne and goodies. Open Studio applications were handed out as well as some free mini-polishing cloths. I lost count at some point but we did run out of champagne (sorry for those of you who came a little later)
We also had lots of cool names submitted for the rolling mill naming contest... names like roll-i-nator, rock-n-roller, and Elvis were all very fun, but the hammer goes to Beth Irving for the name Millicent, “Millie” for short. Thanks to all who played along!
Thanks to Helena and Mawadda for being such awesome instructors and Open Studio helpers that made the expansion into this space possible. Also a very special thank you to Kelly Sia and Kaila Hill for helping in the remodeling of the room from painting to putting together Ikea cabinets... these girls were tireless worker bees! Small details that made a visual difference are thanks to Vincent Giannini of Black and White Smithy for his hand wrought torch holders and those wonderful mica lights designed and built by my hubby Bryan.
And a BIG thank you to Riogrande.com for all their help with tool selection. They had great advice and were awesome to work with. Right down to the way a giant pallet was packaged to fit through my door and unload in a logical fashion. Such attention to detail. Thanks to Amy Cliser on the great service and Sessin Durgham for the great technical advice.