Rough spring but things are looking up!

I'm getting back to focusing on working in the studio and getting some projects finished that I've been working on for a while.  I've almost finished the long-promised tutorial on Faux Stained Glass using polymer clay.  I have a tremendous respect for those teachers out there who do this on a regular basis.  It's a lot easier to just play with the clay and not have to document the step-by-step procedure.  But by the time I get this tutorial finished, it will take you from a block of clay to the finished picture with clear and concise directions. 

I know I haven't been my usual bright, bubbly poster this spring and I do apologize for my absence.  I've been dealing with two issues.  The one that is affecting my art the most is a problem with my eyes.  I'm seeing normal size with the left eye and a larger view of the same thing with the right eye.  The difference is significant enough to cause what I was calling double vision but what is actually a shadowed overlay.  Weird stuff!!!  After many doctors visits and tests, we still don't know what caused it but we have come up with a treatment plan so hopefully that will soon be manageable.  Next doctor's appointment is July 7 so y'all keep your fingers crossed and prayers lifting that this will work.  For an artist not to be able to see a clear single crisp image is pure torture!!!

The other issue was much simpler.  I tore the cartilage under my left knee on New Years Eve morning.  I had surgery two weeks ago to repair that so I'm out of pain for the first time in 6 months and wondering why I put it off for so long!