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Love this little giant bonnet little girl pushing her baby buggy!
A good mantra! Read Full Story
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"Sensory pleasures are
trinkets, trivialities."
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Needed to unload the boxes of doo-dads that seem to be collecting around my studio. There is so much stuff....ahhhhhhh!
Make it neck garnish! Read Full Story
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My little friend wanted to share a little Valentine love with some fellow artsy type friends. I am a HUGE fan of....gifting is not about the price as much as it is about the thought. And, this being the year of all gifts begin handmade....this was perfect!
We went to one of the "Everything is a Dollar" type stores, purchased a couple of packs of the big pink erasers. Kind of an old school...school supply. I love the smell the texture the pleasure of using one of these big erasers... Read Full Story
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Absolutely LOVE this quote....
"If thine enemy wrong thee,
buy each of his children a drum." Read Full Story
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One of my many organization flaws begins with business cards. Every creative event...purchase of handmade....or meeting of a fellow artisan, I collect their business card or some form of future contact. These business cards, scraps of paper, receipts, brochures begin to stack up. For many years I threw them in a box...not good. Upon entry into the box....I never could find anything. It became just a box of paper. Useless.
So, I tried something new. A simple little blank... Read Full Story
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After years of drooling over magazine photographs, visiting their website in a much stalking way and knowing everyone I respect in the creative industry finds Tinsel Trading the mecca of all things ribbon....I too, have now officially drooled, touched and swooned over one of the most beautiful stores in the world.
Yes, the store window was more beautiful than I had envisioned.
There was an area in the back that had a table with old boxes of beads, bedazzlements and... Read Full Story
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I love technology! Now, that has been said....I love books!
I have collected these books to read for the next few months. My Father-in-law always gives me a gift card to a bookstore for Christmas and it is one of my favorite gifts to go and redeem. There is nothing more pleasing than to curl up in a chair and read a great book. Of course, my taste in books is not always on the best sellers list, nor would any literature/English teacher find what I read too profound....but, within the... Read Full Story
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Since the dust bunnies were building a zip line in my windows and blinds, I decided to clean it all out. Dusted, washed, cleaned, etc. Yuck!
I'm not a huge fan of anything that falls under the heading of "window treatment". Those two words sound so formal for my personality. So, I just cleaned and pressed three table cloths and hung them on dowels over my breakfast windows. Plus, all I have to do is pull the blinds up under the cloths and I'm sitting in a tree house... Read Full Story
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"Perseverance and audacity generally win."
-Dorothee DeLuzy
If I had to wear that type of dress...I think my personal perseverance and audacity would be at an all time low...resulting in loss. These gals were tougher than me.
Kudos! Read Full Story
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Just doing some free styling embroidery. The pages were very old and brittle not necessarily the best for embroidery, but I loved the color. My experiment began with the thread. I found this spool of yarn/thread/whatever you call it at an estate sale for .25. Loved the colors and the texture.
The thread was somewhat too thick for the fragile paper, but I forged through anyway.
It ended up kind of interesting. Now what do you do with it... Read Full Story
