This week’s assignment was fun! We were to select two of our favorite artists, and draw two gift cards, one in black and white and the other in color. I have a number of artists that I like, but two in particular came to mind. Zuzana Chalupova was a Slovak naive artist from Serbia, and Ivan Rabuzin […]
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Amazingly, I have been able to get on the torch more than once this past week. With thoughts of blue still on my mind, I made some blue beads, and put together this bracelet. You can find it in my Etsy store:
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While perusing Michelle’s blog after signing up for the button swap, I came across her blog about the 7000 bracelets for hope campaign. The Global Genes Project (GGP) volunteer team is collecting blue jean/denim inspired bracelets for families living with rare diseases. The project is on going, and Nicole Boice of the GGP kindly informed […]
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Ok, I feel like I’m coming out of the closet… Yes, I am a Blythe doll enthusiast! My DH bought me a new doll for Valentines! I named her Frederica, after his maternal grandmother; Freddie for short. I am not sure where this latest facination with Blythe dolls will go, or how far it […]
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Yay!!! another swap! Michelle Mach of Beads & Books is hosting a button swap. I have been partnered with the very talented and sweet, Cindy Wimmer of Sweet Bead Studio. We are to swap three buttons, and on April 21, reveal what we made with the buttons we received. What fun!
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Do you have a “Pig Pen” in your home? My boys do not lack in the personal hygiene/grooming department. But, when they come home from college, they bring weeks of laundry with them. And amidst the activities of snowboarding, skydiving, going to hockey games, and friends descending on our house, they leave in their wake, clutter! […]
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Patty, I have sent you an e-mail. Please get back to me so that I can mail your beads out to you. Thank you!
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Well, it happens from time to time… the “Arrghhh!!!” moment. I had made a pink flamingo bead, was quite happy with it, but when I went to clean it, it just broke in two! Oh, well, back to the torch, and three beads later, here is the new pink flamingo bead: His head is bigger, […]
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In nature, everything you see, be it animate, inanimate, man-made, or organic, can be described with geometrical shapes. This weeks assignment was to take a family photo, identify the shapes, then draw on paper. We were to draw the geometric shapes with a sharpie, then sketch the picture. Since the rest of the family is a […]
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Happy Girl’s Day! I made a cute geisha lampwork bead pendant. Her name is Sakura “Cherry Blossom”. You can find her in my Etsy Shop: March 3rd is Girls Day, “Hina matsuri” in Japan. The origin of this festival dates back to ancient Chinese purification rituals for getting rid of bad luck. During the Heian period (794 […]
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Happy March! The weather here has been a mix of sunshine and rain lately. I took some close-up photos of my garden – all the plants and trees seem to be awakening from their winter slumber. The rain drops were so pretty on the lemon blossoms, leaves, and ornamental grass: The Hollyhocks are back – […]
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I had the pleasure of meeting artist Sheila Le Blanc for the first time six years ago when we were both participants at the Red Dirt Art Festival. Sheila began to paint seriously while stationed with her family in Panama. She painted shell watercolors, that can now be found all over the world. She has […]
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