tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39699868678056087912024-02-07T15:59:35.289-08:00Debbi thinks deepThe world is my University, and my children are my Instructors.Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-22307767136408794282014-06-15T13:25:00.003-07:002014-06-15T13:25:43.052-07:00Sterling Silver Tea Cups<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amy Powers <a href="http://inspireco.amy-powers.com/" target="_blank"> (Inspire Co.)</a> hosted an adorable, really, exchange that has culminated just this week. The tea cups were my contribution. I was in some pretty, wonderfully creative company! <a href="http://inspireco.amy-powers.com/club-little-house-reveal/" target="_blank">This link</a> will take you to a slide show (on Amy's site) where you can enjoy all of the adorableness. Pretty wonderful stuff! Amy's efforts were great. She approached this project as she does everything, with panache. I think you'll enjoy the slide show.</div>
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Here we have a bowl of pickled tea cups. How often does one get to say that?</div>
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I forged the cups from 26 gauge sterling silver, soldered sterling wire handles onto them, pickled and polished. (Somehow, in writing, it seems such a breeze.) :) </div>
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Our assignment was to make 12@, 1/12 scale doll house miniatures. I've been planning to make something like these for some time, and am so pleased to have the impetus to finally <i>just do it</i>. <b>That </b>is something that I really enjoy about exchanges. </div>
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For more inspiration, information about the exchange and instructions for some of Amy's lovely miniatures, follow <a href="http://inspireco.amy-powers.com/category/club-little-house/" target="_blank">this link</a>! </div>
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My time isn't my own, but I promise to photograph the lovies that came to me and share with you!</div>
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(Including a miniature painting from Mary Engelbreit! I know!) </div>
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This was such a very talented group of women. I am humbled and honored to have been able to participate. </div>
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It's been far, too long!</div>
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Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-21092479481022424252014-06-15T12:02:00.004-07:002014-06-15T12:35:49.442-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, hello. Just enjoying a nice cup of coffee on a jungle cruise. Hasn't it been a long time!? How are you, anyway? I thought I would do a quick test post, then settle in. I have something to share! I've missed you! <br /><!--3--></div>
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How in the world are you? It's been such a gigantic change to suddenly find myself living with four other people! It is nearly a year since I posted, but in my mind, I have written over and over. Wanting to lately, more and more . . .<br />
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Winifred Watson, the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Pettigrew-Lives-Persephone-Classics/dp/190646202X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359578397&sr=1-1&keywords=miss+pettigrew+lives+for+a+day">Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day</a>, abandoned her successful writing career after the blitz in London destroyed a family home and forced multiple generations of family to live under one roof. When Persephone Classics republished that book a few years ago, an interviewer asked her why she had stopped writing. Her answer was simply, "You can't write if you're never alone."<br />
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Today, I'm going to dip my toes back into the water, ever so lightly. I have something that I just have to share with you! Do you know <a href="http://madebyjoel.com/">Made by Joel</a> yet? I've been enjoying the daylights out of his wonderful ideas these days . . . with multiple generations living under one roof. ;)<br />
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He's posted such a fun project today! Since I went <span style="text-align: center;">to Paris, there are a couple of little girls in my life who can't get enough of it. Particularly the Eiffel Tower, probably because Grammy was kind of pleased to have climbed it, without having a heart attack or <i>anything</i>! They will love this.</span> It's a sort of animated stroll through Paris. Joel intends it as a Valentine . . . maybe I can wait till then. </div>
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He has the most wonderful ideas. All manner of playthings, coloring pages . . . his Paper Cities . . . I just love his <a href="http://madebyjoel.com/paper-city">Paper Cities</a>! Paper City . . . Paper City Paris . . . Paper City Sydney . . . Paper City Road Trip . . . I love, loved . . . <a href="http://madebyjoel.com/2012/12/paper-city-nativity-scene.html">Paper City Nativity Scene</a> . . .there is even travel sized Paris . . .</div>
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Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-58929233508166218232012-03-25T14:48:00.002-07:002012-03-25T19:51:13.224-07:00Things, they are a changin' . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZU1qwxg-03yKoawsdFBDCmP58HdQuJNb1UhQm0fVFeRUMIOdkfNluGOTncUuQFx4VtfnfZk0vaZ5Ooh8c9MvbYCQ6NG8LtBZsgcPmcxvrJh7o_iDEp7a1IRN08Ka7fOeIxEnDHgPualM/s1600/2012_0206January0025A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZU1qwxg-03yKoawsdFBDCmP58HdQuJNb1UhQm0fVFeRUMIOdkfNluGOTncUuQFx4VtfnfZk0vaZ5Ooh8c9MvbYCQ6NG8LtBZsgcPmcxvrJh7o_iDEp7a1IRN08Ka7fOeIxEnDHgPualM/s400/2012_0206January0025A.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Well. Life has a way at throwing surprises at you, doesn't it? Mine surely has. It's such a Merry-Go-Round! Maybe a Tilt-a-Whirl.<br />
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I've practically abandoned my blog. Not because I want to, but there are no more hours in the day than there were before . . . and mine are ever so much more full!<br />
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My husband retired. Gasp! He's way too young for that nonsense :) . . . but you know how the economy has been . . . and there was a kind of golden parachute . . . jump now. You know? So he did . . . by doing so, helped to save the jobs of younger men. We hope. Suddenly {6 weeks notice}, I went from living virtually alone to suddenly having a full time husband. I teasingly refer to time, as "before" and "after" "he moved in". Twenty-eight days later, our daughter's marriage ended. She has a toddler and one who was just about to enter Kindergarten. She had been a stay-home Mommy. So that's that. While our daughter adjusts to the challenges of becoming a working, single Mommy . . . Papa and I are learning to be nearly full time Grandparents.<br />
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This kind of adjustment can take some time and effort . . . but the children . . . the sweet little things! So . . . we're busy learning how to entertain little ones, and figure out what those cantankerous little appetites will eat. I think we're getting better at it. We're doing training wheels and training pants . . . I know I'm much better at cooking now that I have a two year old standing beside me on a chair to show me the ropes. It's true! She told me so! I have re-learned; the unbelievably musical sound of children's giggling glee because I made pancakes! . . . the indescribable beauty of a multi-colored chalk covered driveway . . . that my oven can still bake cookies . . . {not that it should} . . . I know who Chloe, and Peppa, Angelina and Poppy Cat are. I have vases full of the shortest stemmed flowers! {And very few blooming in the yard.} :) I know where to find Goldfish crackers and Fruit Roll-ups at the grocery store again. I have a secret stash of M&Ms, for melt-down emergencies. I'm not half bad at slicing apples, and cheese, and serving up a delightful array of tempting, healthy snack trays . . . Creative Sandwich Cutting is becoming my favored creative art form . . . my Pinterest has fun and educational Children's activity boards . . .<br />
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Yep . . . this is where I am. . . not so much of my typical blog fodder, I suppose . . . Of course, there are still the Silversmithing Classes {which I take}, and the Soldering Classes {that I teach} . . . but a typical day isn't nearly as involved in my once customary pursuits . . . and I am so much richer and more blessed for it . . . <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHbPu-ex9U3PJDzi02ezilmZ2vQEIApKnVK51v2kNpj4H8hdZEfeSHLzMFiKOGzfb-hw7uks84KydcqvUmLZHdTH9LL1kQdoeSCii_IEpvJuzmJmB6dENXpWQxeJaBBnej4Nb4tYcwNw/s1600/2012_0206January0005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHbPu-ex9U3PJDzi02ezilmZ2vQEIApKnVK51v2kNpj4H8hdZEfeSHLzMFiKOGzfb-hw7uks84KydcqvUmLZHdTH9LL1kQdoeSCii_IEpvJuzmJmB6dENXpWQxeJaBBnej4Nb4tYcwNw/s640/2012_0206January0005.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>I will stop by now and again to check on all of you and your wonderful pursuits . . . but as for me . . . well, things have certainly changed around here!</div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-71891200600016100352011-12-31T13:39:00.000-08:002011-12-31T13:39:21.232-08:00Hello. My name is Debbi. I am a bibliophile.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjSaRD1UjPZB0DTQxkhXQhPx3OpXQMP2dFW74_OA2Y7sjQphUOgg0UIIrCmwfJJ1e-m_83gpzVGSVc0ZaGCrUaXOmWZNcU5fY83w-qidN6ddnVNQxoHPgpO54i1IJxCbWYCv0IAvY7oA/s1600/Yesterday%2527s+Books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjSaRD1UjPZB0DTQxkhXQhPx3OpXQMP2dFW74_OA2Y7sjQphUOgg0UIIrCmwfJJ1e-m_83gpzVGSVc0ZaGCrUaXOmWZNcU5fY83w-qidN6ddnVNQxoHPgpO54i1IJxCbWYCv0IAvY7oA/s400/Yesterday%2527s+Books.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes. That pretty much sums it up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I borrowed the photo from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Yesterdays-Books/132680267980">Yesterday's Books</a> in Modesto, California . . . one of my favorite places on Earth . . . even if they have retitled their previously Pre-1950's Fiction section, to Pre-1960's, and totally allowed that category to atrophy. I can live with that. I have Internet. But as a previous small business owner, I would really, truly, rather buy locally. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still recall the day, gosh, a lot of years ago when after months of searching, that they finally found a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Rose-Antonia-Ridge/dp/0571101186">For Love of a Rose, by Antonia Ridge</a>* for me! In England! Oh, my word! The wonder of it all! <em>In England!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Recently, I wrote this little recommendation for them . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I might be a bibliophile, but . . . I picture the first time I walked into Yesterday's Books {100 years or so, ago} as though it were a scene in a movie . . . slowly I wandered through the aisles {which glowed with a golden light from above . . . the air is a little bit misty in my movie version}, awestruck . . . unbelieving eyes moving from row of books, to stack, to the next row . . . taking in the beauty of it all . . . ;) and the scent . . . oh, my Goodness, the scent . . . the perfume of wisdom and knowledge . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have had the privilege to visit the basement of Princeton Theological Library where the very oldest tomes are held {it is the second largest theological library in the world, second to the Vatican}, and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in England . . . I want you to know that this place shares the very same wonderful perfume of aged and wondrous books. Yesterday's Books is a little spot of wonder and wonderfulness in this world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would you like to see a picture of pure glee?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnUEvmkwzFXisoGBBba1Q_c2D3qdWPCPDs6RGOeFZSC5QKH7ZSgnPofwL06VOnPMbSQZEHccWY9oTF_PG8Ey9bKvkaGxWnnZReNgrjRSdRBjAxKtT89eiu3uiYuXzdNqaZg7W-f7Zf1I/s1600/2009_1021Princeton0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnUEvmkwzFXisoGBBba1Q_c2D3qdWPCPDs6RGOeFZSC5QKH7ZSgnPofwL06VOnPMbSQZEHccWY9oTF_PG8Ey9bKvkaGxWnnZReNgrjRSdRBjAxKtT89eiu3uiYuXzdNqaZg7W-f7Zf1I/s400/2009_1021Princeton0044.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Princeton Theological Library, with my favorite theologian, our youngest son, Sam.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See? I'll bet you thought I was kidding!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In our home, we have 24 running feet of floor to ceiling book cases . . . and piles, and boxes, and stashes of books. Then there's our son's very large theological library, and while, technically, they don't belong to me, we are storing them {possession being 9/10's of the law, and all} . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have often said that my legacy will be that I have left all of my children with a love for reading, and an entire library.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The minute that we moved into this house, my husband built window seats and bookcases in each of our children's bedrooms. A proper place to read, you know . . . with curtains that draw . . . allowing for quick transportation to Neverland . . . or Wonderland . . . or Dreamland . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As a child, I was often called a bookworm. I always thought it a compliment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have completely missed the intended mark of this post . . . {I rest my case}</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to share with you the manifesto that is posted in the window of:</div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gallerybookshop.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Gallery Bookshop & Bookwinkle's Children's Books</span></a> </div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A World Class Bookstore in the Heart of Mendocino Village</span></div><div class="site-slogan"><br />
</div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;">I stood there and read it with complete joy and satisfaction!</div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><em>"WE BELIEVE IN THE BOOK. We believe in quieting the noise and listening to the stories. We believe in traveling far and wide between paper pages. We believe in touching the words, scribbling in the margins, and dogging the ears. We believe in surrounding ourselves with books long finished and books not yet read; in revisiting our younger selves each time we pull old favorites off the shelf.</em></div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><em>We believe in five-year-olds inking their names in big letters on the flyleaf. We believe in becoming someone else for four hundred pages. We believe in turning off the screens and unplugging the networks once in awhile. We believe in meeting the author, reading the footnotes, looking up the words and checking the references. We believe in holding our children on our laps and turning the pages together.</em></div><em><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></em><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><em>We believe in standing shoulder to shoulder in comfortable silence with our fellow citizens before a good shelf of books; we believe in talking face to face with friends and strangers in the aisles of a good bookstore. We believe that together, readers, writers, books and bookstores can work magic. </em></div><em><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></em><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><em>If you believe, please join us: SAVE THE WORLD. BUY A BOOK."</em></div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="site-slogan" style="text-align: center;"><em>~much love!~</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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*<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Rose-Antonia-Ridge/dp/0571101186">For Love of a Rose</a> was recommended by an article in Victoria Magazine . . . the Rose issue that year . . . which also directed me to an annual antique rose garden tour in the gorgeous hills and Gold Rush era gardens of Placerville, California . . . that Rose Garden Tour is still one of those special moments in my life . . . you know the kind . . . every time you think of it, you can even feel the feelings that you felt at the time . . . feel the heat, remember the fragrances . . . hear the footsteps on the gravel paths in the gardens . . . taste the lemonade, revisit the must and the darkness of the antique stores . . . <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sorry. I'm back, now. :) <strong>Don't read the reviews!</strong> I didn't know that it was a history book when I read it, although it becomes obvious . . . what it IS about, is three generations of the same family in France . . . the story of their struggles to develop and propagate some of the most famous and still sought after rose varieties, ever . . . while having their homeland and gardens ravaged, repeatedly through two World Wars. <strong>All reviews contain a spoiler!</strong> Not this one . . . such as it is . . . Since I hadn't knowledge of the end of the book, it was all the more wonderful for me . . . I remember thinking it was as much a romance as an historical account {not <em>that</em> kind of romance} . . . I promise . . . I still wish I could see it in movie form . . . maybe I'll write to Johnny Depp. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrvC2ztAaHBqd3xnpWqa_jLVI-nYeC0pMrXrbEwjg-8PH2fCnlck0F7500vRUd6L9aAv-Qbcy_cdBFKBfwH4fMIKK00ZPCqY0QH3k1ctrL8VYbf9qTQJY77AndVtTZFXJHoGUg28OlWE/s1600/Fiona+Reading+Jane+Austen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrvC2ztAaHBqd3xnpWqa_jLVI-nYeC0pMrXrbEwjg-8PH2fCnlck0F7500vRUd6L9aAv-Qbcy_cdBFKBfwH4fMIKK00ZPCqY0QH3k1ctrL8VYbf9qTQJY77AndVtTZFXJHoGUg28OlWE/s640/Fiona+Reading+Jane+Austen.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Two year old Fiona, deeply engrossed in a good book . . . her Mommy noticed that she was curled up with a book in my favorite reading chair. "How sweet." I asked her if she could tell which book . . . Jane Austen's Minor Works . . . that's when camera came out!</div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-74535628840917237342011-12-26T10:38:00.000-08:002011-12-26T10:38:28.404-08:00Left Brain, Right Brain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/paint-72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" rea="true" src="http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/paint-72dpi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I need no other words . . . Click on the photo to enlarge . . . It's a Mercedes Benz ad. Go Mercedes! It can be difficult to enlarge enough to read the descriptions . . . just for you . . . <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I am the left brain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a scientist. A mathematician.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Analytical. Strategic. I am practical.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Always in control. A master of words and language.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am order. I am logic.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know exactly who I am.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am the right brain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am creativity. A free spirit. I am passion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring laughter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am movement. Vivid colors.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am the urge to paint on an empty canvas.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am boundless imagination. Art. Poetry. I sense. I feel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am everything I wanted to be.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-64944041934429808642011-12-18T15:14:00.000-08:002011-12-18T22:05:20.565-08:00Remember Your Old Friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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Eight years ago, my blessed Father passed away near the end of September. Two months later, December 2003, I was still in no emotional condition to send Christmas cards. I planned to send notes in January, I had so much to tell! We had our first grandchild! Our son had safely served our country and was now out of the service! . . . but in the very first week of January, they were suddenly able to squeeze me in for the right hand surgery that I cancelled the day after we lost Pop. No Christmas cards, and no notes went out that year.<br />
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The next year {2004} the number of Christmas cards that we received dropped to half.<br />
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That's not all! The day before Thanksgiving {also 2004} {the year we received so few cards . . .}, I had a second surgery on the same hand. For that one, I got to wear a 10 pound cast that immobilized my arm from my fingertips to between my elbow and shoulder for six weeks. . . . again, I wasn't able . . . after six weeks in a cast, I wasn't even able to hold a pen . . . sigh . . . no Christmas cards, and after having the cast removed somewhere around New Year's Day . . . no New Year's letter to explain . . . you can imagine what that did to our Christmas cards the next year! <br />
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There were so many other sad and difficult events that took place in those couple of years that it even hurts to remember those times . . . At a time when we were absolutely reeling, so many of those who we thought cared the most, dropped us from their lists. When we could most have used the greetings, the remembrances and the cheers . . . old friends assumed we were cutting them off . . . so did the same to us. <br />
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Here is my plea . . . if you haven't received a Christmas card from someone with whom you have exchanged greetings for years, Call them! Check on them! Reach out to them! SEND THEM A CHRISTMAS CARD! This year AND next year, and the one after that! What's the worst that could happen? They could know that you care? Isn't that worth a few minutes of your time, and the price of a postage stamp?<br />
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I'll step down from my soapbox now. Thank you very much. <br />
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~Much Love! Merry Christmas!~</div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-26927257401123349522011-12-14T16:39:00.000-08:002011-12-14T17:17:51.911-08:00The P.I.N.K. Method<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This post is definitely gonna fall in the T.M.I. category . . . and I'm embarrassed to admit this, but . . . I am on a diet. There. I said it. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">{They say that it's a good idea to share that . . . accountability and all . . .}</span><br />
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My doctor says, I am not obese. Well, that's a relief. Here's the most embarrassing part, I bought the P.I.N.K. Method. I've never been on an actual organized diet before, but I guess I've finally arrived at that place . . . you know? . . . where I am ready to do something about it. So far, in three days, I've lost four pounds. <br />
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Let's say that I'm a mature person {I am a Grandma . . .}. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">{Had to make sure you know where I am coming from . . .}</span> I've read through the book, and I can tell you this much . . . prudish, Christian Grammy's are <span style="font-size: x-large;">not </span>their target market. I am completely offended by the writing, the silly visualizations, the language . . . Sexy Salad? Come on. <br />
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. . . but the diet makes sense. I bought it because I get to buy and prepare my own foods. No additional cost, and it seemed like a reasonable price to me, two $40.00 payments, or one $67.00-ish payment . . . which still came to about $80.00 with the addition of sales tax and shipping . . . que sera, sera . . .<br />
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I have certain dietary restrictions . . .{one of those health things mature people get. . . sigh . . .} I can't eat nuts, seeds and berries. These things are staples on the diet. . . you know, whole grains, strawberries {any berry, really}, nuts . . . great fibre and protein, but not for me . . . I decided to substitute as nearly as I could . . . I'm using strawberry nectar instead of strawberries, which includes a certain amount of sugar . . . this substitution displaces fibre, so I take fibre . . . what can it hurt? I will eat cracked wheat bread when it's called for instead of whole grain . . . am using dairy milk instead of dairy substitutes . . . and it is working! {<span style="font-size: x-small;">If I had known it was this easy, I would have gone on it the minute I had to take prednisone</span>!} . . . and still, for the first time in my life, I'm losing weight!<br />
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I have not yet begun the work out portion of the program, I need to stay in the first stage till I have lost 5 to 10 pounds, then the next stage including the workout begin . . . I'm loving that 5 pounds could be tomorrow! It could be right now! This minute!<br />
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I plan to partake of Christmas festivities and all of the goodies that come with it! So my start may be slow-ish . . . but doggone it! Christmas only comes once a year! And I started just two weeks before Christmas! But start I did. And so far, while I find the book to be crude, tasteless, and unprofessional {it is self published} the diet is working just fine. And I am very pleased. Thank.You.Very.Much. <br />
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</div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-6605463880769766432011-11-15T17:06:00.000-08:002011-11-24T11:01:59.695-08:00Winter Wishes Theatre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWwN9kJpf8fML9O-ppjrsivQWPTwGgaAXcRYU6tEUV1Q48o8urrBFFzvJl_2hcbuxXdMD5_vYWWYPcNYBA5gkTXRYBWUx1W1KSxF6HRPttwRWjYxn42vsSoBdXYOX7XNJjYnQNY0nsY8/s1600/TeamWinterLamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWwN9kJpf8fML9O-ppjrsivQWPTwGgaAXcRYU6tEUV1Q48o8urrBFFzvJl_2hcbuxXdMD5_vYWWYPcNYBA5gkTXRYBWUx1W1KSxF6HRPttwRWjYxn42vsSoBdXYOX7XNJjYnQNY0nsY8/s640/TeamWinterLamp.jpg" width="404" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">{photo from </span><a href="http://gildingthelilyclasses.blogspot.com/2011/08/winter-wishes-lighted-theater.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Gilding the Lily Classes</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">}</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you always hoped that someday you would be able to take a class from Colleen Moody, too? I found one that I loved, and I couldn't find a single reason not to go . . . </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm87V0pO8bWp4ekq4vP2MLFVS_1NeJu5iYw5jgbzwOpyt6ZKuFayDd1blfc1o6UGYRNFDzzHOWsr0fHlVl7oSg89k9hPC8qzDn6NMSe-9aEmoaa4uVp233xjK5eTCZvUJEoJM1VT3SCc/s1600/2011_1115November0050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm87V0pO8bWp4ekq4vP2MLFVS_1NeJu5iYw5jgbzwOpyt6ZKuFayDd1blfc1o6UGYRNFDzzHOWsr0fHlVl7oSg89k9hPC8qzDn6NMSe-9aEmoaa4uVp233xjK5eTCZvUJEoJM1VT3SCc/s400/2011_1115November0050.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe it! I finally did it! Above is the beautiful project, originally designed by <a href="http://colleenmoody.blogspot.com/">Colleen Moody</a> and <a href="http://ivascreations.typepad.com/">Iva Wilcox</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">{this day Iva couldn't make it to teach}. </span>Such a shame, but Colleen, I think can do anything she turns her hand to . . . it was a wonderful, if intense day long class . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDgVKeV-Ga1isyufeTq-LN6E64rnAp_G4lwman6hALuG27HzjvRcMkyerxDo4JZ6yiLvkd2iZJSlWM7NYFWYbNXy2c4OHjAzZfmGhD3VkB9-j5s_y2f7M9R1lNN1L-jpFoHh9HffcW9o/s1600/2011_1115November0067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDgVKeV-Ga1isyufeTq-LN6E64rnAp_G4lwman6hALuG27HzjvRcMkyerxDo4JZ6yiLvkd2iZJSlWM7NYFWYbNXy2c4OHjAzZfmGhD3VkB9-j5s_y2f7M9R1lNN1L-jpFoHh9HffcW9o/s400/2011_1115November0067.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is not my doll, but the model that I'm working from . . . don't you just love it? Colleen is such a uniquely talented doll atelier . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and if I wasn't aware before, after I had the opportunity to observe her talented and capable hands form a lump of clay into a beautiful doll face, I certainly am aware now!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And mine! Only partially finished . . . but maybe tonight her skirt will happen . . . </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmlHKToN6vZfBT4oMIMz9n5o4q2apa2Z0MJTZO2wK1ebo5ysCCzPAmQQU5NGkaqOtFEPqsTWbwU7lwILrlbUCy78JuXYaKv4oQKQrLY2ybX7LFMk7L_5HnYaNNdDBCNN7UixnItuN5mU/s1600/2011_1115November0060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmlHKToN6vZfBT4oMIMz9n5o4q2apa2Z0MJTZO2wK1ebo5ysCCzPAmQQU5NGkaqOtFEPqsTWbwU7lwILrlbUCy78JuXYaKv4oQKQrLY2ybX7LFMk7L_5HnYaNNdDBCNN7UixnItuN5mU/s400/2011_1115November0060.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My lighted theatre was a only slightly more complete than this, the last photo I took of it before leaving it in Dede's tender care. :) I flew . . . didn't even try to get that on the plane, <a href="http://dreamcreateshare.blogspot.com/">Dede Warren</a> is shipping it to me. Bless her sweet heart! Thank you, Dede! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduQdcX6hN8Ps4ZvinuZwSGE4krHb0ql5MyhzYNqv6s9BE8rpQUmvUlfJD27Y0pNzbdB5LO0U_wmLjfsGFnE8OmiszingfHKoqrsz7nP3i3sGp_kCQJ1A0e5Ap6jIGlT-fegcT0-rsxoU/s1600/TeamWinterLampLit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduQdcX6hN8Ps4ZvinuZwSGE4krHb0ql5MyhzYNqv6s9BE8rpQUmvUlfJD27Y0pNzbdB5LO0U_wmLjfsGFnE8OmiszingfHKoqrsz7nP3i3sGp_kCQJ1A0e5Ap6jIGlT-fegcT0-rsxoU/s640/TeamWinterLampLit.jpg" width="410" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The completed theatre made by <a href="http://colleenmoody.blogspot.com/">Colleen Moody</a> and <a href="http://ivascreations.typepad.com/">Iva Wilcox</a> . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mine only dreams of being so lovely someday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully before Christmas!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a sweet little visitor the day that my package arrived . . . Thank you, Dede. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I really can't wait to finish it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-40949752787713910472011-11-09T12:08:00.000-08:002011-11-12T19:37:14.903-08:00A New Heart for Tammy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I think of all the times in my life that I have uttered the words, "Bless your heart" . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Xg2XD4wshLvrBpPWupkjtQeDW8SGaWQ9XrHGDkLMCgZEDkYdYoD6s6bFcI8pvlDQRo5VjOcCNFBZeAtVQxhbIhFIocRU4PIMUvq1Gb55GqDQT0prwoLUAIZp_ryFhQvdlKMeBZ0y7_4/s1600/Tammy+Lumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Xg2XD4wshLvrBpPWupkjtQeDW8SGaWQ9XrHGDkLMCgZEDkYdYoD6s6bFcI8pvlDQRo5VjOcCNFBZeAtVQxhbIhFIocRU4PIMUvq1Gb55GqDQT0prwoLUAIZp_ryFhQvdlKMeBZ0y7_4/s400/Tammy+Lumpkins.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a wonderful photograph of my beautiful friend, <span style="background-color: white;">Tammy Lumpkins</span>. Tammy made history today. She is the first person on the West Coast <em>to leave the hospital with an artificial heart</em>. </span><span style="font-size: small;">{And one of only 22 people in the country.}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I have been posting prayer requests <span style="font-size: x-small;">{on Facebook}</span> for Tammy and her family, especially for Tammy, for months now . . . isn't it beautiful to see the fulfillment!? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Keck Hospital USC, and Dr. Michael Bowdish, {a cardiothoracic surgeon at Keck Hospital} for caring enough to do something about it.<br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't tell her story better than Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times has: </span><a href="http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-artificial-heart-20111109,0,7491771.story"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>An artificial heart offers a real chance - latimes.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photos Borrowed from LA Times Article above ~ </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="credit" sizcache="8" sizset="18">(<span class="photographer">Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times</span> / <span class="dateMonth">November </span><span class="dateDay">8</span><span class="dateYear">, 2011</span></span>)</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please continue to remember Tammy in your prayers.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>~Much love!~</em></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Another terrific</em></span><em style="font-size: x-large;"> article from the Hospital's website: </em><br />
<em style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://keck.usc.edu/en/Faculty_and_Staff/News/Detail/2011__fall__home_is_where_the_heart_is">Home is Where the Heart is.</a></em><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This article from the local CBS news includes video . . .</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/11/10/artificial-heart-implant-marks-first-for-west-coast/">Tammy leaving the hospital</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>I'll be at Hand Born again this year!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I'll have loads and oodles of soldered charms, each one an original . . . and some wonderful metal jewelry! I'll be introducing some industrial tie~tacks . . . so the guys aren't left out . . . It all happens as inspiration strikes, so it's just not possible to tell you what will be there . . . but I'll post pictures before the event! <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em>{likely the very day before}</em> ;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.handborn.com/"><strong>Hand Born</strong></a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> . . . by the way . . . is a brilliantly conceived handmade gift faire . . . Around closing time, businesses in the Modesto's hip downtown area, push their tables back and open their doors to artisans of youthful oriented wares. How cool is that!? Always anxiously anticipated . . . this speed shopping event takes place in just <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">4 hours</span></strong>, once a year! It is hugely popular, and honestly I don't think one could possibly see all of the wonderfulness in the time allotted!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Don't forget!! November 26!</span></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-30687528674598059982011-10-11T11:34:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:34:58.732-07:00in case you wondered . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">. . . this hiatus is not permanent . . . life has intervened . . . I will be back the very minute that I find one free . . . besides this one, I mean . . . it came along and surprised me . . . caught me totally unprepared . . . so did the "life intervening" part . . . sigh . . . </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Much Love ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Debbi</div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-14095981178008331542011-07-14T23:56:00.000-07:002011-07-15T00:07:58.867-07:00Copper Tags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpbQpWFTCgfGKoEPjqY7T6-G1mcJOr2a3q8kqbh7F6y0LBjkumJ_0q9mGRIIqEdU0Op0raMKp92vveNPztF1USNE_J8n-0_4cKR0QJJ1ZCm6pEdGNhVOQfmmfMaULiFkuRqL-rn3upt4/s1600/2011_0713July0029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpbQpWFTCgfGKoEPjqY7T6-G1mcJOr2a3q8kqbh7F6y0LBjkumJ_0q9mGRIIqEdU0Op0raMKp92vveNPztF1USNE_J8n-0_4cKR0QJJ1ZCm6pEdGNhVOQfmmfMaULiFkuRqL-rn3upt4/s400/2011_0713July0029.JPG" width="400px" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What do you think? I've been experimenting . . . </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzslnh7wYTSzkuSu3ySfB1TZcWRBYin7YmSucHE5dRV8C6k1V19ISjbH5kN9nquMPDcDSRSHpMNIXVxTjaG8Ga5_g_HO7Zh7b8li-wIxa8Z_I52CkvxpEt-VyR38PlnOkO1gt_gVDdoY/s1600/2011_0713July0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzslnh7wYTSzkuSu3ySfB1TZcWRBYin7YmSucHE5dRV8C6k1V19ISjbH5kN9nquMPDcDSRSHpMNIXVxTjaG8Ga5_g_HO7Zh7b8li-wIxa8Z_I52CkvxpEt-VyR38PlnOkO1gt_gVDdoY/s640/2011_0713July0042.JPG" width="497px" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">. . . and I'm really pleased with the outcome.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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My swap partner was <a href="http://speckled-egg.blogspot.com/">Heather at Speckled Egg</a>. The thing that I am so intrigued with here, is this: If you wrote out a list of the items that we used, and a description of colors, you would have very similar lists . . . with amazingly dissimilar results! I don't know about you, but I think that sort of thing is fascinating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLZ3FA-BIcUNLgH17n8B54Y3W_Fis4vcqE1xhKYCIqLr3nDxGPnJxGYlumPWxPN13Trt45MSMQMOJdIrOGbNCEXOhb3XOE4tm4ZwOBJJFU7JIGw06w5K_22gxUEdNFHCz-iRUo6EKY8U/s1600/2011_0626June0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLZ3FA-BIcUNLgH17n8B54Y3W_Fis4vcqE1xhKYCIqLr3nDxGPnJxGYlumPWxPN13Trt45MSMQMOJdIrOGbNCEXOhb3XOE4tm4ZwOBJJFU7JIGw06w5K_22gxUEdNFHCz-iRUo6EKY8U/s400/2011_0626June0015.JPG" width="300px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Do you love that she personalized it with my initial? The <span style="font-size: x-large;">D</span> is for Debbi, silly. :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw0Fk1koQ1u_xIzX_Bp6RBtpEnwXE3PY0kQPB4cplQJOx52G0VxHNQQKkJ1jt1b3FzNkj8JX-cg3L1EMoWA0HDNtXeVPCcXy-5h5rV9bhPNAIU3TetxE-LruxE0a91N0Kdg7TexqD-Pg/s1600/2011_0626June0018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw0Fk1koQ1u_xIzX_Bp6RBtpEnwXE3PY0kQPB4cplQJOx52G0VxHNQQKkJ1jt1b3FzNkj8JX-cg3L1EMoWA0HDNtXeVPCcXy-5h5rV9bhPNAIU3TetxE-LruxE0a91N0Kdg7TexqD-Pg/s400/2011_0626June0018.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I shot off an immediate email after it arrived, and told her how fascinated I was by the items that she included . . . she couldn't even know how these things applied to me. A small list: I sew, kind of a lot actually, <em>{measuring tape</em>}, I have an entire wall decorated with keys and escutcheon plates <em>{I buy antique keys as souvenirs when we travel</em>.}, I have a major thing for typewriters <em>{which includes typewriter keys</em>, natch, <em>I even have 3 or 4 antique typewriters!} Have you noticed</em> that a frozen Charlotte is represented? <em>I so love frozen Charlotte's that I am, as we speak, preparing molds to cast them in sterling! </em> I think she got me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5jONO6pIhUOwy-YZNKaKH6LAzGnrIx2HSwjUyeAo6rCAMU2SYWebGpcOqO9QN17BhJNcB-QLSOJPjYsa9FXWuHyMG86zAd4zqN4i7T16XoM462Z_T7-MRqm_oIaIInGgta2LYM85GI4/s1600/2011_0626June0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5jONO6pIhUOwy-YZNKaKH6LAzGnrIx2HSwjUyeAo6rCAMU2SYWebGpcOqO9QN17BhJNcB-QLSOJPjYsa9FXWuHyMG86zAd4zqN4i7T16XoM462Z_T7-MRqm_oIaIInGgta2LYM85GI4/s400/2011_0626June0022.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><em>Thank you, Heather!</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRieqNeuy8nT7VILfG1I3M2ip_9prOjkxkyHBhCsQXbWrBz8HUfz27EkaPhpZzrJ-ssJ8v44zD3KJ2N9lvNhyphenhyphenXtrlb6TX6H44NhsoUANSagHNB9VGKnXo3IXxtfMSCiNtha2jX8dUDNXo/s1600/2011_0620ChristianGraduation0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRieqNeuy8nT7VILfG1I3M2ip_9prOjkxkyHBhCsQXbWrBz8HUfz27EkaPhpZzrJ-ssJ8v44zD3KJ2N9lvNhyphenhyphenXtrlb6TX6H44NhsoUANSagHNB9VGKnXo3IXxtfMSCiNtha2jX8dUDNXo/s400/2011_0620ChristianGraduation0261.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the shadowbox that I sent to her. We discussed that she loved nature <em>{wasp nest, bird nest, natural quail egg}</em> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">{the pennants obstruct your view of the little copper bird nest with pearl eggs on the top shelf};</span> she has 2 little girls <em>{the clipboard soldered charm};</em> her birthday is represented on the bottle {but hidden}, ~ the bottle sort of represents a bit of me ~ her blog is Speckled Egg <em>{self-explanatory}</em> ;) . . . and these are her colors of choice. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was generally going for a Natural Science sort of look <em>{porcelain crucible and other previously mentioned pieces},</em> and age, and then there was my plan that these things should be able to be handled and studied and manipulated by her children. Which she tells me they are. <strong><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{Yay! A win!}</span></strong> I loved the way the doors made the shadowbox into a tiny cupboard, and I think that makes the items stored within feel more precious.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is only 5 1/2" X 5 1/2" overall. Don't you just love tiny things?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you would like to see what the other participants came up with, click on the links below for the two blog posts that Amy at Inspire Co. has shared with us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/2011/06/birthday-treasury-swaps.html">Birthday Treasury Swap</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>~ and ~</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-birthday-shadowboxes.html">More Birthday Shadowboxes</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Scroll down to the next post, or click here to see more photos of <a href="http://thewickerpatio.blogspot.com/2011/06/birthday-treasury-shadowbox-swap.html">the one that I sent to Heather</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would <em>so </em>do this again! I am, in fact! It's an <em>entirely</em> different theme . . .when I finish, you know me, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll share pictures! :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">~ Much Love! ~</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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While I have a little breather, from, what I like to call our Summer Party Season, let me show you a little teenie bit of what I've been up to! I have just participated in a <a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/2011/05/birthday-treasury-swap.html">Birthday Treasury Swap</a> designed by <a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/">Amy Powers of Inspire Co. </a>Wasn't it just the bestest idea!?<br />
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I know that Amy went to a great deal of trouble to match us up with someone compatible. . .<br />
because I gave her a little trouble . . . a result I am certain, of my usual problem, <em>tmi.</em> :)<br />
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<div>I was thrilled to discover my assigned partner was somebody that I already admired! Heather from <a href="http://speckled-egg.blogspot.com/">Speckled Egg</a> . . .</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">{The little copper nest contains pearls <em>eggs</em>. Of course, I made it, silly.}</span></div><br />
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<div>and then there's that nature thing . . . I kind of think Heather and I share that . . .</div><br />
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Heather's birthday is represented here, really it is! . . . it's just in kind of . . . almost a secret way . . . <span style="font-size: 78%;">;) </span></div><br />
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I like this quote . . . it defines a part of me . . . and I suspect a little of Heather . . . Gosh, I sure hope it does, anyway!</div><br />
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<div align="center"><em>"She was a noticer. . . for all the shelves are lined with shells, bird feathers, dried sea grasses, pebbles, eggshells. . . They're just bits that were lying on the ground, that anyone else would step over or on, but she saw they were beautiful and brought them home."</em>. . . The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society . . .</div><br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEQ4e4zklTRa8P9vMbhvuqWwPAIfGi5d-3arSc6dSt9vYKSOugzLrCC1ybejnesIa1mbO9gwnz2x4Sr2FMuWFmUfms8Yc4OYHY7c_Tjlrn54mvwQp6Cr3kulE207jJjZErNwfNbEs7ho/s1600/2011_0620ChristianGraduation0261.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620534984102205266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEQ4e4zklTRa8P9vMbhvuqWwPAIfGi5d-3arSc6dSt9vYKSOugzLrCC1ybejnesIa1mbO9gwnz2x4Sr2FMuWFmUfms8Yc4OYHY7c_Tjlrn54mvwQp6Cr3kulE207jJjZErNwfNbEs7ho/s400/2011_0620ChristianGraduation0261.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Thank you for the wonderful opportunity, Amy! I absolutely loved this!<br />
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<div>Thank you, Heather for playing! I have just loved every minute of it!</div></div></div></div></div></div><br />
</div></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-64111889765030843702011-05-23T12:23:00.000-07:002011-05-23T18:43:50.954-07:00<div align="center"><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-size:180%;">There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.</span> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center">~Douglas H. Everett~ </div><br /><div align="center"><br />Personally, I believe that I live my life with one foot in each of those worlds. It's a balancing act, to be sure, but I really like it here. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Thank you, Valerie {<a href="http://bohemianseason.blogspot.com/">Bohemian Season</a>} for posting this quote for me. :) You're always inside my head!</div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-4598480298761799582011-05-21T23:11:00.000-07:002011-05-24T22:54:22.118-07:00Birthday Treasury Shadowbox Swap<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUkqmbcEzepaPYyxW1E9dkSwAk2GgmJs9TsQNzXdslXcoowar64ANncIFqSZnWlaOMMz7ZiIFRmOPrg_kIDS-J2roMVE6LSEAR6uFus9q0Loz2yMcpYfXNVmCDipDdGKX7meXIaKlOmQ/s1600/Shadowbox+Swap+Birthday+Treasury.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609419312190493362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUkqmbcEzepaPYyxW1E9dkSwAk2GgmJs9TsQNzXdslXcoowar64ANncIFqSZnWlaOMMz7ZiIFRmOPrg_kIDS-J2roMVE6LSEAR6uFus9q0Loz2yMcpYfXNVmCDipDdGKX7meXIaKlOmQ/s400/Shadowbox+Swap+Birthday+Treasury.jpg" /></a> Oooh! I know you'll want to be part of this! <a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/">Amy Powers</a> is hosting a really wonderful exchange based on this positively scrumptious prototype that she designed for her <a href="http://www.amy-powers.com/">Inspired Ideas Magazine</a>, The Birthday Edition. </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">This is a one on one exchange, we'll each make one, and receive one back! Pop in on Amy to see <a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/p/birthday-treasury.html">the particulars</a>, and sign up! It will be so much fun to see you there! </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">"Swap sign ups close on May 31. Swaps due to be exchanged the week of June 13."</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"><em>{Which, it occurs to me just happens to be my birthday week! How do you like that?}</em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">I can't wait to discover who my assigned partner is! This is going to be so much fun! </div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-36009565762573193642011-05-19T14:53:00.001-07:002011-05-19T14:55:07.962-07:00Taylor Swift Releases Anti-bullying Video<embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:cmt.com:650297" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="configParams=vid%3D650297%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Acmt.com%3A650297" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed><div style="margin:0px;padding:4px;width:500px;text-align:center;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><a href="http://www.cmt.com/videos/taylor-swift/650297/mean.jhtml" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">Mean</a> - <a href="http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/swift__taylor/artist.jhtml" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">Taylor Swift</a> - <a href="http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/swift__taylor/videos.jhtml" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">Taylor Swift Videos</a></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-18792437978080985862011-05-18T21:30:00.000-07:002011-05-19T15:08:20.417-07:00Budget Minded Bride<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWvQCzV31jQk58dL6lT3dfFmNgIox2BjlDSkIHIxxfKnWGVj-sk4kaS6KBp4dw39eeoUMFZRqsCrupqRHhhmZy3_9ryeNwibZ2zpeSTniq3DafE3GPfRk_2ax5T_85XkO2paC3sTdmng/s1600/2011_0518May0026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608280483242127458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWvQCzV31jQk58dL6lT3dfFmNgIox2BjlDSkIHIxxfKnWGVj-sk4kaS6KBp4dw39eeoUMFZRqsCrupqRHhhmZy3_9ryeNwibZ2zpeSTniq3DafE3GPfRk_2ax5T_85XkO2paC3sTdmng/s400/2011_0518May0026.JPG" /></a> I did a wedding last week . . . on a budget. Of course, all weddings have a budget, but I happened to know that this bride was going to try to do her own flowers . . . and she's related to my nephew <span style="font-size:78%;">{by marriage},</span> and I am a florist . . . I know very well how much work goes into a wedding, and I know the tears that <em>I've</em> shed, working on that kind of deadline . . . wedding flowers are a last minute deal, afterall . . .<br /><br />I couldn't wish that on her, especially when it was an easy thing for me to do, and I had the time . . . you know? So they bought the flowers, delivered them to me . . . which is surely out of the ordinary :) . . . and here I share with you, the resulting Bridal Bouquet. The reason that this is all noteworthy, is this . . . this bouquet is made from 1 bunch of mixed Spring flowers from Costco. 1 bunch! We are talking budget here, people!<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQlcxl9X_GvhSJ3WtpFWf_Qnu3KteZIqXhK0hw1n2FcogDHG9eMtvIvrBaylW8wMt6mjyLaGhHMBcXuCNbqYyHyJgur9VyXLio71W1QOjith3P0sYTYxNxAL3NjPWkRexv9N2tnu1PbY/s1600/Brilliant+Bouquet.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 323px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608280177022497458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQlcxl9X_GvhSJ3WtpFWf_Qnu3KteZIqXhK0hw1n2FcogDHG9eMtvIvrBaylW8wMt6mjyLaGhHMBcXuCNbqYyHyJgur9VyXLio71W1QOjith3P0sYTYxNxAL3NjPWkRexv9N2tnu1PbY/s400/Brilliant+Bouquet.jpg" /></a> So I just want to give budget minded brides some hope. It does take a little training, but these days, doesn't everybody know someone who can teach them how to wire and tape flower stems? These are wired, then shaped, and wrapped. Oversimplified, I know . . . but take heart! It can be done! You can have beautiful flowers, on a budget . . . learn how to wire and tape, and practice beforehand with flowers from your garden. And practice, practice, practice! . . . Do not wait till the last minute to figure this out . . . it is not rocket science, but in this case, practice does make much prettier. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofRa99uSvhbPAmOanldNuh8eL_01eY1-wco2bBHsd6XEzNmsyQ-cFDl4L0Q-ebKlLXL4TtT7uKCWUL-VTkGwetEQYsyFyGLGaw6v-YnYepRbjAyy0L2Lxl4b0sejYHDcWfVDYqPhPMHM/s1600/2011_0518May0016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608285138272813570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofRa99uSvhbPAmOanldNuh8eL_01eY1-wco2bBHsd6XEzNmsyQ-cFDl4L0Q-ebKlLXL4TtT7uKCWUL-VTkGwetEQYsyFyGLGaw6v-YnYepRbjAyy0L2Lxl4b0sejYHDcWfVDYqPhPMHM/s400/2011_0518May0016.JPG" /></a> And you're really gonna love this! The centerpieces! She bought sweetpeas from a local fruit stand, and vases from a dollar store. $5.00 centerpieces. It is my intention here to be of assistance . . . to maybe instruct a little . . . </p><br /><br /><p>Buy flowers in season at Farmer's Markets or like this bride did, at the local strawberry stand . . . if you have time, grow them yourself {I hate to admit this, but you shouldn't depend on growing them from seed . . . it's just too risky} . . . </p><br /><br /><p>To arrange, simply gather them in your hand till they make a pleasing arrangement, then cut the stems off to one length. Lovely. Lovely. </p><br /><br /><p>My gift to you. :)</p><br /><br /><em>Note:</em> Minutes after posting this, I mean really, truly . . . just minutes! I peeked in On one of my favorite blogs, <a href="http://sabiiwabii.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-fabric-flower-wedding-bouquet.html">Running With Scissors</a> . . .and lo and behold, she's making a Bridal Bouquet, but she took the instructions, oh, so much further, and included how-to photographs! Run over to see! Fresh or silk flowers, the instructions are the same! You can do this! I promise! Tell her I sent you! Love!Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-41987033606394965432011-05-16T19:13:00.000-07:002011-05-18T22:10:25.157-07:00Birthday Flowers<div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRhy2jRlP-2UVlb8GHW20vyvUPJdpHFPOpd6S-OBSfx8UcFyogjegwBHH3YQZm1mOLtonSEzOwTRiCOlkS2a6TyxPjIO8hitXREsQgccrfMT4sD_JX7f2re-NozRPdX42Ez6l5VGsdtY/s1600/Mom%2527s+birthday+A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 346px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 451px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607502684590839826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRhy2jRlP-2UVlb8GHW20vyvUPJdpHFPOpd6S-OBSfx8UcFyogjegwBHH3YQZm1mOLtonSEzOwTRiCOlkS2a6TyxPjIO8hitXREsQgccrfMT4sD_JX7f2re-NozRPdX42Ez6l5VGsdtY/s400/Mom%2527s+birthday+A.jpg" /></a> I promised a couple of friends that I would post photos of the centerpieces from my Mother-in-law's birthday party. See!? I try to keep my promises! <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>{I really do try. Honest!}</em> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I kinda wish I had cleared the background a little better . . . but do you have any idea how vain I looked, when the party was in full swing, and I was taking close ups of the flower arrangements . . . that I made!? And since it was family and close friends . . . I think the guests might have known that. </span></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">Awkward.</span><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></div></span></em><em><span style="font-size:78%;"><p></span></em></p><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSLCMkBHlE-a795B1WEIEjhWldftZ8_wD3EDUU57EHzJVTKdBCPZb3YMEzknl89wSRW-XkaU9lrohBMSw77Y73tw-4K-NsCx4fvmRIPC1sMnfT9nO7kMi0REz2M3XUn0GE9Q-oq5mSdI/s1600/Mom%2527s+birthday+2A.jpg"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607502785075326962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSLCMkBHlE-a795B1WEIEjhWldftZ8_wD3EDUU57EHzJVTKdBCPZb3YMEzknl89wSRW-XkaU9lrohBMSw77Y73tw-4K-NsCx4fvmRIPC1sMnfT9nO7kMi0REz2M3XUn0GE9Q-oq5mSdI/s400/Mom%2527s+birthday+2A.jpg" /></span></em></a> This angle was an attempt to show the butterflies . . . </p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZgmrETfQ-ZCVvvpw31Q0TdnMunvajtU1bPfpCB5AYtn4rNtubdkaFzy6fHeRpo84oNe3_iDA1JSoBWAVxzkCFGRQb5dPn8E2ZShA_9TQMMXRwvLfL86xPWrm8h5UBV6nsZiN8xVZwlE/s1600/Rose+and+Butterfly.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 177px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608277294988316530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZgmrETfQ-ZCVvvpw31Q0TdnMunvajtU1bPfpCB5AYtn4rNtubdkaFzy6fHeRpo84oNe3_iDA1JSoBWAVxzkCFGRQb5dPn8E2ZShA_9TQMMXRwvLfL86xPWrm8h5UBV6nsZiN8xVZwlE/s400/Rose+and+Butterfly.jpg" /></a><br />I'm gonna give you a quick tutorial on those. I love them! Aren't they just the sweetest!?<br /><br /><p>I found a tissue paper that was printed in a friendly little butterfly design. Yep. The very stuff that we tuck into gift bags. I liked this particular one for it's overall design of the same butterfly, in multiple Spring-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ie</span> colors, and lots of great sizes.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY_fdF295DvHEe0cZXyKO4fRjZMkcGbpkxkL7gxSTBNKhbbkR0Zt9v_e_oJ7XyRYs1FiusGc1J-iWIIv4BiZV9GMBg_bxkgh1rMC1e_UXQwkbdpG42llpTy7-g5JwS_IXJWzyZFmv09o/s1600/Butterfly+Tissue+Scan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 307px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608273056047181762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY_fdF295DvHEe0cZXyKO4fRjZMkcGbpkxkL7gxSTBNKhbbkR0Zt9v_e_oJ7XyRYs1FiusGc1J-iWIIv4BiZV9GMBg_bxkgh1rMC1e_UXQwkbdpG42llpTy7-g5JwS_IXJWzyZFmv09o/s400/Butterfly+Tissue+Scan.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>I color copied the tissue paper at my friendly neighborhood copy shop. Just for you, I'm sharing that first step with you! Click on the picture above to enlarge it, then print! I hope it enlarges to full page . . . I don't know to what size it will enlarge . . .I'm only kinda geeky . . . <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>{I surely don't know everything about this stuff. I think most of it is just magic.}</em></span></p><br /><br /><p>I carried my color copy all the way over to the copy desk and asked them to make three more copies on transparency film. <span style="font-size:85%;">{You know, the stuff they use for overhead projectors.}</span> The color will be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">waaaaay</span> lighter than you expect. I recommend that you start with really intense, vibrant colors. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yiZym9UPRKMBRqSvIDpeH5CrkU8PLK-kmkKaMeHVlBbrbXHNmhsLZOpAfvzVubiuKpiqjNL-0z9CRsDAkg8KPgRvI4d4OUmxYgcz1X_Zyy_GRfXMjHsPLNAdyFEzlL_0a1g5grumNyY/s1600/Loose+Butterflies.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608273704008253202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yiZym9UPRKMBRqSvIDpeH5CrkU8PLK-kmkKaMeHVlBbrbXHNmhsLZOpAfvzVubiuKpiqjNL-0z9CRsDAkg8KPgRvI4d4OUmxYgcz1X_Zyy_GRfXMjHsPLNAdyFEzlL_0a1g5grumNyY/s400/Loose+Butterflies.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Took those home, and sometime in the middle of the night . . . with a girlfriend that I enlisted <em><span style="font-size:78%;">{coerced}</span></em> into helping me . . . cut them out. I think you should cut them quite close. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYxIB17KHsCI56QtM4wSPFK543lW2zPOH3pM2jV1kJv8du-f0b6T2fl6LtQLo8BKL8VgNE3JSdZoY7O69WYstpVpPnPcHxFhLXFGXQS0ntHK4r6geqlC9dQO92_1gMuwf8OCcFBdivmc/s1600/Stemmed+Butterflies.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 357px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608274049772032146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYxIB17KHsCI56QtM4wSPFK543lW2zPOH3pM2jV1kJv8du-f0b6T2fl6LtQLo8BKL8VgNE3JSdZoY7O69WYstpVpPnPcHxFhLXFGXQS0ntHK4r6geqlC9dQO92_1gMuwf8OCcFBdivmc/s400/Stemmed+Butterflies.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>You're not gonna believe this, but they didn't melt when I hot glued* them to the frame, wires and nests! Instant Spring! They were kind of adorable! <em>{If I do say so myself.}</em> <span style="font-size:78%;">{Gosh! I hope this doesn't mean that vain thing was accurate.}</span> . . . sigh . . . *I did use a lower temp glue gun. The truly hot ones can really cause nasty burns! And would probably melt the transparency film.</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CGFGfObKrlYAY1zmbo-CC6lNu2_OrU5G_onHgBl5uhZHn0Y5gc4y_WCSObYYvDx_x-a6iPzLUWCG2z8mjO4urwlFIv4ExDCNUxpzNh7gOz9vpkVDSV2Av4lYbusuEyW7aaVCOSdFLWg/s1600/2011_0518May0119.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608277851200703074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CGFGfObKrlYAY1zmbo-CC6lNu2_OrU5G_onHgBl5uhZHn0Y5gc4y_WCSObYYvDx_x-a6iPzLUWCG2z8mjO4urwlFIv4ExDCNUxpzNh7gOz9vpkVDSV2Av4lYbusuEyW7aaVCOSdFLWg/s400/2011_0518May0119.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p>Fold your little cut-out butterflies in the middle, so they appear like . . . like . . . like butterflies! . . . and using the cool melt, hot glue gun, glue them to light weight floral wire . . . or like I did, the nest and twigs of these arrangements . . . but they would be super cute sprinkled on a table . . . used on paper goods . . . somebody even tried them in a little bottle at the soldered charms class that I taught last weekend. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnjgZVkaafMETA5CPzMAUKE5NIQcJK2MsRDqcI5yTTz8xJFv0sBu3DU-OxNj2aLclBOq2BqWdAS93t9A9GUdZZ6oEOdk_6bvcsemAp6r6SQUga3xHKWM3QkGw8fYWutnmKk09dXwqQbQ/s1600/2011_0518May0121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608278434467016290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnjgZVkaafMETA5CPzMAUKE5NIQcJK2MsRDqcI5yTTz8xJFv0sBu3DU-OxNj2aLclBOq2BqWdAS93t9A9GUdZZ6oEOdk_6bvcsemAp6r6SQUga3xHKWM3QkGw8fYWutnmKk09dXwqQbQ/s400/2011_0518May0121.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p>They seem so delicate and ephemeral . . . I think you'll love them, too! And will very likely find a million other uses for them! Please tell me if you do! I would so love to hear!</p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ih2nFelA0u4R3Lu6ONAObnRweOFGKQ_H7LjaSwDPo1KMDp0iwDWB-7UcsnYpiS-RWVb_dKJKpy3P1wkgkS-xZBcOMTLqgp8K0LGMXitB4WBcicUZtRYdiv4dCzfpSjb_DZ-YQv9BnV4/s1600/2011_0518May0112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608275215162989074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ih2nFelA0u4R3Lu6ONAObnRweOFGKQ_H7LjaSwDPo1KMDp0iwDWB-7UcsnYpiS-RWVb_dKJKpy3P1wkgkS-xZBcOMTLqgp8K0LGMXitB4WBcicUZtRYdiv4dCzfpSjb_DZ-YQv9BnV4/s400/2011_0518May0112.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p>Now. . . don't say I never did anything for you! ;)</p><br /><br /><p>P.S. Do I have the world's best flower suppliers or what!? I said Spring, they delivered <span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><em>SPRING! </em></span></p>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-49515735349842483922011-05-16T12:28:00.001-07:002011-05-16T18:49:03.669-07:00Red Lead . . . Where have you been all my life!?<em></em><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpw_zW_k1a97oJIGg4GnXimDMEgGICj3oDw2Xq1LhMsAjVkgN_gCUyTnu2ULz6pNi6ImwWVtmdgWS8DnbAECKLy0YKF8jH8tGoLLKztduVMgbmgPdvzBELuLXlnFLTzPopla6WoW4vDY/s1600/red+lead+bird-nest2A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 185px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607401709449337426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpw_zW_k1a97oJIGg4GnXimDMEgGICj3oDw2Xq1LhMsAjVkgN_gCUyTnu2ULz6pNi6ImwWVtmdgWS8DnbAECKLy0YKF8jH8tGoLLKztduVMgbmgPdvzBELuLXlnFLTzPopla6WoW4vDY/s400/red+lead+bird-nest2A.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/the-3519/Bird-Nest-with-3/Detail">Nest<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>You know how it is when you're surfing . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_pqDDVpsJDQZIyYXvk9JyYsb_piH0Ev60vI7n9hVxBtaXzGaNFgVCgBrRWeMOiuYHAkbZ4B2ngTtOXLcsqMlJRktW9N5Meiu-UMKZLfw0dZhti8pOysqlaNJ-2MLpiJgZgCC-f6pgbs/s1600/red+lead+bird-nest2.jpg"></a> once in a while you run across a site that is positively wonderful . . . I stumbled onto <a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/StoreFront">Red Lead</a> this morning. EEEeeeee!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVmLyXdhCqpJdnFWlIfGHYITRt_J2l3jNhKzwULrGIXJk66BxUZda2TJQ1yXZZIx9TILFouAWNp7V-7rNykYCQBbvxELC_qBU7rikPvipxt_DAvxUmC2HJeAeAS2xVaPDMzED3h3o4Jo/s1600/red+lead+atcnestdefineddetailA.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 198px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607490902765959826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVmLyXdhCqpJdnFWlIfGHYITRt_J2l3jNhKzwULrGIXJk66BxUZda2TJQ1yXZZIx9TILFouAWNp7V-7rNykYCQBbvxELC_qBU7rikPvipxt_DAvxUmC2HJeAeAS2xVaPDMzED3h3o4Jo/s400/red+lead+atcnestdefineddetailA.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/the-2679/artist-trading-card-rubber/Detail">"NEST" Stamp</a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>The following is what their website tells about them:</div><br /><br /><div><br /><em>"Red Lead was voted "the best place to buy art supplies" and "the best place to buy scrap booking supplies" by the St. Louis Riverfront Times. </em><br /></div><br /><br /><div><em>Chris and Sharon have been published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Mary Englebreit Home Companion, Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations, as well as several Stampington and Company publications.</em><br /></div><br /><br /><div><em>Chris and Sharon are known for their inspiring art, exclusive line of rubber stamps designed by them, an eclectic mix of collage trinkets, vintage collage sheets, and artful workshops taught in the Red Lead studio. When you are in their neighborhood please drop by, they would love to meet you!</em><br /></div><br /><br /><div><em>Visit Red Lead in the historic Webster Groves neighborhood of St. Louis, Mo. at 27 North Gore Ave."</em><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div align="center">So I ask you . . . why is this <span style="font-size:180%;">news</span> to me!?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Have I been living under a rock? </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">{I suppose that is possible.} </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2-85o_B1p53waWJEumhdlXaCAdAFer_MgY66X8VG1yeGKklhv59KTzAOZ8ygePNwQvRP07syor-rUZERA_oqie0yJZRrE6U51o_9qMHKk8zU86x3IO_5tgvyzxYLZJqRt1VgcX5oOOs/s1600/Red+Lead+photo-rubber-stamp-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607398838640449954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2-85o_B1p53waWJEumhdlXaCAdAFer_MgY66X8VG1yeGKklhv59KTzAOZ8ygePNwQvRP07syor-rUZERA_oqie0yJZRrE6U51o_9qMHKk8zU86x3IO_5tgvyzxYLZJqRt1VgcX5oOOs/s400/Red+Lead+photo-rubber-stamp-4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/the-3217/photo-rubber-stamps/Detail">Dottie and Debbie Rubber Stamp</a></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Do you even believe this is a rubber stamp! I am not kidding you!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYs0Hoka_30tA0H8x66C5gsdq_yXM1R3Ox_jFHdXyY-m-2aB5uA7n2CYlmx7HFMCE48jMBKUwq5DW46I5CUe06ZiRWgjjqwlvHBsk6jhdzOPYnSd87rHXsTZ_FF2I32Iwu1GH-cTMd-Y4/s1600/Red+Lead+collage-sheet-ve26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607398435862198370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYs0Hoka_30tA0H8x66C5gsdq_yXM1R3Ox_jFHdXyY-m-2aB5uA7n2CYlmx7HFMCE48jMBKUwq5DW46I5CUe06ZiRWgjjqwlvHBsk6jhdzOPYnSd87rHXsTZ_FF2I32Iwu1GH-cTMd-Y4/s320/Red+Lead+collage-sheet-ve26.jpg" /></a>A super delicious <a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/the-3597/Collage-Sheet-Vintage-Elements/Detail">collage sheet</a>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBe1RKoOlxUy_3mvwvBp_zYlQJN_bk6kopfMpdmofSDXzR7c8lB6PBaaAL0eqDYGzqAh8L84hu4lWm48z-CoZj5GQr4jPebmi8wSyu3j50-vfuecttJazt6FRu3ZxHey0wwy5qL3fkF_k/s1600/Red+Lead+collage-sheet-vintage-33.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607398253093717474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBe1RKoOlxUy_3mvwvBp_zYlQJN_bk6kopfMpdmofSDXzR7c8lB6PBaaAL0eqDYGzqAh8L84hu4lWm48z-CoZj5GQr4jPebmi8wSyu3j50-vfuecttJazt6FRu3ZxHey0wwy5qL3fkF_k/s320/Red+Lead+collage-sheet-vintage-33.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/the-3713/rubber-stamp-stores%2C-st./Detail">Vintage Elements Collage Sheet</a></div><br /><br /><div>I mean, come on! Seriously! Don't you just love it!?<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Their prices are even completely reasonable, and I can be such a terrible cheapskate <span style="font-size:78%;">{I dropped a small fortune <em>for me</em>, there today!}</span> . . . I suspect a lot of us creative types are . . . it's hard to buy that which you can make . . . and Red Lead will help you find some scrumptious goodies to do all that great creating with!</div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">{Sorry about the closing preposition . . . I couldn't help myself. I'm a real person, you know?}</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.redleadpaperworks.com/servlet/StoreFront">Red Lead Storefront</a></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.redlead.typepad.com/">Red Lead Blog</a></div></div></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-33317281179275304372011-05-07T15:13:00.000-07:002011-05-07T15:20:05.823-07:00Carla M Fox, Metalsmith<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/saUTDV4s42M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>This is for those of you who might wonder about those silversmithing classes that I keep talking about . . . :)</div>
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<br /><em>~Much Love! ~</em> </div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-6768663637015566212011-05-05T20:27:00.000-07:002011-05-05T21:04:30.624-07:00Cool Tool<u><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span></u><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQF27OmgyqQUWOqF8sn_a2Pg0nLEdFQuQceMSBXKTu4bs3ddynZ_muQf4bRYJhXlQoxis39kgURCJcBVjKwo8X4eGlmvz42WQNv0z3PwqRmNwejUAMYG2F13OrP1q4ukAmIx3O2QkV584/s1600/2011_0505Rosary0001A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603440673904404434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQF27OmgyqQUWOqF8sn_a2Pg0nLEdFQuQceMSBXKTu4bs3ddynZ_muQf4bRYJhXlQoxis39kgURCJcBVjKwo8X4eGlmvz42WQNv0z3PwqRmNwejUAMYG2F13OrP1q4ukAmIx3O2QkV584/s400/2011_0505Rosary0001A.jpg" /></a> Filed in the <em>Look What I Did</em> department . . . </div><br /><div align="center">;) </div><br /><div align="center">It is lovely, though, isn't it?<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jP-tba6fgdLrlkDO3XaPJj0FhmlkfztHUiyp6IYVGUnYS_bHAgM2CcSHQYM41xvXwIyn10ZaRHqnlr4ksA8RvwbWt9YXLTDQDsmI2vHrrumIfw_wm6YWM2vUfjNvrIsZGR-NIQ2UNIE/s1600/2011_0505Rosary0003a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 334px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603440480027373522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jP-tba6fgdLrlkDO3XaPJj0FhmlkfztHUiyp6IYVGUnYS_bHAgM2CcSHQYM41xvXwIyn10ZaRHqnlr4ksA8RvwbWt9YXLTDQDsmI2vHrrumIfw_wm6YWM2vUfjNvrIsZGR-NIQ2UNIE/s400/2011_0505Rosary0003a.jpg" /></a><br />I've told you before that I take a silversmithing class . . . a classmate and her husband invented the tool that I used to make the chain . . . I just love it! It's all sterling silver and pearls . . . The crucifix and connector, I found on Etsy . . . </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePKG5ZsoBhzLn7HCN_MGJ50aJPZpEGf_AZZWZ-bjRjTBTGcH9UOQgWcd_kZxUA5ZW7W6Lo5IbHYxIAW6WZdHH8GOT02nyu-28fzsEwmGqBkl_B4Dvk1lVp4nKCj23sYp6uOVsXgC5pyI/s1600/2011_0505Rosary0010A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603443269831519682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePKG5ZsoBhzLn7HCN_MGJ50aJPZpEGf_AZZWZ-bjRjTBTGcH9UOQgWcd_kZxUA5ZW7W6Lo5IbHYxIAW6WZdHH8GOT02nyu-28fzsEwmGqBkl_B4Dvk1lVp4nKCj23sYp6uOVsXgC5pyI/s400/2011_0505Rosary0010A.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>It's a birthday gift for a dear friend . . . I'm hoping she doesn't see it here before she she sees it in person . . . :)<br /></p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">If you want to know more about the tool that I used, or the Etsy supplier . . . just let me know . . . I'll get right back to you!</span></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-81056366591836724142011-05-03T10:57:00.000-07:002011-05-03T12:07:29.628-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Gosh!</span> How've you been?! It's been ages since I saw you! I should stop in more often, I know . . . I've just been so busy . . . and I always write at night, it seems . . . and my husband has discovered the joys of sharing <em>my</em> computer in the evenings . . . sigh . . .<br /><br />Today, I'm grounded. He has my automobile . . . {pickup, actually . . .} . . . and is out enjoying his new boat with our son, and I get to stay home and do whatever I please. :) I so love those days when I can't leave the house for some reason . . .they're gifts, absolutely . . . so . . . I've completed a bit of correspondence, edited a couple of pictures, and remembered that I have a blog. :) Here you go . . . in photos . . . a bit of what I've/we've all been up to . . . ;)<br /><br />I've been . . . <a href="http://thewickerpatio.blogspot.com/2011/03/collage-class.html">taking classes</a> and <a href="http://thewickerpatio.blogspot.com/2011/03/soldered-charms-workshopclass.html">giving them</a> . . .<br /><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602557182849081858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVHBmhm00WBt6464IpBwdrmXcNWTLT-dV-wDjwyM_YMyyMzd5dPB4vJQUhwG2k4oeMSWV4WRzW8yEIzverQUd_J8SRTRQca17Ws10snq6CZb_U78hAKK3aPy8eVI19zQQz5xO2caSsD0/s400/Relay+for+Life+Necklace+5a.jpg" /> . . . just finished this necklace for Relay for Life . . .</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97E96Qo8avvhBNOwkWUDu1rxmdT80zvqemCB6b-_vEswAcENAB5ycOBWX_Eh6MpgCuyC7l9GCi_pKrZWrecr133zitfA3PU37zbyRcrbdzcQYiv09SNVct6kooZpK_dAU6W1_LrG1Skg/s1600/2011_0501ZooElizabeth0018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602556687754937730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97E96Qo8avvhBNOwkWUDu1rxmdT80zvqemCB6b-_vEswAcENAB5ycOBWX_Eh6MpgCuyC7l9GCi_pKrZWrecr133zitfA3PU37zbyRcrbdzcQYiv09SNVct6kooZpK_dAU6W1_LrG1Skg/s400/2011_0501ZooElizabeth0018.JPG" /><br /><br /><p align="center"></a><br />. . . tried to hang out with these precious people whenever possible . . .<br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNCAA3W_mJESEAvZ2q4La57GHBBUixYKBsphfTUhLWnsWMfobPUhOW7Tp-XsPROgLEvokLKo9-zWVuWvz6h1My1t9ev1mq_KKVUoQgNi-9wsZ-Rz5BRP41os9VOJYCsSSFQ-a01bh5HQ/s1600/2011_0501ZooElizabeth0094.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602556390082209138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNCAA3W_mJESEAvZ2q4La57GHBBUixYKBsphfTUhLWnsWMfobPUhOW7Tp-XsPROgLEvokLKo9-zWVuWvz6h1My1t9ev1mq_KKVUoQgNi-9wsZ-Rz5BRP41os9VOJYCsSSFQ-a01bh5HQ/s400/2011_0501ZooElizabeth0094.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eObMdJP2Ttrvdzl6THRwsXDLvO2pWb2ax7EX-qBdfv8b9aNrhHL-8Twx-GiJ9TjQIRx4ANefWmSLHrFP-26u2E2OgPHSC_yETjsZzae6n226xpffbUZlPp6AV21NrZTb5LvEXUi6hHA/s1600/2011_0424Easter0084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602555609512673138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eObMdJP2Ttrvdzl6THRwsXDLvO2pWb2ax7EX-qBdfv8b9aNrhHL-8Twx-GiJ9TjQIRx4ANefWmSLHrFP-26u2E2OgPHSC_yETjsZzae6n226xpffbUZlPp6AV21NrZTb5LvEXUi6hHA/s400/2011_0424Easter0084.JPG" /></a><br />. . . and Rip Van Winkle . . .<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY42-QOxu97inJo7HKdlkix-_iT6er9KE1vT-ywVf4hLNbil5N5elsbKKINlD210zyxTIXw-M8c7S4Iz9xcQD6zXgQ8vBlYWCiwvLMqTV97MGh49qDRk6isLyRXkIPOo5fxT8LrFAajQ4/s1600/Easter0052.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 371px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602555252621260530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY42-QOxu97inJo7HKdlkix-_iT6er9KE1vT-ywVf4hLNbil5N5elsbKKINlD210zyxTIXw-M8c7S4Iz9xcQD6zXgQ8vBlYWCiwvLMqTV97MGh49qDRk6isLyRXkIPOo5fxT8LrFAajQ4/s400/Easter0052.jpg" /></a><br />. . . celebrated Easter with my family</div><br /><div align="center">. . . including my two favorite, beautiful, little gossamer girls . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s2kZ9n_vklTyVAdk7JJ_QWOIN0tf_Mc5Ejkv_xFM096ycP_PrQ2xc9Uuq2juGYTLQ5qD6mc2YoSbmBCgu7ay4uANz0EDFLMwowl-aAvTJYvDipKifMRNMDXJiD5FPh7HGQ45tftR4Zk/s1600/Easter0010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602555054144188002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s2kZ9n_vklTyVAdk7JJ_QWOIN0tf_Mc5Ejkv_xFM096ycP_PrQ2xc9Uuq2juGYTLQ5qD6mc2YoSbmBCgu7ay4uANz0EDFLMwowl-aAvTJYvDipKifMRNMDXJiD5FPh7HGQ45tftR4Zk/s400/Easter0010.jpg" /></a> {She's trying to decide whether to go near to . . . }<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgGrAe0tY2nSzxyJl0UTB73phjLcd-vSyUXcVBH0NIVIBuZW9Sb-m11H9oUhdsI1_aMKwnwktvbdfYC2vH1vhT7Xh5VwPeCjX4x5Y1TVF4Wzn7rr5Nm4hxk19hW4GoZurizTK-QSwBQk/s1600/Easter0031a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602555921424139090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgGrAe0tY2nSzxyJl0UTB73phjLcd-vSyUXcVBH0NIVIBuZW9Sb-m11H9oUhdsI1_aMKwnwktvbdfYC2vH1vhT7Xh5VwPeCjX4x5Y1TVF4Wzn7rr5Nm4hxk19hW4GoZurizTK-QSwBQk/s400/Easter0031a.jpg" /></a> . . . Emily Easter Bunny! {Who happened to be in the neighborhood <em><span style="font-size:78%;">{because she lives across the street}</span></em> and surprised us with a happy visit . . . }<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKP6E_lZrGojGe4l4e-GV97LHMoGmj3-aeYLqd0jPeB-SR-lMNThN91gKkNbTgLyGSKTBmNWC8PIQZ1cqHAL8gklU1z3gUnKmiE92VQZrlNRJkekSe22imMxXbbecw7qeCfcLlXhaEGQ/s1600/Mom%2527s+birthday+2A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602554197651818626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKP6E_lZrGojGe4l4e-GV97LHMoGmj3-aeYLqd0jPeB-SR-lMNThN91gKkNbTgLyGSKTBmNWC8PIQZ1cqHAL8gklU1z3gUnKmiE92VQZrlNRJkekSe22imMxXbbecw7qeCfcLlXhaEGQ/s400/Mom%2527s+birthday+2A.jpg" /></a>We traveled a bit . . . not too far, just enough . . . to share in a celebration honoring my Mother-in-law and her milestone birthday . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XgZMI5iI2-Kg4d8RcPWfCy5EBwJHo_Ji91L_LoTOksqVbqtRRbiArt5OkUg830gcGr1V99FpbHS4N7t96McHZ85Moev8ns5cSWo9hYv9JSUpc8Gs5n9piGD0jan-GKXKHFwBkWQ8JgU/s1600/Mom%2527s+Birthday+Buffet.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602553995393383490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XgZMI5iI2-Kg4d8RcPWfCy5EBwJHo_Ji91L_LoTOksqVbqtRRbiArt5OkUg830gcGr1V99FpbHS4N7t96McHZ85Moev8ns5cSWo9hYv9JSUpc8Gs5n9piGD0jan-GKXKHFwBkWQ8JgU/s400/Mom%2527s+Birthday+Buffet.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-7mrwZEhxxtCBDJIs2oRqju4EGaYnbCZ3HRQenuSTAJOAbYrt60JM0B2SfFsbMrbC4s2v6tubkeQ8hh1ZhZj4CA6S2kWL_0fJ7mh2pbefWUWMotI8kiNiMVKGcFmG00gLHQGHyDFh3A/s1600/Mom%2527s+birthday+family.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602553782743674322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-7mrwZEhxxtCBDJIs2oRqju4EGaYnbCZ3HRQenuSTAJOAbYrt60JM0B2SfFsbMrbC4s2v6tubkeQ8hh1ZhZj4CA6S2kWL_0fJ7mh2pbefWUWMotI8kiNiMVKGcFmG00gLHQGHyDFh3A/s400/Mom%2527s+birthday+family.jpg" /></a><em> {Mom with our eldest son and his beautiful family. . .}</em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7eQL3jjRPaAWULOfBdUOmtXQwltGcvpreL8g-p_q6vfU8XdVKs2UEnlNLdDqKepJ2-YfT7_RmVvaMfp3ztl_VZsdGia1C31AC5q2fXj2pToo-bBpYvX3iML8lPhJgsNAPHQ56q6uVcg/s1600/Mom%2527s+Birthday+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602553523495689746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7eQL3jjRPaAWULOfBdUOmtXQwltGcvpreL8g-p_q6vfU8XdVKs2UEnlNLdDqKepJ2-YfT7_RmVvaMfp3ztl_VZsdGia1C31AC5q2fXj2pToo-bBpYvX3iML8lPhJgsNAPHQ56q6uVcg/s400/Mom%2527s+Birthday+1.jpg" /></a> . . . enjoyed the company of relatives who traveled rather farther than we did . . .<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXkUQtX0oFFTyPrrwwTEyHMofax5Vw_6DikN8foYa9R_GittlrfYGgsfDnvOUWTqhe2q3EKgm3fvD7YK9eShyphenhyphenGJKT0OTlDZ3wOsfvribQ5ZUARyJFc5h9eON7TNPRKqe_lP6qOhsL9BU/s1600/2011_0423River0006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602551425927387922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXkUQtX0oFFTyPrrwwTEyHMofax5Vw_6DikN8foYa9R_GittlrfYGgsfDnvOUWTqhe2q3EKgm3fvD7YK9eShyphenhyphenGJKT0OTlDZ3wOsfvribQ5ZUARyJFc5h9eON7TNPRKqe_lP6qOhsL9BU/s400/2011_0423River0006.JPG" /></a> . . . and taken every opportunity to find my peace . . .<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCpu6xbIc_fs0UbsGGcZ9_HZwKv5UniyJ-Yf3k0ouTdjWWdOrkGfHva98SZnR4v4oSMvF7KAjdqrF44JIATwWe-eZtCgniAHODtk2Wx6gerYHzam-a-nf3_T9wrWE6sEd_cpJ3mnKzuc/s1600/2011_0423River0011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602551146659627618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCpu6xbIc_fs0UbsGGcZ9_HZwKv5UniyJ-Yf3k0ouTdjWWdOrkGfHva98SZnR4v4oSMvF7KAjdqrF44JIATwWe-eZtCgniAHODtk2Wx6gerYHzam-a-nf3_T9wrWE6sEd_cpJ3mnKzuc/s400/2011_0423River0011.JPG" /></a><em> . . . here . . . </em><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6RrYwSt1at-C6IcQqhve8m5YWGIVR_Hmz82oKRDhNOKw7EttI1X0s_M8Qk5JBJSSPu2L7XTrhMbD0DnKMV9thblw3psPCZnktoZnzWfzh2JQ-w63kcwApuooy8sDZRHBQXCO7YhUTho/s1600/2011_0423River0031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602550858788637682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6RrYwSt1at-C6IcQqhve8m5YWGIVR_Hmz82oKRDhNOKw7EttI1X0s_M8Qk5JBJSSPu2L7XTrhMbD0DnKMV9thblw3psPCZnktoZnzWfzh2JQ-w63kcwApuooy8sDZRHBQXCO7YhUTho/s400/2011_0423River0031.JPG" /></a><br />. . . in this beautiful place . . . <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>{big ol' sigh}</em></span> . . . how about yourself?<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969986867805608791.post-82571112137478505952011-03-31T08:59:00.000-07:002011-03-31T09:13:23.145-07:00Soldered Charms Workshop/Class<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZzNtzfvP1e7B1-j81zPB7KRaH03RakwajzaJyzlLjUPO-4d4b0JQ4Dr2eFoQFb0sZQxpR3IXVO8gZV8mxEEvZjh-4EyecX_j8tmQDQnjUyUPmeEId4aflv7YAqMBsbNJwplVYd50kqg/s1600/Soldered+Charm+Class+Sign1A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590274513433594210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZzNtzfvP1e7B1-j81zPB7KRaH03RakwajzaJyzlLjUPO-4d4b0JQ4Dr2eFoQFb0sZQxpR3IXVO8gZV8mxEEvZjh-4EyecX_j8tmQDQnjUyUPmeEId4aflv7YAqMBsbNJwplVYd50kqg/s400/Soldered+Charm+Class+Sign1A.jpg" /></a>This Saturday, I'm teaching another Workshop/Class at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Empty-Nest/98177161385">The Empty Nest</a>! Let me give you the particulars! April 2, 2011 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. You will make five different types of charms! You will learn; the copper foil method, how to cut and grind glass, and how to solder! <em><span style="font-size:78%;">{At least!}</span></em> The Workshop fee {$100.00} includes the class <em><span style="font-size:78%;">{naturally},</span></em> all of your materials, and a delightfully delicious catered lunch! Tools are available for use in class! It is a good idea to bring your own soldering iron, however! There are two students who can't make it at the last minute, so there are open seats . . . just in case you need one of them. ;) <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Empty-Nest/98177161385">The Empty Nest</a> (209) 847-9300</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">For a recent post about the last class, <a href="http://thewickerpatio.blogspot.com/2011/03/soldered-charms-class.html"><em>Click Here</em></a></div></div>Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.com3