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• Gift Enclosure Cards and Fiber

  

  Everyone has favorite images saved on their computer, just because. So take a few of your favorite pictures, sandwich them between plastic laminates or clear... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• 30th Anniversary: Phoenix Scrabble

  

  Barbara Van Alen started a local Scrabble Club in Phoenix, AZ, then progressed to become a director and then went on on to host her first tournament for Scrabbl... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Sheep Drinking Coffee

  

  To add to my painted sheep on the wall in the craft room ouevre, hot off the acrylics is this "Sheep on the Wall Drinking Coffee," added to the "Sheep on the... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Photos Scanned, Clean Up Happened

  

  Although I have not been blogging, I have been reading each of your posts, my friends. First, let me say that I have tried to comment on most of your blogs,... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Dyeing Tencel Fabric

  

  Apparently acid fabric dyes are not the best to use as a dye for synthetic fabrics like Tencel, according to several searches. Acid dyes are taken up best by... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• You Don't Know What You Don't Know

  

  Daughter Julie who has had a shunt (since birth) for taking fluid build up/pressure off her brain is again having headaches. Always worrisome since... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cornbread, Cardigans and Canines

  

  A few days ago, I shared some cornbread with a friend. The recipe had absolutely no flour in its list of ingredients, so I figured it would be good for her "no... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Painting Birds on Silk

  

  This just finished, framed and placed in a dining area window today, suspended between two panels of glass in a record frame. Joining in Paint Party Friday 14" ... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Honey of a Cowl

  

  This fiber I'm working with now is ornery as a toddler overdue for a nap. It is colorful, a pretty variegation of mixed colors, but stiff as a board. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Mouse, Mice, Meece

  

  How can you not think mice are cute? Not the destructive type of mouse, that varmint type, that eat grain, sneak into your pantry and eat a hole in your Cheerio... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Good Bye to 2013

  

  And good bye to, among others, all soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives for our freedomGood bye to various actors, authors, poets,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Post Christmas Post

  

  Time to bring down the ornaments after the Christmas holiday. And don't you know Amazon and FedEx employees are about fed up with their jobs by today?A little... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Pausing in Advent for Madonna and Child

  

  Never having been much of a collector over the years, and with that being said, I do admit to having a few Christmas collections; most years I search out at... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Sequins and Seed Beads and Styrofoam Ornaments

  

  Ten years ago, I came across a magazine article that gave a tutorial on making ornamental holiday balls to use either as gifts, tree ornaments, or to group... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Christmas Exchange

  

  Betty (the Woodfairy) suggested a fairy or angel - fairy ornament exchange this season. I was all over that one, boring this blog to the outer reaches of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Patience in Advent

  

  Today is third Sunday in Advent. I am inpatient in wanting to write of something else, something other than "patience". The liturgical reading today, however, i... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Week in Review

  

  December 7-14, 2013WeatherRecord low temperatures this week here on the western slope of Colorado with -15 degrees! Also we had 8 + inches of snow here.Somethin... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Pause in Advent

  

  Recently I came across a campaign to help build a second home for unwed mothers in Kenya, Africa. The building is called Mercy House Kenya. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Deep Freeze

  

  It is beginning to look a little like Christmas around here. I'll have some pictures to show you on Sunday, along with a post about Advent. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Wovember Wool Fair Isle Hat Entry

  

  Ending November 30, all contest entries must be sent in to Wovember. Details are here. I just made the contest deadline in time! Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS