tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85901207768999858342024-02-18T17:42:58.763-08:00My Muse, AquariartThe Art of Life and the Life of ArtAquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-27899475558041061402013-11-24T11:54:00.005-08:002013-11-24T11:54:52.935-08:00More Silky Satisfaction<div style="text-align: center;">
It has been nice to be home and have time to work on some art. </div>
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I have been on a silk painting kick so here are the results of this weeks efforts. </div>
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After letting the gutta dry I painted the first 3 10 inch circles from last post with silk dyes. </div>
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I love the vibrant colors.</div>
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Inspired by a tree we started at work for the staff to have a chance to try their hands at silk painting I created a much smaller version of a knarly old tree in the desert sunrise, leaves spewn to the ground just beyond the stream. </div>
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One of my funky retro flowers inspired by the love of lady slippers I haven't seen since my childhood on the east coast. </div>
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Here I am trying my hand at water and sunsets with retro style water plants. </div>
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Yesterday I created 3 more silk 10 inch circles with ladies and flowers as the theme.</div>
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First a little girl surrounded by Flora of all kinds. </div>
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Next a Fairy with the Pride of a Peacock. (the feather in her hair)</div>
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Last and my favorite a pensive young woman standing beneath a drizzle of wisteria. </div>
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I wonder what or who she is thinking about?</div>
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These need to dry and then more fun with the silk dyes begins. </div>
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Go Patriots tonite!! </div>
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Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-8829955262589904022013-11-19T11:58:00.004-08:002013-11-19T11:58:52.103-08:00Life Happens while we make other plans.....Major changes are coming about in my life as I know it and I am not sure what they will be so I keep on keeping on with what I know how to do and take life one day sometimes one hour at a time.<br />
I did complete my Ladies of the Woods scarf. Although the color faded a bit I am pretty happy with it. The exception the ash green blonde hair on the one gal. LOL!! I guess if she is a Nymph she can have greenish hair right?<br />
Here are some pictures<br />
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I spent a lot of time blending colors to try to get some depth to the flowers which look quite flat when outlined in gutta.</div>
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The salt technique really helped to add texture to the background with the blues and purples creating either a night sky look with tiny stars or water whichever you prefer to think.</div>
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I am now working on silk circles with the gutta, they have dried so I will be painting today and tomorrow after we go see the new "THOR" movie. <br />
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It is important to excape when life gets overwhelming. I am really good at that. Creating Art keeps me in the moment. </div>
<br />Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-40205698062588712352013-10-20T11:40:00.000-07:002013-10-20T11:40:35.705-07:00Catching Up With Time<div style="text-align: center;">
Here I am finally making time- eeking it out of my weekends and evenings so that I can be prepared for the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Annual Artist's Sale</span> I peddle my wares at in November.</div>
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First I had to come up with some new items to add to my inventory and created this felted necklace to indicate my Fiber Art in the Brochure. </div>
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Yes it is a bit fuzzy and dark but that is what I think of when winter approaches due to the fact that I grew up on the East Coast. </div>
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I have also been crocheting the always popular fingerless gloves, hats and sorting through polymer clay items. </div>
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Autumn Hue Twisted Cowl and Polymer Hair or Shawl Pin</div>
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Then because the use of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.dharmatrading.com/resists/jacquard-metallics-and-black-water-based-resist.html">"Gutta Resists" </a></span>has become the new rage at work- Thanks to "MOI"!!</div>
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I had to get mine out and get ready to paint some amazing silk scarves. </div>
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Here is the beginning of "Ladies of the Wild". </div>
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I have a few smudges where the plastic over my designs and under the silk stuck to the scarf and then smeared when I removed it. I always tell my students that an artist makes lemonade from lemons so I may add a few more ghost images like I created here. </div>
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In this section the white gutta is not dry yet and looks like yellow gel. The stamen from the large flower at the bottom center dragged and printed on the back of the silk just above it to the left. Actually I think this could be a happy mistake once the color is applied. </div>
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I combined copper, black and antique gold gutta with the clear so that my flowers and greenery will hopefully have some depth. I can't wait to finish the designs and start painting. The main reason I took time to write this post- I am trying very hard to be patient and let it dry. </div>
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<br />Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-68374257994998645552013-04-06T15:49:00.003-07:002013-04-06T15:49:42.567-07:00Heaven on Earth Is Loving Your Job<div style="text-align: center;">
Here I am thinking: </div>
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"Maybe I can manage to post once a month." </div>
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I am going to try. </div>
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I had a day off a couple weeks ago and needed to create some samples </div>
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for my Polymer Clay Proposal at work. </div>
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The Proposal is a plan and supply list for Polymer Clay Classes </div>
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I will teach for some of our adult clients at Opportunity Village. </div>
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I am very excited as are my bosses and the clients. </div>
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Hopefully we will get all the supplies in time to start in May. </div>
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They will be making items to sell in our new "Boutique" </div>
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that I set up during the Spring Break week </div>
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along with their art, gorgeous silk scarves </div>
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and the kitchen's famous cookies and chocolate popcorn. </div>
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This is a new and exciting way for our Artists </div>
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to make money while they have fun learning new techniques. </div>
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Some of the types of items that were requested to be made are:</div>
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This one is new. </div>
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I was shooting for a fauz copper patina look using antique copper mica powder, </div>
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paint and turquoise embossing powder over a red brown blend of clay.</div>
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I was inspired by<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://markdoolittlestudio.com/"> Mark Doolittle's Gourds </a></span>featured in the Polymer Arts Blog. </div>
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The pin was inspired by Fiddleheads. </div>
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I remember finding these in the woods when I was young living on the East Coast.</div>
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I made these quite awhile ago but still love them. </div>
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The deep texture and light touch of silver grey paint makes them look hand carved. </div>
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I snuck some strips of a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07zXuLZe20">Stropple Cane</a> into the swirl on this one. </div>
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This pendant is one of those happy accidents with left over clay. </div>
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Sometimes when I run it through the pasta machine </div>
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Sorry about the glare, I took my pictures mid-morning and the sun was already too bright.</div>
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Here are more happy accidents that I am thinking about polishing. </div>
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Covering a thrift store pair of high heel shoes in Polymer Clay. </div>
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I am not sure if they will be meant to wear or use as a small flower pot?*!</div>
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It is a beautiful spring day here in Las Vegas. </div>
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About 84 degrees and sunny as usual. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh soooo long since I have been here. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I had great intentions of keeping this blog going but my new job even though it is part time has consumed me or should I say I am obsessed. I love my job, I know I am making a difference in lives riddled with challenges and it feels so good. I provide music classes for special needs classes in the local school district and private schools where music has been cut. It is very challenging as the disabilities vary and the abilities of the students put together in these classes are extremely diverse. It is such a joy to see them smile and move to music and play instruments with me. My favorite activity the last two months has been performing the Sesame Street favorite: "Manah Manam: with Kazoo and Boowhadkers. If you don't know what Boomwhackers are you have been deprived of great musical fun- google them. I want to do my best so my focus has been there since last April. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, it is coming up on a year there so I need to rebalance my life and find time for me too. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with the help of a couple new friends who enjoy doing polymer clay with me. </span></div>
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Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-65070460664744862632012-08-04T10:59:00.004-07:002012-08-04T10:59:52.952-07:00Custom Order Completed<div style="text-align: center;">
Here is my most recent creation, a custom cuff for a male co-worker.</div>
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This layered fabric cuff includes a red and black print cotton fabric, </div>
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cotton batting (doubled) and a layer of recycled jean fabric as the lining. </div>
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I sketched the Tribal style design and then free motion stitched it with heavy cotton thread. </div>
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make it puff out like trapunto. </div>
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I then painted the raised areas with black lumiere fabric paints, </div>
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heat set with an iron and it was ready to create the clasp. </div>
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I was so fortunate to find this really unique metal piece </div>
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on a pair jeans I purchased a long time ago. </div>
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It helped to complete the tribal look and gives the cuff a fabulous focal point. </div>
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I really enjoy the challenge of creating custom orders. </div>
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All for now, Happy Weekend Creating!! </div>
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Hey all, I am finally getting used to working and trying better organize my time off. </div>
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Yesterday I added 2 items to each of my formerly empty Etsy Stores. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">heatherp22</span>- my unique handmade jewelry shop</div>
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I chose two pieces from the<a href="http://humblebeads.com/"> Heather Power's "Inspired by Nature Challenges"</a></div>
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My "Tree Necklace Set" </div>
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my "Feather (peacock) Necklace Set"</div>
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I added the greener hand-painted silk chiffon scarf from last week's post</div>
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and my "Coral Rose Wet Felted Wool Purse".</div>
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I hope to be adding more items over the next few weeks everyday. </div>
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Today I am working on a fabric lined, crochet granny square purse </div>
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that includes crocheted flowers.</div>
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I used Classic Elite Provence, a mercerized 100% Egyptian cotton yarn </div>
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that drapes beautifully and is very soft..</div>
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This was my design for a Crochet Class I taught at <a href="http://www.gailknits.com/">Gail's Knit</a> here in town. </div>
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I have lots of items yet to be photographed </div>
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and the early morning light starts very, very early this time of year.</div>
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My plan is to bite the bullet and get out there. </div>
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I may luck out with some cloudy days this week if the weather reports are true.</div>
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It is Monsoon Season in Las Vegas!! </div>
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The thunderstorms are energizing</div>
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Have a great week.</div>
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<br /></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-58257690323627968322012-07-08T16:01:00.000-07:002012-07-08T16:01:30.973-07:00Inspired by my new job<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi, I finally found some time to update my blog. </div>
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I love my new job but it can be exhausting and I have taken a little vacation from blogging.</div>
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One of the many art projects the clients do at my new job is painting silk scarves.</div>
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I have been so inspired by their creations and color choices</div>
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that I have been just itching and twitching</div>
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to get into my silk paints at home and have some fun. </div>
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Over the last month I made four scarves </div>
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and put together a home made steamer:</div>
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Here is the Recipe:</div>
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a very large dedicated stainless steel pot,</div>
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(meaning it will never be used to cook food again)</div>
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2 old vegetable steamers upside down,</div>
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a 12" wide stove pipe from Home Depot ($6),</div>
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some old towels,</div>
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plain newsprint from Dharma,</div>
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2 wire clothes hangers cut with wire cutters</div>
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wire snips to cut top of stove pipe inserts for wire</div>
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heavy duty aluminum foil, painters tape</div>
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and a 14" square stone tile from my husband (free)</div>
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This is what it looks like:</div>
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I finally steamed my scarves a week ago, </div>
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washed and rinsed, rinsed, rinsed.... them yesterday and then ironed them.</div>
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that is a surprise birthday present for my mom.</div>
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sprinkle salt here and therelike I did on these two.</div>
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This one uses gold gutta and very intense colors. </div>
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This is a sample from a silk painting class I took last year finally steamed. </div>
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This is the surprise birthday present. </div>
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My mom loves blues and purples in somewhat pastel shades</div>
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so I drew lots of butterflies in clear gutta and filled them with color. </div>
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The background is a wash diluted with isopropel alcohol.</div>
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to give this one a really nice drape.</div>
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I have to finish a few more to make the next steaming date worthwhile.</div>
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My deadline is the end of the month </div>
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as Mom's birthday is August 6th! </div>
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Sssssshhh! Don't tell her okay?</div>
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So I will be back with more scarves then. </div>
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Happy Belated 4th of July to everyone!</div>
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Heather</div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-11480687880169930252012-04-28T11:13:00.000-07:002012-04-28T11:13:01.807-07:00In Memory of Robert H Brunton, III(le toisieme)<div style="text-align: center;">
I think part of the healing process for me </div>
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is to look back at old pictures and remember the family stories. </div>
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This picture is from 1955, we lived in Framingham Massachusettes then. </div>
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I am sure here you can see the resemblance I have to both my mother and father.</div>
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My dad had blue eyes, my mom hazel. </div>
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My eyes are a greenish brown </div>
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but the rest of the facilal features and hair coloring is a wonderful mix from the two of them </div>
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just as are my children are a wonderful mix of my husband and I. </div>
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In this picture my Dad as a baby taken in 1930 on the right and me on the left taken in 1956.</div>
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Heres one more with my Dad on the right taken in 1937 and </div>
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me in my Easter outfit taken around 1959. </div>
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My sister Bonnie is 3 years younger than me, here we are both in our Easter bonnets.</div>
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A year later my third sister Laurie was born, we are 10 years apart. </div>
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They talked me into trying out for the mute clown in the play- "The Red Shoes".</div>
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Here is a picture of my Dad in his high school years and me as the clown in 1969.</div>
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During this time I remember developing black and white photographs together in the basement, learning to repair lamps and the wearing of tin foil pyramids as a humorous anecdote. </div>
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I am pretty sure he read too many Kurt Vonnegut books. </div>
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Here we are in the very early 70"s, my Dad's 3 girls.</div>
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Left to right: Bonnie, Laurie, Heather</div>
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This was the year I was away at college and came home for Christmas Break broke. </div>
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My Dad's favorite music was "The William Tell Overture", </div>
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the theme from the Lone Ranger.</div>
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He used to play it on Saturday mornings while we all gathered the rubbish </div>
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and packed it in the old station wagon to drive it to the dump. </div>
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So, I wrote to the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump, </div>
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(the rhythm of the opening theme) </div>
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around toilet paper rolls </div>
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I remember him laughing so hard he cried. </div>
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In 1975 I married my husband of 36 years, John. </div>
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Here is one of many really bad candid wedding shots.</div>
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From left to right: My mother-in-law Fran, My husband John, Me, My Mom Alice, my little sister Laurie (only 10 years old), my Dad, my sister Bonnie and my Best Friend Gina. </div>
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Dig the psychodelic bridesmaid dresses, the floppy hats </div>
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Here are my sisters and I at an Easter gathering a few years later. </div>
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We all have some of my Dad's looks and humor.</div>
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Here is a glam shot where we have our "Easter Candy lip stick" on. </div>
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From 1979 to 1982 I made my Dad a grandfather twice. </div>
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Left to Right: front; </div>
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my grandfather (Robert H Brunton Sr) and grandmother (Dorothea Harding Brunton, </div>
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my husband John , me holding Jessie my 2nd born. </div>
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And in the back; my sister Bonnie holding Corrie my first born, my Dad and my sister Laurie. </div>
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At this time my mom and dad had divorced and I didn't see my Dad very often. </div>
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We made the most of the times we did see each other. </div>
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Here we are at my sister Bonnie's wedding dancing. </div>
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My Dad moved to Washington State and shortly after that </div>
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so did my sister Laurie to go to college. </div>
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He loved hiking and camping in the mountains. </div>
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I spent a few weeks almost every summer visiting with my girls and he got to be "Grampy". </div>
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My girls remember overhearing his horror stories though the open window </div>
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while Dad and I slipped into his hot tub after a long day of hiking or sight seeing. </div>
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One summer he told about all the cyotes and mountain lions </div>
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that were in the woods where we were camping out by Lake Roosevelt on the Columbia River. </div>
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My sister Bonnie was there visiting too. </div>
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When we went to bed in the pop up trailer that night my sister and I were whispering and </div>
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having trouble falling asleep because my Dad and Jessie were having a snoring duet. </div>
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My Dad had the low notes and Jessie the high. </div>
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One of us said, "Some cyotes huh?" </div>
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and we giggled so hard the entire camper felt like it was going to start moving down the hill. </div>
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Here he is trying to steal Jessie's bag of popcorn. </div>
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And here is my dad, Laurie, Jessie (hidden in back) and Corrie, </div>
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all sucking their thumbs with Jessie and her "blankie".</div>
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Looks like we are at the airport waiting to go home. </div>
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In 1988 my husband and I and our girls moved to Washington </div>
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and spent more time with my Dad than we had in years. </div>
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I am grateful for that time </div>
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even though that is when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease </div>
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and his life slowly became more and more limited. </div>
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We moved to Las Vegas in 2003 and again I did not see my Dad as much. </div>
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My last visit was in 2010. </div>
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Here we are both a wreck. </div>
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I had to interrupt my trip to go rescue my daughter in Iowa from her broken marriage. </div>
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This is a terrible picture but you can tell that Parkinson's took a lot out of him. </div>
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He couldn't even smile anymore. </div>
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I believe he is free of the suffering and happy where he is now. </div>
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I hold all the good times dear in my heart and hope to see him again.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I want to apologize to those people who entered my contest this month. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">My Dad had a stroke the day after Easter and passed away April 16th., 84 years old. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I just started my new job and have been working everyday for 2 weeks and a day now. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I just did not have time or the right moment to sit down and take care of blog business </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">until today. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">So, the winner of my 6 little polymer clay flower beads is......... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">drum roll and cymbal crash! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><i>BETH OF EBBeadsAndMetalworks!!!</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"> </i>I have your shipping info Beth so I will send them along this week. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">My Dad </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Robert Henry Brunton the III, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">was a brilliant man who put himself through college at night </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">while working to support his new little family when I was a baby and young child. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">He was a microwave engineer who had two patents,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">one of which was a device that helped the first rocket launch into space in the 1960's. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I remember watching that launch knowing that he was there in Florida at Cape Canaveral,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">invited because his device was part of the rocket. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I have good memories of boating out in Welfleet Harbor in Cape Cod, Mass.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We used to drive the boat out to an island that was underwater at high tide</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">but the best place to dig clams at low tide. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I remember digging for clams and watching the boat as the tide was going out,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">warning my Dad that he better go move the boat</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">because we had to keep moving it so it wouldn't be beached at low tide.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">This time we missed it and had to sit in our boat, stuck in the sand,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> until midnite or so when the tide came back in. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We had 2 buckets of raw clams, a few potato chips </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">and 1/2 of a tuna fish sandwich to share between the four of us. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">It was my mother's birthday and we were supposed to go to the drive-in theater</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">to see </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dr. Strangelove and Erma LaDeuce (spelling?) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">two new hit movies that had just come out. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We could see the screen in the distance </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">as we tried to navigate with a compass in the dark back to the marina. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">That was a little scary. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">When I was in college my parents divorced. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">My Dad left for Canada and then the Washington State for a new life with his present wife. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">A lot of life lessons were learned many the hard way. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Now that I am older I am grateful for all those lessons however painful they may have been.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">About 20+ years ago he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">13 of those years we lived not too far away in Washington State </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">and I and my family were able to spend time with him. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">His quality of life slowly and painfully diminished </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">and his frustration was palpable even on the phone. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">His tremors and medications made it more and more difficult </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">for him </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">to walk and talk. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I know that he is no longer suffering and that is a blessing. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The rest I have to deal with a little at a time and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I am very grateful for my job. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The problems that my clients deal with everyday</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">help me to be filled with gratitude </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">for all the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">things that are good in my life. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I will miss him and remember him with love. </span></div>
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Inspired by a crochet newsletter I made these little </div>
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Well you would be too if you had to carry around an Easter Egg as Big as You! </div>
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I crocheted the baskets with 100% cotton yarn and a size g hook </div>
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so they would be a little stiff and stand up.</div>
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The little mad eyes, nose, whiskers and mouth are embroidered on. </div>
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The eggs are crocheted in the round over plastic hollow eggs </div>
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(only 50 cents a bag at Walmart) </div>
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using variegated pink and green sock yarns </div>
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and lots of fun little bobbles and flower shapes to make them perfect for Spring! </div>
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They have little hangers so that they can be displayed on those ever popular Easter trees </div>
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or any other place you would like to display them. </div>
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These were gifts for some of my lady friends,</div>
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with a few chocolate kisses tucked in the baskets of course. </div>
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If I get my act together maybe I will make some more </div>
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to sell in my Etsy shop next year. </div>
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It's a little too late now. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b>Happy Easter and Spring to you all!! </b></span> </div>
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Leave a comment and I will enter you into </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b>A GIVEAWAY</b></span></div>
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You could win </div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">these little spring flower beads!</span></b></div>
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There are 6 of them left.</div>
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I will randomly choose a winner </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>next</b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>Saturday, April 14th.</b></span> </div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-3688439047715042742012-04-03T17:28:00.000-07:002012-04-03T17:28:33.864-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I apologize for my rather long absence from the Blogosphere. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> I have been busy preparing and training for my new job. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Yes, after two years I have finally landed a job! </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Woooo Hoooo!! </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I will be working at Opportunity Village, </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>an organization that provides jobs and services </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>for adults with disabilities. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I will start as a Direct Care On Call staff person </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and hopefully end up working </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>in their wonderful Arts and Enrichment Program. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> I am both ecstatic and a little overwhelmed with new information. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>We have had two full days of orientation and training so far </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and one more tomorrow. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I am so grateful for this opportunity which brings me back </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>almost full circle to my original dream </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>of having a career in Music Therapy. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I drifted from this original plan </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>due to factors in and out of my control </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>but I feel so much better prepared at this point in my life </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>because of all my diverse experiences; </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>music, arts and crafts, theater,dance... </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I will try to keep blogging but honestly </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I may not have the time to post weekly </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">thank you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"> to all my faithful followers. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">I will never give up my passions for all the arts </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">I have been dabbling in the last 8 years </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">but I may not be quite as productive. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Hopefully you will still stop by and say hi, </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">I have so enjoyed all the friendships I have made online. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Love to you all! Heather</span></span></div>
<br />Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-9089001654912944202012-03-12T00:10:00.001-07:002012-03-12T00:23:24.561-07:00Celebrating I met all my goals on time this month!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0W4FF1yhT4skZ9FDjNCiQlpnyhTTcLbOOL8jU7FqYdbN5Pw3YKkCLOYwZYPtg_NCzLyQq4FPmttgX1swKiiQqAIdm4N8tgymAN4tIQU2L_fcXpMbjYdNjnuz0SmOvctv0pFwP42VN2w/s1600/TulipPurse4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0W4FF1yhT4skZ9FDjNCiQlpnyhTTcLbOOL8jU7FqYdbN5Pw3YKkCLOYwZYPtg_NCzLyQq4FPmttgX1swKiiQqAIdm4N8tgymAN4tIQU2L_fcXpMbjYdNjnuz0SmOvctv0pFwP42VN2w/s320/TulipPurse4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This has been a very busy few weeks, I didn't have time to post </div><div style="text-align: center;">because I had several deadlines to meet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QDwmKSguZu_qqyOtruL9gNT7aKbmso_oVVmIBZMlQV5zXVhiVw3DzubEnuvaCsQmXLTZU2yZ86cCHzXRgQTXxPiDD26EgyfGdMh4aooMoVCAivsv_8v5EnagUXOrwa5Gv1MxYQXITO8/s1600/ChrysanthPrse4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QDwmKSguZu_qqyOtruL9gNT7aKbmso_oVVmIBZMlQV5zXVhiVw3DzubEnuvaCsQmXLTZU2yZ86cCHzXRgQTXxPiDD26EgyfGdMh4aooMoVCAivsv_8v5EnagUXOrwa5Gv1MxYQXITO8/s320/ChrysanthPrse4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made two polymer clay heirloom bags for my friend Jen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The babies are her adorable twin boys; John and Andrew. <br />
The purses are gifts for her mother and mother-in-law this month. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I took photos for a tutorilal on my polymer clay page </div><div style="text-align: center;">that show all the steps to completion I used in making these bags. <br />
I will let you know when I get that posted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The making of the bags is quite time consuming but definitely worth the effort. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She gave me the photo which I then printed on fabric.<br />
I strip the fabric off these purses and paint glue onto the carboard base.<br />
Then I glue the picture and cover both sides with textured clay, mica powders for the sheen... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I add favorite flowers for each mother, Chrysanthemums and Tulips. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I chose red to compliment the Santa hats.<br />
The purse is assembled in stages and baked several times.<br />
I leave the back side plain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllnNHZkbEerrlSFDB064tcP-cUWvcODbOe9JSyci2STjJzAVn0acPrm3fKNllSTRAM9-Qk3tYPJHq4o9-gX91TuWqWjz2ulXNP76cYi0tMCoTysX6cVjzSBtJ5JxW6AYm3jbtGY4f_Gg/s1600/TulipPurseBkBst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllnNHZkbEerrlSFDB064tcP-cUWvcODbOe9JSyci2STjJzAVn0acPrm3fKNllSTRAM9-Qk3tYPJHq4o9-gX91TuWqWjz2ulXNP76cYi0tMCoTysX6cVjzSBtJ5JxW6AYm3jbtGY4f_Gg/s320/TulipPurseBkBst.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The other deadline was my local guild's quilt show.<br />
The <a href="http://www.dqnv.org/">Desert Quilter's of Nevada</a> have a huge quilt show every year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I turned in my quilts and garment on time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I finished a garment I began in 2007 in a class with <a href="http://www.rdkc.com/">Rachel Clark</a>;<br />
a wonderful quilt designer who makes primarily garments, gorgeous coats, vests.....<br />
do go see for yourself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZP-_20mNryT1tubKSNIct3xrhHDljPLpd7w2apZy4eNgZwBYkLgequ7VqgfN33uW64d7it1nlTbn47TuM1YE3mDM-Bmz7qnb-wJtGoB79CkhHrxfEOOMUoBJJ3VkIus33EiEqx9k4ZM/s1600/P1080502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZP-_20mNryT1tubKSNIct3xrhHDljPLpd7w2apZy4eNgZwBYkLgequ7VqgfN33uW64d7it1nlTbn47TuM1YE3mDM-Bmz7qnb-wJtGoB79CkhHrxfEOOMUoBJJ3VkIus33EiEqx9k4ZM/s320/P1080502.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so thrilled to have finally finished it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitb2kU7m-KODYXDfMiFSWjGYfcV7IyHydtTmsY_5WquItfUamhvDZY-K2AAOB_p3lZKVZgJz9tVDQhaOZ1M7Bu6kPAdK5RTRnc9gGLYgxdJOYXSnopkqKIIjYWZjN0k84s0Nb10scf3jY/s1600/P1080503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitb2kU7m-KODYXDfMiFSWjGYfcV7IyHydtTmsY_5WquItfUamhvDZY-K2AAOB_p3lZKVZgJz9tVDQhaOZ1M7Bu6kPAdK5RTRnc9gGLYgxdJOYXSnopkqKIIjYWZjN0k84s0Nb10scf3jY/s320/P1080503.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We learned how to fit our pattern to ourselves,<br />
an extremely valuable skill<br />
and how to alter patterns: one example- add a flare. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She also shared lots of tips and tricks for different piecing techniques<br />
like these curved flying geese. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPD9vzsU8kiDfMttjbcgNN4It1k_sJXN_xKcb1AVHUrBoOfVapgznfz5gXNL2Fpm6_FJyPPo1eiayuojijKiFpyri7pgg_mumqCbwKQLMqeZgpOKwDlFHCd5LS8dqI30SdwLUOEiQPFk/s1600/RachelClarkeVestclup3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPD9vzsU8kiDfMttjbcgNN4It1k_sJXN_xKcb1AVHUrBoOfVapgznfz5gXNL2Fpm6_FJyPPo1eiayuojijKiFpyri7pgg_mumqCbwKQLMqeZgpOKwDlFHCd5LS8dqI30SdwLUOEiQPFk/s320/RachelClarkeVestclup3.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We learned how to draft them and then paper piece them. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved that technique so I used it to flatter my figure with the curves on the sides of the vest. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVagI4CMr4g97_OU3K4udj-790d2RAQiw-wtv9Ie4g_TxeCNVfmZgek9lxzM_kvTGA3lUSj6bZ5fSH8Ed4HSafVA04PFObEHjAAAHUplREzdZSBQ1yTQ0rhQSUQhXi0M_UfIirjolPks/s1600/P1080504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVagI4CMr4g97_OU3K4udj-790d2RAQiw-wtv9Ie4g_TxeCNVfmZgek9lxzM_kvTGA3lUSj6bZ5fSH8Ed4HSafVA04PFObEHjAAAHUplREzdZSBQ1yTQ0rhQSUQhXi0M_UfIirjolPks/s320/P1080504.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love batiks so I used batik fabric as a foundation and applied all my piecework to that-<br />
an excellent choice since this has been handled and stored for 5 years.<br />
Batik does not fray and holds it's shape better than other cotton fabrics.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The piecing was assembled and then free motion stitched to the Batik base. </div><div style="text-align: center;">There is no batting involved so that I can wear it more often.<br />
(remember I live in the Desert) </div><div style="text-align: center;">I took Rachel's advice as she helped me to choose my colors </div><div style="text-align: center;">and she was so right about limiting my favorite color, which is the turquoise blues. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They really pop against all those warm honey, brown and red tones. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ1S2gLOcaFl9b-QNcXwSS2CHyUIWV_6gwYJXbAWE8qv9OzpYXia7coEHIZo5IhXyfnnRDzl8ovQIhEbj8EH8RGBQgIYUeGc7s_JdOMg_ryME8_TOZIy8eSCzdSxdZrp0QvxedwlMwcc/s1600/RachelClarkeVestClup4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ1S2gLOcaFl9b-QNcXwSS2CHyUIWV_6gwYJXbAWE8qv9OzpYXia7coEHIZo5IhXyfnnRDzl8ovQIhEbj8EH8RGBQgIYUeGc7s_JdOMg_ryME8_TOZIy8eSCzdSxdZrp0QvxedwlMwcc/s320/RachelClarkeVestClup4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That advice also helped me to not go overboard with the beaded embellishments as well.<br />
I was thrilled to find out this weekend at the Show<br />
that I took <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">First Place</span> in the garment category!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have two quilts that were entered into two different art quilt categories. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> "The Angel Gabriel at the Lake of Compassion"<br />
This one has a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #3d85c6;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Third Place</span> </span>Ribbon in the Art Quilt- Original Design Category!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnelH3u1ixN1JrL_I5LXl_SKPM4Ggvk6meL7gJzNMY9EcJUtY_REwt_ekpqbfbXoJornUCj7ouDA4Nc8kicPiJZekn49AlCQI0iPZ2PnoJ3Y8-aoS_CcI0FL7BzVSHDQRherRKeHMYzLE/s1600/GabrielAngel1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnelH3u1ixN1JrL_I5LXl_SKPM4Ggvk6meL7gJzNMY9EcJUtY_REwt_ekpqbfbXoJornUCj7ouDA4Nc8kicPiJZekn49AlCQI0iPZ2PnoJ3Y8-aoS_CcI0FL7BzVSHDQRherRKeHMYzLE/s320/GabrielAngel1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and </div><div style="text-align: center;">"The Door to My Imagination".<br />
has <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">First Place</span> in the Art Quilts- Framed Category. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Fmv5NwkJOC3GAR_GUQenFPxJACNC-h_6RP8gG1UJDGGkWdfYywzVl_SpNAGcfJQsMvywDm4tPy8sGxgMFJlBME-sqV1mo5bQBJySuw4n_ycMP4Vm2pwHdVzQIjawqYslZumphLhElsk/s1600/Door2Imagination2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Fmv5NwkJOC3GAR_GUQenFPxJACNC-h_6RP8gG1UJDGGkWdfYywzVl_SpNAGcfJQsMvywDm4tPy8sGxgMFJlBME-sqV1mo5bQBJySuw4n_ycMP4Vm2pwHdVzQIjawqYslZumphLhElsk/s320/Door2Imagination2.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Both of these quilts were quilted and then enhanced with paints and permanent markers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmG1W4BUjiKAnxMSLFuDI0NnF1UusMywTmEglIpEK6f19Y4NlSNaIsgN61oSndDx4h-iAB0q-6-0vPH99OBI6yJWQXDAZ3u7Dqb0gK4vAe1l1ISurlC8KfeUC1u853YJwZPdoJsuOc_U/s1600/Door2ImaginationClup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmG1W4BUjiKAnxMSLFuDI0NnF1UusMywTmEglIpEK6f19Y4NlSNaIsgN61oSndDx4h-iAB0q-6-0vPH99OBI6yJWQXDAZ3u7Dqb0gK4vAe1l1ISurlC8KfeUC1u853YJwZPdoJsuOc_U/s320/Door2ImaginationClup.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used Shiva Oil Paint Sticks to paint after I free motion stitched my designs on muslin. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this technique, just need to have good weather in order to avoid breathing the fumes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I sketched the doors on parchment paper, pinned it to a muslin quilt sandwich (mmm) LOL</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and outlined the important details.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then I spent a <u>very, very, very ( did I say Very?</u>)<br />
long time filling in all the sections with <u>very</u> small quilting patterns.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The wood on the doors is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">tiniest</span> free motion stitching I have ever done. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I overdid it on purpose so that the doors would be stiff and stand up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTjr_kLbNNDQ70n2b0nISY1Urtj9o7LqNBKEJJC-31IkFVo347o9J7DSOLvNESb7X5k0SIhVRtMxE31Xq4Hk0A53y1jtHQL6OXR-toshQfg779R7ZeCvAS9fiDw5AfBVThRMDlNdBmzk/s1600/Door2ImaginationDrClup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTjr_kLbNNDQ70n2b0nISY1Urtj9o7LqNBKEJJC-31IkFVo347o9J7DSOLvNESb7X5k0SIhVRtMxE31Xq4Hk0A53y1jtHQL6OXR-toshQfg779R7ZeCvAS9fiDw5AfBVThRMDlNdBmzk/s320/Door2ImaginationDrClup.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I also participated in my favorite part of the Quilt Show- The Fashion Show this year.<br />
I will share more about that next week. I need to take pictures of the items I wore.<br />
It was great fun and I hope to do it again.<br />
I was so proud of my fellow art quilters who also got ribbons in the show.<br />
Our fearless Circle leader Deb had a first place in the photo transfer category,<br />
we talked another member of our group, Jean, into entering<br />
the wonderful musical wedding quilt she made for her son (a musician) and his wife<br />
into the show and she got a First Place Ribbon too!!<br />
My good friend Ricky got a Second Place Ribbon for her fabulous thread painted Raven.<br />
Sandy and Mary, my fabulous doll making pals took several ribbons in the doll categories.<br />
So many talented and fun friends- I am truly grateful to have them in my life.<br />
I am going to see if I can get their permission so you can see their work too.<br />
If you don't have creative friends like this check your local library for groups in your area.<br />
When I moved to Las Vegas, someplace I never ever dreamed I would live,<br />
I knew no one. I found a pamphlet at the local library for this quilt guild and<br />
noticed there was an Art Qult Circle. <br />
From the very first meeting I attended I felt like I had finally found people like me.<br />
People who had an insatiable craving to create beauty. <br />
The unique thing about our circle is that we not only have quilters,<br />
but many other types of artists,<br />
polymer clay, fine silver jewelers,<br />
painters, people who knit and crochet, doll artists....<br />
we welcome them all as it is so inspiring to see each other's work.<br />
I hope you have or will find a home such as this too! <br />
Have a wonderful week.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heather</span></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-14960632152317848032012-02-04T09:29:00.000-08:002012-02-04T09:32:10.248-08:00Its TAX TIME!! Need I say more...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #351c75;">How come </i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">TAX</span></b><i style="color: #351c75;"> is not a 4 letter word! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Can't tell you how many hours I have put in on that job. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I didn't want to keep track - just GET-R-DONE.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> I am almost there, appointment monday morning to make sure I do GET_R DONE. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yesterday my sweet lady friends took me to lunch </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>at the Oyster Bar in the Orleans </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">and then we went to see</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> Joyful Noise</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">. Great movie!! </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yes, it is a feel good chick flick. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">We all broke out the tissues several times and again at the end. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I am so fortunate to have friends like this, </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I am counting my blessings this morning. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">A little humorous aside: </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Because we all had ice tea or water with our meal</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">a trip to the restroom was in order before the movie started. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Teresa and I entered the nearest one on the way to our movie location.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">It is a little dark in the halls of the movie theater so</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>wearing my prescription sunglasses doesn't work well. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Semi blind and babbling away we went right into the stalls. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I was remarking how nice it was to go to a week day matinee </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>because I could actually get a toilet that had just been cleaned, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>the seat still up. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">When I came out of the stall, </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Teresa had that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> "shocked look"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiNnCaktJGGONs6fbaiBnyOirmGcGQeCJolvAakeIlCUU0SBJL8busU6Iloimw4Lw3BgvaBQ8QSCqgKPskgQKjDTtHB5KCrVTbCnapxJsjYMACB3W6xZIKFr9UtXapkGHyh-5rIL_HWo/s1600/imagesbaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiNnCaktJGGONs6fbaiBnyOirmGcGQeCJolvAakeIlCUU0SBJL8busU6Iloimw4Lw3BgvaBQ8QSCqgKPskgQKjDTtHB5KCrVTbCnapxJsjYMACB3W6xZIKFr9UtXapkGHyh-5rIL_HWo/s1600/imagesbaby.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">like the E trade commercials baby!.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I looked from her face to the wall with all the urinals lined up.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">and said</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">:</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAp4jXSOFhM4go5JIy9DVLbEQ_CtOX32yeuIa_xAQLA95GkmYcQAnOMfkO0rKPcRUmP-_2u_F3DPcRDBZhixgUmaNmiuin3o52JfHPgskAt7GLQmrEsplsXiegg9WavjACy5dCWaWmUA/s1600/urinals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAp4jXSOFhM4go5JIy9DVLbEQ_CtOX32yeuIa_xAQLA95GkmYcQAnOMfkO0rKPcRUmP-_2u_F3DPcRDBZhixgUmaNmiuin3o52JfHPgskAt7GLQmrEsplsXiegg9WavjACy5dCWaWmUA/s1600/urinals.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">"OMG we are in the Men's room!" </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Barbara and Gert were outside and hadn't noticed either.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">We came out laughing so hard. </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">There were two men</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">waiting out there to go in. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Thank God I talk too much. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">They must have heard me babbling and identified my gender. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">If they hadn't heard my voice they probably would have come in </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and wow- how awkward that would have been. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I had the best Giggle Fit I have had in a long, long time.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">We even had to stop walking because we were laughing so hard it hurt!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">You kind of needed to be there. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">The Birthday party -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">"awesome"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">-</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">This event </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><b>"PRICELESS"!! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Today is my birthday- # 57 so of course I am 39 again.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> My daughter is taking me out for lunch and shopping for my gift. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I actually don't know what I want right now. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>am going to walk my dog and think about it. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> Have a great week-end. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Heather</i></span></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-84641618847825049452012-01-28T20:19:00.000-08:002012-01-28T20:58:21.245-08:00Does Anyone Know where this month went?<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rbyBPTrz8s_ArX23EVNTFXqrf-4mQt86Wek_aWcDY4-Ru-7rgfdLeLSHbmwPCFxInFyFLLh_GBmo27RiPl_r6CNZzY36GirvZ3avQa20A_RqsmcOEaj_Gs96T37McBZQIaTFFTa5hkk/s1600/418884_239375559475021_192116174200960_559288_81749500_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rbyBPTrz8s_ArX23EVNTFXqrf-4mQt86Wek_aWcDY4-Ru-7rgfdLeLSHbmwPCFxInFyFLLh_GBmo27RiPl_r6CNZzY36GirvZ3avQa20A_RqsmcOEaj_Gs96T37McBZQIaTFFTa5hkk/s1600/418884_239375559475021_192116174200960_559288_81749500_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #f9cb9c;">WHAT it's Saturday?</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Oh my, January is over and I barely even knew it was here. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Whew!!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Life just moves too fast for me sometimes.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I didn't post last week, well </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>because I didn't get to take any pictures due to "crappy weather" </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I just didn't feel like posting without pictures. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Today I took a wonderful silk painting class through my quilt guild: </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.dqnv.org/">The Desert Quilters of Nevada</a> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>with a wonderful teacher-</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> <a href="https://home.comcast.net/~shortattn/landscap.htm">Linda Schmidt</a> who makes fabulous art quilts and <a href="https://home.comcast.net/~shortattn/wearable.htm">wearables</a>. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> It was fun and the colors are so vibrant!! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>But when I got home it was already dark so - - -</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>no pictures... </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I will hopefully get some taken this week. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>What I need to accomplish that - Will the whole world please </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>S - - - L - - - O - - - W D - - - O - - -W - - - N ! ! ! ? ? ?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>(Close your eyes and imagine my voice two octaves lower recorded in very slow motion)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I am working on the dreaded taxes for my Aquariart Business. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Queen of procrastination </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I have the whole entire year to catch up on- </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I bought Quickbooks in July but even with phone help for 2 months </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">it is so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">darned</span> (I will not share my potty mouth version)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> complex </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I decided not to use it for last year, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>hopefully I will learn it and use it for 2012. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I had a job interview friday and may be going back to work full time within the next 2 weeks- YIKES!!!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I don't even have good clothes to wear to work anymore. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I am both excited and scared to death!! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>More about that later.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>My oldest daughter's birthday is Monday and her gift has been back ordered- Grrrrrr!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>My birthday is Saturday and then there is the Super Bowl </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>with our fabulous Patriot's attending on Sunday!! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I haven't done a challenge for Art Beads in 3 months, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I haven't uploaded pictures to Flickr since October! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I haven't read all my favorite blogs </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and have missed two posts this month </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>BUT</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I have been completing work for our annual Quilt Show here in Vegas which happens in March. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Again, I will hopefully find time to take some pictures. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So, this is my lengthy apology for no luscious pictures you can drool over this week. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Hope you all are having a little easier time with time management and weather. </i></span></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-58888552140121596882012-01-14T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-14T15:27:51.429-08:00Fingerless Glove Winner!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Thank you</span> to all the readers who entered my </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Two Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway</b></span>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I put your names on little sticky notes- </div><div style="text-align: center;">folded them shut and put them in this container </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC2LXw9t7oLd46CuPx5zUVI0ekDHwfMPHywLBK5am95jrECrEqkLFarwk-cFa3KsJ72prawwHXFgoMJTeEnGyEqkjDL_gfvCn-MpAppQlrENOM8BBIJTHTKosmqzJnVHgy5rccVywSsQ/s1600/Shaker2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC2LXw9t7oLd46CuPx5zUVI0ekDHwfMPHywLBK5am95jrECrEqkLFarwk-cFa3KsJ72prawwHXFgoMJTeEnGyEqkjDL_gfvCn-MpAppQlrENOM8BBIJTHTKosmqzJnVHgy5rccVywSsQ/s320/Shaker2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">with the cover on, </div><div style="text-align: center;">shook them up and </div><div style="text-align: center;">had my husband do the honors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The backgrounds in these two pictures are some of the new tiles he brought home for me to photograph on. Don't you just love the river rock. I am so inspired by that I am planning a mixed media mosaic project to use them in. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">He chose a little orange sticky with Cyndi L's name on it!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV-n92O_rK2FjYPW749NPlPX7vGy_IRmT9AjkjQPed-d9kdbKRH1M36mLOTdxZJ7IeflZiBAVMR6l3QoBNTbETh2Aj7Q2tOIuVY3xkx6B6tHi6XYxV4shjK_1Zy8tCXzTpZZelBFSvn8/s1600/CyndiL1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV-n92O_rK2FjYPW749NPlPX7vGy_IRmT9AjkjQPed-d9kdbKRH1M36mLOTdxZJ7IeflZiBAVMR6l3QoBNTbETh2Aj7Q2tOIuVY3xkx6B6tHi6XYxV4shjK_1Zy8tCXzTpZZelBFSvn8/s400/CyndiL1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Congratulations Cyndi!!</b></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Cyndi L is the creator of SEVEN BLOGS, </div><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="sidebar-item" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/" rel="contributor-to nofollow" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;">Mixed Media Artist</a></span></li>
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</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>wow</b></span>,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have no idea how she can keep up with all that. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorites are </div><div style="text-align: center;">the <a href="http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/">Mixed Media Artist </a>and <a href="http://www.beading-arts.com/">Beading Arts</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure to check them out. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She has lots of interviews, technique tutotials, great inspirational material, </div><div style="text-align: center;">contests, giveaways, reviews ... in her blogs. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Cyndi will now have the warmest hands while she taps her keyboard </div><div style="text-align: center;">madly creating these wonderful sites wearing my luxurious wine red fingerless gloves. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This week I put my foot down and chose not to participate in the 5th Bead Soup Blog Hop because my local quilt guild- <a href="http://www.dqnv.org/">Desert Quilters of Nevada</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">(we have a new website!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is having their annual show in March and </div><div style="text-align: center;">the entry deadline is January 27th. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am determined to finish a UFO from 2007. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(I didn't get to photograph the pieces in time, dead battery, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">so I will put up pictures of this work in progress next week)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a pieced vest I started in a class with Rachel Clarke that year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a wonderful class where we not only learned lots of piecing techniques </div><div style="text-align: center;">like the curved flying geese </div><div style="text-align: center;">but also how to custom fit and alter our pattern. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am not sure this vest will still fit me </div><div style="text-align: center;">but my goal is to finish it and lose the extra pounds that don't fit in it by March </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I can model it in the Quilt Show Fashion Show. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have 8 weeks- Yikes!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I also need to finish up several art quilts I will enter. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my most recent piece, yet to have a name.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgwOrezD_4BRav03NYnd8n4j0VHS18sDYwWbVXlEKX0sdoFSSuXAvAm43ipQtZITPBNFDTJDT-BmmogGCCRiyz9m7_F9GIJwspOZe8rPFxBdTFw9aERialuuZmaGBgVEHvgToEPjTbh4/s1600/AngelQuilt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgwOrezD_4BRav03NYnd8n4j0VHS18sDYwWbVXlEKX0sdoFSSuXAvAm43ipQtZITPBNFDTJDT-BmmogGCCRiyz9m7_F9GIJwspOZe8rPFxBdTFw9aERialuuZmaGBgVEHvgToEPjTbh4/s640/AngelQuilt1.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">My Art Quilts ect Circle has a monthly challenge. January was "Feathers".</div><div style="text-align: center;">My mind became obsessed with wings and so an angel was born, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFQQkxGpXc79OaSb3kYbI9wWmfVm5OtQKFwr-EpYAG43ZKC6msjRyR4ohczRCBNUzRl5ZEQe-fKZgUblOgrs3K5ZgVQmYuuX7f9VxlSz15f8Lo_00yF9sTjX4x-NBcGxb9PWhQCVyHVo/s1600/AngelQClupWings2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFQQkxGpXc79OaSb3kYbI9wWmfVm5OtQKFwr-EpYAG43ZKC6msjRyR4ohczRCBNUzRl5ZEQe-fKZgUblOgrs3K5ZgVQmYuuX7f9VxlSz15f8Lo_00yF9sTjX4x-NBcGxb9PWhQCVyHVo/s400/AngelQClupWings2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">hovering over a lake with her tears (swarovsky crystals) causing ripples.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I free motion stitched the angel then thread painted on her hair and wings</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">before I added the background pieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t8q4tpylZJnjRFlFBPNoZxrqxRajYR3lYgRCwXp2KByznwAzU3bkkRrCG6iVZD4_KWUOGjCulKLk5kFkjFr_r6lLF_G739dejY0nlAR1yrJPs6sCbxnYyqDGgAe-7fFBp_so3L37dwE/s1600/AngelQClupAngel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t8q4tpylZJnjRFlFBPNoZxrqxRajYR3lYgRCwXp2KByznwAzU3bkkRrCG6iVZD4_KWUOGjCulKLk5kFkjFr_r6lLF_G739dejY0nlAR1yrJPs6sCbxnYyqDGgAe-7fFBp_so3L37dwE/s640/AngelQClupAngel.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="424" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> I have found that doing so with stabilizer and no backing fabric works best on my machine.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">So the back of the quilt does not show the mess that the thread painting makes </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and the quilt top doesn't shrink and pucker either. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The base fabrics for the angel were two shades of monochromatic marbled fabrics.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I added paint to make the left wing come forward- pearl white and silver </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and mixed pearl white and black to get several shades of grey </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and black sharpie to make the right wing receed. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The trees were a very happy mistake- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OvqM9klEDec301LMoIY8ONSSm4mUghEiGfSeH4mqDf27Hz_kcAx4olYjMKRh-W9jIeT7WAvwQmJPM87rJH4hu8OnhdfxICkdJLDOnOE_Cz5tytc3VCmWT6Jtk6KxJJG-ZQeI2AaBleg/s1600/AngelQTreesClup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OvqM9klEDec301LMoIY8ONSSm4mUghEiGfSeH4mqDf27Hz_kcAx4olYjMKRh-W9jIeT7WAvwQmJPM87rJH4hu8OnhdfxICkdJLDOnOE_Cz5tytc3VCmWT6Jtk6KxJJG-ZQeI2AaBleg/s400/AngelQTreesClup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">they puffed a lot as I was quilting over them so I purposefully stopped.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That puffiness and the different shades of green in the batik fabric </div><div style="text-align: center;">are what makes them look so three dimensional. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">It is amazing what a little paint on multicolored batiks can do </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">to create depth and the shimmer that water has. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUZ2DMLCiyKbRrIICeqj9nVn_Oa7dCle42OsWKZHylO00t2v5vBwU0Y6-2i6-cmAAYRRe4SLW5TfXJE3PO-It4VQq4B8_m-9DZ0kwHSJOt0iQkY8MznHzVWZ7T2j7yxCD0tNKynveFMo/s1600/AngelQClupWater2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUZ2DMLCiyKbRrIICeqj9nVn_Oa7dCle42OsWKZHylO00t2v5vBwU0Y6-2i6-cmAAYRRe4SLW5TfXJE3PO-It4VQq4B8_m-9DZ0kwHSJOt0iQkY8MznHzVWZ7T2j7yxCD0tNKynveFMo/s400/AngelQClupWater2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">It is amazing what a little paint on multicolored batiks can do </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">to create depth and the shimmer that water has. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYGyjPc5756q3wXWHdERAkKqCVufGih-p9QuoeTL_hI8Y8C7HtN-ba756G2bn7Ay_mRzmQokZU_3vPxUhsvfu8aBgAHLwjFgjUuvriw9LhIUl6QjbnhNG0GJgyB6ktq-kKeOwn5SJIYY/s1600/AngelQClupWater3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYGyjPc5756q3wXWHdERAkKqCVufGih-p9QuoeTL_hI8Y8C7HtN-ba756G2bn7Ay_mRzmQokZU_3vPxUhsvfu8aBgAHLwjFgjUuvriw9LhIUl6QjbnhNG0GJgyB6ktq-kKeOwn5SJIYY/s400/AngelQClupWater3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> Next time I will take before and after (the painting) pictures so you can see what a difference</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">purposefully applied paint and marker can make in a landscape. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I had to change the sky so that the brightest part was around my focal point. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAio41ckuILNmAaMEAqFjlSyf_frlf65soveKgBk7wqfUupfvFiR4WufhOXiM2wmBXbT0mvmn8EyY-X4c1k62up9V1FoXePI1JDQfO6enkqzb0SeZ75dKdEeXtP9BmnjTCZug_7immZ8/s1600/AngelQClupSky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAio41ckuILNmAaMEAqFjlSyf_frlf65soveKgBk7wqfUupfvFiR4WufhOXiM2wmBXbT0mvmn8EyY-X4c1k62up9V1FoXePI1JDQfO6enkqzb0SeZ75dKdEeXtP9BmnjTCZug_7immZ8/s640/AngelQClupSky.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The fabric I used for the sunset sky was wonderful but had random bright spots </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">that pulled a little too strongly away from the focal point. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> Next time I will take before and after (the painting) pictures so you can see what a difference</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">purposefully applied paint and marker can make in a landscape. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I had to change the sky so that the brightest part was around my focal point. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Here is a shot of the back where the water is, allowing you to see the free motion stitches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBNzicyPk2oillu2el6qOMqa-7uvleBxNnn21ZOK_wjB0Yr1m2S2yBAKxaAv-Z9FLncIMe_bowXavyWu1F9LORv2gfYqIL9_fHi2JUjIro5EAcn53Q5f3TWw_852eBsF0oEcow2BxM_s/s1600/AngelQuiltBk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBNzicyPk2oillu2el6qOMqa-7uvleBxNnn21ZOK_wjB0Yr1m2S2yBAKxaAv-Z9FLncIMe_bowXavyWu1F9LORv2gfYqIL9_fHi2JUjIro5EAcn53Q5f3TWw_852eBsF0oEcow2BxM_s/s400/AngelQuiltBk1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want this art quilt to induce a calming effect on the viewer so I think I am finished.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No more embellishing pizazz or glitz on this one. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you all have an artfully productive week too, that is my plan. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Heather</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-42632518295318846292012-01-04T21:39:00.000-08:002012-01-04T21:44:09.335-08:00My second publication!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Got some publication Mojo again!!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_e9cCTSqqLyysjq-zHsCuoeIFo4-Y9bArbVVgBsXPF0bagn2z9M8YW9gz8P6x1Z0GgWdpMHdOV1CjENSQcLQ-mrQuGSo2AunglD5bJ-KBJFqJZjMLo16De4Ug93BI67PLny8a8eW1Z8/s1600/ArtisanPage39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_e9cCTSqqLyysjq-zHsCuoeIFo4-Y9bArbVVgBsXPF0bagn2z9M8YW9gz8P6x1Z0GgWdpMHdOV1CjENSQcLQ-mrQuGSo2AunglD5bJ-KBJFqJZjMLo16De4Ug93BI67PLny8a8eW1Z8/s640/ArtisanPage39.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>It is very exciting and rewarding </i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>to have your work appreciated and published. </i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">My "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Ophelia Cuff</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">" is pictured on page 39 </span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">of the January/February Issue of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/">Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">. </span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I was one of 5 finalists </i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>in the Mixed Media Jewelry </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Category </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">of the </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1422567881"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Artisan 2012</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/media/g/artisanjewelry/default.aspx"> </a>Contest!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes this makes me </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"Do a Little Dance"!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I was not told which piece was chosen for the publication </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>which added a little surprise for me when I received it in the mail. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">You can read more about the making of my Cuff </span><a href="http://aquariart-chocoholic.blogspot.com/2011_06_26_archive.html"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">HERE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> + </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://aquariart-chocoholic.blogspot.com/2011_06_19_archive.html">HERE</a>.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I took a little breather from everything </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>except my family during </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>the holidays, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>it just felt like a good time to pause, rest and regroup.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Now I feel rejuvenated and ready to press on.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>My goal for this year is to send in more submissions </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and keep </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>creating in all the medias I love. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I have been thinking about trying out different venues </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>for selling my work. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I would love input from any of you, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>willing to share your experiences with other sites. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Email me if you don't want to comment (outloud) below.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>January 10th will be </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">"My Muse's" 2nd year anniversary</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The journey began on Jan 10th 2010 </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>when I dared to reach out into cyber space </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and share my life and art </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I didn't know who"</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> to </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">having </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">115 fabulous followers and friends</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> today.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Because of this blog </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I have connected with so many talented and generous artists </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>have found many great opportunities and sources of inspiration</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>like the <a href="http://www.artbeadscene.blogspot.com/">Art Bead Scene Blog Challenges</a>, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/">The Bead Soup Hops</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1601463@N21/">Bead Table Wednesday</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/creativeeveryday2008/">Creative Everyday</a>, Flicker,<a href="http://www.picnik.com/app#/home/welcome"> Picnik</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>, Etsy.... </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I could go on and on but I will spare you.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I am so grateful that I am having a </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>"2012 Celebration Giveaway"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>You could become the proud owner of </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>this lovely pair of knitted fingerless gloves. </i></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grape Lacy Knitted Fingerless Gloves by Aquariart</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I assure you they are stretchy, stylish, soft and luxurious</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>made with Berroco Lustra </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>a 50% peruvian wool/ 50%Tencel (Rayon) blend yarn. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>All you need to do is </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1- comment below </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>2- tell one friend about this giveaway. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>3- have that friend comment here too. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I will randomly choose a winner on Saturday Jan 14th </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>so come on back to see if you won!! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Happy New Year to Everyone !!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />
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</div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-2937842689912423212011-12-18T17:13:00.000-08:002011-12-18T17:13:07.358-08:00One of many pairs....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has been wonderful to have a model for my wearable fiber items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have to say everything looks better on a person. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so fortunate to have found Riana, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a bubbly young woman who enjoys being photographed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and playing dress up with all my creations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is one more design and I have a brand new one I will add later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am waiting for the sun to come up so I can photograph my new</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crocodile Stitch Fingerless Gloves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Purple and Green Variegated Pair is made with </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soy yarn, very soft to the touch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6MAVAxiipPX16s9oeqT50tuf6rw_AtL-R4xoRCMmIfj6VAdrMsAQsTBLXCYtQlaOymbm2nfYb-FiDX0cx5QsH-ijoerOIiBkw1e9NMZ84F50nYrctsq4dAy1Izq1FfeG0OvttAjpgZQ/s1600/20111212_2288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6MAVAxiipPX16s9oeqT50tuf6rw_AtL-R4xoRCMmIfj6VAdrMsAQsTBLXCYtQlaOymbm2nfYb-FiDX0cx5QsH-ijoerOIiBkw1e9NMZ84F50nYrctsq4dAy1Izq1FfeG0OvttAjpgZQ/s320/20111212_2288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am completely baffled by the problem I had last week </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">uploading pictures and the error message from google. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seems like everything is back to normal today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perhaps my little fairy, Nadine has been playing with my Blog at night?@!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so focused on my Artist's Boutique that Christmas has snuck up on me again this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I think I missed the deadline for shipping things in time for the holiday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b> BUT</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am going to keep listing new items as I edit my photos.</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/AVvXsEguB1nRcJmLjMZaz03Aga7jc3i5jM_FJVrPhfFFMAuw_el6gaTX1Kx8qdTKCm3IpS7-rxWeLhg74sUDjl7juNrz0L2C_hS-SDzmgFDafQXy_lzX_2BFwY2_S-CW9rt0eCvnQorc9VD8Psg/s1600/BerryKnitFingrlsGlvs5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB1nRcJmLjMZaz03Aga7jc3i5jM_FJVrPhfFFMAuw_el6gaTX1Kx8qdTKCm3IpS7-rxWeLhg74sUDjl7juNrz0L2C_hS-SDzmgFDafQXy_lzX_2BFwY2_S-CW9rt0eCvnQorc9VD8Psg/s400/BerryKnitFingrlsGlvs5.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Do you have a friend who loves handmade items </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">but you are not sure what to choose for them?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Let them choose their own gift!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am having a special on <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Gift Certificates</span></b> in my etsy shops this week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Buy a $10 gift certificate for a gift and get $5 off any item you purchase.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Buy a $25 gift certificate and get $10 off any item you purchase. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Buy a $50 gift certificate and get $20 off any item you purchase. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">OR</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">you can convo me with special orders and choose your favorite colors. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">I have lots of gloves I haven't photographed yet- ask me about those- </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">hopefully they will get done tomorrow morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">The elves had to watch the Patriots Game today!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Yay Pats! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Have a wonderful week - Heather</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-42225924236786960002011-12-10T11:18:00.000-08:002011-12-10T11:18:30.901-08:00To Blog or not to Blog....<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Good news-</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>First of all I chose a winner- </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Beth from EB Metalworks shared her inspiration thoughts </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and won the crochet cuff in my Giveaway last week. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Congrats to Beth!! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Bad News-</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Now I have fiddled all morning with Google conversations </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>trying to figure out why I suddenly got a message </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>saying I have reached my storage limit </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and can no longer upload pictures. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>This is very frustrating and really google, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">shame on you</span> !</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>in this economy you decide to take advantage of your customers </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>with no notice and suddenly require payment for extra storage. Especially right now during the holiday season-</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Bah Humbug!! </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>If anyone has more info about how to rectify this situation </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>please get in touch with me. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>For now I have to leave you with a pictureless post. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have officially nicknamed </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Google -</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"The Grinch"!! </span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-9112083057338872902011-12-03T08:16:00.000-08:002011-12-03T09:14:39.866-08:00Weather or Not...<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/AVvXsEjRmtc2dSI8E5xeX9LopKKpbVi6PbPiitySBOfpP7JFWzAmpysElJ4Ajzt5a5Y0r9d8fN8DPzOWKcyfCndvUQzJ-M-Ya5r-qoZO5KU3Bl5lVG72v1TTAwFfIGcTV2z_MOfh_fnnqcjz2Aw/s1600/wind-alert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmtc2dSI8E5xeX9LopKKpbVi6PbPiitySBOfpP7JFWzAmpysElJ4Ajzt5a5Y0r9d8fN8DPzOWKcyfCndvUQzJ-M-Ya5r-qoZO5KU3Bl5lVG72v1TTAwFfIGcTV2z_MOfh_fnnqcjz2Aw/s320/wind-alert.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Due to our wonderful Las Vegas windy and cold weather </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to reschedule a second photo shoot with Reanna my new model. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am hoping the wind will die down for a Monday morning shoot. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am behind listing new items on Etsy because they look so much nicer on a human being. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(And especially one without goose neck and age spots for sure!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to show you my new boa scarves made with a </div><div style="text-align: center;">a really wonderful new yarn Bodega by Trendsetter Yarns.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a peek at <a href="http://www.trendsetteryarns.com/yarns.asp">the yarn</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had a wonderful surprise this week, </div><div style="text-align: center;">an email from Barb Delaney, assistant editor for Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She notified me that she was returning my Mixed Media Jewelry entries</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for the 2012 Artisan Search for which I was chosen as a finalist</div><div style="text-align: center;">and that they had photographed one piece to include in the Jan 2012 issue. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my second publication this year- so exciting!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to receive my magazine!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know which one they chose. </div><div style="text-align: center;">These were my entries:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbDaWmKGA9sLi8i0RmKSv3Scj8sykKMZgzyB4ewBktJC7Ax2fsA4NjeFmi4Rf4DQ_hSjS3xVOOEqtiTVSL0QReeXFKkY7l-MMC7QsDW1NAhnBztLyBMVEAcgLvSIHqZmn884nERpQoYw/s1600/Pyle%252COpheliaCuff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbDaWmKGA9sLi8i0RmKSv3Scj8sykKMZgzyB4ewBktJC7Ax2fsA4NjeFmi4Rf4DQ_hSjS3xVOOEqtiTVSL0QReeXFKkY7l-MMC7QsDW1NAhnBztLyBMVEAcgLvSIHqZmn884nERpQoYw/s640/Pyle%252COpheliaCuff1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> "Ophelia Cuff" inspired by the <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-monthly-challenge.html">Art Bead Scene Challenge</a> based on a painting - "Ophelia" by Redon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfWCzAMP2-pQSQdAf2ucQkJPSgB7LSEtQMQ40HeniMQMeeHGTFA47MJgcE-ad4r2kNTWRD4QB8paDesMp2z834GM_JdSO8X92c77DYDSxZQqv8558LLj6aJPKxmWhEax5VPbeROo4tgQ/s1600/Pyle%252CPeacockAll1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfWCzAMP2-pQSQdAf2ucQkJPSgB7LSEtQMQ40HeniMQMeeHGTFA47MJgcE-ad4r2kNTWRD4QB8paDesMp2z834GM_JdSO8X92c77DYDSxZQqv8558LLj6aJPKxmWhEax5VPbeROo4tgQ/s640/Pyle%252CPeacockAll1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Peacock Necklace"-Inspired by Nature; Feathers Challenge presented by <a href="http://humblebeads.blogspot.com/">Humblebeads</a> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_kL8yrLQKPADhU7QhOk0Gjd7cGa9XfLbwn8GOEk6TA26hu95Q4FwuWLUh6Vc1aWjCIHDY6FTDjWoqKzzO-jiJILoHGwWUa7JWGAKI5SJ_9VaHQ_IgbTYacZzNunF7UubFm2spk7goUs/s1600/Pyle%252CWoodlandNecklace21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_kL8yrLQKPADhU7QhOk0Gjd7cGa9XfLbwn8GOEk6TA26hu95Q4FwuWLUh6Vc1aWjCIHDY6FTDjWoqKzzO-jiJILoHGwWUa7JWGAKI5SJ_9VaHQ_IgbTYacZzNunF7UubFm2spk7goUs/s640/Pyle%252CWoodlandNecklace21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Woodland Fairy Bib Necklace"- Inspired by Nature- Forest Floor Challenge - Humblebeads</span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKieQrIDtefSuYMJzUZ8t-N29fXdyq6dnh3-x-AQbNS-aBJf-3N4fDX6JkNAfuBoBKg9CJdmSWeS1D_p0OMKWIARQDj8FlglrK_A3Okxm5DjeOdRWuZNHgwLw1to0SlJjMS78E4lJ7VSE/s1600/Pyle%252CWoodlandCuff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKieQrIDtefSuYMJzUZ8t-N29fXdyq6dnh3-x-AQbNS-aBJf-3N4fDX6JkNAfuBoBKg9CJdmSWeS1D_p0OMKWIARQDj8FlglrK_A3Okxm5DjeOdRWuZNHgwLw1to0SlJjMS78E4lJ7VSE/s640/Pyle%252CWoodlandCuff1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Woodland Fairy Cuff"- Inspired by Nature Challenge- Humblebeads</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to thank the Art Bead Scene staff and Heather Powers at Humblebeads </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">for providing the challenges that inspired me to create these pieces. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Where do you get your inspiration?</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just finished reading an article in the new Polymer Arts Magazine by </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://store.cforiginals.net/gallery1.html">Christi Friesen</a> about Creativity. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">She is spot on with her advice on how to get inspired and stay inspired.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">How do you tap or feed your creative nature?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Send me your ideas in a comment </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will enter you in this</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">GIVEAWAY</span>. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOFOZ97wFVWOAMlZRYNDZQfzSmjensFty_8LDHJXib8JsWgdiH_jc77DwVrvVBp_3qj9Q7ozZbAXG38aZgf5icKxL9z4o9YLEx6hiO1pp24WfXbxKE2UUmuw76eS7t5nzEaTbXRD0q_U/s1600/WhtCrCuff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOFOZ97wFVWOAMlZRYNDZQfzSmjensFty_8LDHJXib8JsWgdiH_jc77DwVrvVBp_3qj9Q7ozZbAXG38aZgf5icKxL9z4o9YLEx6hiO1pp24WfXbxKE2UUmuw76eS7t5nzEaTbXRD0q_U/s400/WhtCrCuff1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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with Red-Orange Flower and Green Leaves Cuff</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I will randomly choose a winner <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">next Saturday, Dec 10th</span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and ship it in time for the holidays! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The white yarn is part elastic so it stretches to fit 6 to 8 inch wrists.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Get your comments in by Friday Dec 9th at midnite!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">I also want to thank all my new customers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">who made my sales at the Artist's Boutique the best I have had so far!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">I hope you all enjoy your new hats, scarves, fingerless gloves and cuffs. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a Great Week!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Heather- Aquariart</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-11074498159509596752011-11-26T09:31:00.000-08:002011-11-26T09:31:40.936-08:00Meet Reanna, my new model!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> I for one have so much to be grateful for </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and fresh in my heart is my wonderful volunteer model, Reanna. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Reanna is a 22 year old College Gal studying to become a Nurse. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We took a ride out to Red Rock and took pictures on a couple of the trails. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The rock backgrounds and shrubbery were fabulous. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It was clouded over so even though the photos were a bit bright </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>we were able to spend a lot more time than usual </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and avoid the harsh shadows of our usual desert sun. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Here are some of the fabric scarves I made for my Artist Boutique Sale- </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and retakes of the Raggedy Bags I have left </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>ON SALE for $15- </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I will be listing these items this week in my Aquariart <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/aquariart">Etsy shop</a>. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-fskI2vorZuRuZrEhSkEKnbrrelukFgUWgKGOwNOLNLbRba5VhBW4_AaV63gD4O1WL6Ws4gdBZOYANWIu9IajlkQfrDdrSjQkcIZBApksrN-t5U5R49wicxR4CDELYyLBRspkSA9bEA/s1600/BlueLdrScrf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-fskI2vorZuRuZrEhSkEKnbrrelukFgUWgKGOwNOLNLbRba5VhBW4_AaV63gD4O1WL6Ws4gdBZOYANWIu9IajlkQfrDdrSjQkcIZBApksrN-t5U5R49wicxR4CDELYyLBRspkSA9bEA/s400/BlueLdrScrf1.jpg" width="287" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini Blues Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYmuaz0GFFOxBxQk6p3cTONFy5bmBQp_kcz6M0PYldSXOl3efWc_eXMuUnbsOZENcvdzYROicMCfiZsnGJkzN36kzEG3Wi_xAehnSRgRxF4kmGhSa6MZQWOJ6XgXa_oW931vCGtyY12c/s1600/BluesScrf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYmuaz0GFFOxBxQk6p3cTONFy5bmBQp_kcz6M0PYldSXOl3efWc_eXMuUnbsOZENcvdzYROicMCfiZsnGJkzN36kzEG3Wi_xAehnSRgRxF4kmGhSa6MZQWOJ6XgXa_oW931vCGtyY12c/s400/BluesScrf1.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maxi Blues Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XPcVIDtHW9b0sLeyH-i-rBmvMm4m33-V-B4He_kmW2Vcxayinm-vct0vwijsJF9V2xhjmhO4SdImcX2dHH9z1ztsTEG4yTEfsmdRNFx1T_8YGKdNLlZVgDN19eMo7US1y1yWzIHvSbU/s1600/FSAqua2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XPcVIDtHW9b0sLeyH-i-rBmvMm4m33-V-B4He_kmW2Vcxayinm-vct0vwijsJF9V2xhjmhO4SdImcX2dHH9z1ztsTEG4yTEfsmdRNFx1T_8YGKdNLlZVgDN19eMo7US1y1yWzIHvSbU/s400/FSAqua2.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turquoise Plaid Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY5ZxltbTQAcVGDkmm4k17tQ7-fLNlirviBhlDVo8jm5b3NPXG5oJGwth3-9JE4g4QYqg-wm1eM8J9v0xB4wTHXjklnrNzTFtdEtQCc0OhelbIxbE28PqKYBu27VtjEcyYO4DC_2cdJ8/s1600/FSBlue2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY5ZxltbTQAcVGDkmm4k17tQ7-fLNlirviBhlDVo8jm5b3NPXG5oJGwth3-9JE4g4QYqg-wm1eM8J9v0xB4wTHXjklnrNzTFtdEtQCc0OhelbIxbE28PqKYBu27VtjEcyYO4DC_2cdJ8/s400/FSBlue2.jpg" width="257" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue-Green Boa Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDAcKfy9jE35sxk3eiYm9srSFlS5yMZ4ry5bhyphenhyphenClOYhnT449b8qnXqUZg7TFmqgZEQQHBuYE7haSmMLsIkGtxc4ZMy8U869eEV8xdEd6Z94ioqw-N5pIjoonpjCbhryUXrfVonV3RcD8/s1600/FSMgnta3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDAcKfy9jE35sxk3eiYm9srSFlS5yMZ4ry5bhyphenhyphenClOYhnT449b8qnXqUZg7TFmqgZEQQHBuYE7haSmMLsIkGtxc4ZMy8U869eEV8xdEd6Z94ioqw-N5pIjoonpjCbhryUXrfVonV3RcD8/s400/FSMgnta3.jpg" width="322" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magenta Burn-out Organza Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0LmSbH30eZxdZTVLGFOIH5HliqSqotvlFiukvhDrSbfzaF95ZPNvT1JcRLLHSUb7rZbyJz9-3LEebDXIoTLdN4j38h_5WyBXNojQ2k2_KCYgPMgQBD-TMAnMNjYhEzD_qJMYTLB7KXQ/s1600/FSOrg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0LmSbH30eZxdZTVLGFOIH5HliqSqotvlFiukvhDrSbfzaF95ZPNvT1JcRLLHSUb7rZbyJz9-3LEebDXIoTLdN4j38h_5WyBXNojQ2k2_KCYgPMgQBD-TMAnMNjYhEzD_qJMYTLB7KXQ/s400/FSOrg2.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desert Paint Ruffle Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaq4hchL4r1BjFgDj4yeSb5QtHwL5Rm5CRwOkp-qDvNnzzzweUgJIws1dyQmmq21AASalpoPEWRrK1JN7lFVWOlnjN1iIvjEr7c94c42QLOYL9jffgjgRYDNixsK66BNCwIqOpDDdJJY/s1600/FSPrpl1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaq4hchL4r1BjFgDj4yeSb5QtHwL5Rm5CRwOkp-qDvNnzzzweUgJIws1dyQmmq21AASalpoPEWRrK1JN7lFVWOlnjN1iIvjEr7c94c42QLOYL9jffgjgRYDNixsK66BNCwIqOpDDdJJY/s400/FSPrpl1.jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Haze Organza Boa Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ40xK_FPpnpX3YVylKPmtzlb_NsGz5IUcFjceC8kA1w3pqAM_q5krk5MtIkjsN7Fe3cnMbNnYlW7ObL4hj3rrKXBVIPIodKSYH1WuFMc7NHE2CDdb6Cv4JBmP3bo9yL8bCOWUEPGVwgE/s1600/FSRd4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ40xK_FPpnpX3YVylKPmtzlb_NsGz5IUcFjceC8kA1w3pqAM_q5krk5MtIkjsN7Fe3cnMbNnYlW7ObL4hj3rrKXBVIPIodKSYH1WuFMc7NHE2CDdb6Cv4JBmP3bo9yL8bCOWUEPGVwgE/s400/FSRd4.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Haze Organza Boa Scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ksPQ4Xc7SirLPtnulW5E-3FyjHvOlno155e2q8PSHlTf3FSLrNRkqZd0L1MREgeKjvph806XT8jQ4og3mLeVE2xDXTx9YE0h1X79vmWmqB9PU7Bs_np7t-K_257laBB1BmYcLgoBNwY/s1600/HrpnLcBrtScrf3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ksPQ4Xc7SirLPtnulW5E-3FyjHvOlno155e2q8PSHlTf3FSLrNRkqZd0L1MREgeKjvph806XT8jQ4og3mLeVE2xDXTx9YE0h1X79vmWmqB9PU7Bs_np7t-K_257laBB1BmYcLgoBNwY/s400/HrpnLcBrtScrf3.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiesta Ribbon Hairpin Lace Scarf </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tsidOXLBozhHecT35-CzyD8e92zxvn9QXQYd8lWEp-hTXcZGbl-AmUY15EV1KHc2BuA2tIhDxzm-CgSv0i7SbMzAU3k4qQv4IOffsvXg94RAqNgSnr-sogHXKt9s36PuyeHkNUrZTtI/s1600/ZigZagScrf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tsidOXLBozhHecT35-CzyD8e92zxvn9QXQYd8lWEp-hTXcZGbl-AmUY15EV1KHc2BuA2tIhDxzm-CgSv0i7SbMzAU3k4qQv4IOffsvXg94RAqNgSnr-sogHXKt9s36PuyeHkNUrZTtI/s400/ZigZagScrf1.jpg" width="267" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My own design- Zig Zag Scarf in Soy Silk blend</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMKsE5zOny20uSlSLAMydMezmayx96FvUhGW-M7yuY_7Tqoq7HXYdUxwDWRD6xMo7YHVGar0YRVw-e3d0oPDg3NN4h4o_sELcNf8JnAWKTNK_X05zw2ywKRlNDJKUHMTt8dFInuTFA3E/s1600/RgBgTrqFace2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMKsE5zOny20uSlSLAMydMezmayx96FvUhGW-M7yuY_7Tqoq7HXYdUxwDWRD6xMo7YHVGar0YRVw-e3d0oPDg3NN4h4o_sELcNf8JnAWKTNK_X05zw2ywKRlNDJKUHMTt8dFInuTFA3E/s400/RgBgTrqFace2.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower Lady Raggedy Bag</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsUIodhwKk5eRHbhSmD5n-UDvUFE3LGQLmxwO0LSyVimX1wyXoa0lVdoWLxSe7ftv8FgfUjPlrU_BVCk8TnpovJV7MzNpwlmpDDfPi4s_KgfmzspT6sYfAB1D-goB_HQ76QOnqspTRWw/s1600/RgBgDesertClrs3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsUIodhwKk5eRHbhSmD5n-UDvUFE3LGQLmxwO0LSyVimX1wyXoa0lVdoWLxSe7ftv8FgfUjPlrU_BVCk8TnpovJV7MzNpwlmpDDfPi4s_KgfmzspT6sYfAB1D-goB_HQ76QOnqspTRWw/s400/RgBgDesertClrs3.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southwest Hued Raggedy Bag</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYUnwSZPgflt6fENWeXU_52aU6Wv1QK_3JkiOA2fFEd_aL0O8a8gLkid53X5iKr90jFinZxZggXV8WJpCLMt0aSU-8rqD75aItU1MwAytQf-hTctmG0Nb5WJrM_VAskMJiTMLSDBlTWY/s1600/RgBgLilac1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYUnwSZPgflt6fENWeXU_52aU6Wv1QK_3JkiOA2fFEd_aL0O8a8gLkid53X5iKr90jFinZxZggXV8WJpCLMt0aSU-8rqD75aItU1MwAytQf-hTctmG0Nb5WJrM_VAskMJiTMLSDBlTWY/s400/RgBgLilac1.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovin' Lavender Raggedy Bag</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb-O4e286iIewhhsd208ylJ_z2rd8nNtLhxY-4PgGJlgYuvlGnnpIsNSMNt3biLT-MkJeG37VDGpeB6Py7S80M9BokLgjDgUZrywfiuwGquj5OKCriiIXZRjdJvlS-E-0d1HthOfbK-s/s1600/RgBgPnkGrn3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb-O4e286iIewhhsd208ylJ_z2rd8nNtLhxY-4PgGJlgYuvlGnnpIsNSMNt3biLT-MkJeG37VDGpeB6Py7S80M9BokLgjDgUZrywfiuwGquj5OKCriiIXZRjdJvlS-E-0d1HthOfbK-s/s400/RgBgPnkGrn3.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden Delight Raggedy Bag</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Come on back to see more next week! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Heather - Aquariart</i></span></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com1Las Vegas, NV, USA36.114646 -115.1728160000000135.9816575 -115.34909250000001 36.247634500000004 -114.99653950000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-16278517412036688612011-11-19T08:07:00.000-08:002011-11-22T22:35:39.363-08:00Today and tomorrow- My Artist's Boutique!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Well it is all set up and I am ready to go today so this is a very brief post.</i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>tick tock, </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>tick tock, </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>now it is Tuesday already.....</i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>The Artist's Boutique was outstanding, the exact kind of people I need to find.</i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>It was very successful and profitable and I am so greatful for that. </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Also I found a model for my wearable art.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I </i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>had a fabulous photo shoot </i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>out at Red Rock with my new model-Reanna,</i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>a lovely yound woman studying to be a nurse. </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>The cloudy skies made for perfect lighting and I can't wait to upload all the pictures. </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i> I </i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>have hundreds of photos to edit and </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Thanksgiving dinner to prepare </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>so come on back on Saturday November 26th.</i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I should have some of them finished and up by then. </i></b></span></div><br />
<div style="color: #5100b1; font: 24.0px 'Snell Roundhand'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Heather-Aquariart</span></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-83403353299215901032011-11-12T10:06:00.000-08:002011-11-12T10:07:08.869-08:00New Items for the Artist's Boutique Next Weekend<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I have been madly crocheting and sewing and creating new fiber art to wear </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>for the Artist's Boutique I have been invited to sell at next weekend. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>For locals it is Sat and Sun November 19 and 20th from 10 to 3 pm. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(invitation only so email me if you would like to attend)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>There will be many of my very talented friends there selling all kinds of beautiful creations. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Here are some of my new </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Fiber Art To Wear </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">items. </span></i></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlQIbYdo6Q2uqzjUSOSLIGdA5Hmf-2iOXbqJD-QZs4fwUE8_MtQEUgo-rqGt0u-sBRhcqzfobgIDepWvMsTuzLKekh1QmSsWDhc1Q2qIs6RqrJ82OnrpzD-G7iKdGObWeCL3XMonbN-U/s1600/BlkyLcyScrfAll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlQIbYdo6Q2uqzjUSOSLIGdA5Hmf-2iOXbqJD-QZs4fwUE8_MtQEUgo-rqGt0u-sBRhcqzfobgIDepWvMsTuzLKekh1QmSsWDhc1Q2qIs6RqrJ82OnrpzD-G7iKdGObWeCL3XMonbN-U/s640/BlkyLcyScrfAll.jpg" width="358" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>"Polar Lace"- Hairpin Lace Scarf made with a REALLY soft bulky yarn-<br />
I added a loopy lace extension to each end. </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0FurVgs1w_8l477loWcgisHXu_x-z46b70BdyNfv1pytguMVlzE0DKKCo4D0W-ULplIEhB2O1ovxkXtytlIazqbdZq-IHEDCwjp388tA7Xo0UWdtUGSpszVQXMcphPBeF2QERNqpCd4/s1600/BlkyFngrlsGlvs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0FurVgs1w_8l477loWcgisHXu_x-z46b70BdyNfv1pytguMVlzE0DKKCo4D0W-ULplIEhB2O1ovxkXtytlIazqbdZq-IHEDCwjp388tA7Xo0UWdtUGSpszVQXMcphPBeF2QERNqpCd4/s400/BlkyFngrlsGlvs2.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Matching Wrist Warmers</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33t_nYHQaGg8bBZ33u60BCx_pmnO5ZcPc5FqCeGd_B8BIO-la5KVwvQrYl96EvLWyqA0nmjePsbf40lsEJ_DRC2BQf3m-AFCEmncgFinDshtSs1-3aoCBO8P5yps4hMEyryX5IvEBd7g/s1600/BlkyLcyScrfClup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33t_nYHQaGg8bBZ33u60BCx_pmnO5ZcPc5FqCeGd_B8BIO-la5KVwvQrYl96EvLWyqA0nmjePsbf40lsEJ_DRC2BQf3m-AFCEmncgFinDshtSs1-3aoCBO8P5yps4hMEyryX5IvEBd7g/s400/BlkyLcyScrfClup.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Close up of the Hairpin Lace- two strips crocheted together. </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Another Peacock Inspired Crocheted Scarf made with bulky yarns and fun fur.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfgqNL6CEU6inlaiy8pOiYEfDUC9j_pLU9GqyqGo5Z7Cq0spvBpWZ2tQMhnoDvOQYjY-6dYwNiGCZZKnGegkcVSdRZk6gbyY_TaNkMfJagkyslft5O0PQTBqw20TyPdxDhMd0Z_X8wDU/s1600/BlkyOrngLcyScrf2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfgqNL6CEU6inlaiy8pOiYEfDUC9j_pLU9GqyqGo5Z7Cq0spvBpWZ2tQMhnoDvOQYjY-6dYwNiGCZZKnGegkcVSdRZk6gbyY_TaNkMfJagkyslft5O0PQTBqw20TyPdxDhMd0Z_X8wDU/s640/BlkyOrngLcyScrf2.jpg" width="414" /></i></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>New Berroco Free Pattern- <a href="http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/beseme/beseme.html">Beseme</a>- a bulky yarn lace style.<br />
I call this one "Caramel Sundae". </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSK847SmKH1IzrUYMfZwD30M9jdun_sryZwNYUVR00h-kVnH_orOCf6x0cfPqH2CynOV74WtTbteCsfeuUQxtsQHJshEuw00BjwIcBMfB4_vxKXBnqsRaEpsWA8-AIyKRMlA-oAgT4TGA/s1600/BlkyTrqLcyScrf3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSK847SmKH1IzrUYMfZwD30M9jdun_sryZwNYUVR00h-kVnH_orOCf6x0cfPqH2CynOV74WtTbteCsfeuUQxtsQHJshEuw00BjwIcBMfB4_vxKXBnqsRaEpsWA8-AIyKRMlA-oAgT4TGA/s640/BlkyTrqLcyScrf3.jpg" width="388" /></i></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Same scarf in Turquoise. This scarf is actually more like a shawl. </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Beseme done in <a href="http://www.berroco.com/shade_cards/souffle_sh.html">Souffle</a>-a very soft bulky yarn by Berroco. Wish you could feel this yarn! </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>My own design for fingerless gloves using Berroco <a href="http://www.berroco.com/shade_cards/lustra_sh.html">Lustra</a>, <br />
another yarn that feels so good on your skin. </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Several of the "Tucked and Twirly" Holiday Boa Scarves. <br />
These are very fun and easy to make.<br />
My beautiful model is away for the weekend so you will have to imagine them on a person. </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9lZn82afX72r4o4K_HLJUn8ld38MDhZGG5vP6fJfp5RpTz5a2G-l4UnzDCxrJpx2S0dxtrYQNxILep3BgxH7b3HTHAbZn7T6gwjqHnDn0BJ1xTaPxXAkzjVj9oVwoNQse4w_IBAQi4w/s1600/MultiPilotsHat2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9lZn82afX72r4o4K_HLJUn8ld38MDhZGG5vP6fJfp5RpTz5a2G-l4UnzDCxrJpx2S0dxtrYQNxILep3BgxH7b3HTHAbZn7T6gwjqHnDn0BJ1xTaPxXAkzjVj9oVwoNQse4w_IBAQi4w/s400/MultiPilotsHat2.jpg" width="265" /></i></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>3 Views of my Pilot's Hat gone wild. <br />
This hat does match the Peacock inspired scarf.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Also made with a mix of Bulky Yarns and fun fur.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfimf-ug6tGSnL_Fjes5pj5emq8Wx9Ol4HAu8AQE5v6lVciijGE8yynFj8LIsHay5CL1j7-XtzCEl7pBh4HagZzEcbTP-0_xl6Eyg4jPzBTdirfTE2a8_s98iHvjyC4EbF2MgVcNmzr8M/s1600/MultiPiotsHatBk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfimf-ug6tGSnL_Fjes5pj5emq8Wx9Ol4HAu8AQE5v6lVciijGE8yynFj8LIsHay5CL1j7-XtzCEl7pBh4HagZzEcbTP-0_xl6Eyg4jPzBTdirfTE2a8_s98iHvjyC4EbF2MgVcNmzr8M/s400/MultiPiotsHatBk.jpg" width="308" /></i></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The top view really shows off all the colors. It is very soft and drapes nicely. </i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> Hope you all have a wonderful week!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div></div></div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-70861521331810884872011-11-06T10:58:00.000-08:002011-11-06T10:58:41.796-08:00More clay, much more clay<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SkqgYESDRU6ipiQnlZPnMYM6A5A6XbKXiNZS3S5DIptlpQ4CnQLW97cJzE3GQu-qzw24walcNno6RU8x6BgEyphKmV9enNqbUhHCCSmDSWelWYFM-pe1qTnpSxBc9Rzt5ygnleoJLVA/s1600/AntLrgStrplPndnt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SkqgYESDRU6ipiQnlZPnMYM6A5A6XbKXiNZS3S5DIptlpQ4CnQLW97cJzE3GQu-qzw24walcNno6RU8x6BgEyphKmV9enNqbUhHCCSmDSWelWYFM-pe1qTnpSxBc9Rzt5ygnleoJLVA/s320/AntLrgStrplPndnt1.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I had a marathon week with polymer clay because my husband has been out of town </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and I could leave my work space messy and ready for 4 days in a row!! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Love it when I don't have to put everything away and drag it all out again the next day. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Then I had to catch the early sunrise at the right moments to photograph it all. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It seems like the sun rises faster this time of year- </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>the angle is different in my backyard giving my a very short window </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>before big shadows start appearing.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I may have to switch to the front yard. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>here are some of the lovely pieces I created:</i></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mokume Gane layered on scraps from the buttons</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT75dhCJcnXkdl-zx_l1wUe8JJ4OmgD5wZbHLj_4LSV8Q5xbvFqv-tXdWix5SSCG7FS5TNn0z_9WAY6GDQK8dcVRSfXtEU3zUK_pSVzJ1nmZH_Pnhym1Q6GsmmM_r0pCLC74zN1gqu8wM/s1600/SwrlBdBlue1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT75dhCJcnXkdl-zx_l1wUe8JJ4OmgD5wZbHLj_4LSV8Q5xbvFqv-tXdWix5SSCG7FS5TNn0z_9WAY6GDQK8dcVRSfXtEU3zUK_pSVzJ1nmZH_Pnhym1Q6GsmmM_r0pCLC74zN1gqu8wM/s400/SwrlBdBlue1.jpg" width="355" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The same color combo sliced in the Natashia Bead technique and then twisted.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I love how this one came out, especially after it is all sanded and buffed. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPA8WsopxKT9s0ijaxxS6-tsKRu960jeHVVzM-qgGhw3rISbNVAwfvypQJwy_mO4FMGN2Z4303eG4Mttez8f1yQ_jw1kFy6-zehYYzQnv014TKFOmzax4mgsxGIpK2XzA8r2-NeEQZn0/s1600/GldBrgeloBds2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPA8WsopxKT9s0ijaxxS6-tsKRu960jeHVVzM-qgGhw3rISbNVAwfvypQJwy_mO4FMGN2Z4303eG4Mttez8f1yQ_jw1kFy6-zehYYzQnv014TKFOmzax4mgsxGIpK2XzA8r2-NeEQZn0/s400/GldBrgeloBds2.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>These were made with a variation of the bargello technique.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAfDPwNcxos-HTFWSQbqn39SCnkfseSuheYwsUu-nqHn2AitVOuJIYcSBPrWqMweWrI-BqfidHxYaB1kSGQYX5ucWUyUayghBS5LShLq3Whnl5da41JIr2Subg-8LMzxLH7Ac9MlgUUs/s1600/FlwrBtn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAfDPwNcxos-HTFWSQbqn39SCnkfseSuheYwsUu-nqHn2AitVOuJIYcSBPrWqMweWrI-BqfidHxYaB1kSGQYX5ucWUyUayghBS5LShLq3Whnl5da41JIr2Subg-8LMzxLH7Ac9MlgUUs/s400/FlwrBtn1.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If there is enough scrap clay I make a button.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_sZ7c3waU6v-stL_mqrTT0H8C8ROIEiwTHO19NePuL4cmVHFNjh4JhzzAup0FfbRhO07L-EAgHnMGMI5LVQL4dxExcGS5PdKuWCzPae8zF42vACSJq8YYIdc3a5rvKUzMxmNI62tnh8/s1600/GldBd2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_sZ7c3waU6v-stL_mqrTT0H8C8ROIEiwTHO19NePuL4cmVHFNjh4JhzzAup0FfbRhO07L-EAgHnMGMI5LVQL4dxExcGS5PdKuWCzPae8zF42vACSJq8YYIdc3a5rvKUzMxmNI62tnh8/s400/GldBd2.jpg" width="350" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chatoyant scraps made this bead. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Note what polymer clay does to my poor hands- so dry. </i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4CGY2Pp_Lz8GY7lhvviM5oSDffdxClKXDOD35XOLiJW37Z2HHetL2wCMddXZTCVXT59gmF8ye4RX2humc7_urKReTeksp3mWLzj8h8xfl9XRa_lRjLaoUYinjKzicTxAMbFhnvxyXhM/s1600/EBds3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4CGY2Pp_Lz8GY7lhvviM5oSDffdxClKXDOD35XOLiJW37Z2HHetL2wCMddXZTCVXT59gmF8ye4RX2humc7_urKReTeksp3mWLzj8h8xfl9XRa_lRjLaoUYinjKzicTxAMbFhnvxyXhM/s400/EBds3.jpg" width="332" /></i></span></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And these were made with scraps from some foiled pieces I worked on </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>that are not ready to be seen because they need to be painted first. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I should be able to post them for BTW. (Bead Table Wednesday)</i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRESJL-oKWf9_gZr55q-vydtbU8kzFgxed3hRa8DVDiaMdLV2BkR0H7lkoB1KFsdtRQ18moPxq21XzYVA6IQ37H3WCHWZ32QPLFae9F3zi78AnzxDspeo5h_uRpMUKmfI_BnH-q-M24Cc/s1600/LfMld2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRESJL-oKWf9_gZr55q-vydtbU8kzFgxed3hRa8DVDiaMdLV2BkR0H7lkoB1KFsdtRQ18moPxq21XzYVA6IQ37H3WCHWZ32QPLFae9F3zi78AnzxDspeo5h_uRpMUKmfI_BnH-q-M24Cc/s400/LfMld2.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> I try to make at least one mold each clay session- </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Here is a tiny leaf mold for disk beads or buttons.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I used a leaf button from Walmart and then hand sculpted the surrounding texture. </i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I have been extremely productive this month as I get ready for </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Artist's Boutique I was invited to sell at coming up November 19 and 20th. </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This is a local event by invitation only-</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> if you are local and interested in coming shoot me an email. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I have whipped up 7 more crochet scarves and 4 sets of fingerless gloves.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>With my sewing machine I have been sewing twirly tucked organza scarves. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>More pictures of those next week! </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Have a great weekend and enjoy your extra hour sponsored by Daylight Savings Time!! </i></span><br />
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</div>Aquariarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498862508376171975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590120776899985834.post-18806017897263876742011-10-29T08:36:00.000-07:002011-10-29T08:37:57.197-07:00Four Days of Non-stop Polymer Clay<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Looking for my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.aquariart-chocoholic.blogspot.com/2011/09/big-bead-soup-reveal.html"> Bead Soup</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">?</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">I am home alone and look what trouble I was able to get into. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I spent 4 solid days into the wee hours playing </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">with this new </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1938829940">Stroppel </a></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1938829940">Technique</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><a href="http://polymerclayetc.com/?p=3065">,</a> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>chopping up old canes and scraps and this is what you get. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Love it! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I tried it with 3 different base colors; black, white </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and lastly gold which I was hoping might come out a little like </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Gustav Klimt's quilt in his painting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_(Klimt_painting)">"The Kiss"</a>. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Here are some of many creations from this polyholic binge:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMQtqb9v4wS1C5Xxo_BE0ZFZcvPtox8KG-LkSq3A31m0rslecee5nHwZbwdB42xz3QR1cGnZeVEqXPeXPX4lfvcXZdbNXmLRoD925PjN7i0PZSeK6CB7QLp5YLoRSNP9cHZGzb-2d-IU/s1600/FlwrShwlPnBst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMQtqb9v4wS1C5Xxo_BE0ZFZcvPtox8KG-LkSq3A31m0rslecee5nHwZbwdB42xz3QR1cGnZeVEqXPeXPX4lfvcXZdbNXmLRoD925PjN7i0PZSeK6CB7QLp5YLoRSNP9cHZGzb-2d-IU/s400/FlwrShwlPnBst.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This is my favorite piece from the session- It can be either a shawl pin or a hair accessory.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFAaUuQHS-N32oJTzVUSlFeBdC9Wf9nuDD97FNkCPSrJyTOLJH1dl-dBsyiQIPmb7RH-91o8PPk7BoitIwzr6vF8R7jmzwTQ2HlmnHM9I4yVPHoVCYL1d6c5Q6-3zEqXRNr__EFkN4bQ/s1600/FlwrShwlPn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFAaUuQHS-N32oJTzVUSlFeBdC9Wf9nuDD97FNkCPSrJyTOLJH1dl-dBsyiQIPmb7RH-91o8PPk7BoitIwzr6vF8R7jmzwTQ2HlmnHM9I4yVPHoVCYL1d6c5Q6-3zEqXRNr__EFkN4bQ/s640/FlwrShwlPn1.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Here is a closer look - it is thoroughly buffed and then antiqued with silver paint. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYFqImxFKtGquq2OnJ-goBSt0p-5crTHA43bvD3B6GBpT-lQdgxbthZFybZO59gWwEBQ4BmodY95BbOQT8pelMD8GkqATUoOerdd5xehDxtAoMLYW2YxvPKkpMDvaob8uLzNxGdjzwoM/s1600/CrvdE2Bst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYFqImxFKtGquq2OnJ-goBSt0p-5crTHA43bvD3B6GBpT-lQdgxbthZFybZO59gWwEBQ4BmodY95BbOQT8pelMD8GkqATUoOerdd5xehDxtAoMLYW2YxvPKkpMDvaob8uLzNxGdjzwoM/s400/CrvdE2Bst.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A pair of earrings made with trimmed edge scraps from the gold Stropple cane.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQ5xsgP0OoaxbhSheWr3mZ4z8eAWIK2NuxBW8nkzX_n-Cy5MqLmt6XZPOlyifN-jXcFPVP6y9rgLmdu1xIE2bj0OlAgu6Ud8JNGp7cNeUWH-DYYvR7ycBBgNwIxLQlwoSMf7KXow-ntM/s1600/HrtPndtStrpl2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQ5xsgP0OoaxbhSheWr3mZ4z8eAWIK2NuxBW8nkzX_n-Cy5MqLmt6XZPOlyifN-jXcFPVP6y9rgLmdu1xIE2bj0OlAgu6Ud8JNGp7cNeUWH-DYYvR7ycBBgNwIxLQlwoSMf7KXow-ntM/s400/HrtPndtStrpl2.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A black heart on gold with the <a href="https://kayvincent.wordpress.com/tag/chatoyant/">Chatoyant- (mica shift) technique</a>.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbhdmO_0h6vHhdoC9Y5CAs_VFZEKTm1HcEy4VkKn6qST9hi2WTmlZmT0j1d_7tdLlmmTB6wLUReiJRP8rmGv8rLl66gWwNQVe6Xh-SaqBgiBFLc8tIGUsNjcaJm8g2GN4SekRF1VZxWs/s1600/BltStrplPndtBst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbhdmO_0h6vHhdoC9Y5CAs_VFZEKTm1HcEy4VkKn6qST9hi2WTmlZmT0j1d_7tdLlmmTB6wLUReiJRP8rmGv8rLl66gWwNQVe6Xh-SaqBgiBFLc8tIGUsNjcaJm8g2GN4SekRF1VZxWs/s400/BltStrplPndtBst.jpg" width="306" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ths is a bullet bead - can you see the person standing there?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This was created with Stropple scraps using a mirror image trick. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGo6oex4UhBw3K1apTFFt2tsSDK5qduzLurk-cK7rAJmYBv69UVCNUvIqqCSrqxo-cdjT64uEGpvOV27tE7iRcqicyfTYgnCBP249Si_7hQZgn-d-4tk_kl-PKCxklyU87cac3QxhyphenhyphenLmY/s1600/Acorn3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGo6oex4UhBw3K1apTFFt2tsSDK5qduzLurk-cK7rAJmYBv69UVCNUvIqqCSrqxo-cdjT64uEGpvOV27tE7iRcqicyfTYgnCBP249Si_7hQZgn-d-4tk_kl-PKCxklyU87cac3QxhyphenhyphenLmY/s400/Acorn3.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Still loving my acorn mold- scraps again.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYliStucrO4m3lGcayVIPgm5djBhmp9NDl7Y-cIjAfV42Hh9u6XCKFN1mJq4uZz8oybOKUQVpbELZZj-o8nDMDJkgX7PKErbmN_QulgD__Hgp8p7t71Ye46NCVHy7fiLn0YKklrZ5OxY/s1600/Lvs4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYliStucrO4m3lGcayVIPgm5djBhmp9NDl7Y-cIjAfV42Hh9u6XCKFN1mJq4uZz8oybOKUQVpbELZZj-o8nDMDJkgX7PKErbmN_QulgD__Hgp8p7t71Ye46NCVHy7fiLn0YKklrZ5OxY/s400/Lvs4.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>More autumn leaves. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1K7QHUNha65Q1hj1-Gic02gwEnHol0Ei2n22_8-nhSvM9Pdjk1TWnvEVCFCU5rXzCv114UDceYSjj-8quviyr3buxuORMt1W4pPrVMb-jyD89mi5zt2QcP0Weg6sp-RpKV9Z1jq35dWQ/s1600/GrnBtnBst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1K7QHUNha65Q1hj1-Gic02gwEnHol0Ei2n22_8-nhSvM9Pdjk1TWnvEVCFCU5rXzCv114UDceYSjj-8quviyr3buxuORMt1W4pPrVMb-jyD89mi5zt2QcP0Weg6sp-RpKV9Z1jq35dWQ/s400/GrnBtnBst.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Green swirl buttons.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTSEAMTFI2wN5bDrgbrOhdxX-HAgIhaQvuX8FPKnAR7mxjixT8x75vcMTlKHY3Yv_CxyQ0_Kc8w3d6Bx1rczEklPxvQtzaBxqcTIZAXu-zRgMeW-PHV4AOHhdw96Mv6W2gw3WZ-m8Od8/s1600/GrnLrgBtn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTSEAMTFI2wN5bDrgbrOhdxX-HAgIhaQvuX8FPKnAR7mxjixT8x75vcMTlKHY3Yv_CxyQ0_Kc8w3d6Bx1rczEklPxvQtzaBxqcTIZAXu-zRgMeW-PHV4AOHhdw96Mv6W2gw3WZ-m8Od8/s400/GrnLrgBtn1.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Green blend large button.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh534WkYDd_agjLKpfMRcfmFt2smT_1_eHMXyjdoMhVMV9PgOVa1mDhsyOLTuPqdmTznq1JhMdvm3B3jzPubLD1xNQWil-4T9t9Lx2XZ1hvaQ2xZbojHMu2yzDTZg8wwGPvITvmHvmcB8I/s1600/GrnLrgBtnBst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh534WkYDd_agjLKpfMRcfmFt2smT_1_eHMXyjdoMhVMV9PgOVa1mDhsyOLTuPqdmTznq1JhMdvm3B3jzPubLD1xNQWil-4T9t9Lx2XZ1hvaQ2xZbojHMu2yzDTZg8wwGPvITvmHvmcB8I/s400/GrnLrgBtnBst.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Green Swirl Large button.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnaA5dDdB2jxndI_livq4C_sVJuHZoBRZzVQTLWA7O7MQCVuQFfl5AAuZW7N8EaXofE04eNUixjKxDOAEdFMdTY6OYEuY-FLsERIUTyg_0N_NFensYEeIS17brdnBM58f_MleCq_sQdQ/s1600/GrnShwlPnBst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnaA5dDdB2jxndI_livq4C_sVJuHZoBRZzVQTLWA7O7MQCVuQFfl5AAuZW7N8EaXofE04eNUixjKxDOAEdFMdTY6OYEuY-FLsERIUTyg_0N_NFensYEeIS17brdnBM58f_MleCq_sQdQ/s400/GrnShwlPnBst.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>First Green Blend Shawl Pin.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWxBIdPPKLh78j7ngpa_NZjyJi-EpmVJpeAfxQPbn-mb6SF56yuqvyEoncejHlwfxrZqKnElTxq80lWiFl1u2Yap5gU1yn4Yjlxb2ZzlovcxNdYVz_MjD9QZ3vRPaCTalP3dOb_Hw4Hs/s1600/GrnSwrlShwlPn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWxBIdPPKLh78j7ngpa_NZjyJi-EpmVJpeAfxQPbn-mb6SF56yuqvyEoncejHlwfxrZqKnElTxq80lWiFl1u2Yap5gU1yn4Yjlxb2ZzlovcxNdYVz_MjD9QZ3vRPaCTalP3dOb_Hw4Hs/s400/GrnSwrlShwlPn1.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Second Green Swirl Shawl Pin.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Stay tuned- there is so much more- I just need to photograph all the work. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Have a Spectacularly Spooky Halloween Y'all! </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #5100b1; font: 24.0px 'Snell Roundhand'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Heather-Aquariart</span></div><br />
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