an old star has a soul.

the never-ending shrinky dink project Here are some of the Polyshrink pieces I’ve completed so far. I love how they turned out. I call them “fragments” – to me they are like bits and pieces of time past. I have more that I baked but I want to try applying the Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol [...]

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but is it art?

A scene from AbFab: Eddie is just getting the first look at her new collection of very expensive, very modern art (in other words, a bunch of crap). The art is in her sitting room, which is also the place where her recently deceased father’s body has been brought for viewing in his coffin (unbeknownst [...]

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pink cupcakes with bunny rainbow sprinkles.

spring I got this darling little bird nest charm from Artbeads. I knew immediately that I wanted to make something sweet and lovely for spring – a fresh time, a time for renewal, time for the birds to come back. One of the first signs of spring is the sound of birds chirping. And they [...]

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she’s taking over.

don’t mess with the t. Tabatha is back. I love Tabatha. She is one tough cookie. I admire her integrity and her high standards of salon excellence. And I like her clothes too! off for an affaire Tomorrow (of course at the last possible minute. Here I go paying a fortune for overnight shipping yet [...]

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cooking chicken soup with rice.

i can if i think i can I’ve been watching the second season of Ruby. Ruby is a woman who at the beginning of the first season weighed close to 500 pounds. The show chronicles her efforts to lose weight; at the end of the first season she had lost about 100 pounds. I just [...]

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come along now, spitspot.

more & more new jewels I made this necklace to showcase the beautiful Russian pendant I got from Artbeads. I used one of my favorite types of beads, Czech fire-polished, as well as antiqued-brass chain and findings. Artbeads has a great selection of beads, including lots of beautiful Czech fire-polished. I’m really pleased with the [...]

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is she even mannerly.

i’m shrinking! I started working with my Polyshrink again. I made a bunch more components to use in jewelry, although most of them are not quite good enough to use in jewelry that I might sell. But I decided to make a bracelet with the best of them: There aren’t enough components (I really need [...]

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