many notes to self.

I mentioned quite a while ago that I had started working on a memo board like those by Amber Demien in the April/May/June 2010 issue of Somerset Life. Well I’ve had it finished for some time now but I just never got around to sharing it. So here it is…. And a closer view…. I [...]

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an evening of soldering and painting.

So my third soldering attempt is way better than the first two. Pretty good, just a few lumps and bumps that need to be filed smooth (and who doesn’t have a few lumps and bumps that need fixing?). I’m still not quite there with the adding a bead of solder – I have a hard [...]

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is she even mannerly when she’s out in society?

halloween in july I have exciting news…my vintage Halloween Party Sacks, which were featured in volume three of Somerset Holidays & Celebrations, will be included in an upcoming issue of Handcrafted magazine! The issue is due out in July. What a lovely surprise! then by all means draw I’ve had a strange urge recently to [...]

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i’m inspired by sparkly things.

just a little word. I finished the cards I was working on, the ones I was originally going to submit to Somerset Studio for their “simple pleasures” theme, but then ran out of time to finish them. I’m very happy with how they turned out. I’m calling them my “encouragement cards” – pretty little cards [...]

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i am simply trying to maintain the last bit of my sanity.

new ideas I actually got an idea for another digitally-altered book the other day. This is the first digital art idea that has come naturally, as opposed to my being forced to come up with an idea for an Artella contest. I’m taking this as a sign that this digital art stuff is taking root. [...]

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glittered dreams. with mashed potatoes.

thanksgiving part 2 mashed potatoes anyone? Julian’s plate, before… …and after. Gwen, cute as a cranberry! mmm, chocolate. ah, summer A little late here but I loved the July/August/September issue of Somerset Life. My favorites were: the embellished vintage cookie cutters by Becky Shander – so sweet! The repurposed wooden clothespins-as-magnets by Molly Quoyser were [...]

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orange is the color of the season.

a pumpkin adventure Last autumn in Somerset Life was an article by Carla Buchanan about her designer pumpkins – pumpkins that she had painted in a “way cool, shabby-chic” fashion, to borrow her words. I made a note in my calendar book for September 2009 – “consider designer painted pumpkins as in Somerset Life”. That [...]

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