i wish i had a river.

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and Hanukkah (for those who celebrate them, anyway). Mine were wonderful – I am blessed with a loving, fun, and generous family. My husband gave me some very cool gourmet chocolates by MarieBelle. Each chocolate is handcrafted from the finest natural ingredients, and the top of each delectable [...]

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have a holly jolly christmas.

I finished my ATCs for the Artella Holiday Memories ATC swap. Overall I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. This is the first time I have made ATCs. Each one is 2.5″ by 3.5″. Here they are (the tree background paper is by Basic Grey – I love everything Basic Grey!): As usual the [...]

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just call me jan.

Here are my pages for the first two muses in the Artella Alphabetter Muse workshop. The workshop introduces one muse for each letter of the alphabet and provides journal pages, clip art, and journal prompts. The first muse is the Asymmetry Muse, the Champion of Lopsided Living. And here is Baby Face Muse, The Sweet [...]

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where are your pants?

Now that my MA pieces are done and off in California, I’ve turned my attention to creating some jewelry. I realized the other day that the only jewelry I’ve made this year is the pair of earrings I made for Julie for her birthday. And they barely count – all I did was throw some [...]

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miscellaneous items #578

All art is but imitation of Nature. – Seneca the Younger I’ve been working on my inchies for the next Artella swap. I’m hoping to have them pretty much done by tomorrow night. Saturday we are off to Ocean City, Maryland for a few days of rest and relaxation. I had to order some blue [...]

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569,372 beads. give or take a few.

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens Saturday night I decided to do some cleaning and re-organizing in my studio. I had a small basket of beads that needed to be put away, so I did that, [...]

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my babies, off into the world.

Someone, I tell you, will remember us. – Sappho A little late, but here is a picture of my inchies I made for the Artella Inchies Swap. I must admit, I’m rather proud of them. I used photos from the vintage children photo cd by Digital Imagery Plus that my mom lent me, and used [...]

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