What?? No aqua? Was my flirtation with bluish-greeny goodness only a Summer Fling? This week I favorited about half as many photos as usual – guess I was busy with other things. Nature, clay jewelry, and personal style seem to dominate this batch. I love the top corner shot – it’s Anna Maria Horner’s playroom. […]
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Bestsellers for August
Top 5 Sellers* for August, 2007 1 ) Project Book: Creative Canes 2 ) DVD: Claying Around 3 ) Magazine:PolymerCAFE Summer 2007 4 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Cats Big and Small 5 ) Book:The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Effects Bestsellers for previous months (Bestsellers prior to May, 2007) Want to be […]
Read More: Bestsellers for AugustTwinkling Toes, Pretty Posies, and Toothless Grins
Have a handful of scrumptious Farmers’ Market kettle corn and answer a quick question for me, ok? [poll=2] Thanks! And now on to other things… Like toes! A certain little four-year-old boy looked up at me the other day and said, “Mommy? Do you have green nail polish?” I didn’t. “Do you think we could […]
Read More: Twinkling Toes, Pretty Posies, and Toothless GrinsThe best way to see the city
The best way to see the city is from afar, in my opinion. I grew up in an area of New Jersey where, if traffic and the intervening river were not an issue, I could have gotten to New York city in 15 minutes or so. Still, traffic and the intervening river usually are an […]
Read More: The best way to see the cityI hate bees
At any time in my life prior to 7.5 years ago, if I had come across a bee in the house, I’d have locked myself in another room until someone could dispose of it. If that meant confining myself to the upstairs and letting the bee have the run of the kitchen, dining room and […]
Read More: I hate beesJumping the Gun
I couldn’t wait… I got the color challenge for September started. I chose OLIVE as the color, by which I really mean any green that tends more to the yellow than it does to the blue. Think about the leaves in September just before they begin to turn color… From dyed clothing… …to loom-knitted accessories… […]
Read More: Jumping the GunThe Birds and the Beads
It’s show-and-tell time! First the birds: I had these UFOs (UnFinished Objects, for those not in the know . And now the beads: Remember waaaaaay back in June when I took the Building Better Beads class with Dan Cormier and Tracy Holmes? I came home from that with a handful of big beads that needed […]
Read More: The Birds and the BeadsColor Challenge Finalists for August
Well, it was a tough job, but I narrowed down 114 photos full of crafty aqua goodness, and chose nine of my favorites. Allow me to introduce you to the finalists, before I reveal the winner: Polymer clay “Pendants” by Kim Cavender Polymer clay-covered glass vessels, “closer look” by Orly Rabinowitz Fabric bag and matching […]
Read More: Color Challenge Finalists for AugustMe? Addicted?
80%How Addicted to Blogging Are You? He Who Shall Remain Nameless emailed me the link to that quiz. He claims I lied about how much time I spend reading blogs every day and that 80% is not enough Speaking of blogging… the Nameless One has commented (more than once ) about my ability to prattle […]
Read More: Me? Addicted?Morning
And so it was that I found myself, at 10:30pm, standing in the kitchen, apron tied about my waist, cup of Sleepytime Tea steeping on the counter, Bach playing quietly through the computer speakers, dirty dish in my hand. This was a surprising position to be in. It’s not that I am a party animal […]
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