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It’s beginning to look a little bit sort of like Christmas

It snowed today. And then it rained, thereby canceling the town tree-lighting ceremony. This was to be the first year we bothered to go. I heard they were going to have a cookie table, a school band and fireworks. I’ve heard mention of this event every year, and I never envisioned it to be all […]

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Sweet little thing

We had a surprise visit today from Neil’s brother & his wife (the ones who had the party last week). They had just been to pick up the newest member of their family and were bringing her home for the first time. Isn’t she a cutie? I’m not really a dog person, but she had […]

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Bestsellers for November

Top 5 Sellers* for November, 2007 1 ) DVD: Millefiori Story 2 ) Book: The Encyclopedia of Polymer Clay Techniques 3 ) Project Book: Creative Canes 4 ) Project Book: Clever Clay Creations 5 ) Book:The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Effects Bestsellers for previous months (Bestsellers prior to May, 2007) Want to be […]

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Evolution of a color scheme – step seven

We’ve taken every other step, and all that remains is to give our new color scheme a name. I’ve had a lot of fun looking through your submissions, your comments to me, and your comments to each other. I had a small list of favorites going all week, but one of the later entries jumped […]

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Almost time…

Less than 2 hours left in the color scheme contest, and there’s a flurry of activity over here. I’m trying to get the things I’ve made photographed and ready for the website.  The contest ends at midnight, and while I’m not crazy enough to post the results at 12:01am, I do want to take care […]

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It’s practically Friday

So I’m jumping the gun and posting my flickr favorites for the week. Actually, this is two weeks of favorites, since I forgot last week. Lots of pretty jewelry this time, and no shortage of feet. As usual. And yet, I always wear plain black shoes myself. Go figure. Those of you still playing along […]

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More fun than a jar full of pens

I love making pens. I love putting coordinating pens in a mason jar. I love it when I have even more than six coordinating pens in a mason jar. Maybe I’ll make more pens this week Am I being a tease with all of this stuff?  All of these in-progress shots?  I hope you’re not […]

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Color Challenge Finalists for November

I’m thinking it was probably lousy timing on my part to do the color scheme naming contest the same week as the November color challenge wraps up, but what’s done is done, eh? Let’s try to keep from getting too confused If you’re new to my blog, you can take a moment to read about […]

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Distracted

I’ve tried to start this post 5 times, but I can’t seem to form a coherent sentence. I know I shouldn’t be trying to write in front of the tv, but who thought that Between the Lions could be such a distraction? So far today I’ve learned about the letter H, the three little pigs, […]

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Evolution of a color scheme – step six

We’re in the home stretch now. If there are any steps you have missed, you can view them all here. Once we have determined our final three base colors, it is time to make some canes. I consider this to be the fun part. I have a handful of standard cane designs that I make. […]

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