tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323627282024-03-14T06:00:34.037-05:00Rosa & Josie'soriginal jewelry design and photography
by diane cookUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger559125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-977033002870098472017-01-22T13:05:00.001-06:002017-01-22T22:40:20.178-06:00Going to Tucson and Life after 2016<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Hey there my friends! </div>
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I've been gone from my blog for awhile. Yes, life has a way of kicking you in the pants. I know I'm not the only one. I won't pretend that I am. </div>
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The end of 2015 and all of 2016 has been one life event after another. Too many to tell you here today, and too many to cry or belly laugh till you cry about!</div>
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What I do want to share with you is my trek to Tucson, </div>
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in just about a week.</div>
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Yep, the largest <strong><a href="https://www.visittucson.org/gem-shows-show-dealer-info"><span style="color: purple;">Gem & Mineral Show</span></a></strong> in the USA will be going on and I am so very blessed to be able to go there for the 5th straight year. I've been teaching in Tucson these past years, </div>
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for Vivi Magoo Presents, </div>
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<a href="http://www.vivimagoo.com/art-retreat-in-the-desert/"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><strong>Art Retreat in the Desert</strong></span></a>. </div>
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Here are the three very exciting classes I will be teaching <em>in person</em> for the last time:</div>
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I will also be a part of the Marketplace on Wednesday, February 1, 2017.</div>
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6-9pm</div>
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Details are <a href="http://www.vivimagoo.com/2017/01/vivi-magoo-marketplace-pop-up-shops/"><span style="color: purple;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.vivimagoo.com/product/diane-cook-a-beautiful-dilemma-thursday-february-2nd-2017-9-am-until-4-pm/"><span style="color: purple;"><strong>A Beautiful Dilemma</strong></span></a></div>
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February 2, 2017</div>
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February 4, 2017</div>
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More plans are in the works for 2017.</div>
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I expect this year to be a GREAT one.</div>
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Hope to see you soon....</div>
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diane</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-63192630387986595312014-12-25T21:47:00.001-06:002014-12-25T21:48:18.844-06:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to take a moment and thank you, my family & friends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for supporting me this past year,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">whether it be online or in person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel so very blessed to be doing what I love, and sometimes wonder if one day I'll wake up and see that it was all just a beautiful dream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The year has flown by faster than I can possibly believe, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and in just a very short week, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will once again be running thru a new year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, with that said, I wish you (and I) a bit slower year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thought I'd share our funny face New Year's photo with you too....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just for fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have BIG plans and many classes in the works for 2015,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and hope to share ALL the details with you very soon here,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">and on my website,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><a href="http://www.rosaandjosies.net/"><span style="color: #660000;">Rosa & Josies</span></a>.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, thank you, thank you....so very much for sticking with me here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lord willing, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you next year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">~ diane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">xo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How do you like my new logo?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is now part of my new website</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.rosaandjosies.net/"><strong>http://www.rosaandjosies.net/</strong></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have to tell you my friends, </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">it's been a busy 2014!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been traveling both east and west,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and everywhere in between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My first teaching gig was in Tucson, Arizona</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Art Retreat in the Desert</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a great group of students,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">along with shopping the <strong><a href="http://glwshows.com/"><span style="color: #990000;">TUCSON GEM SHOW</span></a></strong>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">which is held during the same time of the retreat,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">was </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">hands down one of my past year's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">most fun TIMES!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then, my bestie, <a href="http://www.derynmentock.net/"><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Deryn Mentock</strong></span></a> and I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to teach at <a href="http://www.artblissworkshops.com/"><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Boots & Bliss</strong></span></a>.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In May I made a stop in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">at <a href="https://ephemerapaducah.worldsecuresystems.com/index2.htm"><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Ephemera Paducah</strong></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">July brought me to Santa Ana, California</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.crescendoh.com/studio_crescendoh/"><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Studio Crescendoh</strong></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And, finally a stop in Phoenix, Arizona</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">at </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU14/AUworkshopsprintableform.html"><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Art Unraveled</strong></span></a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've been working on my new "go to site" for the past couple of weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With this EXCITING reveal,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a choice of one of two DVDs currently offered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">at <strong><a href="http://atozinnia.org/"><span style="color: #990000;">Artful Gathering</span></a></strong>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the wonderful online art retreat I am a part of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">each summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Leave a comment here regarding which of the two DVDs you'd like to win,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>AND</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MY NEW SITE!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With this little request, I'll toss your name into a BIG TEXAS cowboy hat!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I hope you join me on my new website</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and if you sign up for <strong><a href="http://mad.ly/signups/105923/join"><span style="color: #990000;">my newsletter</span></a></strong>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">YES...another time in the hat!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>The drawing will end on Wednesday, October 15th!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Watch for my posts on Wednesday for the winner,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">along with more information regarding my new site and logo...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This year we are having a treasure hunt at Artful Gathering, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and it is really simple to play along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is the<b> second </b>week of the clues, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which if you look just below, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's how you do it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">simply find the secret <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Big Red Square</b></span></span> somewhere on my blog </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to get
your second secret word! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">LOOK for a <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>red block</b></span></span>, on my side bar, it has a
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(If you missed last week's clue, just hop on over to my friend </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There's some really great prizes that include: <b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>one full paid class of your choice</b>, plus the corresponding class DVD. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Along with some very cool runner-up prizes, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that aren't so shabby either...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jewelry, Vintage Goodies, Class Kits, Artists' Books </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My donation is a bit of vintage goodies, brass wing stampings, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a baby bundle of recycled sari silk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> And, just in case you haven't seen what I'll be teaching this year,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can see both class details </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://atozinnia.org/workshop-catalogue-2014/"><span style="color: #660000;">here</span></a>.</b></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Session One, I will be teaching a beautiful necklace </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Romantic Wrapped</b></span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> It is for 6 weeks, beginning June 6-July 17th!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">beginning July 16-August 26th! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If, you haven't pre-registered, you might want to go on over and do so now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(which will also give you the ability to flip thru that wonderful class catalogue)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as on<b> May 1st</b> the doors open for <b>full</b> registration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That means you will be able to register for any of the instructor's classes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">offered in both Sessions One & Two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Also, at that time, you will have access to our Etsy store links,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">where most will be offering a limited number of class kits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's wishing the best to you on your treasure hunting fun,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">hope to see you in the classroom...very SOON!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://atozinnia.org/"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Artful Gathering 2014</b></span></span></a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-23788039424260234142014-01-21T11:35:00.000-06:002014-01-21T11:35:21.596-06:00Gratitude<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am not one to make New Year's resolutions. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I don't wait that long. If I need a change, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or am due to begin something new....<b>I just do it!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mind you, I have not always been that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At the beginning of the year, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I began to once again think of all the significant people that have been a part of my life; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">ones I have met (or been born to) in my life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Those who have changed me...for the <i>better</i>. I don't think of, or remember any, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">who might have changed me in any other direction other than for "good".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, that is just me. I look for good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I believe I search it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will begin by giving due credit to my parents for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Both, actually, but I do think my mother a bit more so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My mother came from a very poor family,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and her father, though he loved all 13 of his children,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">drank. A lot. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> It had to be hard to be a child of an alcoholic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not only was my mother in constant mental turmoil, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know she felt deep humiliation for not having (her very own) shoes, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">clothes and sometimes enough food to eat. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What she did have was a loving mother who did what she had to do</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to take care of her children, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">caring for them in a way that stuck with them thru thick & thin....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and made them feel rich, even though they were dirt poor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thankfully she also had older sisters & brothers who helped out the family~for most of my mother's younger life,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and for those siblings even before and most after her, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the birth order. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My mother never talked much about her childhood, and if she did, it was never in an ungrateful way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How can that be? Today, at the age of 56, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I stand <b>amazed</b> by that, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and HER.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He only had 2 brothers and 1 sister, and his family was one of the (somewhat) "well-off" ones in the small town that they both grew up in...<b></b>as far as I can tell.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They had plenty of food, and owned a large parcel of land,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which my grandmother had inherited. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My grandfather was a farmer, and raised sweet potatoes on that land. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My grandmother was a seamstress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> My dad isn't even in this picture of his brothers & sisters above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He came about 13 years after this was taken...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">thus making him the REAL baby of the family. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Perhaps, that is also why he became <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the mischief one.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A prankster of sorts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He could really tell a good joke. I kinda believe I get my quick wit from him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can't tell a joke like he did, that's my oldest sister's talent, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but I sure have a funny streak show up quite often....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and have known to be a bit mischievous myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(When I was much younger, of course...lol).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For some wonderful reason, way beyond my control,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I <b>believe</b> that this year will be a good one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don't ask me how or why...I just know it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I say this with all humility, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I truly have no idea what 2014 will bring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have several venues scheduled ahead, for teaching.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some new, and some I've been to before...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with much delight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Beginning in just a couple of weeks, I will be in Tucson, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at </span><br />
<b><a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art Retreat in the Desert</span></a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and then, I will travel along with my friend,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://somethingsublime.typepad.com/"><b>Deryn Mentock</b></a>, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for a short teaching gig in the DC area, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">called</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artblissworkshops.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1"><b>Boots & Bliss</b></a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Yeeehawww</b>, to that!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the meantime, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am diligently working on my two online classes that I'll be a part of,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the third year...</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Artful Gathering 2014.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For the first time, I am traveling to Kentucky, to teach at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://ephemerapaducah.worldsecuresystems.com/workshopsevents.html"><b>Ephemera Paducah</b></a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in May! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">AND...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will be in Phoenix, this summer,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to teach, once again, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at <a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU14/AUworkshopsprintableform.html"><b>Art Unraveled</b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, for just one moment today, won't you consider who has made a difference in your life?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Say, if you possibly can,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a huge thank you for <b>all </b>that you have been given.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For those, both good and bad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You (as I) have no earthly idea why you might have been given the life you are living,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the hand you've been dealt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do believe it is by a design we will someday come to see.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Maybe that will be... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> In the mean time, I hope to see you this year,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">either in person, or on-line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">More specific details about my <i>gigs </i>can be found above,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">under the <b>Classes</b> & <b>On-line Classes</b> tabs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(I'll be sharing more persons who have influenced me along my way,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">when I return from Tucson,</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> so stay tuned!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Gratitude</b>, <b>thankfulness</b>, <b>gratefulness</b>, or <b>appreciation</b> is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's my latest piece designed using Cindy's beautiful </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Double Infinity Links</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was also one of my class samples for the class</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Rhinestones to Infinity</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I taught this past weekend</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The class was a huge success, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this link was the star of the class! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This was Kristina's finished piece.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Isn't is wonderful? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just one of many...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">*****</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, without further ado...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd like to announce the <i>winner of the contest I had </i>for the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://rosa-josies.blogspot.com/2013/10/its-all-about-link.html"><span style="color: #660000;">Missing Link Blog Hop</span></a><span style="color: #660000;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> It is:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Susan Marling</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Congratulations Susan! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will send an email your way, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to get your physical address, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so I can mail some goodies to you!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Also,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">don't forget to go back to Cindy's blog to see the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/?p=13281"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Missing Link Book Blog Tour Winners</b></span></a>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">diane</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">P.S. I will be teaching this class, <b>Rhinestones to Infinity</b>, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at <a href="http://www.ephemerapaducah.com/index2.htm"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Ephemera Paducah</b></span></a> in Kentucky~May 2014.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">More detail will be posted soon,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but why not sign up for their <a href="http://www.ephemerapaducah.com/mailinglist.html"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>mailing list</b></span></a><b>,</b></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today is <b>my </b>day</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">to give a shout out to a great friend,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Cindy Wimmer's</b></span></a> new book, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cindywimmer.com/missing-link/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>The Missing Link</b></span></a>, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and is the next stop on </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the <b>Book Blog Tour</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">that began on Tuesday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yeee....haw, welcome to Texas! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's hard to believe that it has actually been way more than a year since </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cindy asked me to be a part of the design team for her upcoming book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How could I resist, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as everything Cindy does it so meticulously wonderful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and top notch! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Her wire work is drop dead gorgeous, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which you will certainly see for yourself, once you get your very own copy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">if you haven't ordered yours yet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd be so thrilled if you'd <b>leave a comment here</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as the publisher, <b>Interweave</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">will be giving away a copy of Cindy's book from each of the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">blog hop stops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This means you have 6 chances to win!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I have to tell you I felt a bit intimidated at first,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as wire links are not my main focus when designing jewelry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I can wire wrap myself out of a barrel~blindfolded...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>(well maybe not blindfolded)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...<b>links</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">well, that's another story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, if you know me at all, you know </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I always love a good challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, this is how it began.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cindy gave me, along with all the team designers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Lori Anderson</b></span></a>, <a href="http://kabsconcepts.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Kerry Bogert</b></span></a>, <a href="http://storiestheytell.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Christine Damm</b></span></a> and <a href="http://makebraceletsblog.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Tracy Statler</b></span></a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the option to pick two of our favorite links out of the <b>30 </b>she showcases in the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With these links, we were to design a piece of jewelry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I chose two I thought would fit into my "style",</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which was</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Double Infinity</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i>Little Orbits</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Green with Infinity</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Found on pages 128-131 in the book,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">showcases the <b>Double Infinity</b> link. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This picture was taken just before it was sent off to <b>Cindy </b>& the publisher.<b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am going to play a little game with those of you who already have the book, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or if not, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can also look <a href="http://www.cindywimmer.com/missing-link/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>here</b></span></a>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as pictures from the book (where you will see a picture of my necklace) scroll across the slider window seen in the middle of the page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This will kind of be like the game, what do you see <b>different</b> in the picture!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There has been a slight change in the ultimate design of my necklace =) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just leave an answer here on my blog, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in your comment, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I will also have a drawing from those who left an answer,</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at the end of the hop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The prize will be a (sur)prize! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, <b>please</b> leave your email address so I can contact you on October 21st, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">if I can't link back to you via your comment! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next link I chose,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Little Orbits</b>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Amber Skies </i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">showcases this </span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i></i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">link that Cindy places in the "easy" category.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This necklace, and how it's made, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">can be found on pages 100-103 in the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another fun project, using some super fun links.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cindy really did a superb job writing this book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the links are quite unique and exciting to master.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by and joining in on the hop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today you can also visit </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Heather Powers</b></span></a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of Art Bead Scene. She has joined us on the tour, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this gives you yet another opportunity to win </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cindywimmer.com/missing-link/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>the Missing Link</b></span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Please hop on over to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://storiestheytell.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Christine Damm</b></span></a>'s blog tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to see what she has to share with us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">regarding her</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"missing link" journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Before you go...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one last recap of all the blog hop stops:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 15-<b>Cindy Wimmer</b> (<a href="http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Sweet Bead Studio</b></span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 16-<b>Tracy Statler </b>(<a href="http://makebraceletsblog.com/"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Make Bracelets</span></b></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 17-<b>Lori Anderson </b>(<a href="http://www.prettythings.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Pretty Things</b></span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 18-<b>Kerry Bogart</b> (<b><a href="http://kabsconcepts.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Kab's Concepts</span></a></b>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Today: October 19 (along with me)</b>-<b>Heather Powers</b> (<a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Art Bead Scene</b></span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 20-<b>Christine Damm</b> (<b><a href="http://kabsconcepts.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Stories They Tell</span></a></b>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">then head back to <b>Cindy's</b> blog,<b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Sweet Bead Studio</b></span></a>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to see all the winners announced on</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>October 21st! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There will be giveaways each day, but the winners will all be announced
all at once on Cindy's blog on the final day - <b>October 21st. </b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She will be giving away additional prizes: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a set of
lampwork beads used in the book, wire, and her favorite coiling tool, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just to name a few.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, that's all for now....have <b>FUN</b> on the tour,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I'll see you back here on <b>October 21st</b>!</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-33195562103362455172013-09-25T20:55:00.001-05:002013-09-25T20:55:23.464-05:00It's Antique Festival Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you've been with me for any amount of time, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you know that twice a year I trek to Warrenton and Round Top</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the semi-annual <a href="http://www.antiqueweekend.com/indexmain.html"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Antiques Week</b></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's HUGE and several trips are in order each & every time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday was just my first for the Fall Show, and it was a bit early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I like to slip in there way ahead of time...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which means some of the vendors haven't yet arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am fine with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I always go back, and then they are there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I don't fret about missing something. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have decided that if I was meant to have it,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it will be there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Whatever IT might be!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had no intention of buying the vintage baby doll and compact you see above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, they called my name, and they came home with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The top drilled baroque stick pearls....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">well that's another story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have an idea bouncing around that involves these beauties,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I was looking for them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> It always amazes me when I enter a booth that is stuffed full of stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday, proved no different.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I always make an effort each show to visit Cathy, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the lace lady from Oklahoma.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She has WAY more than lace in her booth, and I always make a point to visit her...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">mainly for vintage lace, tulle, netting, and such.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This time I brought home one itty bitty bundle of lace,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a good group of vintage rhinestone buttons,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the crackled baby doll</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">& </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this dainty silver compact purse.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Inside was half of a ticket...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I carried all my purchases up front to pay,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">she said...."I almost kept this one for my compact collection".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not only did this make me feel like I had picked up a winner of a piece,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but she had thoughtfully remembered it, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">mentioning she regretted parting with it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I get that...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each time I design a piece of jewelry,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">then sell it... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it feels like I am getting rid of part of my family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This batch of necklaces will definitely make </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">me feel that way when they leave home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Kind of like letting your baby go...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">maybe that's why this one came home with me.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-79469701008935470612013-09-20T00:47:00.000-05:002013-09-20T00:47:15.535-05:00No Hill for a Stepper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Melanie and I </span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At the beginning of the trail,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">about to climb<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.summitpost.org/garner-state-park/465161"><b>Old Baldy</b></a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in Garner State Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's been almost a month since we returned home from our annual week long RV trip </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to a great RV park situated on a bluff just above the clear crisp water of the Frio River.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's nestled among beautiful gnarly live oak trees and several pretty high hills</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(which are<i> </i>considered<i> mountains</i> by this Texan). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The trip is definitely one of the highlights of my year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think we have been going to this park for well over 8 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I went with one BIG goal in mind...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to once again climb, what is known as,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Old Baldy</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mind you, it would not have been my first trip up to the top, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I have climbed it probably 3 or 4 other times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, not for awhile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was determined to do it this time....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a gift to me on my 56th birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I, along with my daughter, Melanie, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">took out the very morning of my birthday to conquer </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"the mountain".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quite inspiring when you reach the the top, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as there is a huge <i>additional </i>pile of rocks there...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the United States flag flying high and mighty in the wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(when it blows)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have to tell you....it felt good.....going up,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but especially good coming down!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have been traveling quite a bit this past year to teach.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tucson, AZ., Houston, TX., Coronado, CA., Round Top, TX.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Phoenix, AZ.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have one more teaching gig for the year, and it's next month, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">once again in Round Top, <span style="color: #660000;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artretreatattheprairiefall2.blogspot.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Art Retreat at The Prairie</b></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am way excited, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I will be teaching three new classes.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> From Rhinestones to Infinity</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a fun new class for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have incorporated a huge vintage rhinestone brooch into this design,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along with some beautiful links called <b>Double Infinity </b>links.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These links were designed, and came straight from my friend Cindy Wimmer's book,<b><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/?p=12515"><span style="color: #660000;">The Missing Link</span></a>,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which will be out next month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I, along with many other wonderful jewelry artists, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">was thrilled to be one of her guest designers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cindy has a pre-order link for it<span style="color: #660000;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/157851511/the-missing-link-from-basic-to-beautiful?ref=shop_home_active"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>here</b></span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at <a href="http://www.artretreatattheprairie.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>The Prairie</b></span></a>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lots of fun techniques in this class!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Scroll down the page and read all about it <a href="http://artretreatattheprairiefall2.blogspot.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>here</b></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, won't you come flock with us in Round Top? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I can't begin to tell you how much fun we have at this intimate setting. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My Double Heart</span></i></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(coming to <a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">Art Retreat in the Desert</span></a>~February 2014)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(*edit....not coming to Art in the Desert in 2014!*) </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I admit, I am in a state of euphoria right now,</span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as</span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we are fast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">approaching</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> the end of Session I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artfulgathering.ning.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Artful Gathering, 2013</b></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It has been a great class, with many beautiful creations being born.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Makes a teacher proud, I tell you!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Drops of Crystal</b> was the name of the class, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which consisted of 3 of my favorite chandelier crystal creations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In less than a week, the second session will begin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This class really put me over the top,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as it is so in-depth, I just know it is my best one yet!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I put together a little trailer....just so you can see what I mean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And, to top it off...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am having a little giveaway in conjunction with the beginning of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artfulgathering.ning.com/page/session-two-classes"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Window to My Heart</b></span></a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Share it on your social media site, whether it be Facebook or your blog,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or Twitter... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">then let me know,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I will put your name in the hat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to win one of my <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/rosajosies?ref=em"><span style="color: #660000;">class kits</span></a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The winner will be chosen on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Monday, July 15th, at 3 pm CST</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope you can join me....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would be ever so honored!</span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artretreatbythebeach.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Art Retreat by the Beach</b></span></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is now a sweet<b>, </b>sweet memory packed away </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in this itty bitty brain of mine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had loads of fun with two of my fellow teachers and dear buddies,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rikijewelry.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Riki Schumacher</span></b></a> & <a href="http://www.mosshill.blogs.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>JoAnnA Pierotti</b></span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On Friday I taught one of my favorite cuff classes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(side note: I'm teaching this class at <a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU13/AUworkshops.htm"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Art Unraveled</span></b></a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and it's filling up fast =) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's my Friday buds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sally, Mary, Jan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dawn, Joan, Marilyn, =) and Crystal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday was another great class day,</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By the Sea, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which is one of my gilding with solder classes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love teaching this technique, and have to tell you I never tire of it! </span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What a special group of ladies on Saturday....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marilyn, Joan, Ann</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sally, Celelesie, =) and Celeste</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a few of their creations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love the amazing attachments they brought along to place on their collars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday I taught one of my torch fired enameling classes that I call</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Framed</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, the tiny mother of pearl belt buckles are becoming more & more difficult to find, even though I think I might have one more batch =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Aren't they just the best, and so full of personality?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, don't want to forget....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we also went on a group field trip that Saturday to The Attic, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a sweet antique shop on the island...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">all planned by our lovely hostesses</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Barb & Erin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What a great group of ladies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">BTW....I have just finished a second enameling class,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> will premiere at <span style="color: #660000;"><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artretreatattheprairie.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Art Retreat at The Prairie</b></span></a>,</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in Round Top, Texas...this Fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Barb is about to open up registration any day now....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hope to see you there,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which is next month<b>...</b><span style="color: #660000;"><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Life has been hopping here at the Cook homestead...in more ways than one!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We just had our grandchildren over this past weekend, and needless to say, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">they had a blast at PawPaw & Nana's house.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They jumped and hopped and wrestled, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and we laughed enough to fill up a hot air balloon!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alton is 4, and loves driving his Jeep and riding his bike. You would not believe how much Samantha, who is 14-1/2 months, loves to ride around in the backyard with her brother. She is one little girl who loves to ride in a Jeep!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She fits right into our Jeep driving, Bronco bustin' & </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Land Rover driving group!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We've had unseasonal cool weather here, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and we've been lovin' every minute of it! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Usually by now we would be running the air conditioner full blast...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yee haw, is all I can say!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>*************** </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We are getting so close to opening up class registration for </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Artful Gathering 2013</b></span></a>....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>May 1st</b> is just around the corner!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now...on to the hop news...and...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">David Everett!</span></div>
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<div align="center">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
<br /> </ol>
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>David H. Everett<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://chickenlipsfolkart.blogspot.com/" moz-txt-link-freetext="" target="_blank">http://chickenlipsfolkart.blogspot.com</a>/</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-27903255731988003632013-04-17T00:00:00.000-05:002013-05-06T22:51:27.125-05:00WoW! It's All Good<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I have been so very busy preparing for my online classes </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>at </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Artful Gathering</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0aRCLLNQmogIzkD8UV7R-neKE5fVXn0qLa2k7xthlhP8b7dAC3Jt0RoGMmxuNGbfeB7eidQRS5ulniTIgsB_PbsfwFNn-BSz2MEHdDcl2f3UpSELYteBTi7ZlFEFzokKDdM/s1600/Drops+for+Blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0aRCLLNQmogIzkD8UV7R-neKE5fVXn0qLa2k7xthlhP8b7dAC3Jt0RoGMmxuNGbfeB7eidQRS5ulniTIgsB_PbsfwFNn-BSz2MEHdDcl2f3UpSELYteBTi7ZlFEFzokKDdM/s640/Drops+for+Blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>and my in-person classes</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>at </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://artretreatattheprairiespring.blogspot.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #660000;">The Prairie</span></a>...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>but, </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>it's been ALL good!</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I do hope one day we get to meet...</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>in either one!</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>***** </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>If you've been hopping along with the Artful Gathering Blog Hop,</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>this week is my turn to be in the spotlight!</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Hope you are enjoying this little trip down the yellow-brick road!</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>All in fun.... </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b> </b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: medium;">Artful Gathering Event <a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Registration</a> is
Open!</span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/Dz3XGZp1879fP-C9rDskvXK4RMi-yr9znRVLAbngpC0SnP0dIBLlafOarnDbudujmSD*YtWQsnryg5c9BSb3lGGy3zF0Zimw/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg?width=549" width="549" /></a><br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b><span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: medium;">I'm the Spotlight
Artist for The Artful Gathering 2013 Blog
Hop!</span></b></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Follow along with me for fun, creativity, and a chance to win a</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">$200.00 Gift Certificate for The Artful
Gathering Marketplace Opening Soon. The winner can apply the certificate
toward any 2013 online art workshop(s).</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-size: x-small;">*kits and dvds not
applicable.</span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Register to the even<span style="font-size: medium;">t <a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_self">here</a></span><br /><br /> </span></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: medium;">I'm presenting My Brand New <b>On-Line</b> Workshops at<br /><br /> </span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: medium;">at Artful Gathering 2013!</span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
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<div align="center">
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><b>Come Hop With US!</b></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><b>Hop Rules:</b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><b>If you would like to hop with us and
meet all the super awesome <a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Artful Gathering 2013</a> Art Instructors, and
have a chance to win a random drawing prize in our random drawing, then
hop with us! Each week, I will announce the blog for you to visit, and
off you go to meet them, and to pick up the newest secret word.<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<br />
<ol style="text-align: left;"><br />
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>For your chance to win, you must
collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final
destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those
participants who have submitted the complete collection of secret
words!</b></span></li>
<br />
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Only one winner will be randomly
drawn. The winner will receive a $200 gift certificate for a 2013 Online
Video Workshop(s). *Not applicable to workshop kits or dvds.*<br /><br /> </b></span></li>
<br />
<li><span style="color: black;">This weeks word is .....</span><span class="font-size-4" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>painting</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /> <span style="color: black;">Next week, I'll announce the next person to hop to. Good luck!!!</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-39464140324361455372013-04-11T11:25:00.001-05:002013-04-12T06:36:14.713-05:00Time to Visit Pamela Huntington on the AG Blog Hop<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's time to meet the amazing </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4"><b>Pamela Huntington!</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4">I finally met her last August at Art Unraveled</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4">in Phoenix!</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4">You'll just love her, and the amazing Photoshop class she'll be teaching </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at AG during the first session! </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<br />
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
<br /> </ol>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Pamela Huntington<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://pamelahuntington.typepad.com/february_2007/2013/04/i-hope-you-can-join-me-for-artful-gathering-2013.html">pamelahuntington</a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
<br /></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-27368854149078932622013-04-04T06:54:00.000-05:002013-04-11T11:26:46.499-05:00It's Time to Visit Jacqueline Newbold on the AG Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<br />
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
<br /> </ol>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Jacqueline Newbold<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://djnewbold.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">http://djnewbold.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-31272928621817390322013-03-27T19:10:00.000-05:002013-04-11T11:27:03.743-05:00Time to Visit Kecia Deveney for the AG 2013 Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Hop on over to Kecia's blog for the next secret word...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>She's been waiting for you!</b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<br />
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
<br /> </ol>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Kecia Deveney<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-59107215268232800552013-03-20T17:18:00.000-05:002013-04-11T11:27:14.230-05:00It's Riki Time on the AG Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjSHJDcEt2UYBsZeXE2QsXEij9aYDmv3QTFhsJEPOOoKZ2CLypAHZq90emKsZ_Og5zbcrXDJbgZhn9Hjad7djzINT9B-6G7D5vXj-yPhEGgDn2DF8EFfvGD4-cjpmXu_7AgA/s1600/Riki+and+Vivi.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjSHJDcEt2UYBsZeXE2QsXEij9aYDmv3QTFhsJEPOOoKZ2CLypAHZq90emKsZ_Og5zbcrXDJbgZhn9Hjad7djzINT9B-6G7D5vXj-yPhEGgDn2DF8EFfvGD4-cjpmXu_7AgA/s320/Riki+and+Vivi.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Riki & Vivi </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know you<span style="font-size: x-small;">'ll<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span>enjoy visiting my dear and faithful friend,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://rikijewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Riki Schumacher's</b></span></a> blog,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the next<b> </b>stop on<b> </b>the <a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Artful Gathering Blog Hop</b></span></a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We just spent a week together last month, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in Tucson, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">teaching for <a href="http://www.vivimagoopresents.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Vivi Magoo</b><b> Presents</b></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We laughed, we ate, we shopped the <i>way cool </i>Tucson<b> </b>gem show</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">AND</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we taught jewelry classes to an amazing group of students!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjpwo4Dw5OG8gYL2nLoqKxKzMuXL7GgNi49dX-QceR7Jcs7iF03L3K5DayqtDmr-Yz7-6vuphifbOlJJmtmhQN-kkn0HTXw8VRskFQ3MBUfd0p7Z5oZbP1BhNuMdQKpBN9zk/s1600/Riki+&+I+in+Tucson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjpwo4Dw5OG8gYL2nLoqKxKzMuXL7GgNi49dX-QceR7Jcs7iF03L3K5DayqtDmr-Yz7-6vuphifbOlJJmtmhQN-kkn0HTXw8VRskFQ3MBUfd0p7Z5oZbP1BhNuMdQKpBN9zk/s320/Riki+&+I+in+Tucson.JPG" width="187" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> So, hop on over to get your next secret word, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and see what she's been up to.... </span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
From
<b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog
Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate towards an
Artful Gathering 2013 online video workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
Each
week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there
you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect
along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you
visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the
rules:</div>
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<br />
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For
your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and
submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing
will be conducted from those participants who have submitted the
complete collection of secret words.</b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only
one winner will be randomly drawn from the list of participants who
have collected all the secret words.</b></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
Remember
to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These words will
work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to
be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Riki Schumacher</b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://rikijewelry.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">http://rikijewelry.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-16571199746570543532013-03-13T11:00:00.000-05:002013-04-11T11:27:30.274-05:00Drops of Crystal and Blog Hop Time for MJ<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've been busy taping...</span><b> </b></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwce6NQ-aV-qLD5pYJU-zxudrKcEMKb6Fs8y1vTFm9An8vQcrSzRXGqwZnWDNfa6ikFNB5hMaGRRd0rQdTufzWUjSyoATMH0F3vLvntJqyhfHGQbEZM3zXTRxhGHhNE1Mr30/s640/Drops+of+Crystal.jpg" width="640" /></div>
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Drops of Crystal</b></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>...</b>which is the class I will </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">be teaching in the first session at</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/page/class-schedule" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Artful Gathering 2013</b></span></a>!</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<br />
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
<br /> </ol>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Mary Jane Chadbourne<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://desertdreamstudios.weebly.com/blog.html/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://desertdreamstudios.weebly.com/blog" target="_blank">http://desertdreamstudios.weebly.com/blog.</a><br /> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="font-size-4"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></span></div>
<span class="font-size-4">
</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-88438268548208653532013-03-06T18:47:00.004-06:002013-04-11T11:27:47.551-05:00Clicking my Heels and Blog Hopping Week 3<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAbDooehj29XAp_cDkKAbVEgShJdWUYXw6D3NEXu4cJRJHOJHBE2rCURGXGNlcEzKPkffz8M06FqT69_oWYTSOTHPgX6QndcqMGBGS9GL1YDff7iYTzjPWyjywwlesaN3B-Y/s1600/Adorn+Me+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAbDooehj29XAp_cDkKAbVEgShJdWUYXw6D3NEXu4cJRJHOJHBE2rCURGXGNlcEzKPkffz8M06FqT69_oWYTSOTHPgX6QndcqMGBGS9GL1YDff7iYTzjPWyjywwlesaN3B-Y/s640/Adorn+Me+2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lorraine.c.george?group_id=0"><span style="color: #660000;">Lorraine George</span></a>, <a href="http://somethingsublime.typepad.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">Deryn Mentock</span></a> and =)</b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I'm <span style="font-size: small;"><i>clicking my heels</i></span> happy to say that I've made it through one of the longest teaching gigs thus far...teaching 5 classes (in a row) last week in Houston, at </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/AdornMe13/AdornMeHome.htm"><span style="color: #660000;">Adorn Me! 2013</span></a>. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I so wish I would have had more time to visit with Deryn and Lorraine,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>but we did manage to get a quick picture on Sunday, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>just before Deryn & I <i>high tailed</i> it our<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i>final day of tea<span style="font-size: small;">ching.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Now it's time to begin videoing </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>the two classes I'll be teaching this summer </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>for </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">Artful Gathering</span></a>. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I do hope I see you in</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/page/class-schedule"><span style="color: #660000;">one</span></a>, <a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/page/session-two-schedule"><span style="color: #660000;">two</span></a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>or </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>maybe both of the sessions,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>held this June-August.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>This weeks hop features the talented</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://mbshaw.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">Mary Beth Shaw</span></a>.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Just hop on over to her blog now</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for more details and the next secret word!</span> </b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<ol start="1">
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.</b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /> </b><br /> </li>
</ol>
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Mary Beth Shaw<br /><br /> </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://mbshaw.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://mbshaw.blogspot.com/">http://mbshaw.blogspot.com/</a><br /> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="font-size-4"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4"></span><br />
<span class="font-size-4"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></span></div>
<span class="font-size-4">
</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-52784384501011316522013-02-27T00:20:00.002-06:002013-04-11T11:28:11.467-05:00The Blog Hop Continues AND Hoping I see you at Adorn Me! 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbj07UDP2P3h9dDZscsU5q0kj8s4KPXwBEXhPYk_azRf-FnPJVQuHiGH5bDPEuM7O1PU68Gy4Ma21wNCHZJFlrjTI83Sp7P5IFAcUiVn1llo_MpN9cdR7eDZl5edWbCyOTtoY/s1600/Winged+Necklace+IV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbj07UDP2P3h9dDZscsU5q0kj8s4KPXwBEXhPYk_azRf-FnPJVQuHiGH5bDPEuM7O1PU68Gy4Ma21wNCHZJFlrjTI83Sp7P5IFAcUiVn1llo_MpN9cdR7eDZl5edWbCyOTtoY/s640/Winged+Necklace+IV.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I do hope I see you in a couple days at</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/AdornMe13/AMworkshops.htm"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Adorn Me! 2013</b></span></a>...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is one of the closest venues I will be teaching at this year, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">being only 11 miles away from home.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have been to Tucson and back,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">teaching at <a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Art Retreat in the Desert</b></span></a>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was amazing<b>.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The gem show was truly inspiring, the students were super duper, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the weather was outstanding,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">AND </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the hotel & management were GREAT.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Barb</b> and <b>Erin</b> worked their retreat magic,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(along with help from brother, <b>Casey</b>) </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and all went SO well,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I just can't say enough good things about the entire trip.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Except, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">if you missed it in 2013,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you won't want to miss it in 2014.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Yes, Barb has already put it on the schedule, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so watch out for details here, or my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rosajosies"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Facebook Page</b></span></a> (of course), </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or <a href="http://www.vivimagoopresents.com/"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Vivi Magoo Presents</b></span></a>,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the near future.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Right now I have my eyes set on Adorn Me, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I will be teaching 5 classes ~ in a row!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can you say Yee...haawww? </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes...</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSulCKdVKhsE5fIotb3i7lH66PrYoT3h6AwSmQNDBUA7CikllQPH_xd2wuhAXxlgjsDsPfrRd4eqfpgLcSG-r3BEK32fb_kPXj0RsqUHgNnZtfqhtWuU6J3zoTDBEsUwN8EqQ/s1600/2013+Bio+Pic+IV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSulCKdVKhsE5fIotb3i7lH66PrYoT3h6AwSmQNDBUA7CikllQPH_xd2wuhAXxlgjsDsPfrRd4eqfpgLcSG-r3BEK32fb_kPXj0RsqUHgNnZtfqhtWuU6J3zoTDBEsUwN8EqQ/s400/2013+Bio+Pic+IV.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I WILL be wearing a pair of my new boots.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">AND, don't forget to visit our next stop on the </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Artful Gathering Blog Hop!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The featured artist this stop </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is the talented</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4"><b>Colleen Moody!</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate
towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video
workshop(s).</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and
there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to
collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each
blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are
the rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the
secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in
May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have
submitted the complete collection of secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list
of participants who have collected all the secret words.<br /><br /> </b></li>
</ol>
</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These
words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the
pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Colleen Moody</b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://colleenmoody.blogspot.com/"><span class="font-size-4">http://colleenmoody.blogspot.com</span></a></div>
<br />
;<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-33436535092091616492013-02-20T00:00:00.000-06:002013-02-20T00:00:01.896-06:00The Hop Continues for Artful Gathering 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013 Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for Registration</a></b></span></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
From <b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be presenting <b>TWO</b>
exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by
fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are
all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.</div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video workshop(s).</b></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<div align="center">
<br />
Each week I will announce the next featured
blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or
words that you will need to collect along your way. Once you have
collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to
say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:</div>
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<ol start="1">
<li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code
words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random
drawing will be conducted from those participants who have submitted the
complete collection of secret words.<br /> </b></li>
<li><b>Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list of participants who have collected all the secret words.</b></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div align="center">
<br />
Remember to collect <u>all</u> the secret
words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll
need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Pam Carriker</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://pamcarriker.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://pamcarriker.com/blog/</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-61157126032428674572013-02-13T08:01:00.001-06:002013-02-13T10:14:24.706-06:00Artful Gathering Blog Hop Begins Today!<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://artfulgatheringfest.ning.com/" target="_self"><img height="200" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/enhkXjvpxARPzNWperY1kC9Zjd*x3bItvRUfsMvfv4ytkq35yJnPw8c2g7MDzVvEGxMAEN1p8N2tLT31ovBgMx03CYDawl-R/bloghopbadgerevised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013
Online Art Retreat</b></span></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for
Registration</a></b></span></div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog Hop your way for chance to win!</b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
From
<b>June to August 2013</b>, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be
presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online
video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and
internationally. We are all very excited to share ou<span style="color: #0000ee;">r</span> knowledge, skill, and
creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING
annual online event.</div>
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Blog
Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate towards an
Artful Gathering 2013 online video workshop(s). </b></div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
(Gift certificate applicable to workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).</div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each
week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there
you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect
along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you
visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the
rules:</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
<br />
<ol start="1"><br />
<li><b>For
your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and
submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing
will be conducted from those participants who have submitted the
complete collection of secret words.</b></li>
<br />
<li><b>Only
one winner will be randomly drawn from the list of participants who
have collected all the secret words.</b></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div align="center">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember
to collect <u>all</u> the secret words. These words will
work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to
be eligible for the final prize drawing!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4"><b>Nancy Malay</b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.nancymalay.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">http://www.nancymalay.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
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<span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In just 4 very short weeks, I will be standing in Tucson, Arizona<i><b>,</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I'll be there teaching three classes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>Art Retreat in the Desert</b></i></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two classes are first timers for me<i><b>, </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">coming from my teaching bag of tricks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On Friday<i><b>, February 8th, </b></i>I'll be teaching</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <i><b><a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Watchful Resin Charms with a Splash of Bangles</span></a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></i>We'll be pouring some resin in some fun little vintage watch bezels,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that can be used in the class I will teach on Sunday,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or as fun charms for the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bangles we will also be designing in class.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have to tell you, these bangles can become addicting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can wear a heap of them all at one time, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and you won't be able to sneak up on anyone if you do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are fun and quite simple to make.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Really. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On Saturday, <b>February</b> <b>9th, </b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll be teaching my second new class,</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u><i><b>Time to Nest</b></i></u></span></span></a><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We'll be playing with vintage mother of pearl buckles, recycled sari silk, </span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">vintage mother of pearl buttons, and a cool watch bezel...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that you can fill to your heart's desire. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then on Sunday, <b>February 10th</b>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll be sharing one of my favorite techniques in a class </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">called</span><br />
<a href="http://www.artretreatinthedesert.com/p/class-details.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Gilded Heart</span></b></i></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></b></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Lookie what you can make....you will love it!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a piece that Maria, one of my talented students, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">made last October in the class I taught at <a href="http://artretreatattheprairiespring.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>The Prairie</b></span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <b>BTW, </b>Barb will<b> </b>be opening Spring registration</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">any day now...<b><a href="http://artretreatattheprairiespring.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">here</span></a></b>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for <a href="http://artretreatattheprairiespring.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Art Retreat at the Prairie</b></span></a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now, back to the Desert... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do hope you can come to Tucson as Barb has a <b>field trip</b> to the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.visittucson.org/events/gem-show/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Tucson Gem Show</b></span></a> scheduled on Thursday before the classes begin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know I'll be on that bus!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And, today she announced that she'll<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b> </b><span style="color: black;">have</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.magnoliapearl.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Magnolia Pearl</b></span></a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">clothing at the retreat in Tucson!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She had some of Robin's latest designs at The Prairie last fall, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and of course who can resist Magnolia Pearl?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They, themselves, are works of art.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Take a stroll online to see her beautiful clothes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You will love them.... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>***** </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you'd like to see where else I'll be teaching in 2013,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I now have most of them posted thru August, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so just scroll back up to the top of my blog, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">right under the header you will see a tab that says</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Classes.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are ALL listed there, and right next door you will see a tab for my <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://rosa-josies.blogspot.com/p/on-line-classes.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>On-line Classes</b></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is where you'll see all the details posted for <a href="http://theartfulgathering.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Artful Gathering 2013</b></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">Yes, I will be teaching two online classes there once again this summer.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">More details about which two will be revealed in a couple of months!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">I have lots of things going on behind the scenes...as always<b>, </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;"><b>but...</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b>if you are on <b>Facebook</b>, I'd love for you to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rosajosies"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>friend me</b></span></a>, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">I seem to be there a lot more these days than here!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">This was a class picture taken on Sunday just before I taught my class,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>On A Wing</b></span>, at The Prairie!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">It was a magical day....love you guys!</span></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362728.post-59412296408153745552012-12-10T09:38:00.002-06:002012-12-10T09:39:57.163-06:00Hoping in....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It truly always pushes me into a direction I would not take otherwise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This challenge once again proved the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A couple of months ago, <i>Carmi Cimicata </i>of <b><a href="http://resincrafts.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Resin Crafts</span></a></b> asked if I'd like to participate in a blog hop featuring a new line, called<i> Instant Glam</i>, within a line of products called </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.metalcomplex.com/"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Metal Complex</b></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She sent a couple of components, one of which was a silver bezel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I chose to use it for the hop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I had found this gorgeous rhinestone necklace at the antique festival this past Spring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I knew it was destined for beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I first oxidized the bezel, as it was much too shiny for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I sanded it a bit, just before I added a couple soft layers of Gilders Paste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Damask was first, and then I topped it with Silver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I reached into my bag of goodies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(really my shelf of supplies)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">picking up some pewter hearts I had purchased from <b><a href="http://www.thomasmann.com/"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Thomas Mann</span></a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is the one I chose! Just perfect, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as it has a great little oval shaped well in the middle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I found a rhinestone connector that had a hint of turquoise in it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">snipping off the two end connectors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I pulled out my vintage book of Shakespeare, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to find my next word,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i>hope</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I looked across my desk, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">finding some resin covered sheet music I had used in a previous project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The title of the song had the word I was looking for, </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Loves</b>.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The name of my piece was born.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I attached the paper inside the bezel.<i> </i>Mixed up a batch of Ice Resin and attached the heart inside the bezel using the resin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I gently lowered the rhinestone connector, which now held the word <i><b>hope</b></i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">into the tiny well in the middle of the heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As the resin was drying, I decided I wanted a few drops of silver inside the well,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Simply divine. I am so in love with this piece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thank you Carmi for asking me to be part of the hop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a blast =) </span></div>
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