Monthly Archives: January 2017

Gift #1063: Indiana in 200 Objects – Natural History

Last year Indiana celebrated its bicentennial and the state museum put together a special exhibit called “Indiana in 200 objects”  This was the last weekend of the exhibit, so I headed off today to spend the day at the museum.  … Continue reading

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Gift #1062: Art Deco Musings

Last week I had my first class in exploring a new art medium – that of precious metal clay.  It’s a brief 4-week introduction and after covering some basics we played with various textures on the clay.  We dried our pieces … Continue reading

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Gift #1061: Labor of Love

Right after finishing the muffin tin challenge last Sunday, I had another, even bigger challenge in front of me. Last year at this time our local knit shop owners were welcoming their baby girl into the world.   I was thinking … Continue reading

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GIft #1060: Muffin Tin Challenge

Welcome to the results of the Muffin Tin Challenge, hosted by Heather Powers of Humblebeads.  At the start of the year, she hosts a challenge to fill a muffin tin with beaded projects and make as many as you can.  … Continue reading

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Gift #1059: A Collection of Random Thoughts

Hello everyone!  I hope you had a good week.  I thought I’d check in on the eve of the weekend seeing as how I’ve been quiet all week.   It’s been a good week, but I’m tired and still don’t have … Continue reading

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GIft #1058: Christmas swap continued

Today I thought I’d show you what all was included in the package I shipped off to my swap partner.   This is partly because 1) I just blogged about the swap so the timing fits 2) I had a long … Continue reading

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Gift #1057: Christmas Swaps

I’ve been trying to get back into the routine of things.  You know, the stuff like remembering you have a job, how to drive the car you’ve not been in for nearly 14 days, where my work badge is… that … Continue reading

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Gift #1056: A New Year

Welcome to 2017!  It’s strange to be writing a new year and for the next several weeks I’ll be messing up the date, but a brand new year stands before us.  There will be choices, opportunities, experiences to fill our … Continue reading

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Gift #1055: In the Garden

Hello again!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  I’m back from my holiday travels to visit family.  I came back with a sinus infection (a Christmas present I hadn’t planned on) and have been taking it easy the … Continue reading

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