Tag Archives: Handmade

Gift #1165: Art Journey #4

Today was the end of the Art Bead Challenge #5 and I was preparing to blog about it  when I remembered that I never blogged about Challenge #4!  That ended right as I was getting ready to travel and I … Continue reading

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Gift #1162: Sea and Selkies

“Sea and Selkies” was the theme for June’s Art Elements blog challenge.  Selkies form an intrinsic part of the culture and mythology of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.  My introduction to selkies was from the movie “Secrets of Roan Inish”.  An … Continue reading

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Gift #1156: Art Journey #2

“Once upon a time…”  – are there any words that are more exciting?  Just hearing that phrase makes me tingle with excitement knowing that a story full of adventure, trials, travels, magic spells, and happy endings is sure to come.  … Continue reading

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Gift #1155: Luna Moth

I’m writing this blog on Saturday night wearing warm fuzzy pajamas while watching the snow fall …. at the end of March.  I’m trying not to be bitter about this, but at this point I’m nearly frantic for spring.  Since … Continue reading

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Gift #1152: Of Moths and Moons Part 2

After a long hiatus, the Art Bead Scene blog is back with their monthly challenges!  Except now they’re not monthly challenges, but six week challenges so that we have more time to create – these are now called art journeys.  … Continue reading

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Gift #1151: 2319 or Secret Sock Society

I was going to save this post for a while longer, but Facebook informed me that today was 2/3/19 – or a 2319.  This was too good a coincidence to pass up, especially since we won’t have one again.  For … Continue reading

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Gift #1148: Winter Jewelry

My neck of the woods is filled with a day’s worth of wintry precipitation (read: rain, sleet, and ice pellets) followed by an afternoon and night of snow leaving several inches on top of the ice layer.  I’ve spent the … Continue reading

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Gift #1142: Christmas Ornaments

For the past couple of years I’ve made my own ornaments as Christmas gifts.  I was encouraged in this endeavor by a challenge from the Art Bead Scene blog where we make handmade ornaments and share them with each other … Continue reading

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Gift #1137: Art Elements Sept. Challenge

The end of the month means wrapping up lots of monthly challenges.  In addition to Art Bead Scene, I also participated in Art Elements monthly challenge because the theme was fairies!  The challenge is open to all art mediums and … Continue reading

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Gift #1136: September Art Bead Scene Challenge

It’s coming along fall in my neck of the woods now – my favorite season.  The weather has cooled down to the 60s-70s and it’s glorious.  Trees are showing glowing patches of color at random intervals in the landscape.  I … Continue reading

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