tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506101169868075762024-02-18T21:14:43.684-08:00Blessings and Charmsjuliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-5767291373167296322011-04-04T10:53:00.000-07:002011-04-04T10:53:00.044-07:00New work on my table<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Over the weekend I began a new series of bracelets. They're for my niece's bridesmaids.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The wedding is in May at the Princeton Harbor in Half Moon Bay, so the bracelets will have a beachy feel.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Of course, there are silver shell charms, pearls and swarovski crystals.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It's a very happy time in our family. Friends and family will be here from all over the country. My young men will be home. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited and honored to be a part of our dear niece's wedding</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Lucky me! I get to make jewelry and celebrate love while I'm at it.</span></span><br />
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</span></span>juliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-35987756697975486222011-03-30T11:53:00.000-07:002011-03-30T11:53:49.183-07:00Shell Baby<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Last weekend I finally finished my little shell baby necklace.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">That poor little dear has languished on my bead board for two years.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">How is that possible? She was so sweet and I was so unsure what to do with her.</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">In some ways I felt she looked like she was someone else's project. But now that she is finished I know this piece is all mine. I am learning new ways of making jewelry and loving it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I like telling a story, using found elements. Although I have been working in mixed media jewelry for a few years now, not many of my buyers seem to like the results. Oh well, onward in the name of self expression...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">xoxo</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Last weekend I was at the Anthropologie store in Burlingame, CA. I was blown away by the mannequin in the window. She was dressed in a gown of pleated fans of old dress pattern paper.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Around the collar were wooden laundry pins strung into fans cascading down the dress around the waist.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux_y718sE99ddj6UXLZ3Owyit8CX9of1joysB_IeILq6UbBXKVIgvGnT1suyRAxW4hhBTNECjIux4fEDYXvrUt7nkJ71vBdhgPYg1Cui2L0qPay7i7XkebfNM9TFX72e6H_ld_7ZsCAg/s1600/DSCN1487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux_y718sE99ddj6UXLZ3Owyit8CX9of1joysB_IeILq6UbBXKVIgvGnT1suyRAxW4hhBTNECjIux4fEDYXvrUt7nkJ71vBdhgPYg1Cui2L0qPay7i7XkebfNM9TFX72e6H_ld_7ZsCAg/s320/DSCN1487.JPG" width="240" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was such a fabulous example of pure serendipity and unbridled creativity! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">First, let me say I have been on a very strong antibiotic regime for my ongoing Lyme Disease. At first it wasn't so bad, but here it is mid-March and I haven't written one blog entry. The meds seem to take all of my energy and there is little left for other.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Other" meaning things I love, things I care about and keeping up with anything that isn't on my A list.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I've learned what chronic illness is about. It's a take away game, where as time goes by there is less and less of who you thought you were. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I forget...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">One wonderful thing I have done is participate in The Brave Girl's Soul Restoration. That was fun and inspiring. Ms. Melody Ross and all the Brave Girls were fantastic! It felt like a way back to who I am, and in some ways it was. The most useful part of the 6 week internet course was what I discovered about my life right now-</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">That's right, I forgot, put off and stared so long I had completely given up on myself. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">So here we are and I am back to my blog- Yipee!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am also back making jewelry. Happy jewelry with art glass and silver and colorful sparkly things. I will be sharing those soon.</span><br />
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It's a gray day on the coast. Looks like the way I feel about the last year.<br />
There were some good times and some dark times.<br />
Our health continues to suffer, making my spirit feel gray and weak.<br />
I am happy to let this year go and a new one begin.<br />
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Tomorrow begins a new year and each day I will try to live like this quote from Buddha:<br />
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Each morning we are born again.<br />
What we do today is what matters most.<br />
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XOXOjuliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-66197634641203731882010-11-28T20:04:00.000-08:002010-11-28T20:04:36.938-08:00Did I say Bacon? The Baconator Rules!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Hi friends! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm hoping everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving weekend.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I am bursting at the seams to share our Bacon Turkey adventure!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">While in L.A. two weeks ago my dearly beloved caught some episode on the Food Channel about a bacon wrapped Turkey Breast. That idea became the Holy Grail of Thanksgiving this year.</span></span><br />
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I took a weekend workshop with the amazing Ms. Kelly Kilmer called Rejuvenations and haven't been the same since.<br />
I took the class to have a breakthrough in my art. I wanted to let it all out and play like never before on paper. Ripping tearing gluing is good for the soul. (Not to mention a new fascination with decorative tape!)<br />
Yesterday I filled the last page and can't wait to continue adorning the journal with writing, taping and glitter.<br />
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XOXOjuliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-20654982159725687682010-11-02T09:23:00.000-07:002010-11-02T09:23:18.515-07:00Where was I in October?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The fall seamed to fly by. My dearly beloved and I left the Bay Area on the last day of September and traveled through the Southwest on and epic journey. We drove 2800 miles through California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah to New Mexico and back. All in 16 days!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We visited friends and favorite haunts in Santa Fe, hiked a little of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and saw some of the most beautiful skies and mesas imaginable. There was searing heat, thunder, hail, rain and cold, followed by more heat.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We were blessed to see the aspens turning in the forests outside of Santa Fe. To say it was beautiful doesn't even touch the emotions I felt while hiking through a rain of golden leaves. The wind sounded like water and the white of the aspen bark was ghostly.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And oh yes- the sky, the sky, the sky!</span></span><br />
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</div>juliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-16241423451213233922010-09-19T12:39:00.000-07:002010-09-19T12:39:18.697-07:00Half Full<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've been meditating on where I am in my life quite a bit lately. After all these months of illness the fog is slowly clearing. Is my cup half empty or half full?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Or does it go deeper, that feeling that I no longer have a cup at all. As my dearly beloved and I like to say about Lyme Disease "every thing disappears".</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When I saw the light on our barbed wire wreath it made me wonder..Is my life half full?</span></span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One thing I do know, my sense of gratitude needs a wake up call. I have begun journaling about what I am grateful for each day. Small or large I need to remind myself how blessed we are.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The following quote is my daily devotion-</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild & precious life?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- Mary Oliver</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My vessel is the journal we have been creating. Gina is a wonderful teacher. I have been inspired to stretch and work outside of my comfort level. I'm learning new techniques and watching the videos again and again.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We began by painting background papers on large sheets of watercolor paper.</span></span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I also chose a book to transform into my journal. I found a wonderful child's book on the sale table at Borders. The book is called Sea Stories compiled by Cooper Edens. He used his vintage image collection to illustrate the book. The images are so wonderful, it has been a little difficult to rip pages out and gesso over others. But I am keeping in mind this is my vessel and my story of the sea. Right now the cover looks like this:</span></span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But not for long. The back cover has already been altered. It too, will be different by the time it is finished:</span></span><br />
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The positive side of September is the sun. This is the time of the year when the sun finally comes out from the blanket of fog we call summer in my little coastal town. It was even hot for a few days this week. This year it was more than seven weeks fogged in and dripping wet. Our vegetable garden even molded this year.<br />
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September 1st I spent with my beloved son Skyler. We spent the day in San Francisco and started at Dynamo Donuts. Had to have the Bacon Maple donut just to get our day going.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Then we hit the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Skyler is a Biology major at University of Oregon and is passionate about botany. He shared all kinds of wonderful facts about the plants and flowers. After a while one of the docents began to ask him questions. That seemed so funny, but his love of plants and life was so present for everyone to see. What could be better for a parent to see than her once child, now man growing into dreams and passions of his own.<br />
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This weekend I will be working on jewelry, my Song of the Sea journal from Gina's online class and since it is Labor Day Weekend we will be having BBQ with friends and family.<br />
XOXOjuliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-21520886770679120102010-08-30T12:46:00.000-07:002010-08-30T12:46:15.329-07:00Song of the Sea<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so excited! I signed p for my first online course. It is a collage class with Gina Armfield.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been following her blog for a long time and love her work. She has a colorful exciting look to her work that makes me feel happy.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The thing that pushed me over the edge into online classes was my new IPad. I can take it into my studio and follow along with the demonstrations.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out her website and The class, perhaps you would like to join us?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The thing about being with your partner for longer than you were alive before you married (I was 26) is that the fire of your relationship really becomes like embers in a very hot fire. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The kind you stare into in the dark of night and see things and tell stories around. The kind of embers a shaman would weave tales of fortune and folly around. There is a history and a warmth. And most importantly, love.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At one point I felt like my hair was on fire and my heart was a dried leaf, crumpled and damaged.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I found a wrapper on the road and a dried leaf nearby. In my journal I made a collage to express my feelings.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm almost finished, Just need to solder f few more brass and silver links so it is long enough to wear.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a peek at how it is coming along-</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See the little nest in the resin bezel? The colors are a pale forest floor with lots of pearls, gems and crystals. I am so enjoying the mediation and problem solving that comes with wrapping the beads and wire.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They are my favorite type of jewelry.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They are a treat for the wearer because you can enjoy them as much as the people around you.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bracelets can tell little stories, dress up some old bit of clothing or cheer the day.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At any given time I can be found wearing at least one. Three is better.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am the Bracelet Queen!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My current love is a fine little example with mixed metals (brass and silver) pearls, citrine crystal squares and fine fused silver chain I made a few weeks ago.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So warm and lovely... YUM!</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Tonight I am off to the Beading Frenzy for a class on leather bracelets wrapped with gems. Should be fun, I will share tomorrow right here!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Remember I'm making a Post-A-Day this week!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I promise to show and tell all the lovlies I've been working on.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">XOXO</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></div>juliebstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652418485606216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950610116986807576.post-46787568622035145942010-07-26T13:26:00.000-07:002010-07-26T13:26:05.446-07:00July!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOY_rJDByQ6_1x3kK7swWw0hzJZE7FLN8dcJZlvpZ3GIJkI2RcLA3WWWLcSiq9mImwUTsvUFYL-zTKwvXcEOwrCLDwgM4KKS_yf_eOnQtZlLDL7GS5KYZyEXSngGB3iGkTCDNH7LOVWI/s1600/DSCN0592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOY_rJDByQ6_1x3kK7swWw0hzJZE7FLN8dcJZlvpZ3GIJkI2RcLA3WWWLcSiq9mImwUTsvUFYL-zTKwvXcEOwrCLDwgM4KKS_yf_eOnQtZlLDL7GS5KYZyEXSngGB3iGkTCDNH7LOVWI/s320/DSCN0592.JPG" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Howdy dear blog friends.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">How could it be the end of July and not one post? I've been a busy bee this month. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I'm making jewelry, journaling, I've gone to a weekend jewelry workshop and have been visiting my dear dad in the hospital. My sister and nieces came for a visit, too. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">July has been full of surprises both good and bad. Health matters, we bought a very used car and through it all I have been carving out bits of time for me. Relationship seems to be the word of the month</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">This week I promised to blog every day- NO MATTER WHAT!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">My program here seems a little iffy today in the formatting, but I will include some recent photos.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">On the left is my work tray from the Twisted Sistah Workshop I took in San Luis Obispo with the lovely and incredibly talented Ms. Diana Frey. I will write more about that this week.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5DBMIkii818cfOWKvT5KoaUfBE8CgowV9teS32_VheWRw1Z92uxMDQG4UqncRSATdX8lz715xuVS5LGGfY2rPzd8YwS8WmfDOP3kPAXajcYxmMBKXle5sAgDxIkOu7G0-NTvCNlBZd8/s1600/DSCN0636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5DBMIkii818cfOWKvT5KoaUfBE8CgowV9teS32_VheWRw1Z92uxMDQG4UqncRSATdX8lz715xuVS5LGGfY2rPzd8YwS8WmfDOP3kPAXajcYxmMBKXle5sAgDxIkOu7G0-NTvCNlBZd8/s320/DSCN0636.JPG" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">For Today</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Outside my window... The Trumpet Flower bush my dearly beloved gave me for our anniversary is blooming</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am thinking... of taking a nap</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am thankful for... my life</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">From the kitchen... a huge green energy drink my dear one me made for lunch</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am wearing ... pink crops, ugg boots and polar fleece</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am creating... a new relationship with my blog</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am going... to the store for food & prescriptions</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am reading... Stephanie Lee's Semi-precious Salvage</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am hoping... My migraine goes away</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am hearing... silence</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Around the house... it's a cold, foggy, windy, coast of northern California day</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">One of my favorite things... chocolate chip cookies with my morning coffee</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">A few plans for the week... BLOG!!! also a quick beaded bracelet class tomorrow night and best of all, help hang my dearly beloved's photographs for an upcoming show that opens Sunday!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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