well hi there!

First, I wanted to upload a front page treasury featuring our Julie!  (just in case she didn’t see it)
So yay!  And congrats!    Sorry the resolution sucks.
I’m glad that everyone else is posting!  Sorry that I was dominating there for a while.  Speaking of which – aren’t we missing someone here?
I’m doing all sorts of things [...]

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good grief

Hello everyone! Man, I’ve been really bad lately. Not just about keeping updated here (which is generally the case), but also about keeping up with posts here, as well as on all of your personal blogs. This morning I woke up extra early and decided enough was enough and I needed to catch up and [...]

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So much stuff!

Ok so today was a great uber-productive day. I got more work done on my latest Chubby painting, started a new still life, started a custom home portrait, and finished a custom 3 trees. I havent had a productive day like today in a long time! Not to mention I duct taped my lighting back [...]

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New Ideas and Giveaway

Just to let you guys know, I’m doing a giveaway on my blog in honor of my sending some things to the Sampler this month.  I figured, I’m sending all this free stuff to people I don’t even know, maybe I should try to give stuff away to people I do know!  So, hop on [...]

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Tomatoes Tomatoes Everywhere…

It’s funny, you wouldn’t think that too much stuff grows in the desert.  I’m used to the farmer’s market in Colorado starting in about April with last year’s onions and such, but this is so much better!  There’s not really a farmer’s market per se but there is a flea market with lots of guys [...]

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Secret Valentine Revealed

I have a funny Secret Valentine Story to tell you all. 
Recently I ordered some pearl earrings from Stacy as a valentine present to myself from my husband.  He is actually pretty good at picking out gifts for me, but I have had my eye on these for awhile, so he said okay.
Yesterday I stopped in [...]

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My Not So Secret Valentine…Joon!

My Valentine arrived in the mail all the way from Texas to Hawaii

Loved these super cool & colorful US stamps

Inside a wonderful surprise!
That’s why she wanted to know my Horoscope sign.

Thanks Joon!

Riding off into the Texas Sunset
Aa part of our Valentine’s Day Exchange, I got my Valentine’s in the mail. And as Kym pointed out, [...]

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Sort of creative…

I’ve been spending all day today on the internet, and I think that my brain is about to explode.  I tried to flesh out my personal blog a little bit – please check it out if you have time and let me know what you think.  I worked on the pages somewhat.
Apparently it’s possible to [...]

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Handmade Valentine’s with the Seniors

As some of you know, I teach craft classes in my area. I work with both kids and senior citizens. Today I got to revisit some of my favorite seniors, who I lead in holidays crafts in December. Today we made “puffy hearts”, as Sue the woman who works with me calls them. It is [...]

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Swapbot

I’ve found that stalking our lovely ms. robyare around the internet has yeilded some awesesome finds, one of which being swapbot!
I found that I wasn’t selling enough stuff on etsy to fulfill my need to send packages, and also with nothing selling, I was having motivation issues making anything else.  Swapbot has solved all of [...]

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