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What's On My Workdesk? + Wordless Wednesday

I recently heard about a blog linky called WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday) hosted by Stamping Ground where many artists and crafters write a short blog post about their workspaces covered with all their works in progress. Since I've been much too busy to prepare a blog post for this week, I thought I'd go ahead and join in and let you all...

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Glass Dip Pens Video

A few days ago I wrote about the lovely Venetian glass pens that I've been having so much fun with. I made a short video about them-- basically it's just me having fun and doodling! ...

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Venetian Glass Pens

I love words. I love lines. I love the stories you can weave into books and drawings with a thousand swishes of a pen. I love typography and calligraphy and making sure that words and pictures get mixed together into a beautiful mess of this thing called Art. I'm the sort of person who collects pens and art supplies and actually uses them...

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12 Days of Christmas giveaway

Giveaway Winners Announced

The 12 Days of Christmas giveaway extravaganza is officially over! I'd like to thank all the talented artisans who graciously gave away their time and talents. Please be sure to keep visiting their sites and showing your support!I used Rafflecopter to randomly generate a winner from the many entries in each giveaway. Congratulations to the winners! I truly wish that every person who...

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Earring Storage Tip

Are you tired of your earrings being a jumbled mess in your jewelry box? Here's a neat little storage solution, which also doubles as a piece of pretty and blingy decor. I'm sure you've seen this idea dozens of places. Basically, just take a piece of loosely-woven material (such as the fabric used for cross-stitching), secure it in an embroidery hoop, and hang...

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Christmas

Happy Epiphany!

   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I may be a bit behind in blogging about the holidays, but today is Epiphany and still technically part of Christmas-- so I'm not too late! Today after mass we drove to a family friend's house for the annual Epiphany party. They recently completed an addition on their house, and some friends who used to live in Germany did a traditional Epiphany blessing...

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