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Creative thinking and a moment to share some gratitude for a someone who paid it forward

Hello dear crafty friends! I hope this post finds you and your family happy and healthy. I want to tell you that I wrote a blog post the other night and then decided not to send it. But I had a couple of very kind things happen yesterday that made me think that maybe I really should send out a blog post hello. This post is a bit longer than usual but please bear with me. […]

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Moving – Every little bit and piece

Hello! Today I’m sending a quick blog post to let you know that I haven’t given up on my projects! As life would have it, I have to move my entire craft room and then put it all back together. Things are just a mess and despite being organized, I’m not sure I could actually find anything I needed! So, please bear with me as I make this transition and I promise there will be more projects soon. […]

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April classes with the Ice Prince!

After a long week at work, Friday evening and Saturday were a creative break.  No challenges, no scrapbook pages, no reorganizing the craft room this weekend because about a month ago I signed up for 3 classes at my local scrapbooking store.  It was part of my birthday present from my beloved.  So, off I went to class late afternoon on Friday…and what a hoot of a time I had over the next 36 hours!  The class was taught by the Ice Prince, John Creighton Peterson, from Imagine Crafts, Ice Resin, Authentique, and Prima. I spent hours playing with Staz-On Inks, Black Gesso, and Ice Resin.  I learned a ton of new techniques and dabbled a bit more in the mica powders and acrylic paints and mica powders offered by Finnabair.  We spent time with different texture pastes and stencils including the Graphite texture paste.  And, to be able to make my own texture paste using the new Finnabair texture paste and mix it with the acrylic paints was awesome!  The colors in the acrylic paints are stunning and to be able to make it into a texture paste just opens up more doors of possibility! […]

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Hello, World

It is traditional that the first post of a new blog welcomes everyone. So: hello, world. […]

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