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Back from the Sewing Expo: Part Two of Three

Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Friday at the Expo started bright and early, and then went pretty much non-stop all day. This was the agenda:

7:30 AM: Up at the hotel, barely moving. I had gotten up at 4:30 AM and had a wicked time getting back to sleep. Wishing I could blow off my morning class…
8:30 AM: Quick shower and [...]

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Back From the Sewing Expo: Part One of Three

Posted on 30. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Well, I’m back from the sewing expo and my head is swimming. I took four classes over 2 days this time, and a good time was had by all.
My good friend Nicole made the trip up from Charlottesville, Va, and showed up to celebrate my birthday with some serious girl time. Three days [...]

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“Jo-Jo Clown” Yo-Yo Doll

Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

When I first got on my “yo-yo” kick, my mom commented to me that when she was a young teenager, she made a clown doll out of yo-yo’s for her first nephew. (She says all she can remember is cutting out zillions of circles!) Anyway, I did a little research and found the [...]

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Gorgeous Paper Bead Necklace

Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

I was doing my regular surfing, and ran across this GORGEOUS paper bead necklace from Mazel Tov Jewelry. Really transcends paper beads into high art. Tell me it’s not fabulous and I’ll call you a liar!

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Polymer Clay Covered Tins

Posted on 25. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Well, I’ve been working on a new set of classes, this time covering old Altoid-style tins with polymer clay.  I also was playing with a new cane, and came up with these. I think they look like orange poppies!
    

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Easter’s Over – Plastic Egg Crafts

Posted on 24. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Well, here we are, Easter is over, and now we have copious amounts of those annoying plastic Easter eggs. (Well, actually we’re down a few because Ginger the cock-a-poo has discovered their charms!) But anyway, even if you don’t have scads on hand, they’re on sale everywhere for cheap, cheap, cheap! So here’s a coupla [...]

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What’s Your Six-Word Memoir?

Posted on 22. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Found this link to NPR’s Bryant Park project: craft a six-word sentence/poem to describe your life. Here’s my contribution:
Art and music guide my life. 
What’s yours? Feel free to leave it as a comment!

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First Day of Spring

Posted on 20. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

Yup, it’s officially the vernal equinox, although you’d be hard-pressed to tell it from the fresh snow on the ground here in NE Ohio. Nevertheless, spring is on it’s way… there are tender shoots of crocus, tulip, and daffodils poking their heads up in my yard.
Nora Jean in my City-o-Clay yahoo group had this to [...]

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Polymer Clay ATC’s – Eggs

Posted on 19. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

I’m in a swap at my CPS group, and our theme was Faberge Eggs. I played around with several ideas, but since I’m on a polymer clay kick, well, I thought I could make it work. I also used some lovely German Scrap from ArtChix and some rhinestones to finish them off. Whaddaya think?

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Sew Your Own Easter Basket

Posted on 19. Mar, 2008 by Jenny.

You can file this one under “sewing Easter baskets for Dummies”- it’s that easy. These are made from placemats, a little webbing, and a whole lotta crafty! Click on over to J Caroline Creative! and get the tutorial. These would be so cute customized for each child with their favorite color, initial, or [...]

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