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    Grandma Olena–PUBLISHED

    November 19, 2007 - By 

    The Dec/Jan issue of Somerset Memories was in my mailbox today…and why is that significant?? Only because I have a piece of art published on page 63!

    I am awaiting a reply from the publisher as to where or not I am allowed to share the image or not. Otherwise..hope you can take a peek at the magazine sometime.

    UPDATE:
    I got permission to share my published piece with you. In the magazine it’s framed but I wasn’t able to take a decent photo with it in the frame.

    This caption appears next to the photo:

    “There are very few photos of my beautiful Grandma Olena since she tragically died before reaching her 30th birthday. As a child I always wondered why she didn’t smile for her picture…I’d like to think this tribute to her would make her smile now.”

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    Bottlecaps

    November 16, 2007 - By 


    I’ve been saving bottlecaps for quite a while now…my neighbors and family even save them for me occasionally. Nice to have people like that even if they do think I’m odd.

    I was inspired to make these bottlecap magnets aftering seeing a post about some Christmas ones on Ali Edwards blog.

    I only had very thin sheet magnets at home so they aren’t really strong enough to hold up anything but themselves. Who said art had to be practical, right?!?

    I have 16 more sitting taking up precious table space while the Crystal Lacquer dries. Next time …hopefully…I’ll remember to put them on a tray or something so I can move them outta my way!!

    UPDATE: Here are the 15 that turned out…

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    TRICK OR TREAT

    October 31, 2007 - By 

    Oh good…my least favorite holiday. I LOVE Fall but hate Halloween. The candy, the costumes, the spooky decor. I wish I could skip it all.

    Don’t get me wrong, I love kids…especially mine 😉 but the absurdity of this holiday really gets to me. To dress up and take your kid house to house and beg for candy iritates me so much.

    All year long we tell them “don’t talk to strangers” “don’t take candy from strangers” “don’t walk around outside(espically on the road) at night” “be nice” “be kind” “be gentle” “don’t scare people” But for tonight…forget all the rules!!

    Of course, even with all my complaining, I jump right on the stupidity bandwagon. My kids are going to be Nintendo’s Mario and the classic Little Red Riding Hood. We made Jack O’lanterns (which have nearly rotted on the front steps), bought candy and decorated the living room with pumpkins.

    Just so today wasn’t a complete waste of time…I transformed my new (on clearance), boring brown file holder.