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    It’s a cold day in H E double hockey sticks

    January 7, 2015 - By 

    Is that just a Minnesota thing?  I’d have to assume the H E double hockey sticks part of it anyway.  But it IS cold today. So cold, they closed school.  I haven’t been out of the house since Saturday when I stocked up at the grocery store.

    I’ve been crafting, cleaning and reading.

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    I completed the last pages in my journal which happened to be the last page of the book and the first.art journal

    I didn’t plan it that way…it just happened.  All that’s left is to remove the library plastic and alter the covers.

    I’m also working on completing my 2014 art calendar project. Here’s a little sneak peek.

    2014 art calendar challenge book in progess

    And I couldn’t leave you today without showing my reinbeers…

    a gift of reinbeersI made them for my neighbor whose b-day happens to be New Year’s Eve.  This is a crummy photo but I snapped it quick before we left. He told me they were too cute to drink.

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    Darn it!

    January 5, 2015 - By 

    Don’t you hate it when your favorite pair of socks gets a hole!

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    I decided to do something about it. I searched through my old sewing box filled with goodies from the past and found exactly what I was looking for.IMG_0080

    A darning tool. Keeping old skills part of the present is a passion of mine. Yes I embrace technology and all that goes with it but there is just something about handwork that really makes me feel accomplished. Or perhaps, closer to my roots.

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    I set to work stitching and weaving as I have seen in pictures with the darning tool holding the sock firm and providing a surface to drag the needle across…ie: not my fingers.IMG_0083

    Given the fact that I was pretty much winging it…I don’t think I did too bad. I learned some things for next time which will likely be soon since the other sock is getting very thin.

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    Happy New Year!

    January 1, 2015 - By 

    New year…new word.

    FOCUS

    Last year I used Balance as my word of the year.  I feel I achieved Balance in some areas but others completely toppled over to one side.

    That is why I’ve selected Focus as my word of the year.  I want to Focus on the important things. Focus is necessary for success; reaching that goal. No matter what that goal may be. It’s different for all of us.