My friend, Chris, wasn’t a big bead fan. She bought beads, decided she didn’t want to do anything with them and then gave them away. Every once in a while she would repeat the process.
With this in mind she wasn’t exactly overjoyed to be part of mine and Billie’s Beading Play Date. She came with […]

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Today I had a scheduled play date with my friend, Billie. The game plan was to do beading so I slipped off my wrist brace and loaded my beads into the car. Hey, a girl’s got to do what a girl’s got to do! Anyway, since I had most of my beads out I thought […]

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This lovely marble sample came from a tutorial at http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson39.html  I’ve had this site bookmarked forever. I keep saying, “one of these days…”
Here is another one using shaving cream:
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/marbling.htm
The brace is helping. I was able to take it off for a bit and fold laundry today (oh boy! doesn’t that sound fun!!) and I […]

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It’s difficult to get much done when you are right handed and your right hand is in a brace. I’m busy finding out just how hard it is and wishing I hadn’t played quite so many computer games. I’m really bad at moderation when it comes to my games. I actually have worn out a […]

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Let me introduce you to the Pioneer Woman. Her name is Ree and I’ve been visiting her website every day since I discovered it earlier this year. She is a rancher’s wife, mom to four, home schooler, former city girl, photographer and a really great writer.
She writes mostly about their daily life on the ranch. […]

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My friend, Arlynne, has become a wonderful source of inspiration for me. She keeps discovering or coming up with ideas to play with that are both fun and beautiful. The best part is that they are also very messy. I have a real fondness for messy play.

Arlynne was telling me about a great way to […]

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