tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69169487489977774552024-03-13T08:51:49.973-07:00 HastypearlHastypearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183214767004952913noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916948748997777455.post-80736065585819001352016-09-20T07:58:00.000-07:002016-09-20T07:58:16.653-07:00It's A New Day! Hastypearl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi, guys...friends old and new that have been reading this Hastypearl blog!</div>
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After a wonderfully interesting process and passing of time, </div>
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over to my very own site...</div>
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<a href="http://hastypearl.com/">Hastypearl.com</a> !</div>
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Since the beginning of Hastypearl in 2012, </div>
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I've found myself wondrously In Over My Head!</div>
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Happily, I have found at EVERY turn, </div>
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Generous Sharers of their knowledge, </div>
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that have HELPED me every step of the way.</div>
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If there is Any one thing that I can encourage you to do</div>
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Not one to have ANY problem with doing that, </div>
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I have learned SO much.</div>
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The best part about that, </div>
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is that there will ALWAYS be opportunities for us</div>
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to Give Back of the knowledge that we possess...</div>
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and I Love doing that. :)</div>
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We, Pay It Forward...like the movie said. </div>
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So, you will still find me at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl" target="_blank">Hastypearl Etsy</a>, </div>
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where you will find lots of amazing Vintage Finds</div>
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...cause I love hunting for the very best and unique pieces out there.</div>
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And, I'm still buzzing around Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.</div>
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All of those links are listed on my <a href="http://hastypearl.com/">Hastypearl.com</a></div>
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I'll still be blogging away, </div>
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about things going on in the Hastypearl Art Studio, </div>
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publications that you can find me in, my garden and travels beyond.</div>
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~I love looking back on the postings of workshops </div>
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~I love rereading the Artist interviews I have done...</div>
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I could Never leave those behind!</div>
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(I have some wonderful NEW interviews </div>
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lined up that you will enjoy reading for sure.)</div>
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For those of you, that have followed me from the beginning, Thank You!</div>
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It's been great to look over at the Feedjit register, </div>
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and see you tip toeing through my words.</div>
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Those of you coming from all over the world, </div>
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have been mind blowing.</div>
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Whether you have stopped in once or many times...</div>
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Thank You!</div>
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Please sign up on the right side of this page, to continue on with me.</div>
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With those signatures, I will finally start a Newsletter.</div>
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I want you to be the first to hear about my new </div>
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and special sale announcements in those </div>
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I'm excited that for the first time, Hastypearl art </div>
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To the many people that have helped me along the way...</div>
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!</div>
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Doing cartwheels...</div>
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Hastypearl is Still Kickin'</div>
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Yep, I'm still in the game.</div>
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We are working on opening a new Hastypearl.com site, </div>
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so confess, I haven't been blogging.</div>
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I kind of hate to, and then switch sites.</div>
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But I really MISS blogging! </div>
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You should see my list of "to blog"topics.</div>
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It keeps GROWING !</div>
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But, change takes time and its going to be so fun when the new site is up.</div>
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In the mean time, everything is still good in Hastypearl Land.</div>
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I've got LOTS going on in the studio.</div>
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(seriously...it looks like Dorothy and Toto flew through this morning...but its a good thing!)</div>
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I've got several articles coming out soon, in the most wonderful publications.</div>
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I'm hosting another Book Arts Workshop with the fantastical </div>
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Roxanne Evans Stout and Leslie Marsh, </div>
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June 24-26 in our Redstone, Colorado home.</div>
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(there are still a few spaces left...please come!)</div>
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My family is great.</div>
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My South Central Texas garden is A-Live, soooo Alive.</div>
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I have tons to talk about.</div>
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If you want to be alerted when I go live at Hastypearl.com, </div>
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you can still find me posting/listing away at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl" target="_blank">Hastypearl Etsy</a>, </div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hasty.pearl" target="_blank">FB</a>, </div>
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This Mixed Media Teal Book Art Piece, </div>
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Come Take a Look :)</div>
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I'm so happy that You stopped by!</div>
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Whether you are Northern or Southern Hemisphere, </div>
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Wonderfilled Days!!!!</div>
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This time last year, I was thinking about my annual goals.</div>
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One of my goals, was rather open ended...meaning...</div>
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it could happen in a number of ways, but the basis was, </div>
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SUBMIT my art to publications.</div>
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I started thumbing through my stock of Somerset Magazines </div>
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I SUBMITTED, and was ecstatic to learn that it was accepted for the </div>
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How could this be happening?</div>
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Yes, you see artist after artist on FB talking about </div>
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how they have been published...</div>
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Soooo Thrilled !</div>
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Introducing</div>
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The Finial Birds !!!</div>
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My little flock, had an Introduction on the Cover!</div>
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Brianne made everything SO easy.</div>
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It's Time to emphasize, that we don't need to know how </div>
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I've learned more about asking for help, </div>
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and how generous people are through my art.</div>
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I sent in pictures...</div>
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boy, I have learned sooo much more about photography since then, </div>
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but it doesn't matter.</div>
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You can Send In your art for the magazine to photograph and return, </div>
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or you can submit your own photos.</div>
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They have TALENTED photographers/editors, </div>
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*Lesson Number One Million*</div>
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That MIGHT take longer than you want.</div>
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I wanted to give it a try, </div>
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I suggested Brianne go to the Where Women Cook article that I had just written, </div>
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Brianne the Angel, </div>
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I took photos of the creation process...Always Do That.</div>
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Yes, I took them.</div>
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This little Finial Bird was based on Mr. Carson, </div>
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I found the most amazing vintage keys to use for their wings.</div>
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Can you believe, that these tiny keys were actually original Model A car keys ?</div>
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The etching on each key was BEAUTIFUL !</div>
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I'm always looking for Beautiful.</div>
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Anyone can use just a key, </div>
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This bird was meant to be a ode to Amelia Earhart.</div>
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First woman to fly.</div>
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Thus, Amelia Birdheart seemed right !</div>
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Again, I try very hard, to go the extra mile.</div>
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not a Scary Clown.</div>
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Mr. Carson looking very Dapper !</div>
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What Do You Do When You Get THAT Invitation ? </div>
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I didn't specify, if it was a Bad invitation or a Good one, did I?</div>
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Well, I am happy to say that it was recently for me, a Good one.</div>
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A Very Good one!</div>
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That was one of those meant to be moments that made at least 4 of us smile, </div>
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I FB messaged her inquiring, </div>
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I signed You UP !</div>
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The first thing that I thought was ....AWESOME !</div>
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I just thought....AWESOME!</div>
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It couldn't have been any MORE WONDER FULL !</div>
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"You are the Lord, You Alone.</div>
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This little Angel, is very elegant and pure.</div>
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I used Garnets...my favorite stone, and some silver leaf.</div>
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Her crown has an Owl on it symbolizing, Wisdom.</div>
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This one was perfect suggesting a body !</div>
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I bought a "lot" of Vintage Clock Dome glass.</div>
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Instead of snow, I filled the "globe" with lots of Vintage Pieces.</div>
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Her body, is a wood finial, </div>
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That estate will rank in my top 5, for a very long time.</div>
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I don't have an instruction book when I make my Angels.</div>
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Only One, had a hole drilled through it.</div>
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The hanger on this angel was a perfect place to use it.</div>
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The tiny details hand inscribed in this Token, are so beautiful.</div>
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She pointed out tiny tucks and lace and buttons on garments.</div>
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The Renaissance Angel below, </div>
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I hand coiled tiny wires, for her radiating halo.</div>
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Her necklace is made from seating a found moth in a resin filled bezel.</div>
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The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling beryl, </div>
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Her suggestion...See if you can use a spoon in your piece.</div>
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Last night, we were blessed to host my husbands side of the family.</div>
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Following a terrible personal loss this year, </div>
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I greeted them wearing my handmade, </div>
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I believe that I made 13 of them.</div>
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I have enlarged it, so that you will all be prepared at your next party.</div>
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Your are probably ALL stuffed full of Turkey and Appropriate Regional sides, by now.</div>
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Helping Young People Talk to Grown Ups.</div>
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when my sisters son's family picture arrived in text form.</div>
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of a very attractive family and was it...</div>
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their toddler daughter at the last second before the shutter clicked, </div>
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digging for our own "boogies" !</div>
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I sent that "pick pic", to many contacts in our family.</div>
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It took only seconds when our first Nose Picking Selfie came Right Back !</div>
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Our NOT SHY AT ALL cousins from West, Texas, </div>
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and we were up to 8 PICKERS!</div>
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Two more in San Antonio!</div>
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We were ON A ROLL.</div>
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Two funny jokes videos came in from West and ANOTHER from San Antonio.</div>
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Now, we are going, VIRAL !!!</div>
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A surprise Pink Pick came in, </div>
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even though she was having fun at a water park in North Carolina!</div>
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She STILL had TIME for the family Pick Off !!!</div>
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When we doubted the Nixon's...</div>
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They DID NOT FAIL, </div>
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Unbelievable!</div>
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But the Best And Final, </div>
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I CANT MISS OUT ON THIS EPIC PICK,</div>
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from Baird, </div>
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A Fantastic Day of Family "Picking" from all around the Nation :)</div>
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All because of One little Girl.</div>
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Savanna...you are our Thanksgiving "Pick" for starting the most fun of the day! </div>
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I lost all decorum with this unseemly posting and have undoubtedly lost your respect, </div>
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So Much Fun!</div>
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What I learned today was...when you cant physically be together..</div>
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you can still Pick Together, with the ones that you love...even if from afar.</div>
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Now Pick It</div>
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Into Shape </div>
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I am going to be Graphic in this blog posting.</div>
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I am going to post images that WILL offend you.</div>
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Your should start by covering 99% of your field of vision, </div>
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only allowing yourself to see 1% if the first 4 images. </div>
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Got 'cha !</div>
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No, there is No Explicit imagery here, </div>
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just some really scary bad photography !</div>
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I say all of that just to let you see where I started.</div>
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Leading up to my hastypearl Esty shop opening in 2012, </div>
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I knew Nothing about photography.</div>
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I could point and shoot, and share the pics with my family.</div>
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That was it.</div>
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I learned pretty quick, that what I knew how to do, </div>
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and what I was seeing on Etsy, was faaaaar apart.</div>
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I didn't know anyone that knew the answers.</div>
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I didn't have a clue how to change what I was doing.</div>
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I wish that I could say that it happened easily and fast, </div>
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but for me, it didn't.</div>
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I tried everything that I could think of, </div>
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and these pics were about as good as it got.</div>
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One thing that I DID know how to do, was to ask for help.</div>
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Over time, I learned where to watch "how to" videos, </div>
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but without the equipment, I was still going around in circles.</div>
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So, I started asking some internet friends about their camera equipment </div>
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and I made my first DSLR purchase.</div>
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It was a starter camera for sure, </div>
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but I knew what I saw it turning out for some Etsy friends </div>
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and that was good enough for me.</div>
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It came with a kit lens and I added a macro lens.</div>
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Not expensive...at all.</div>
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My BIL knew of my trials, and generously gave me PhotoShop Elements 6, </div>
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which by the time that I got it, </div>
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it was already obsolete...but it was MY obsolete !</div>
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I couldn't have been happier!</div>
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He gave me a few how to's...a very few...and the rest I had to figure out.</div>
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Again, back to the internet to read and find videos to help.</div>
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Then, one fine and wonderful day, </div>
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two sweet ladies came to the rescue when I asked for their help.</div>
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One, told me about a book called,</div>
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Understanding Exposure</div>
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How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera </div>
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by Bryan Peterson</div>
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I'm not sure how many times I have read that book, </div>
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but I have read through and taken extensive notes, TWICE.</div>
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I later found that much of what is in this book, </div>
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is taught in videos on his School of Photography. </div>
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Frankly, I was glad that I had read the book, before I watched the videos. </div>
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Another friend, told me about CreativeLive.com .</div>
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This website has fantastic online classes, </div>
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for Photo & Video and a whole range of other studies.</div>
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Those two real suggestions helped me Get On The Road.</div>
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Finally, I had on my wish list to buy some lights for my "studio". </div>
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Don't misunderstand.</div>
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My photography studio is a piece of white rolled watercolor paper, </div>
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clipped to some drapes, with a table in front.</div>
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Again, when I asked the question, </div>
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do I most likely need a different lens or more light? </div>
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The answer was, more light is always the fix.</div>
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So, I went to our only real camera store, </div>
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Camera Exchange, in San Antonio and bought my first real lights.</div>
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I bought the Erin Manning Home Studio Lighting Kit </div>
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Westcott Basics.</div>
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While I never thought that I would spend what I have spent on photography, </div>
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what I have purchased, is very moderately priced, </div>
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and way less than many individuals spend on shoes and handbags in a year.</div>
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Still, I dreamed of having someone come to my home, </div>
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and show me step by step, what they would do with one of my images, </div>
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to get it ready for an Etsy listing.</div>
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A month ago, that Finally Happened !!</div>
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There is a Socially Excepted Limit, </div>
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so just picture that I used One Million in that last sentence :)</div>
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That means that...3three3 LONNNNG years after I opened my Hastypearl Etsy shop, </div>
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I got THE piece of info that I had dreamed of.</div>
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On Photoshop, it is called the Level's bar, with the Histogram.</div>
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It was Right under my nose, the Whole Time.</div>
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When my friend showed me, </div>
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she used a phrase that I had murmured to myself so many times...</div>
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She said, </div>
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slide this bar, </div>
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and it will "look like you have removed a film off of the image".</div>
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That is exactly what I needed !</div>
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When I put everything that I had learned together...</div>
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I heard the Angels Sing a New Song...</div>
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Their song was...</div>
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Hallelujah, Laura's pictures just Got Better, </div>
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so Maybe we will stop having to see HER TRULY BAD Ones !!!</div>
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Yes, a Heavenly Chorus :)</div>
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Again, the audacity of Me telling you about photography, </div>
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when there are SO many much more capable, than I. </div>
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It is equal to me telling you how to fly a spaceship, </div>
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or change a transmission, </div>
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or rob a bank ;)</div>
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But, I just wanted desperately to know how to improve my pics, </div>
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for so long, </div>
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that I wanted to share what I have learned.</div>
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I have SOOOOO much more to learn, </div>
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but the best part about it is...I Love Learning !</div>
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While I would have loved to have known these steps MUCH earlier...</div>
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They Came When They Came, and I can live with that.</div>
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We are all on some kind of learning curve.</div>
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Its what keeps us fresh, stretching, reaching.</div>
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Lets remind each other to keep at it !</div>
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Its one of Life's Greatest Joys :)</div>
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What has been Your biggest learning curve ?</div>
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Leave your answer in the Post a Comment section below !</div>
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We can cheer each other on :)</div>
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Best,</div>
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Laura </div>
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ps...these last images, are some angels that I will be listing on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl" target="_blank">Hastypearl Etsy</a>.</div>
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Pull Up !! Pull Up !! Pull Up !!</div>
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..as if the pilot didn't already Know that he needed to Pull Up! :)</div>
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concerning an event that I had with an out of state, online friend, </div>
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this past week.</div>
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It all started, with me asking her a question.</div>
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that one of us better Pull Up !!</div>
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I'm hopeful for an upward turn, </div>
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just like in the movies, </div>
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where we swoop back up to the sky and soar </div>
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off into the horizon, together.</div>
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I'm pretty sure that we can and will!</div>
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No shame in it for any of us.</div>
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I was delighted, after showing you four </div>
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...to see the three other pieces that I posted about, click <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl" target="_blank">here</a> !</div>
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I. Love. To. Collage. :)</div>
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For me, Colorado means...No Cooking.</div>
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Yes, to Exploring.</div>
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Yes, to Photography.</div>
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Yes, to Art.</div>
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So, my favorite thing to do, when I first arrive, </div>
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I CREATE!!!</div>
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I first cut out my basic 4"x 4", 5" x 7 ", 8" x 10 " and 10 " x 14 " watercolor paper.</div>
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When I do multiples like this, </div>
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its wonderful, to see a series of themes, </div>
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similar colors, style and even philosophy take shape.</div>
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Songs that I hear, speak up.</div>
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Dreams that I have, speak up.</div>
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Everything at that moment...Can Speak !</div>
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I got all of the compositions laid out, </div>
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that they ALL HAD TO BE GLUED DOWN, BEFORE I LEFT!!!!</div>
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My recommendation to you...</div>
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Don'tEverDoThat !</div>
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So, here are some of the 10 " x 14 " pieces that I created on that trip.</div>
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They are all mounted on beautiful birch cradle boards, with black edges.</div>
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(I've recently blogged about that process if you would like to learn)</div>
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They have saw tooth hangers making them ready to hang,</div>
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Stitch, and vintage trim, a vintage telegram fragment </div>
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The colors on my handmade watercolor paper, run from greens to salmon.</div>
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I thought about writing about Gifting.</div>
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This last week, I hosted an art workshop in my home.</div>
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Each time, I enjoy giving a gift to the artist that I host.</div>
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Usually something that I made, and I really want it to be Special.</div>
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I love making and selling Mixed Media Angels on hastypearl, </div>
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What she then Gave to me, completely blew me away!</div>
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She knows me.</div>
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She knows important things about me.</div>
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What she gave me was so, so, so...Not a fruitcake !</div>
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She nailed her gift to me...</div>
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as one of the attendees walked into the house, she handed me a bag.</div>
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It was Unexpected and I had no idea what was inside.</div>
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When I opened the bag and pulled out her Gift to me, I got chills.</div>
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She had an incredible Intuition about me...and when I hugged her I thought....</div>
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Man, "She Really Gets Me".</div>
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I think its actually, a Gift.</div>
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Like, writing, or conducting, or dance.</div>
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Its an Inner Intellect.</div>
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Its about being able to reach in and connect with someone, right away.</div>
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Its a beautiful thing.</div>
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I don't think that it's an Exclusive Gift, just enjoyed by a select few, </div>
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but rather, I think its available to everyone, if we want it.</div>
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Would you be as generous as these two, </div>
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That's how Perfect they were to me.</div>
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better to Give than to receive,</div>
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Earth Notes Texas Workshop with Leslie Marsh</div>
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I wasn't disappointed.</div>
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The weather reports promised rain, which we had a little of, </div>
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the sun broke through and we couldn't have ordered a more perfect day.</div>
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My Texas garden Celebrates this time of year.</div>
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It Gives and Gives and Gives.</div>
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Yes, I can press its leaves and flowers, </div>
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and I can even capture it in photographs...</div>
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but now, I can save it with the most amazing transaction.</div>
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Heat, water, paper, fabric.</div>
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The beauty is coaxed out of the living and transferred Forever.</div>
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Its a surprising treasure...every time.</div>
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It's an art that has been practiced since the dawn of man.</div>
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Now, because of Leslie's generous sharing, </div>
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another room full of women can do it, too.</div>
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I'm so glad that I learned it from one of the most </div>
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congenial, selfless persons I've ever met.</div>
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Thank you, Leslie.</div>
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Our garage is now home base for art workshops.</div>
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What a happy thing to have.</div>
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Not in this garage!</div>
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There's chatter and sharing.</div>
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How To Install Grommets and Eyelets in 5 Easy Steps</div>
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Who knows how to Install a Grommet or Eyelet?</div>
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Its really simple and will give you a nice finished look. </div>
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The only difference in the word Grommet and Eyelet, </div>
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is that an Eyelet is smaller.</div>
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Otherwise, they are both installed the same way.</div>
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The top usually has a longer stem on it, </div>
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One, you can accidentally reverse the two pieces, </div>
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<span style="color: lime;">* </span>These are the two tool pieces.</div>
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One is the anvil, and the other is a stem that you hit.</div>
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1. The first step is to cut a hole in your fabric or paper, </div>
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I use a hole punch or one of my pointed razors.</div>
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2. In the picture below, place the kit anvil on something flat.</div>
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I use a Vintage Anvil that I bought for $5 at an estate sale. </div>
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I couldn't be without it. I use it for all kinds of things.</div>
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If you don't have an anvil, you can use a rock, or your sidewalk. </div>
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3. Place the front piece face down on the kit anvil </div>
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4. Then, place the back piece over that long stem.</div>
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It will look like the image below.</div>
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5. Then, you line up the tool stem, on top of the back piece, </div>
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It really only takes a few light taps.</div>
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If you did everything right, it will look like the image below </div>
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The image below, shows the long stem of the eyelet front </div>
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This time, with the front piece pushed through the paper </div>
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Use the tool, to lightly tap the back piece onto the front piece.</div>
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Try to keep it straight up and down, </div>
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so that the front isn't flatter on one side than the other.</div>
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Flip it over, and it will look like the image below.</div>
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This is what it will look like on the back.</div>
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No more raggedy or frayed edges.</div>
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Depending on what size Grommets or Eyelets you get, </div>
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you can use them for belt making, </div>
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So, all of my favorite found objects came out to play.</div>
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Most of the items used were seriously Victorian.</div>
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From the exquisite tatted lace, to the gold trim and of course...the buttons.</div>
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(This piece is available at my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl" target="_blank">Hastypearl Etsy shop</a>!)</div>
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I hope that this posting encourages you to take that Next Step </div>
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Its not a bad thing, its just a way that I function.</div>
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I tend to learn something, and stay in it for a Long while.</div>
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where will I store it...blah blah blah.</div>
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I (BOUGHT the car)...meaning...I signed up for the Class!</div>
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Michelle was a fantastic teacher.</div>
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Her format was indulgent, to say the least.</div>
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First, demo time, to show us the steps, </div>
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she sent us back to our stations to Explore, Create, and Play!</div>
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So, Finally, here's <a href="http://michellebelto.com/" target="_blank">Michelle </a>!</div>
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You're another Door Opener for me, Michelle.</div>
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We all meet those Important people in our lives, at Just the right time.</div>
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I love the sweet Adventure of Life!</div>
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Don't You ? :)</div>
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...and Enjoy your Adventures, today :)</div>
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I left the time frame open, to like or comment on all venues, for 10ten10 days!</div>
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The Winner is....Jean Thompson!</div>
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So, thanks everyone that signed up, </div>
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I've said thanks a million times already </div>
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The Dream, would take additional wonderful ladies like Jo Packham, </div>
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My Dream, had to have Years and Years of eating Fantastic Mexican food, </div>
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Eating Mexican food for 40 years...Oh, such a burden!</div>
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So, because of a Dream coming true, </div>
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a copy of Where Women Cook, </div>
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The <span style="color: #cc0000;">Giveaway </span>time frame will be 10 days (from September 16, 2015) </div>
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and Larry will do a scientific drawing, </div>
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for a Free Copy of the Sept/Oct/Nov issue of </div>
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As you well know by now, </div>
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A while back, one of my favorite Art and Business Mentors, </div>
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and One Thing Would Lead To The Other.</div>
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I took her advice.</div>
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While I always know that Providence is in control </div>
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of everything </div>
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A Colorado Home Owners Association reply letter from me </div>
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and sent to a neighbor Betty Bradley,</div>
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with my Hastypearl Etsy and Blog addresses in the signature, </div>
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led her to explore my Etsy shop.</div>
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After that, </div>
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she asked if I would submit a piece of my Mixed Media Art </div>
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I didn't know that she was the President of the Redstone Art Foundation, </div>
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that holds an annual Art Show, to raise money for </div>
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She asked me to participate in that Art Show</div>
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One Thing Leads To The Other... </div>
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This past 2015 Labor Day weekend, was when the Redstone Art Show took place.</div>
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It wasn't easy long distance preparing, shipping and setting up</div>
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It has given me a total new respect, </div>
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for those of you who do this on a regular basis.</div>
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It was a wonderful learning curve and I feel so much better for it.</div>
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I am thrilled that I have been invited back,</div>
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So, while I worked Many hours daily at the Art Show, </div>
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Below, are various photos that my husband took of my space.</div>
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The weather was all over the charts, </div>
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At closing time, we enjoyed the great restaurants in the Redstone area, </div>
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I had a hat, but didn't have the Funny!</div>
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I was actually Emotional when I downloaded them and saw them for the first time.</div>
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Whether they were buyers or not, it gave me such joy, </div>
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It was a brand new concept for many.</div>
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I told them, that I have a philosophy, that Art doesn't have to be Flat!</div>
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I want my Art to reach OUT AT you and beg you to touch it.</div>
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I want it to Move.</div>
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I want it to flutter in a breeze.</div>
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High Compliments...the Best !</div>
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The piece above, was called, Thimble Heart and </div>
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Way over 1000 people gave me the thumbs up on this piece.</div>
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I'm so glad that you did !</div>
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Most everyone has been to a circus, or has </div>
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With say Activities being your "spinning plates" ?</div>
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I am in a time in my life, when my kids are grown and gone.</div>
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most of what I do, is really optional pleasures.</div>
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When we are young we think... </div>
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I wish I could just have some quiet time, and maybe sleep late.</div>
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when you are doing something that you love, you THINK!</div>
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Sometimes, we have to grab and stop some of those required plates </div>
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I Hope to see you again, soon.</div>
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p.s.....if you are in the Redstone/Aspen Colorado area, Sept. 4-7, </div>
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<br />Hastypearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183214767004952913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916948748997777455.post-17360899342960849692015-08-14T19:15:00.000-07:002015-08-14T19:15:02.808-07:00Say Ahhhh....and Breathe! Hastypearl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Say Ahhhh...and Breathe!</div>
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I love my life.</div>
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Even most of my 'have to's', are nice.</div>
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Like, I have to garden...</div>
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Or, I have to grocery...</div>
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This week was a heavy on the 'have to' list, but all of it was for things that I love.</div>
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And, early in the week, two unexpected deadlines appeared, but for totally wonderful things.</div>
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So, when you already have a full week, what should you do?</div>
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Why, throw on a monster boiling pot and dye fabric, of course!</div>
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Yes, I turned the pieces into runners that I can sell at an upcoming Art Show, </div>
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or on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl" target="_blank">Hastypearl Etsy</a>, </div>
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but I already had plenty of pieces that were ready for both.</div>
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But the gathering and fragrances, the ins and outs of the needle, </div>
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made it all worthwhile and reminds me of my theory that says </div>
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that everything basically always gets done.</div>
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Maybe one day, I will tip the scales to where its impossible to </div>
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finish and it wont get done, but until then, </div>
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I will keep living my lot of easy weeks and full weeks.</div>
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So, in case you are wondering...</div>
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the recipe was....</div>
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Alkaline water</div>
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Two iron spikes</div>
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Two black walnuts</div>
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Cotton fabric wrapped around copper pipes</div>
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Vinegar</div>
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Rose, eucalyptus, red bud, red oak, artemesia, purple potato vine, </div>
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and Mexican plum leaves. </div>
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I Hope that you will Ahhhh...and Breathe, through a wonderful weekend :)</div>
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xo Laura</div>
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