Why Buy Local?
Just a quick little note. Here is a great link to why you should shop local merchants first: http://sustainableconnections.org/thinklocal/why
A Flower Power Journal
Here is a great project that you can do to! Perfect gift for the girl friends in your life, or just to say thank you for a job well done.
What’s Been Happening with Somewhither Arts
A little beginning of the week update with Somewhither Arts. I have been updating the Somewhither Arts' Artfire Site. You can visit it here: www.artfire.com/users/somewhitherarts. And starting their 45 day success guide. Above is one of the new tiles that have been listed there. If you live in Phoenix and…
Happy 4th of July!
In church this morning, we of course sang America the Beautiful. This line "O beautiful for patriot dream, That sees beyond the years" stuck with me. 235 years ago people - patriots - had a dream for America, for freedom. It is amazing how far we have come. And yet…
Pencil Holders
Here are the pencil holders that I made - inspired by one of the projects in Laura Childs' Scrapbooking Mysteries. It was fun to do something a little different than what I was used to. BTW - this is one I pulled out from the archives in case you were…
A Special Necklace for a Special Person
[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] This necklace is for a special teacher that has really touched my son over the past few years. She has been asking for a black and white necklace from me, which I thought was really nice, considering she is a beader herself. My kids helped pick…
Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
The year when Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling came out, was the same year my son was born. I heard bits and pieces about it here and there. On the news, from teachers and in-laws over the next couple of years. It didn't really interest me because my son was…
Mightly Ugly Challenge
[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2"] Last night I decided to take the Mighty Ugly Challenge where you make a creature, well, ugly. According to my family, I failed - miserably...my daughter promptly announced she thought it was "cute, very cute". My husband looked at me, not wanting hurt my feelings, but…
Late Night Anger
Ah, the angst of a college student. This is one I did while living in an apartment that had a great view of the San Francisco peaks and was just down the road from NAU. The strange thing is that I remember Ben, a friend, calling me from his apartment…
What’s Archival Mist?
Although I did this video blog awhile ago on another site that's no longer around, I thought I would upload it due to a recent conversation I had with a friend of mine. Jane was thinking of getting her old photos out of those sticky magnetic photo albums and was…