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time flies...
my sweet boy turns 23 today...I will be honest I do miss those daysof sweet hugs and many kisses...we were celebrating his 4th birthday and we just finished opening all of his gifts...and here we are...
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the happiest place on earth...
so how do you surprise a friend? well...you tell her she's going on an adventure!we told her to bring her rain boots...I picked her up firstI packed a shovel, picnic basket, trench coat & a yard...
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a day on La Brea...
the purpose?I needed sconces for our front porch, not just any type of sconce..."hobbit style!"so who better to accompany me?my good pal angelahere's what we found...aren't they wonderful?just across...
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a perfect day for friends...
a perfect day for making jewelry...at each place there was a jewelry 101 book box...(i'll share the contents later...)we started off with a beautiful brunch of fresh fruit and custard briocheand of...
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making jewelry...
pure pleasure...the buttons on this piece are from yugoslavia,hand painted on porcelainand the locket has the orignal photos still intact...trying different earring style loops...
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birthday girl...
I loved this photo then as I still do today...look at her sweet smilemy friend angela took this photo, just beautiful...my little girl today... all grown upandjust as beautiful insideI am so proud of...
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cute gift...
cute daughtercute gift!I attended the art of craft earlier this yearand took charlotte lyon's classwe started a needle casehere is mine finished for my daughter carly...I decided to make it for...
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penny pinchers...
well I just discovered this little treasurein simi valley, catalk about a junk store!the place was jammed packed!an amazing shop for all your assemblage & mixed medea needs...a few treasures I...
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LA to NOLA...
just enjoying the music...this little guy is bryan I love him as if he were my own son!he's all grown and in a bandthey played coachellaand at the el reyproduced a CDand traveling the world... their...
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trunk show and artist's reception!
I am honored to be teaching once more at "gilding the lily" in fullertonDede Warren and I have put together a great workshopin jewelry design. this class is for the collector who has so many jewelry...
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oh what a night...
another trunk show atgilding the lilyin fullertonall the treasures are covered until 6pm...everyone is waiting, anticipating....food and good cheer...the artist reception table...hosted by dede &...
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pas de duex
artist reception, check!trunk show, check !now for pas de deuxa class for designing jewelry...with a cap of eight students dede and I were able to work very easily with each and every student. it was...
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a day at pearls...
beyond the garden gate....pearls garden was a treasure trove and a photographers dream...we opened our kits,(remnant sac)kits by me...pearl at the machine...pearls layoutmuch hand stitching from...
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remnants of the past...
up early and on the road we have 3 hours ahead of usand starbucks in our hands!carly and I headed out and picked up our friend urselawho had brought a few goodies for me!!!dede was in spirit as we all...
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two connie's in one life...
I had the honor of being published in Stampington's"Somerset Life" magazine little did I know my dear friend connie fong'sart would be right beside mine at the bottom of the table of contents! my...
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teaching at pergolina's...
I just love this little shop!pergolina...with the owner paulanna, me & angela cartwright angela and I taughtthe victorian carte blanch classour friend little leslie deville...and new friends gail...
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a 4th celebration...
what better way to celebrate Americathan with dear friends...a classic bbq with turkey burgers, hot dogs, potato salad and cherry pie!a few cigars and a toast to America!and to our military thank you,...
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rocky mountain high...
COLORADO...making our way down to the montgomery resevoirwith dede and dwight warrenmagnolia mineonce producing gold and silver...now abandoned, we didn't dare walk down that corrodor!just beyond the...
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a very belated birthday gift...
call it procrastination, vacation, not in the zone,busy in the garden, etc etc...I just couldn't find my creative space until yesterday and voila...
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published!
I have had the honor to once again grace the pages of stampington's "somerset studio"with my art "common threads"collage, ephemera, encaustic & threads... pam carriker has a wonderful article with...
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