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March 19, 2012

Happy Birthday, Shiny!

Shiny sleeping with his Teddy Pillow Pal ~ Mar.18-2012
Shiny sleeping with his Teddy Pillow Pal ~ Mar.18-2012

Today is Shiny's first Birthday!
Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday I was holding my little fluffy baby for the first time and today he's already a year old and weights over 6 kilos!

Looks like my new quilting project has become another ufo.
All the computer issues I've been having for the past couple of months took away my enthusiasm and I haven't been working on it, or anything else for that matter.

I have a new idea for a beading related project, but I'm not going to sa...

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February 4, 2012

Quilting for the first time!

Quilted scrapbook cover project ~ Feb.3 - 2012
Quilted scrapbook cover project ~ Feb.3 - 2012

I know, I know... I was supposed to go back to beading and finish my ufos before getting into anything new, but "the voices" were talking to me and I just had to follow the inspiration! ;-)

I'm trying to make a quilted cover for my "Special Memories Scrapbook". 
The post bound album that I bought has a boring solid blue cover which I find totally uninspiring. 
Since I want everything about this scrapbook to be special, I'm using some of my favorite Hawaiian fabrics to give it a new...

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February 4, 2012

Snow!

Shiny watching a snow fall for the first time ~ Feb.3-2012
Shiny watching a snow fall for the first time ~ Feb.3-2012

Snow blizards and cold!
I'm very thankful that so far we haven't lost power and that we got enough gas and food to last several days.
My PC is still acting up, but hopefully will not give up on me completely before the repair guy makes it back here with the new parts.

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February 4, 2012

Over The Rainbow

Bubi...I miss you so much, sweet little baby...
Bubi...I miss you so much, sweet little baby...

Going through old photos can be a very painful and overwhealming thing to do, especially when the photos are those of loved ones who are no longer here.

The memories of my loved ones are indelibly printed in my heart, but I still keep their photos all over the house because somehow they make me feel a little closer to them.

After the loss of my husband, almost 8 years ago, I bought 2 albums and all the papers and stuff needed for scrapbooking. The original idea was that to make an album...

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January 7, 2012

Time to go back to beading

Shiny ~ December 8 - 2011
Shiny ~ December 8 - 2011

It's been almost a year since the last time I updated this blog; almost a year since I lost my sweet precious Bubi and over a year and a half since the last time I did any beading.

During this time of grief and depression I haven't been able to concentrate enough to do much of anything, I just couldn't get motivated. Lack of sleep and a facebook game addiction did the rest.

When Bubi died, I didn't want to get any more kitties. It felt like I would have been cheating on him and I was afraid...

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January 30, 2011

R.I.P. My Sweet Precious Baby

Bubi ~ May 31 - 2010
Bubi ~ May 31 - 2010

Bubi, my Sweet Precious Little Love ♥
There are no words to describe the way I feel inside...the pain is so bad that I can hardly think.

I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive myself for leaving you at the Clinic all alone during your last 10 days. They told me that with the right therapy and care, you could have lived an almost normal life for a few more months or even a year or two, so I trusted them... but you only had 10 days of torture and maybe even felt that the mom you trus...

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June 13, 2010

Atolls Necklace days 21 & 22

Atolls Necklace days 21 & 22
Atolls Necklace days 21 & 22
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June 7, 2010

Atolls Necklace days 18 to 20

Atolls Necklace days 18  to 20
Atolls Necklace days 18 to 20

Here's a little update on the Atolls necklace.

I'm more and more convinced that it would have been much, much easier to do this in bead embroidery. Connecting these shapes, without making bridges and leaving empty spots, is driving me nuts.
As usual it looks different from what I had in my mind, so I'm not too excited at this stage, but I'm hopefull...

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June 2, 2010

Doll Form Stitching Tuto & New Photos

Bubi & The Feathered Fishing Pole
Bubi & The Feathered Fishing Pole
A while back, someone asked me how did I stitch my doll forms and what did I do to avoid fraying problems. I took a few pics to show her my way of doing it.
In case anybody else is interested, I made a little   Doll Form Stitching Tuto

 

New pictures of Bubi & The Feathered Fishing Pole
He looooves this toy! :-)


I'm finally working again on the Atolls Necklace! Updates coming soon....

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May 25, 2010

Rainbow & Ice Spiral

Rainbow & Ice Spiral
Rainbow & Ice Spiral
I can't believe it's been almost four months since the last time I used my beads! I guess it was about time to finish this necklace!

The central part is a quadruble spiral, while the sides are just double spiral.
I used size 6/0 for the core of the quadruple and size 8/0 for the core of the double.
Size 11/0 for the loops; size 8/0, size 5/0 triangles and 4mm cubes as accent beads in the center of the loops.

So, this is finally done! Let's see if I can do something about the Atolls Neckl...

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