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inventory celebration!

inventory celebration!

I just finished my it's by design inventory.  Now we are one step closer to getting ready for tax time.  That is always a big weight lifted off of my shoulders.  Today while I finished up, I watched this weeks episode of Parenthood.  I LOVE that show!  It just may be my all around favorite TV show this season.  It's about, as you can probably guess, the dynamics of family.  I love that you get to see it from all sides, the kids, the young parents, the struggles of being a teenager and the struggles of parenting, all the way...

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when God gives you the perfect sky, take photos

when God gives you the perfect sky, take photos

So today it's in the upper 50's and I've got inventory to do in my 3rd floor studio.  My studio has a sky light so that's a plus.  But, it's really a great place to be when it's cold, even snowy.  Awww, the 3rd floor, the toastiest place in the house. So rather than spend the entire day with a calculator and bins of supplies to count.  I grabbed whatever needed to be photographed and headed outside.  OK, so 56º wasn't as warm as I thought it would be and I chose today to air dry my thick locks (something...

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more reading

more reading

During our New Year's Eve dinner my family discussed what we would like to do more of or less of in 2011.  I wanted to create this blog - check! and I wanted to read more books.  I have stacks of books I would like to read but never take the time to actually sit and read them.  At the beach, or on an airplane seem to be the times that I can get any reading done.  Those opportunities are rare.  I try to read just before I go to sleep and well, I guess I do accomplish that!  I...

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Well Hello

Well Hello

  you must either be: a. a family member  2. I caved and told you about my blog c. you just stumbled upon it, perhaps through Facebook, perhaps through my website it's by design no matter how you arrived, Welcome! I decided to start a blog because even though I work three days a week for Ornamentea.com, and design and make jewelry for it's by design, I love all kinds of other art forms.  I love fabric and quilts.  I haven't made a quilt in years, not since I started making jewelry.  But, that doesn't stop me from thinking about...

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