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Archives: January 2011

Book Binding for fun (not) profit

  • January 17, 2011
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I doubt I will make these to sell. But what fun to make for myself! A few hours of fighting with the printed pages to get the order correct (well…  that kind of took all day, really). A printer that can print both sides makes a HUGE difference. I got my idea from my sister, Kristi Smart, who designed her dream worksheet for her custom clothing orders and– get this– made it pretty. What a concept! And besides being easy to look upon, the different parts of the project are visually separated. I need something to take around with me…

Pastry Chef jewelry model

  • January 6, 2011
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Katherine is a pastry chef at the Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena. Her favorite jewelry is simple bead strands– a rope of pearls will suffice. Big pearls, because she’s a big girl. Her favorite recipe is for pecan cookies– she has it memorized. And she likes to turn her pecan cookies into a pie crust for pumpkin pie. Katherine has gifted me with lollipops made from fresh cherry juice, rose-flavored nougat, and ginger marshmallows. And my jewelry adores her…

From whence we come (a book rec)

  • January 3, 2011
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See larger image The Space Child’s Mother Goose (Paperback) By (author) Frederick Winsor I think it was given my sister and me around 1964. I was just learning to write cursive, as you can see. In my preteen years, our very battered copy became the recipent of an embroidered book cover, which I pasted onto hard board without nearly enough swing-room for the covers to open… The pages are filled with these delightful illustrations, and the familiar nursery rhymes are brilliantly reenterpeted. Anyone who reads the snippet from “The Theory That Jack Built will know where I developed my brand…

To-do; sell stuff

  • January 2, 2011
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Take pictures of, write descriptions of, and offer on Etsy,  the estimated half-ton of vintage jewelry that I have accumulated over the decades. Some samples;