More Tags For Our Tree And Home ~ The Paper Collage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjDdXDCd4RafOg667R0kJUV3qWi87jAVQZh8Zxt2GuenAwvomeMXcyCRdwrUQbaNeVPjqaXL9h7uVHE76b2fKMOfDMHyHm6bspc3LVkNthb0dJ9IR6RZsDQ0JVnU_KGJuJ3Bsvjl3dag/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjDdXDCd4RafOg667R0kJUV3qWi87jAVQZh8Zxt2GuenAwvomeMXcyCRdwrUQbaNeVPjqaXL9h7uVHE76b2fKMOfDMHyHm6bspc3LVkNthb0dJ9IR6RZsDQ0JVnU_KGJuJ3Bsvjl3dag/s640/052.JPG" width="528" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>My Friend Pamela Invited me over to an Altered Art Tag Workshop at her Shop <a href="http://thepapercollage.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">THE PAPER COLLAGE</span></strong></a> and to dye Seam Binding and do a Gypsy Trade of 'Smalls' with each other for Christmas.  Hey, you don't have to threaten me with a good time, so we spent a Fun filled Afternoon Creating, Socializing and Gypsy Trading.   Here's one of the Lovely Altered Art Tags she Traded me... LOVE IT, it's a Glorious Fibers Fantasy from her Personal Collection she's Cherished for Years!!!  I've attached it with a Vintage Clip Earring to my New Drapes.  Fabric Artists are particularly covetous of Fibers, Fabrics and Trims, we can't get enough of them and they're Priceless to us, especially as Gifts!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbhgjFgeM_gYb-v8AxYnCi9knsGZXx3no5QskU-JC7LOBOj_iOl6AI0FgCumSIkHGQVvaiP-3_czZkEoccoGskMxk98_FVU-lgMJiaVuyOhk4vzmc3rSAYN5fYaZ9Zx9Lt_gaAv2UJ74/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbhgjFgeM_gYb-v8AxYnCi9knsGZXx3no5QskU-JC7LOBOj_iOl6AI0FgCumSIkHGQVvaiP-3_czZkEoccoGskMxk98_FVU-lgMJiaVuyOhk4vzmc3rSAYN5fYaZ9Zx9Lt_gaAv2UJ74/s640/053.JPG" width="542" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So... when Pamela agreed to also Trade me this Beautiful Whimsical Christmas Tag she'd Created with some Hand-Dyed Seam Binding in a Hue I was Adoring, it was yet another Priceless Gift to me!  And so on our Christmas Tree it went as further Ornamentation.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ9JDo9x23QcowNpBRDxxqtcMYGvfULu3PFXK9l8EYHhuHxy3d6XE5vTTipvm6AGUoSICLEMLu6LUKtqCllMzdoBSoFhvR8_Cebj1yKIR1d6jvZwANIfGSce6Z4vbBrJiq2GoG1afKeU/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ9JDo9x23QcowNpBRDxxqtcMYGvfULu3PFXK9l8EYHhuHxy3d6XE5vTTipvm6AGUoSICLEMLu6LUKtqCllMzdoBSoFhvR8_Cebj1yKIR1d6jvZwANIfGSce6Z4vbBrJiq2GoG1afKeU/s640/055.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>In fact, I'd 'Picked' a bag full of 'Smalls' that Morning, which I'd brought in for her to rummage thru as 'Trade' because I knew I wouldn't have enough Time to Create as many Beautiful Altered Art Tags as I wanted and NEEDED to complete my Christmas Tree Decorating, the back of our Tree was still quite sparsely Decorated.  So I was totally Jazzed that she was Down for a good Gypsy Trade of Tags for Smalls!  I LOVE Trading because a Good Trade is so Mutually Beneficial and everyone can Afford to Trade what they already have for what they Want or Need.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uEzVgccmnYU4iUvYL0vyTXo5iRmL8OFsOwfENra18fh5pJRLq1TawlH7X5Z5kGbEHMfzBInZ3qRHD-p14J6kTKeILM4sR_GLota2_NXo8ZQNM4MSuWnZh4Infy1A0dIPdOhV-dQBMiI/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uEzVgccmnYU4iUvYL0vyTXo5iRmL8OFsOwfENra18fh5pJRLq1TawlH7X5Z5kGbEHMfzBInZ3qRHD-p14J6kTKeILM4sR_GLota2_NXo8ZQNM4MSuWnZh4Infy1A0dIPdOhV-dQBMiI/s640/054.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So here's another one of Pamela's Tag Creations I Traded her for... so Cute and so Boheme' and in my Favorite Hues... on the New Drapes it went.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRwdOfDwO-wi4Ia7iYgpunNmE9OvTCv79YZcnP6pSLJ_6q_uiU9b4PmY-Uqk60ci3icKg7zGJeinlfb36oIXHpqNOcjuTU4uH9ghZ1411nHjuHLCoZyDX-tghb5hfBGjYcgedLocfikk/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRwdOfDwO-wi4Ia7iYgpunNmE9OvTCv79YZcnP6pSLJ_6q_uiU9b4PmY-Uqk60ci3icKg7zGJeinlfb36oIXHpqNOcjuTU4uH9ghZ1411nHjuHLCoZyDX-tghb5hfBGjYcgedLocfikk/s640/022.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>As I said, I had also come to Create and Learn some New Techniques as well during the Workshop and there were so many Inspiring Examples that Pamela had Created all over the Shop and for every possible Occassion and Season.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuMJ2OU0y_BcJgqXeHXvxFgLrmO6AIXC5ZN4lKsGdimaz0I52Bcl4aj0w4mc_KBoWjZl6XnGwupZGvL6ckxyKDFzP7D5fHsABCEMrj2raITQEUjoDpV2GW1oVMri1z3yo8nVZwIFly8E/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuMJ2OU0y_BcJgqXeHXvxFgLrmO6AIXC5ZN4lKsGdimaz0I52Bcl4aj0w4mc_KBoWjZl6XnGwupZGvL6ckxyKDFzP7D5fHsABCEMrj2raITQEUjoDpV2GW1oVMri1z3yo8nVZwIFly8E/s640/025.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Big Banner Tags...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFZz_z1K8Gzzx_WvMpSkJFpPQEwWP9b7xvzHPpONQwi6qkvRMyzYDfXilAiyjkpVygX97c8p-YhJ_f3T7Ziozl6G6VhtfKcKBl6ReQV-0yZSAPKY1YC0LlIdiKZaziccde-oghUDKgoc/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFZz_z1K8Gzzx_WvMpSkJFpPQEwWP9b7xvzHPpONQwi6qkvRMyzYDfXilAiyjkpVygX97c8p-YhJ_f3T7Ziozl6G6VhtfKcKBl6ReQV-0yZSAPKY1YC0LlIdiKZaziccde-oghUDKgoc/s640/024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And tons of Supplies for Creating your Unique Altered Art Treasures you'd be bringing Home with you from your Workshop Experience.  I like nothing better than taking a Class or Workshop and Learning New Art Forms to Create!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNu9juCrVzNevXay-60e7CSR1riw_4EH8jeE7gcK4Rh8F3XY7GX4_8Xkwrm0Gp2DE3nrkY8iEWAbH7OvUdhi9_weiiH3EZt90OKnOADqsUW1pQAq0D0H7LaWkGpdw-EOleC-x4L1Xs6PM/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNu9juCrVzNevXay-60e7CSR1riw_4EH8jeE7gcK4Rh8F3XY7GX4_8Xkwrm0Gp2DE3nrkY8iEWAbH7OvUdhi9_weiiH3EZt90OKnOADqsUW1pQAq0D0H7LaWkGpdw-EOleC-x4L1Xs6PM/s640/026.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And Pamela is a Superb Instructor and very Talented so she has all these Wonderful Techniques to Teach... if you haven't already taken some Workshops you should sign up for some.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVGpss-Z7Y5y14eKhjyLVzsrf93DG1uGY7C3roRN5nXjAKD-CShcxd1_uDVtKXruEh0HD3s6vKoxWzmL0HliCksYmDryeK4kVJm9tjMTLU7y-bDw49DF14rdAqoezmkXWTmS3RwIHN-Y/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVGpss-Z7Y5y14eKhjyLVzsrf93DG1uGY7C3roRN5nXjAKD-CShcxd1_uDVtKXruEh0HD3s6vKoxWzmL0HliCksYmDryeK4kVJm9tjMTLU7y-bDw49DF14rdAqoezmkXWTmS3RwIHN-Y/s640/027.JPG" width="554" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And of coarse another Project we would be Enjoying the Creation of was Hand-Dying our yardage of Seam Binding.   So, I grabbed my newly Acquired Snowman Tag so that I could be Inspired by the Seam Binding Bow as I got to work Dying my own Seam Binding Yardage.  You can Purchase your Seam Binding right at the Shop if you have had trouble finding your own to bring, it is notoriously difficult to find undyed.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbgZfZIfFyWqUoba6BscdeDP677Mj7n1r6RigBB1nPv8HVf3Rl4mNOGauCLlx1v6mitHEDTrJnNIjXpENajzmHUXO-zHLOUCQtdjjVAG31JQ7M0GiSKutwWupc-pJ-YNEEMo-ZzUsR-M/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbgZfZIfFyWqUoba6BscdeDP677Mj7n1r6RigBB1nPv8HVf3Rl4mNOGauCLlx1v6mitHEDTrJnNIjXpENajzmHUXO-zHLOUCQtdjjVAG31JQ7M0GiSKutwWupc-pJ-YNEEMo-ZzUsR-M/s640/028.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So... after I Dyed a bunch of Seam Binding {shown in the background} I now was ready to Create some Altered Art Tags with some of the New Techniques I'd Learned from Pamela.  This was my first Creation... but it needed a lil somethin'-somethin' else... because you KNOW how over the top Excessive I am, especially when Creating... More is just never enough... NEVER!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrj3BTf-xR91CCXNbBJDBkqhM7uTG1x5gFwwQyFoVjeCD4Go2oW0f7Jvd-laCaNgvrvmH_h-PVfmWsg-0U7xtYAPjhbMlG82S40vvbWLMbT3syiltci_RAx4I4sWB_RwEfQsbLpb3ouKE/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrj3BTf-xR91CCXNbBJDBkqhM7uTG1x5gFwwQyFoVjeCD4Go2oW0f7Jvd-laCaNgvrvmH_h-PVfmWsg-0U7xtYAPjhbMlG82S40vvbWLMbT3syiltci_RAx4I4sWB_RwEfQsbLpb3ouKE/s640/030.JPG" width="494" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So we decided to use another Technique, Waxing the Tag and then adding some Sparkle Glue to the Florals... which gave the Tag the Aged Muted look that I was going for and brought some of the background thru the Portrait ... PERFECT!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i41QWn2npP0s7S0P9wHOq_yL02omg1tR4qtt8z-boJYsugrDfrWpx9H4B-qHSbkI-uxl0B3hq4J_U0IACxCxdkE-OdVxEk49BmixSXwmQYR1kbx96xWdsdibDY-PMb7RZFWI2BHTK2M/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i41QWn2npP0s7S0P9wHOq_yL02omg1tR4qtt8z-boJYsugrDfrWpx9H4B-qHSbkI-uxl0B3hq4J_U0IACxCxdkE-OdVxEk49BmixSXwmQYR1kbx96xWdsdibDY-PMb7RZFWI2BHTK2M/s640/029.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And here's how the back of the Tag turned out... as I Experimented with some more Techniques of Dying the Tags with Tim Holtz Distress Stain Products which are my Personal Favorites!  I mean, who doesn't Love Tim AND his Amazing Products, right?  I'm a self-professed Tim Holtz Groupie, I should buy Stock in his Company since I own practically everything he's got in his Line!  *Smiles*  And if you've ever met him, he's such a Super Nice Guy too!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXVb2zbf0xeDPonMG2fJqsWWu_Cf4_DpkaX3FEb-LucuSCaHZQiKvWK_94oVd676AKGQsjqySTCcuc7Xms8Et4sNcmDOlOHXe-WgtreL-whClMQ9EfPaLTkXEbPn1sNDJxD2AwG0aFOs/s1600/TH103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXVb2zbf0xeDPonMG2fJqsWWu_Cf4_DpkaX3FEb-LucuSCaHZQiKvWK_94oVd676AKGQsjqySTCcuc7Xms8Et4sNcmDOlOHXe-WgtreL-whClMQ9EfPaLTkXEbPn1sNDJxD2AwG0aFOs/s640/TH103.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Okay, so I couldn't resist, rehashing the time we ran into Tim while he was in Town and I met him for the first time at our Friend Wendy's Shop and he Graciously got into the Photo Shoot for our Girl's Day Out Blog Fodder Post!  Don't we look positively Radiant while in his Presence?!?  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbNYvMD_fs4FrN0Tn3m0GFHJRXnStKwsvXttK9h-NvvjE0bw_4HPWsWuo-vYtpPuVhVg8iGZFBsVcDQsLymvFra9C9JJVdg50yC349ni0HMg1UynlqqDr-P8fecD0Jv6FM21HJvm371Y/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbNYvMD_fs4FrN0Tn3m0GFHJRXnStKwsvXttK9h-NvvjE0bw_4HPWsWuo-vYtpPuVhVg8iGZFBsVcDQsLymvFra9C9JJVdg50yC349ni0HMg1UynlqqDr-P8fecD0Jv6FM21HJvm371Y/s640/057.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Okay, so back to my Tags... because this Outing was all about ME so that I could get a Respite from the Family.  *Smiles*   BTW they ALL came down Sick the day the VA Respite Caregiver, Magdalena, was supposed to come to the house for the first time to cover The Man!  *Le Sigh*  And so since I had Sickness AND the G-Kid Force there, we had to Cancel.   Probably just as well since The Man was having considerable Anxiety about a Stranger coming to Care for him for up to six hours... he'd wound himself up into high blood pressure about it so we had to have the Home Care Nurse do an Emergency Visit instead... so maybe he's not quite ready for Respite Care just yet... I'll have to ease him into that slowly since Change, Routine Interruption and New People is still very difficult for him.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QXjXgiWpFOjY3x87vCks0n3ZL9wlaMdgIJ0AApBLlsXTYhKIBMaa-M_LPJ5lQhnYfPeEb-YqzXrMYNG84TFNXSdD51j3YbkzOeUK0cVCzjUWn5lHyzbLs686_6gNL74KI7afdOXKE8A/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QXjXgiWpFOjY3x87vCks0n3ZL9wlaMdgIJ0AApBLlsXTYhKIBMaa-M_LPJ5lQhnYfPeEb-YqzXrMYNG84TFNXSdD51j3YbkzOeUK0cVCzjUWn5lHyzbLs686_6gNL74KI7afdOXKE8A/s640/059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Honestly, it Touched my Heart since I'd already Scheduled the Workshop and he's begging me to come along and Dye Seam Binding and Make Tags with me... something he has absolutely NO Interest in!  Or that he could sit in the car... Okay, now I knew he was Desperate not to have to stay with Magdalena!  He was actually relieved when that Morning The Force woke up too sick to attend School and Prince R and Princess T said they could 'Babysit' Grandpa instead of Magdalena so that I could go to my Class.  Since everyone wasn't feeling well they're way more Low-Key and Manageable towards each other, so everyone Behaved and I didn't have to Cancel my Workshop too! *Whew*  I kept Calling Home just to check in... Princess T was busy Cleaning the House while Prince R cooked Grandpa's Lunch in the Microwave and made him Tea... Damn... they CAN Survive Intact without me for a little while... GOOD!   'Cause if I don't get my Respites, I might go Wheels Off the Rails!  *LOL*   </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiFpzMuqyMsudcV85tp-cG4ODj1cz5rUf9XWLpwteuN5xqIC5EQ-BJw2puyFYwW78q9Mb2UY5k7cCln2Pimjajf3gaxkQ-cOjGisPB6wkaiafJK-bZXEhhU5SIKmEqTxei7Vq0G_pL08/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiFpzMuqyMsudcV85tp-cG4ODj1cz5rUf9XWLpwteuN5xqIC5EQ-BJw2puyFYwW78q9Mb2UY5k7cCln2Pimjajf3gaxkQ-cOjGisPB6wkaiafJK-bZXEhhU5SIKmEqTxei7Vq0G_pL08/s640/059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>Okay... so above is another Tag I Created... Loved how the Dyed Seam Binding Hues matched up very well with my Tag Dying with the same Products.  I will Glitterize this later, didn't have enuf Time in the Workshop to do every Element I Desired and I have all the Products at Home anyways too.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC_C-JdPFN7sBEyfQJ-Qw564lJSJ8Wt6Jj_RP0mIMgUHu-D4wXnsrdincYptICDoRK4Rk_4gxSA8KyLyeR9Xu-59jAPoGTOg6awvRxQjZp_rSS3Z5RKklzcZt7aSwxohjnrqrgSkGSC8/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC_C-JdPFN7sBEyfQJ-Qw564lJSJ8Wt6Jj_RP0mIMgUHu-D4wXnsrdincYptICDoRK4Rk_4gxSA8KyLyeR9Xu-59jAPoGTOg6awvRxQjZp_rSS3Z5RKklzcZt7aSwxohjnrqrgSkGSC8/s640/060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>For this Tag we were Experimenting to see if the Products would Dye Velvet Trim as nicely as it does Seam Binding... I Love Experimenting so I'm Down for being the Guinea Pig Art Student with my Creations to see what happens, why not?  Most of the best Creativity Results often comes from Happy Accidents we didn't Intend or Predict!  Especially when you're Dying Stuff... I particularly Love the Art of Hand-Dying items because it is always Unique and no two Dye Lots will ever turn out Identical, there will always been Sublime Variances!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpvx18DgzLuRyDDdl9XkibmDw2CgVQ1kIzPthJVlzc6NbiKHZITlyrAPKhrU5L3vTw2PKX6AKZ_3OdiBNuPD088fsjaomqslEZ4gi6JBpWf0HOFnKVqzjezT_mOFVLPZ5wD4yHkEDC5Q/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpvx18DgzLuRyDDdl9XkibmDw2CgVQ1kIzPthJVlzc6NbiKHZITlyrAPKhrU5L3vTw2PKX6AKZ_3OdiBNuPD088fsjaomqslEZ4gi6JBpWf0HOFnKVqzjezT_mOFVLPZ5wD4yHkEDC5Q/s640/060.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And Yes, Velvet Trim took the Dyes quite well and I Loved the Results and it matched a Tag I Created quite nicely I thought.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOuFcu-rLMDt6L86NOXTocM6Fwbh39l8QQnnP86gEWpV6OcPGHyr_3oXsnw3ThknBkfRhzfpkNKOqMrF7wFatlgER84d-mI4Sf1vU7P60LSYxh3Hhs6rXVQME7XRnjTMXqwaQkvzlpcc/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOuFcu-rLMDt6L86NOXTocM6Fwbh39l8QQnnP86gEWpV6OcPGHyr_3oXsnw3ThknBkfRhzfpkNKOqMrF7wFatlgER84d-mI4Sf1vU7P60LSYxh3Hhs6rXVQME7XRnjTMXqwaQkvzlpcc/s640/061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Here's one of the last Tags I Created...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5s8dwHhlfx7qi4R9bsJWaJms7kMPzDXIHbxUoHRuyYdDyvCgCviEyAV0tjUpa7wSwSbo0e5BLBeNpqX8jjSDFRLrjn5WD0jHXjCERIMaboarYIvwJc5K87KcxcwqfLR6cXwvQRwl2IrM/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5s8dwHhlfx7qi4R9bsJWaJms7kMPzDXIHbxUoHRuyYdDyvCgCviEyAV0tjUpa7wSwSbo0e5BLBeNpqX8jjSDFRLrjn5WD0jHXjCERIMaboarYIvwJc5K87KcxcwqfLR6cXwvQRwl2IrM/s640/061.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>We spritzed this one with Water to see how the Dyes would react and to give it some Texture.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyX67cBIQzsDWinkv_3pHriBG-zqEGsG84Bka73-kOxYssonNxLaivTFJtv1y28t_X-R6s2PMpWW7xCvSpKrDUJxSfdfttgZGhX4UIQ_JL1qDqo3a7gzQ7gGscXFKdnnbO1Re_qtzA5M/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyX67cBIQzsDWinkv_3pHriBG-zqEGsG84Bka73-kOxYssonNxLaivTFJtv1y28t_X-R6s2PMpWW7xCvSpKrDUJxSfdfttgZGhX4UIQ_JL1qDqo3a7gzQ7gGscXFKdnnbO1Re_qtzA5M/s640/062.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Some of my Hand-Dyed Seam Binding... so much Fun to do this!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAxYrvFyLzJGcCKMZG2OY2RQekHzYkia3ipqMYCRiIMXLb-ObE12OqE0ghn-vafwuUNocPbSFlXbDYrkcV6yokdhHl3fpysE_yQh691CtZPEckEBsbuZQ9QuIdEltHOHmM517V7l8I3o/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAxYrvFyLzJGcCKMZG2OY2RQekHzYkia3ipqMYCRiIMXLb-ObE12OqE0ghn-vafwuUNocPbSFlXbDYrkcV6yokdhHl3fpysE_yQh691CtZPEckEBsbuZQ9QuIdEltHOHmM517V7l8I3o/s640/058.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>A couple of the last Holiday's Tag Creations by Pamela that I had been Admiring during her Halloween Event so she Gifted them to me!!!  My Goal is to keep Practicing with Tag Dying until I can get this Quality of End Result on my Tags... Divine!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iuEzhsaRaxwz9Qgz7f24ty3ccX0dF8iszhyMHSfuHkQd-wRfjpp07FGPai5A0By4YG8DOBSjTy3Ut31V99XvDAHdeJ1uLKv15O54urbq9q9mTLEXhzWgsClSpbKoXwEuxTJrFujQkgo/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iuEzhsaRaxwz9Qgz7f24ty3ccX0dF8iszhyMHSfuHkQd-wRfjpp07FGPai5A0By4YG8DOBSjTy3Ut31V99XvDAHdeJ1uLKv15O54urbq9q9mTLEXhzWgsClSpbKoXwEuxTJrFujQkgo/s640/063.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And check out the Sweet Navajo Vintage Pincushion Pamela gave me for Christmas!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ac0p6MrLrLlFkFkyzLhkvDuX2SdDTCza3AbKvQiVCVpKASqsl9HWeZ5QuPQUfIyTXbQx7acDIUSGWLLYIxmRx2wHidX819Tm6u_WVM2YpJ95llEIePSBOxPwKcBEn_H4g-jWEduA9VQ/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ac0p6MrLrLlFkFkyzLhkvDuX2SdDTCza3AbKvQiVCVpKASqsl9HWeZ5QuPQUfIyTXbQx7acDIUSGWLLYIxmRx2wHidX819Tm6u_WVM2YpJ95llEIePSBOxPwKcBEn_H4g-jWEduA9VQ/s640/064.JPG" width="562" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I just Love it, Traditional Navajo and Hopi Velvet Wardrobe are among my Favorite Tribal Ensembles.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERIgoZz9LF3aHmb0ia7KJmaV4T9c5_OtRpZrF1MalA6bwfLyiq2tLGVuCnZL5yAeGMLLIhRIRjORg6IYq3p2I-bd5Ohg2f2j9GzRjU4B2c1gmZBd7gl1rpEd9UONIDfUOyr7YInnWDRE/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERIgoZz9LF3aHmb0ia7KJmaV4T9c5_OtRpZrF1MalA6bwfLyiq2tLGVuCnZL5yAeGMLLIhRIRjORg6IYq3p2I-bd5Ohg2f2j9GzRjU4B2c1gmZBd7gl1rpEd9UONIDfUOyr7YInnWDRE/s640/065.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Here she is from the back.   And check out how Princess T had 'Decorated' my Mini Black Christmas Tree with her Zoobles while I was gone!  *LOL*  And she'd worked tirelessly to dust many of Gramma's Chachkes as well Bless her Heart!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedY4H4tFvt5AHSoKW64Y3OalFlVQdW6NvENCzgbk5J2SbqFUmExyt17cWpCOuS9cmypM6iIYRM657U7Z8jvoq69H1rSHNJIFuRJ_ha6s140Z61XhwXLwE-UFk-gbqUbqoeOIQ62s-7Uk/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedY4H4tFvt5AHSoKW64Y3OalFlVQdW6NvENCzgbk5J2SbqFUmExyt17cWpCOuS9cmypM6iIYRM657U7Z8jvoq69H1rSHNJIFuRJ_ha6s140Z61XhwXLwE-UFk-gbqUbqoeOIQ62s-7Uk/s640/002.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And it WAS a Fun and Productive day for Yours Truly... I stopped and had some Guilty Indulgences... BR Ice-Cream Nutty Coconut and Pralines N Cream in a Waffle Bowl... Yum!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAslnC_WPEY0X0HLP3yQBff543lAw9mZK2cpOMHi283N2tJFE-knSCbEnTugXOnUO7xvd7mB_ZtXbAYEcmiG2WvW4-G1P6FyG8HSlc6MrweIsdOvxHBbzMphCnrqKjnVO2wW_8DonV_pg/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAslnC_WPEY0X0HLP3yQBff543lAw9mZK2cpOMHi283N2tJFE-knSCbEnTugXOnUO7xvd7mB_ZtXbAYEcmiG2WvW4-G1P6FyG8HSlc6MrweIsdOvxHBbzMphCnrqKjnVO2wW_8DonV_pg/s640/004.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Pickin' is always a Rush... and Helps to fill the Showrooms back up so that I can keep on top of the Holiday Rush as well!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlbJvdUHWxbafunR9FA0tnf-g7Nj3wFq5JAojyUQAnsWzVeRnFGK2lrRS_7-KoBEM7GkldxxKc_lLW9QkwqKZwxclysGy4FSAHOfKCO-R8NzFZkasOiCpa-1rfDiVRGe0ZJBd5xR0Too/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlbJvdUHWxbafunR9FA0tnf-g7Nj3wFq5JAojyUQAnsWzVeRnFGK2lrRS_7-KoBEM7GkldxxKc_lLW9QkwqKZwxclysGy4FSAHOfKCO-R8NzFZkasOiCpa-1rfDiVRGe0ZJBd5xR0Too/s640/006.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It's not that I found a lot, but what I did 'Pick' was really Special to me and I Hope will be Special to my Customers as well?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFZVCc7DF8roQMlje7RNWDX76EE9ipFVyvacxglKdCjS5jtMgEnhfDVfAbCWKaefUsc0kBGEHpSQwdBlAKvO57xnTFsLkdRIZmiC4tH-w-P95pXwA02HfQalxj-tvQ6sQJuc_gKmZ4YU/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFZVCc7DF8roQMlje7RNWDX76EE9ipFVyvacxglKdCjS5jtMgEnhfDVfAbCWKaefUsc0kBGEHpSQwdBlAKvO57xnTFsLkdRIZmiC4tH-w-P95pXwA02HfQalxj-tvQ6sQJuc_gKmZ4YU/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I have a Passion for Botanicals and was Jazzed to find a matching Pair.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4gdyKhvo0XTizPQJu6obEqGHyeasZ-JDyR1guW991gcBd70Go3s7tnq5kKoyi_bsGRecQEwG5YE_nACLFFTQcogwO6OreVjLXCzhKSJjVW3z9WXmnhflo4WY-YwWaSv7ayz6kXvAZEo/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4gdyKhvo0XTizPQJu6obEqGHyeasZ-JDyR1guW991gcBd70Go3s7tnq5kKoyi_bsGRecQEwG5YE_nACLFFTQcogwO6OreVjLXCzhKSJjVW3z9WXmnhflo4WY-YwWaSv7ayz6kXvAZEo/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This Sconce Shade reminded me of Italian Millifiore or Chuhuly Glass.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdC_rFnMqHTZCI-CAr-zbRYz3yU-YGzON-0wd-6kGG3VAdzC38Qie3_V8AWMCPGADbCl8rDuQJSn3_WAYtJcb-h1CBPRjvegC38iZ9dX57q1AYtA378bjZ6DzUOu7ZOtvKBjXh6tzjrg/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdC_rFnMqHTZCI-CAr-zbRYz3yU-YGzON-0wd-6kGG3VAdzC38Qie3_V8AWMCPGADbCl8rDuQJSn3_WAYtJcb-h1CBPRjvegC38iZ9dX57q1AYtA378bjZ6DzUOu7ZOtvKBjXh6tzjrg/s640/010.JPG" width="516" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I can never pass up a Crystal Sconce... even if this was a lone Orphan one that might have once been part of a matching Set?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL98MmqvqNRaaF005XPKRVYRrTpUXmmHmJOmrF48sEvDK4L18nVFJ7SPRBn3p54vAArlOQqvvpMEllX3wjcOdG689GDUU2WLdUyW04vsHJzp8uiUx5ZhZjFvS73JG4OsEEIS5UgSDfHg8/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL98MmqvqNRaaF005XPKRVYRrTpUXmmHmJOmrF48sEvDK4L18nVFJ7SPRBn3p54vAArlOQqvvpMEllX3wjcOdG689GDUU2WLdUyW04vsHJzp8uiUx5ZhZjFvS73JG4OsEEIS5UgSDfHg8/s640/017.JPG" width="490" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I decided to keep a Pair of Unknown Masters Unframed and Unsigned Original Oil Art that I 'Scored'... don't know who the Artist is, but I Loved their Style.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dnoGQgllNS4EYP6h7C4LaI9Hk4DIs7zD-ufEl_Q2QliwAdoZhc10VqRuuP4epv_VCXN6-65jjj4DzjdRovvR8D85tenLBmV2ylmznMpW83webWFrz7yi7jYx3saarjExU38F9Wjnk0g/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dnoGQgllNS4EYP6h7C4LaI9Hk4DIs7zD-ufEl_Q2QliwAdoZhc10VqRuuP4epv_VCXN6-65jjj4DzjdRovvR8D85tenLBmV2ylmznMpW83webWFrz7yi7jYx3saarjExU38F9Wjnk0g/s640/018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I also found another Guilty Indulgence of mine... Spa Soaps in Gorgeous Packaging!  I got a huge Bag of them for under Two Bucks!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGfy0ve-SgpjQNlE6sXHFBRchQjAH3clcTFXW7_16P9Jt02o4QeoWYxvNT12hzG1QdCceuVXzSQiq0CNO9jv_aLDGpkhs_gfqGG8R9wIdoxLWLS-BSw0EdmQyk1As0F85X4EMpyTxfO8/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGfy0ve-SgpjQNlE6sXHFBRchQjAH3clcTFXW7_16P9Jt02o4QeoWYxvNT12hzG1QdCceuVXzSQiq0CNO9jv_aLDGpkhs_gfqGG8R9wIdoxLWLS-BSw0EdmQyk1As0F85X4EMpyTxfO8/s640/020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And lastly, but certainly not leastly... another Favorite Passion of mine is the Exploration of Old Abandoned Homes or Ruins that have always Intrigued me and I might be Documenting for perhaps the last time before they are Gone Forever?  This particular one I had driven by for Decades when it was occupied and always Loved the Old Adobe Two Story Structure on Two Agricultural Acres in the Heart of the City which has Urban sprawled around it. It had an Artist Loft Style Window taking up the entire front of the Building and always Intrigued me because it has several exterior Adobe Stairways leading up to the Second Floor and I Envision the Second Floor being an Artist Loft Style Space?  Sadly, it has had a Fire now and is Vacant up for Sale... don't know if it will just be razed and developed if a Restoration is too Costly for a New Owner?  I'm sure an Investor can get more bang for their buck razing it and re-developing it with a Cookie Cutter Subdivision or Apartments... sad though that it will be Lost.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_aa_X7CDjhmSZcqFES3SasTxQ3qmNioHkX3z18Q4JN7Sm5zDUFdSpCQfy4PjaTtLmv_EYNl1I8l5F5xvLypFv0oIuAh-Ljs94V9LPHdKsOaXLdOVLTUeoOW61StBeCAxdbB0IPOUas0/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_aa_X7CDjhmSZcqFES3SasTxQ3qmNioHkX3z18Q4JN7Sm5zDUFdSpCQfy4PjaTtLmv_EYNl1I8l5F5xvLypFv0oIuAh-Ljs94V9LPHdKsOaXLdOVLTUeoOW61StBeCAxdbB0IPOUas0/s640/021.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Old Sentinals like this are Rare in the Heart of the City as Urban Sprawl Encroaches the Rural Areas and like a swarm of insatiable locusts devours the Agricultural Historic Homes of the Area that used to be out in the boonies and are the last hold-out bastions of what 'Once Was'. It is actually a very large deep building that only looks small from the Street, it is an enormous Old Home and I would Love to get an Appointment to see the Interior and the Potential... but sadly, can't Save 'em all can we?  And this Old Historic Beauty may be on borrowed time for Existing at all? </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UGL8GlZqggOAt3k0gCnJ6ulQd6zjCihrluZy9sfysBc59UslXWcOwyx6BBcNZy1RsVu0kI9w1_R8OOIcHNQLcEhBpxiaKRH94let497VJ2ijk8ltp8Kphutn5yRm3pXDHxUD0acAyvQ/s1600/show_and_tell_fridays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UGL8GlZqggOAt3k0gCnJ6ulQd6zjCihrluZy9sfysBc59UslXWcOwyx6BBcNZy1RsVu0kI9w1_R8OOIcHNQLcEhBpxiaKRH94let497VJ2ijk8ltp8Kphutn5yRm3pXDHxUD0acAyvQ/s640/show_and_tell_fridays.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And please join us for <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2013/12/vintage-and-vogue-at-christmas-show-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyRomanticHome+%28My+Romantic+Home%29"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY</span></strong></a> Blog Party, Hosted by Cindy at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2013/12/vintage-and-vogue-at-christmas-show-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyRomanticHome+%28My+Romantic+Home%29"><strong><span style="color: #45818e;">MY ROMANTIC HOME</span></strong></a>.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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More Tags For Our Tree And Home ~ The Paper Collage

My Friend Pamela Invited me over to an Altered Art Tag Workshop at her Shop THE PAPER COLLAGE  and to dye Seam Binding and do a Gypsy Trade ...

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It Started With A Chinese Lantern Class...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMZK6EUqo_MVKDGjSW5yyWr_2rNWyx2aybT_mQbc7BC6v50QlINLyoPRLwrdug0uULjZE1Gx4uOI4HhFIgdrdfRKOiX0ALq3LxGCPIkZ2sXXMD0mgFVi1gDCGreeHQreCezt5NCD06CQ/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMZK6EUqo_MVKDGjSW5yyWr_2rNWyx2aybT_mQbc7BC6v50QlINLyoPRLwrdug0uULjZE1Gx4uOI4HhFIgdrdfRKOiX0ALq3LxGCPIkZ2sXXMD0mgFVi1gDCGreeHQreCezt5NCD06CQ/s640/028.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Okay, so it started with a simple Chinese Lantern Class that I managed to squeeze in to my hectic Schedule on a Friday Morning.  My Sweet Friend Pamela Invited me to visit her Shop and Encouraged me to Participate and Attend the Workshop so that I could have a Positive Release from unrelenting Stress and Caregiving Strain and Burnout.   And now I'm Jonesin' to take as many Workshops as I can find Respite Time and Resources for because when I'm Creating I no longer have the weight of heavier Issues consuming me.  Creativity is like Oxygen to me... especially when I'm suffocating from the Issues of Life sucking the Life and breath right out of me.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMwAWWmSRipzb_gdWeHmNFYi2od92qdRUgFLdvCYKK8siwMrRlnuFGa4YBmGWZ90048hA0PX_9I0nhhdkHeekLC0rxFUyjsZrq06w-PoLZL2qdG43ESf8EcJJUXr3cwAflx15Umk-eO0/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMwAWWmSRipzb_gdWeHmNFYi2od92qdRUgFLdvCYKK8siwMrRlnuFGa4YBmGWZ90048hA0PX_9I0nhhdkHeekLC0rxFUyjsZrq06w-PoLZL2qdG43ESf8EcJJUXr3cwAflx15Umk-eO0/s640/029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sure, I still have the two Showrooms and Pickin' as temporary Escapes from my Reality... but I usually have a half dozen "Urgent" phone calls interrupting me from The Man and/or the G-Kid Force any time I sneak away to try to attend to Working my neglected Retail Spaces or replenishing dwindling Inventory even for just an Hour.  Sweating bullets since now I'm Rushing... which I HATE to Feel or be Rushed or forced into unrealistic time constraints to get things accomplished properly and not leave anyone alone for too long.  Either that or they're my Entourage when I'm Attempting to Style my Spaces or go on a Pick , which really doesn't constitute a Respite or any "Restorative Me Time" at all.  And still usually ends up with a hasty attempt since all three of them fade at the gate quickly and need to go Home prematurely.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTBFT6bGOqqQDacaAI_k1htWJgmLOVGzfZ7DML_9IpgW0n1Jq4kLDkh_c2ArtHu2LeHBTCs9agi_bC87uGpFDa5I_OzOuXxsdfyqHQdClHbzjI98cKfvWBINcBvSzezogaNvBvX_9Uzg/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTBFT6bGOqqQDacaAI_k1htWJgmLOVGzfZ7DML_9IpgW0n1Jq4kLDkh_c2ArtHu2LeHBTCs9agi_bC87uGpFDa5I_OzOuXxsdfyqHQdClHbzjI98cKfvWBINcBvSzezogaNvBvX_9Uzg/s640/032.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Sometimes it works out when I take any or all of them with me and they can be a Help rather than a hindrance or a distraction from getting any Work done... Sometimes.  And though the Beast Princess is already a diligent and compulsive Organizer and adept Stylist, her Separation Anxiety often kicks in to hyperdrive if she's not attached to me at the hip, which is stifling.  She also rarely gets along and plays well with others, especially big Brothers... and her and Grandpa fuss a lot at each other now because 'New Grandpa' is still an adjustment for The Force.  God Forgive me, but I can only take so much of their Intensity and their propensity to Drama and extreme Mood Swings... without it draining me or Setting me Off.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCD73iVmWwsHZ-aJkNs6RZQMPmMG9pHl9ePyfYpFw2_9zmD8tYo0r8iQojCEA8BlGX6_jAQeU5zlJYi_hHv5cVKa52LqzZVXQaJagsJ6KWP8dYoUjmdrb0JaUPDYw5md_dcvFu0ntvhHU/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCD73iVmWwsHZ-aJkNs6RZQMPmMG9pHl9ePyfYpFw2_9zmD8tYo0r8iQojCEA8BlGX6_jAQeU5zlJYi_hHv5cVKa52LqzZVXQaJagsJ6KWP8dYoUjmdrb0JaUPDYw5md_dcvFu0ntvhHU/s640/005.JPG" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>And The Man is still recuperating from his Traumatic Brain Injury so any Outing for him is a Huge Deal and has to be short and sweet with lots of Patience.  In case you didn't already know, Patience doesn't happen to be one of my Divine Virtues.  *LOL*  And he feels Safer at Home in a Familiar place so is resistant to Outings or Socialization of any sort.  But we did manage to get him out for Veteran's Day so he could receive Public Acknowledgement for his Service to Country.  That always makes him Feel good to receive Sincere Appreciation from random people, especially since he Feels so betrayed by the Government with all the broken Promises.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4m5-Svxo2XeRAemhljlUl1UbX978pnmrDFQ1O3xhMcBoz7KiNl7sN8TKSej6sixpsCHe5tNOm_SHzVDwzOr7PHHaqX2C64R6qjKdgo6uzYrHkjrR3ok2JGQmjJRDrl3j0skHE6i7Ziz8/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4m5-Svxo2XeRAemhljlUl1UbX978pnmrDFQ1O3xhMcBoz7KiNl7sN8TKSej6sixpsCHe5tNOm_SHzVDwzOr7PHHaqX2C64R6qjKdgo6uzYrHkjrR3ok2JGQmjJRDrl3j0skHE6i7Ziz8/s640/031.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>We discovered that the Programs and Resources allegedly available to Disabled Veterans and their Families from the VA or from the Private Sector have so many disqualifying factors that we didn't Qualify for any of them.  So Help probably isn't coming... EVER... and I'm trying to wrap my Mind around that one and have somewhat of a Peace about it and what that might mean for the long haul if I go down in flames again trying to do it all with little or no Help?  That's daunting, so I'm trying to keep my head on straight and see what obscure Programs or Resources might exist for us? </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCX-2KoRqQEhe051jkyLp4yYU6lHg1W_c7JqiHsxALwrVK-ySGWPnO9iIcvl36vEbeRTtMn7eL3tmd0-2cg7z1IKIV2HPgj7oL5m4v2Paz_xoajK34p4PKpprQuIeOpUC5WgX4v_ZXPw/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCX-2KoRqQEhe051jkyLp4yYU6lHg1W_c7JqiHsxALwrVK-ySGWPnO9iIcvl36vEbeRTtMn7eL3tmd0-2cg7z1IKIV2HPgj7oL5m4v2Paz_xoajK34p4PKpprQuIeOpUC5WgX4v_ZXPw/s640/030.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The VA Social Worker has put me in for 6 Hours of In-Home Respite Care every other week, and though we should Qualify for that earned benefit with The Man's long length of Service and 100% Service Connected Disability even before his TBI Disability from the Accident, it probably doesn't include Respite Care for the G-Kid Force. Shhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!  That will be our little Surprise the first time the VA Respite Caregiver shows up I guess and thinks its just an Old Soldier they're babysitting so I can have a Mental Health Break!?!  *LMAO* </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch1YgFVMawixsh9HK8dXyt9un-hIC1JNxqxxbDI9BKyhrM-a5gFtVfqLVCPCt7sygPr822E_Gn8nGzBS923VdIPmqu3EcDie7SRfr9xMu5NXUIdn26aRgX7mk0lEOUzp4dwyM_ioouPo/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch1YgFVMawixsh9HK8dXyt9un-hIC1JNxqxxbDI9BKyhrM-a5gFtVfqLVCPCt7sygPr822E_Gn8nGzBS923VdIPmqu3EcDie7SRfr9xMu5NXUIdn26aRgX7mk0lEOUzp4dwyM_ioouPo/s640/034.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  Sure, they probably won't come back again for the other six hours I should get for the Month... or EVER... but I'm guardedly Optimistic I <u>might</u> get a one time six hour break if I hide the Kiddos in another room and tell them to wait 'til I'm down the road before they come out and Surprise the VA Respite Caregiver!?  It could work!?   Anyway, I'm desperate at this point, it will be... say... a Memory Lapse I had... yeah, that's it... that's what it was... that's my Story and I'm stickin' to it!!!  What?  Did I forget to mention I'm a Caregiver of THREE 'Special Needs Loved Ones'?  Ooops!!!  And, I know... I know... the Children were never Drafted or Enlisted since they came Disabled and are too Young  for sending off to War anyway you know... *I shall say all this with a Deadpan Wednesday Addams expression, whaddya think?*  They shouldda figured it out already with how relentless I've been about trying to get some Help!!!  I'm asking about and applying for every damn Program I can Google, I don't care anymore where the Help comes from!  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVN2tqvv1vim0QnOwz0YwRGiLbZ5UKZtJ-XdKKzeEwQA_RXCT1YorpTfbPbkFRDus2xFf75jfyD7Cem8IbM1AuZGMdS5HX-I-ExmsGLkrn8WNpmse0Ouq98neVUdChmteI_t4TUdiqv0/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVN2tqvv1vim0QnOwz0YwRGiLbZ5UKZtJ-XdKKzeEwQA_RXCT1YorpTfbPbkFRDus2xFf75jfyD7Cem8IbM1AuZGMdS5HX-I-ExmsGLkrn8WNpmse0Ouq98neVUdChmteI_t4TUdiqv0/s640/035.JPG" width="580" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I'm California Dreamin' about Living the Dream... and Escaping the Nightmare... even if in only six hour increments every other week, Maybe... if their In-Home Caregiver doesn't bail?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpymg30fpuP4Hu7sEkfrx8IjU8UoKZicURlP982lps3m04RIyr8km-bbO_l4jXy5ahrBV5X_TRMUu9oxqEjqqOsPyZyfSWU65IR-D0URAczuXg9Csid_G7CReBb_NtYicF4cic4K_JxKg/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpymg30fpuP4Hu7sEkfrx8IjU8UoKZicURlP982lps3m04RIyr8km-bbO_l4jXy5ahrBV5X_TRMUu9oxqEjqqOsPyZyfSWU65IR-D0URAczuXg9Csid_G7CReBb_NtYicF4cic4K_JxKg/s640/036.JPG" width="578" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Since apparently you don't Qualify for any Respite Caregiver Stipend Income until you're a Destitute VA Spouse... so that you could actually afford to Hire someone to do what you can't do or need a break from every now and again.   Rather than relying upon the Charity of Volunteers or an existing Program the VA or your Insurance will actually pay for, which are in limited and in short supply.  But, they said if it gets to the point where The Man's care exceeds 100% of our total Income I COULD <u>perhaps</u> Qualify for a small stipend, no guarantees though and it would be <u>better</u> IF you don't own your own Home or have any Assets left to liquidate.  Yeah, that would be BETTER, huh, if we were Homeless, had zero income left and didn't have a pot left to piss in... NOT!!!!!!!   And BTW... they only Factor in Qualifying Income on a Vet and Spouse... if you're more than a Couple... say, you're still raising a Family of Dependants... that Qualifying Factor Figure doesn't increase one iota regardless of size of Family for the Program... WTF?!?   Guess they figure folks our Age shouldn't even still be raising Kids... and tho' I'm in Agreement with that opinion... we ARE... and we WILL BE for at least another Decade.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UeS7oO3m4taeqY_WjWlaiOJmTjuu856PBdYLwR7KAAhcleKev2m73tZWsBB50Dya1k9y3CmKSDCYKHuy-U4q9c1Je7AwcM5hyphenhyphenpig7VeFdmZOKDkrKvxQPbbrSqw_rLd5Au77W3YszGk/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UeS7oO3m4taeqY_WjWlaiOJmTjuu856PBdYLwR7KAAhcleKev2m73tZWsBB50Dya1k9y3CmKSDCYKHuy-U4q9c1Je7AwcM5hyphenhyphenpig7VeFdmZOKDkrKvxQPbbrSqw_rLd5Au77W3YszGk/s640/033.JPG" width="498" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>These are just some of the reasons why I HATE... ABHOR... AND CRINGE at Applying for any Assistance Programs... you really do have to be to a point of desperation and have thick skin before you want to go up against The System and have to hear what responses you'll get as to why you usually don't Qualify and won't be receiving any Help.  With a 'Good Luck with that and we Hope it all works out' tacked on gratuitously, lest you assume they don't Care.  But on a positive note I no longer have to schlepp The Man back and forth across the City to the VA Hospital three days a week for his OT, PT and RN Checks due to his still frail health... they finally Approved some Home Visits!  *Whew!*  Which is a good thing because he couldn't tolerate the long commute and long waits at the VA Hospital to be seen, he had too much Anxiety and too much Pain so we'd end up leaving without even being seen... and we had to scramble to get back Home in time to pick the G-Force up from School anyways.  But we still have to go for Specialist Appointments, of which there are still many... so I still spend way too much time in Hospitals and at Appointments for the Crew... and that Wheelchair is like a boat anchor and doesn't fit worth a damn in the back of a Jeep... I've hurt my back twice already schlepping it...  I SO wish my Truck hadn't been totalled in the wreck!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw-DUk7EtVtLhe9D3EWlS1802I5MIcc4d_zA_-z8X8bp6B-OtvGUy0rdqBinRuVQPc5dIvIxL000G-5onMtc-ZeiR_TfGm2hv2BCfnHkZVEDE38-M56qovcIthZ2ROzEZoB8wAYF8yB0/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw-DUk7EtVtLhe9D3EWlS1802I5MIcc4d_zA_-z8X8bp6B-OtvGUy0rdqBinRuVQPc5dIvIxL000G-5onMtc-ZeiR_TfGm2hv2BCfnHkZVEDE38-M56qovcIthZ2ROzEZoB8wAYF8yB0/s640/012.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I must say Venting here in Blog Therapy is almost as good as being able to take Workshops and Classes as a Release of the Stress, Strain and Frustrations stacking up again.  Better this than landing up in Hospital and unraveling again so soon.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzcNfhl3DuGtuEVPGP_UGqBxKWWcsNE3M5Chd7su_E9qAkE5n_jENYYURrRZJD7UuDO5zVLBafsunhC4ERtHjOrZcS4ImhREnK6JEewTT7wizCora9N-xKOtvGDDbjeZ9Q5vaAOu2OCY/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzcNfhl3DuGtuEVPGP_UGqBxKWWcsNE3M5Chd7su_E9qAkE5n_jENYYURrRZJD7UuDO5zVLBafsunhC4ERtHjOrZcS4ImhREnK6JEewTT7wizCora9N-xKOtvGDDbjeZ9Q5vaAOu2OCY/s640/013.JPG" width="498" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I'd rather take a Class... and if I can't swing a cool Workshop...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_YJ2n1XYuf_LCsIfeYJAw_IsZ6tgyB2OMr6Kf-VBgjgTLdxlAMO58vP7SolL8h_ie8QJ7Z_Yq7fv4ragfRiNXKSwCESUhR0HUIhDqhyphenhyphen4X1qlcTQVoru6kW5YehmkpkAt3vUKhtOYWqQ/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_YJ2n1XYuf_LCsIfeYJAw_IsZ6tgyB2OMr6Kf-VBgjgTLdxlAMO58vP7SolL8h_ie8QJ7Z_Yq7fv4ragfRiNXKSwCESUhR0HUIhDqhyphenhyphen4X1qlcTQVoru6kW5YehmkpkAt3vUKhtOYWqQ/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Why, a Two Dollar Make-And-take Card Class will do!  I'm not picky.  *Smiles*  Actually I REALLY like that Center Card, who doesn't want a Beautiful Day after all?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaFtrusXrbh0SLuw4oxs_e_rmcOQU3TaHjbqfxRvCYfTtVIjTKpBwMMnUbH3V8gwdyfxyo2WdgWdxUvyyljPmIXfPalj3zA3Z0iSlVKkQex0LtPTCK9M5o2OduGtA_Gf3pEkvhykQpEE/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaFtrusXrbh0SLuw4oxs_e_rmcOQU3TaHjbqfxRvCYfTtVIjTKpBwMMnUbH3V8gwdyfxyo2WdgWdxUvyyljPmIXfPalj3zA3Z0iSlVKkQex0LtPTCK9M5o2OduGtA_Gf3pEkvhykQpEE/s640/014.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>We keep trying to have one anyway... and some days we even Succeed!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GC3GHcDJ9bNtD0R_9-s-fTIPaDBEZ4Adan3hW2_9mUlhnkT4f6rde7pvEbPFd2FjtayqMY-SIKJvtrV_Rejj8SftFcaws_VNGXhTWWLwAoNVPGLIueQ5GBSWcWdULBvoQ8Q33Oajs44/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GC3GHcDJ9bNtD0R_9-s-fTIPaDBEZ4Adan3hW2_9mUlhnkT4f6rde7pvEbPFd2FjtayqMY-SIKJvtrV_Rejj8SftFcaws_VNGXhTWWLwAoNVPGLIueQ5GBSWcWdULBvoQ8Q33Oajs44/s640/024.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And it started with a simple Chinese Lantern Class...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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It Started With A Chinese Lantern Class...

    Okay, so it started with a simple Chinese Lantern Class that I managed to squeeze in to my hectic Schedule on a Friday Morning.  My Swee...

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