tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65117353179229290172024-03-06T01:19:20.050-06:00K. Hernandez ArtPolymer Clay Canes, Jewelry and ART!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-90282955325527601722011-06-28T20:37:00.003-05:002011-06-28T20:49:05.891-05:00Adventures in Bookbinding<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxdb90GYyM_uzt7Ka855TDvWYjxVCmq2r80lnY5RNRkuuJamvWrPq_xdJy6pPon2_Hi_r-A9nO3tBxR8NTYTHtNp2PvlMDULTsHZ0sZWmeOw9hXJwZEWzgLysqi8z3MIx3bHNkwrxtqqg/s1600/book.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623452559574866322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxdb90GYyM_uzt7Ka855TDvWYjxVCmq2r80lnY5RNRkuuJamvWrPq_xdJy6pPon2_Hi_r-A9nO3tBxR8NTYTHtNp2PvlMDULTsHZ0sZWmeOw9hXJwZEWzgLysqi8z3MIx3bHNkwrxtqqg/s400/book.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I'm in a book! Let me rephrase - my work is in a book! Jeannine Stein author of <em>Rebound</em> and the newly published <em>Adventures in Bookbinding</em> contacted me a while back about participating in her new book. So I made 2 polymer clay book covers that she then bound into BEAUTIFUL diaries. They look amazing! The book is available through Boarders, Barnes and Noble, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Bookbinding-Handcrafting-Mixed-Media-Books/dp/1592536875/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309311716&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>I did a show this past weekend and had her book as well as the 2 handmade ones on display and I got such positive feedback about them that I think I will have to make some more to have at my next shows. First I will have to learn how to do the binding - but that's OK because I have Jeannine's book! </div><br /><br /><br /><div>If you click on the preview of the book you can see one of mine on page 6. It is the green cover with the pink cherry blossoms. The full write up on my books is on page 83. Hooray!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-53326225813610228012011-06-18T16:38:00.002-05:002011-06-18T16:42:25.661-05:00Big Announcement Coming Soon!Stay tuned to my blog in the next few days I have an exciting announcement (well exciting for me anyway). It has to be postponed a few days because I am waiting for something to arrive in the mail. To be continued...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-73591512892066526472011-04-01T21:22:00.003-05:002011-04-01T21:34:30.857-05:00New Camera<div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjUbbYFBrRgP2GUuUZMgYkBZgRZuSD42P1M6nGLmQuao_ze1jbMwciJfsv4CRSQF4R0RcXKKaxUUXhx3-RFG5xxFDnmSWm9vIqLsJGDjI9j_Z0yhffkmnoyOLgFd8C9T-qdlC6VIsFUxp/s1600/camera+download+Cristmas+2010+to+March+2011+234.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590808341290975490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjUbbYFBrRgP2GUuUZMgYkBZgRZuSD42P1M6nGLmQuao_ze1jbMwciJfsv4CRSQF4R0RcXKKaxUUXhx3-RFG5xxFDnmSWm9vIqLsJGDjI9j_Z0yhffkmnoyOLgFd8C9T-qdlC6VIsFUxp/s400/camera+download+Cristmas+2010+to+March+2011+234.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><div>My old camera finally bit the dust a few weeks ago. I decided that I didn't want to put off buying a new one too long with my newest addition growing and changing everyday. I also wanted to be able to take better pictures of my work without having to spend forever on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">photoshop</span> trying to make the picture actually look like the real thing. I got a pretty nice Cannon and I am now trying to figure out how to make use of the SUPER COOL settings that it has! The 2 bottom pictures were taken using the "poster" setting. I had some fun taking pictures of the kids today. I used up the whole memory card in about 20 minutes - note to self: 14 mega pixel camera needs a bigger memory card. So fun!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590808363437046066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNL3Gh8xbsbyLX5CqJVcWOVIDJl8Y_mNRH7auCqrIRRcsjFwXtaoaxUQXSjLDpSnVTZCs9ZRpl9uzWHB3Yc3fxWC0e_KinKqMTer3kic9XTDgBAjwiUE5w1xqeW-LufAabYBR9MVSkP8-/s400/camera+download+April+1+2011+085.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590808351140950594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQtpwguBDMvq-F-5flteMsKunAYAbkoR3nMTZcdGhypxAlHTMbxJzQbWcEPm-U2Lw6FEpKqoP0gbtvIHc1TEOMgIU67_SLdSTplv0O7T1IsdFw1a9pP1vwdsDGPerBFzlMXcLL7-zhbiQ/s400/camera+download+April+1+2011+117.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590808353285112354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtEhoPlBEx6ZZ_TWydCqMMQSLsALAiN7mI5am-CnGJ-HpBfm0gxqU0a-YncrlQwywWzekECCXI7RQRFqDN-qp2ffRGxJ2jkx0qGdsru45PQO95iX28ek1RuLLxlIw_G5h60nONeWtrYE3/s400/camera+download+April+1+2011+131.jpg" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-67257793052368053682011-01-08T15:28:00.002-06:002011-01-08T15:35:03.843-06:00My Latest Work of Art<div>Here is my newest masterpiece! Eden Naomi, born on Wednesday! </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwM0eMTyRl3QsDfNYtfPIUTZCL7Oey7NbaGMsqstYrlfwojknh9wgkwUeqOczhKvcbZM0D2Be8KbkA7NyygVcjzGKWs-5ebtOYt6v0QKqoeNiSV1pNoOPtebZomkLSsqhPgxnjhupCmfq/s1600/eden+091+a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwM0eMTyRl3QsDfNYtfPIUTZCL7Oey7NbaGMsqstYrlfwojknh9wgkwUeqOczhKvcbZM0D2Be8KbkA7NyygVcjzGKWs-5ebtOYt6v0QKqoeNiSV1pNoOPtebZomkLSsqhPgxnjhupCmfq/s400/eden+091+a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559931291735159698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwOr5MxLJa2jbh9_TPMPBSyGWdwdAvQFxaWSyw9WkltCHkwYlqGxt0i56wQt9klBt6kWHVIk_P3wEDPJED_1lLhmvdB3hzNfNc03Pu2brDqY0ru-bxBxw1TX4O8R7nqnlAx2EtWYICnRC/s1600/eden+086+a.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhyTN06E9xhlQSwu0LRq601qEsj4x9ARDwBzB9b0IRDwzA5kZlcSq7FXHnVztVEnOxILjUkS5GAx1HrzYm8Yjkx2uJiol5mQfhmHtZ774VdWpWqXKE3W8HculoOpjahBsWn7vmMKizqVA/s400/eden+041+a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559930727313896226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvC34mqq1_neGXsQm_uPtUELQD7EtAKfM5LtRmRTLRlgbweBN_SHP9oFp60pne0MSiG4DLQ7YmQOLh0r4KchFe5gO04sWRCkhtLJimB2W7UlofUGbjjD6CkSSs_roXWc143P7P8k7aQwQ/s1600/eden+032+a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvC34mqq1_neGXsQm_uPtUELQD7EtAKfM5LtRmRTLRlgbweBN_SHP9oFp60pne0MSiG4DLQ7YmQOLh0r4KchFe5gO04sWRCkhtLJimB2W7UlofUGbjjD6CkSSs_roXWc143P7P8k7aQwQ/s400/eden+032+a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559930715335106850" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-52745239323776496162010-09-10T14:14:00.007-05:002010-09-10T14:34:49.486-05:00New Jewelry - New PicturesI'm making up for lost time! Another blog post and more listings in my Etsy Jewelry shop. The links to my shop are on the side bar of the page and you can see a preview of what I have in my shops there. Getting listings up takes longer than I anticipated. I think that always seems to be the case. I spent a good chunk of the day yesterday taking pictures of some of my jewelry and then trying to edit them. I just have a basic camera and I was convinced that was a big part of why my pictures just don't turn out as well as I would like. However, I've now learned the secret! PHOTOSHOP! Call me naive but I just thought that good photographers just took good pictures, period. Now I'm no photographer. But when you are selling things to people through the internet, where they can't touch and feel and try on, your sales are only as good as your pictures. I'm still no expert, and I will need many more late nights playing with Photoshop, but I've discovered a few tricks that really helped my shots.<br />Here is an example - <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK26N-3rBuiqsewylT1cOoqILOrm3jc2ypDnHZeTwSeyACGnSRU241_fnQ5Sob7i8dmGuAj6IG2JG7L8PVWAeQN-FlvVTgE8S0mIAKA4BPgk7TZdc-M040lPd08e8_UuaIyMPb4dJljMk2/s1600/etsy+listings+182.jpg"></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515369936919406066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlDozuIbQEHuDUfs0cjWUEF4iUDNavrC_TOPp7r9EuRsSJUdN__G-5pi-EW5d0CIk0Qvo8sqojqj3tKGKD-Hgk57AXkB8Jie1s2v2AiKWf6PgLXZvY9AAV8uKsZr4D8s5egms15ua1tTe/s400/etsy+listings+182.jpg" border="0" /> This is the before picture. They always seem to have this grey haze that I didn't know how to fix. But with Photoshop...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515370035912939826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 390px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoq3uYYoeNmIspxsY3SVX6lmISgwspmsi7D9tMfASaYFlKO7nSCdMoDcnbRXNY_Y3Jxm5w-DDrYQyL2KFY4vEOMvP0ZnRo6T69DX8UIpnr_r8quRSZqjwV2uMQ-zMoZo-p_aV10k1UZxf/s400/Flower+pin+1.jpg" border="0" />no haze and the image is so crisp you could just reach out and touch it. YES! Now on to the next challenge, listing description. Maybe that will be a good post for tomorrow :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-23032784756883510122010-09-03T10:43:00.004-05:002010-09-03T10:52:37.029-05:00My Big Girl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wa3cm7mkfrvjPp1ESz9Nq4Sx09pQvBxRslQbrw_bcAtNdVF_NhzT3rcCe7c2eEEH1VIplts3aRLIt9eSX7_XQcgDTWIzJTo-er8EaxzUSEBZ_nQonKPeVwajP0519wjERz65GHAHm6jq/s1600/First+Day+of+Kindergarten+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512713684287751554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wa3cm7mkfrvjPp1ESz9Nq4Sx09pQvBxRslQbrw_bcAtNdVF_NhzT3rcCe7c2eEEH1VIplts3aRLIt9eSX7_XQcgDTWIzJTo-er8EaxzUSEBZ_nQonKPeVwajP0519wjERz65GHAHm6jq/s320/First+Day+of+Kindergarten+001.jpg" border="0" /></a> This week was Lena's first day of Kindergarten. When did she grow up? She is loving school! I thought she would have lots of trouble getting up in the morning. Sleeping (or at least not getting out of bed) until 9-9:30am was not unheard of for her. But this week when I went into her room at 7:15am she sat straight up in bed and couldn't wait to get ready. So here are the pictures of my big girl on her first day.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLViJLQ-1UJ23eAAxaME64UubIJZuUyvOyRtgFKZUoIc_hFqFOgACoZsgqvh3YoJ2dCBOoHVfwvs0KAk-JPva4csyxIYWBkD-B1R34iL1Tq_C0rrud7XZNPvXAXCOHbLmZZEVvwe2LBkd7/s1600/First+Day+of+Kindergarten+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512713692973730050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLViJLQ-1UJ23eAAxaME64UubIJZuUyvOyRtgFKZUoIc_hFqFOgACoZsgqvh3YoJ2dCBOoHVfwvs0KAk-JPva4csyxIYWBkD-B1R34iL1Tq_C0rrud7XZNPvXAXCOHbLmZZEVvwe2LBkd7/s320/First+Day+of+Kindergarten+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifs_D78grLvrreE7fHi9vzf1TrePfOkJd4U3FK-pOqKHM9sKC1E4RPR10ACzfrpSJaHtawIzCt5i4ystZwtm0s2_1CatCxfz84r40uQu9XpGLXu24A9Q8O4WKIcrrIeKbYGPstbsHu5HVF/s1600/First+Day+of+Kindergarten+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512713697345200946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifs_D78grLvrreE7fHi9vzf1TrePfOkJd4U3FK-pOqKHM9sKC1E4RPR10ACzfrpSJaHtawIzCt5i4ystZwtm0s2_1CatCxfz84r40uQu9XpGLXu24A9Q8O4WKIcrrIeKbYGPstbsHu5HVF/s320/First+Day+of+Kindergarten+003.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-33282706943749544882010-09-01T13:38:00.001-05:002010-09-01T13:44:25.815-05:00Etsy Treasury<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpFqLp6pnDQcbwcBUgG-qrMaZclxAZigg8PqlSz90t49vrTiEOlZqaqLSb_MA42VOGlxZvZsTKPg3Si3HzT4QCfGnE7GhStxEPGc2Ixc-WBVHHOtYFnHxk0rBU7PWUZmDmx9t6vZgZgV5/s1600/etsy+treasury+webshot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512017707690375570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 389px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpFqLp6pnDQcbwcBUgG-qrMaZclxAZigg8PqlSz90t49vrTiEOlZqaqLSb_MA42VOGlxZvZsTKPg3Si3HzT4QCfGnE7GhStxEPGc2Ixc-WBVHHOtYFnHxk0rBU7PWUZmDmx9t6vZgZgV5/s400/etsy+treasury+webshot.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I'm in an Etsy Treasury! My cane, that is. Very exciting, here is the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c79dccf10756d91d8f73b4c/colours-of-mystery?index=0">link</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-38666576196410055672010-08-31T09:23:00.002-05:002010-08-31T09:27:00.331-05:00ChrysanthemumsNew chrysanthemum canes are now in my etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/khernandezcanes">khernandezcanes</a>! Ready for Autumn clay projects!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWYcTCG2U1bfSqMTQshFssCxm9yMpjMSCAFKrM8vWoszJCTT5HipNIpp7kQ2wUpb10CuWrpyEYIOFc7luQvWFGCZyLDdU-Q7NhejsXh2iDmF-cop-ULN3My9uJQ3jprU3wjsKN51VFlYC/s1600/fall+mum.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511579705137847938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWYcTCG2U1bfSqMTQshFssCxm9yMpjMSCAFKrM8vWoszJCTT5HipNIpp7kQ2wUpb10CuWrpyEYIOFc7luQvWFGCZyLDdU-Q7NhejsXh2iDmF-cop-ULN3My9uJQ3jprU3wjsKN51VFlYC/s320/fall+mum.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-20985769303681163902010-08-29T21:20:00.004-05:002010-08-29T21:49:20.882-05:00News and New StuffAlright, once again I apologize for the gigantic gaps between my posts. Ahh, such is life. <div><div><div>So on to the news...There are new things in my life - first of all there will be a new addition to our family this winter! I am now in my 21st week of pregnancy - Baby #3 should be arriving around January 7, 2011. Everyone is excited as we get ready for a new little one. </div><div>That is the family news and now for the clay news. </div><div>I have a new Etsy store! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/khernandezcanes">khernandezcanes.etsy.com </a>This store is devoted just to polymer clay canes. My other store <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/khernandez">khernandez.etsy.com </a>will be for my finished jewelry and other finished art pieces. </div><div>So far I have several new canes listed and I hope to get some jewelry up in the next couple weeks. </div><div>Since I always like to add pictures, here are some canes! I would show you all pictures of my expanding waistline but it's not quite as cute for #3 as it was with #1 :)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511028636417506690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZsvF7Z1uMxN4IB94J57lR8RNlGdfVCtdb8ofzkRJoFA1-SELbuWvqItLmlRSFQFlxwpDPygt1B9S-lM2alR3BPaYShIMMRIN41Rmbt52PwPLLUxj6GLMvIBMH5RSC7slakhdWK6JrGyc/s320/aug+10+013.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511028623743946658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe4apXzzK535t6VDINgy-3KbVP3uKitH64OWKaeYIejUIyRMJtuv-PDQnR_VdFN8wYXlxbVBqSG7zzPu1h7m98DuN_fs-zLJhRpdDRjXTr2qpvC4hNb51saAzw3plPrKvJQ09PrI5bNPW/s320/aug+10+0102.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511028617370090274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguptGTdQc2Ik9Z_sr94oB3eUa4jrA1GpbsyDjLU4I-wkzxmF9NOn0pBs7LeFwlkoOhHZlrsOx9-eZ6ofCI93ZkD9h-r7dTZWNkfuifRsAwZd_ER-EWN-xu1RXsvL9lSOQdKRiNbtykiZ5w/s320/aug+10.jpg" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-54157748540088788392010-04-27T19:42:00.003-05:002010-04-27T20:00:00.929-05:00InspirationYesterday's post on Polymer Clay Daily was about artist <a href="http://www.carolblackburn.co.uk/beads2/beads2.htm">Carol Blackburn</a>. When I clicked on the link I saw some awesome necklaces she had made with a technique I'd been wanting to try. So I did. <div><div>The result was great! I wore the finished necklace today and got so many compliments. (Thanks for the inspiration Ms. Blackburn!)I will definitely be trying it again...but perhaps with a different twist ;)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464985310782242466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDFmPlMUh1A9qrduYhH0UzxWIDtnjAtzqEVC9bFiQggoN-4TWtSXCWgIBaiszwFedhyphenhyphenOmZiylzdn0_fdstxnauErzbkBrXkxfafYOQUaOf7s11GU28Ad-ndlsf0PJfX1ZSZSWCsi6Yfem/s320/necklace+018+a.jpg" border="0" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-37665821221504229612010-04-16T14:56:00.004-05:002010-04-16T15:04:21.698-05:00What is it they say about good intentions??I am the worst blogger in the world! Right after I say how much I want to be better, I go forever without posting. I haven't been working on anything new lately so I've felt like I don't have much to blog about. I do have a ton of new ideas and a ton of new supplies that I recently ordered. The problem is I don't seem to have a ton of time to get the ideas out of my head and into reality. Hopefully the next post (whenever that happens) will have more content and pictures of new and exciting pieces!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-29569260237888827572010-03-12T14:13:00.005-06:002010-03-12T14:36:48.583-06:00Feeling Edgy<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8fRtFktxtEhlo-QDpL9nLus5KGut3ZUa5ZkUckywhgH6MJDJ2YE2Wh30qbe5ObXu77ZiPV_BeTChEIVIFEkbf8af-KD_Wkx2lTdZ0DH0HVQcYb6K7QxHgAeucjEwbXHCEwkU88vYl5HB/s1600-h/March+12+2010+003+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447848728395385250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8fRtFktxtEhlo-QDpL9nLus5KGut3ZUa5ZkUckywhgH6MJDJ2YE2Wh30qbe5ObXu77ZiPV_BeTChEIVIFEkbf8af-KD_Wkx2lTdZ0DH0HVQcYb6K7QxHgAeucjEwbXHCEwkU88vYl5HB/s320/March+12+2010+003+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>I was asked the other day to make some gauged earrings. Maybe there is a different term for earrings like this but I don't know what it would be. Anyway, there are a lot of ways to design this style of earring ranging from super simple to elaborately twisted designs. These are more on the simple side but I would love to try some more complicated ones. Really a basic concept, but staying symmetrical takes a careful eye.<br /><div align="center">Happy St. Patrick's Day!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447848731147352642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yxitLD97nJ0KxLTIc98uKCncnYyVPCTFCy7QFRxhq8S1nEkENAcLQgveKX1B0yZNiT3Kd4SmpZwSiTqP-lrodFfzx1y2lohAw4OYCqRDyihbmf5O2XgKII8r_x1mljx2apZ7G-fltqh9/s320/March+12+2010+002.jpg" border="0" /><br />P.S. Having another "clay day" after school today!<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-77562517945550962532010-03-04T10:32:00.004-06:002010-03-04T10:59:11.476-06:00Featured Artist<div>Today I would like to showcase the work of a budding artist. Magdalena Ester Hernandez spends most of her free time creating. Her favorite medium is colored pencils but she also excels with crayons and markers.<br /><div><div><div><br /><div><div><div>My daughter Lena loves to draw and I keep a lot of her pictures in a folder. She gives them away to everyone, her preschool teachers, Grandma, my friends. Yesterday I thought I would take some pictures to share with you all since this is mostly a blog about art, but also me and my family. So here is little combo of both. BTW Lena is 4 years old.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444819370695293970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BDVVBELBZ1h56zGaSv3MNOyhtAKA21GT9cHhGna6HNYn209OC8Ivhxh0LqaohVfGQ5HIVRPxm6qSxjLLQlhaImIgSkah6-gyhhkDkORHhIj4TNaQxpnCUZGwebsUCHzdzUQJSn2STfvg/s320/march+4+2010+019.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>This was yesterday's creation. She puts hearts on everything. And she wrote her name all by herself.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444820918429244770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UvFzX8bpbSSP9SFmy1OcV7thOlrDGg_AWuGRhrrlXQ-V1LlgfuDztHXl4V8eReo-0VGQ-TlFOzmAYhR6dkFlsm_yuEFzH_S1vrTd4Y0SclBb9TvzE2CwJFxlS-GFiCcaKWkD1huT6NoR/s320/march+4+2010+022.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444820907064892322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURFzml6LDIxNw2V_1PfFNvhwct_HbwHbD_ovlcRpD5H77aZTvFlTbQc87BC9WRch4MQ3ObAxS-tXnobFn3Gj_JjerMqXUxCXtQmrib3u884DIdN_CC7bVESVhFn6zgS2SUuSh3Xjn10S6/s320/march+4+2010+021.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>This one is from the "Beach Series" she made different pictures with coconut trees, orange trees and banana trees.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444820929267954226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WB6uWLA2joq981rcoxQwQpz6mXwc00DXlih5whnq_G3XaptoGNBbKTwlrIaE5sCZi4c3cqkl3Lqlbv99eH-sFk6Incy6GLKLy3Tk3bo4chmk4_gcAlpgvXtJ9VMcqqExkiuZtfh19TRL/s320/march+4+2010+028.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>(I drew the little bird and the crazy looking squirrel, but Lena did everything else. I think she is pretty good for 4 :)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-52710102511751904282010-02-28T20:33:00.004-06:002010-02-28T20:39:37.878-06:00CanesI'm going to try to be a better blogger. I will try to post something at least once a week. That is being very ambitious for me. Here are some canes I finished in the past week or so. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443489143756877730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdDs8TRsrrqPzYqRV6xNdbGykW946l6k15KBSv_El3w24xTcVw1K97MhBjAnkboNM2ETVJe6LGVdDERP5BZfTmo7crb9LRVv7_byddvi2Ga5fUDqj_Xe-xUg7eFMikgF-iQQOdGbIqgXS/s320/Retro+Cane+spring+2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443489150603322562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxNs2zOu2nC3xDoyj8HqIayGU70VgmVkA6jfo0y4tDhUYLEHRx8v4BaDhyphenhyphenO9mZO0Q9adodLSnJF7gWuZY54INKkNR2fpNBl4_Qg8y8Qd5BzTa2mvgPXVASrOc_n5lVFDtFiWMa-jq5cQL/s320/Sinple+deep+pink.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443489126974908866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJcH7anvmNl3s3F8y6Csu7TZ93w687f27ezA_ZZ9tsTPo_LaSpVoaiu8luk6hTcU_ZPoz5bgZb0zAer_PCyp1U_s4hHzBWeW7FE8rLdWz3QkvWgZrPE26DP9LESL0RAXIAxusV7TcHCIL/s320/Olive+leaf.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443489135333462706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOk42zWRlc2QmeA6qhaXVq-5R2aaxCxP12xpWDgZNoZ2bh5uL1rX00AHEHFloFF475WxSFmeT2vb5EcuMvbVVtYKl5W-KG0HYVzPo53l21RhkLDxq7ZA9FuIor6nFlLOQsL6BvieZJ8y6/s320/Veiny+leaf.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443489141275503170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UsLT6BRn8WQFKBOIndbwGn4WN6QahYHGHUrTRu32OUUgDye40HjqdPRBu6P6CY-YsBGxZ_3WIgF-xyhyphenhyphenuApe1fOf4E9-WcbpBqF7SsODjZUBoBkQ-BbGbwP5DUhctjyVbqVVJAXHBuQY/s320/Retro+cane+spring.jpg" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-14110841206067194292010-02-26T10:15:00.005-06:002010-02-26T10:37:37.165-06:00It's a Miracle!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAFi8vR9HZKGXt12FqHnegkZ0EswQIBRbQxvITVqF-9k-CSK50f4qWnBfcsf-VAGS5OQG7WNkNKBAnEJFVb28T0u0eNm7bWbLrV0RuB1nRFa3UmLfI4IkT_DYLD8tZ7x-z66zg0vVhYQJ/s1600-h/download+camera+2-2010+084.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442588217413404450" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAFi8vR9HZKGXt12FqHnegkZ0EswQIBRbQxvITVqF-9k-CSK50f4qWnBfcsf-VAGS5OQG7WNkNKBAnEJFVb28T0u0eNm7bWbLrV0RuB1nRFa3UmLfI4IkT_DYLD8tZ7x-z66zg0vVhYQJ/s320/download+camera+2-2010+084.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div>I tried my camera one more time this morning and I guess it made friends with the computer now because it worked! Hooray! So here are some pictures of a few things, some of the ones I took weren't so nice when they were bigger than the tiny screen on my camera. But a least now I can retake and get them on the computer!</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCeUT9Zcewo8xCsgL0bic67bTjmghqNCqnBGJ5UgWj5Y-GPY8C-A2VswYlv6sHMKyXKSWhb40GtSVGD9Dhii59q4am-NGRN8DHH-Me_mEkGDM3ozGh2lLoBFlKfkrGyim3uPU1y6JExyR/s1600-h/download+camera+2-2010+085+edit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442588208830319794" style="WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCeUT9Zcewo8xCsgL0bic67bTjmghqNCqnBGJ5UgWj5Y-GPY8C-A2VswYlv6sHMKyXKSWhb40GtSVGD9Dhii59q4am-NGRN8DHH-Me_mEkGDM3ozGh2lLoBFlKfkrGyim3uPU1y6JExyR/s320/download+camera+2-2010+085+edit.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqccJeVQUQfQFIg66F9SbF9tkPXc_MA55G37mFVfdEhm705ow6Lnmp-fSNvTLsjuVVdlnCSFkstKTOTRjRgJUJX7eBe5Z9gsDcz95gRON2VhRtC3WQDTr3-KBZF10qfakeWoiefvso4Fo/s1600-h/download+camera+2-2010+090+edit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442588220987608402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqccJeVQUQfQFIg66F9SbF9tkPXc_MA55G37mFVfdEhm705ow6Lnmp-fSNvTLsjuVVdlnCSFkstKTOTRjRgJUJX7eBe5Z9gsDcz95gRON2VhRtC3WQDTr3-KBZF10qfakeWoiefvso4Fo/s320/download+camera+2-2010+090+edit.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>These are some of heart pieces I did for the Heartfest show. The bracelet has more BLING! than anything I've ever made. Heart beads on heart chain and a heart clasp...I was following a theme :)</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NkvDyBUqYl65_YiDyzp1rWWksLTrSO4kdX9Jnbh1jfGucF2i4CKcf_hnkkOilTtBvDKsR6SfR6ILNdt2VhQhdFUsnmgJjB5ExrKYqU82ST9yK-D3pKBCibUozaf1eDghzp3OUY7a7aI4/s1600-h/pictures+from+mom+087.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442588229778882322" style="WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NkvDyBUqYl65_YiDyzp1rWWksLTrSO4kdX9Jnbh1jfGucF2i4CKcf_hnkkOilTtBvDKsR6SfR6ILNdt2VhQhdFUsnmgJjB5ExrKYqU82ST9yK-D3pKBCibUozaf1eDghzp3OUY7a7aI4/s320/pictures+from+mom+087.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTxx-vYzLVQefPFFqF_2uHrUphCzBwPl8hMBi6vLmlLheAa5zROwHPfXBy0YG4S622wdLI3pkn7Pwi_UvJnLX2iPVbA_EgKsCNr6rMag1a2nYVyEzlzEnqKQojLEm1KRgTWKBKwec_KZE/s1600-h/pictures+from+mom+085.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442588232358890882" style="WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTxx-vYzLVQefPFFqF_2uHrUphCzBwPl8hMBi6vLmlLheAa5zROwHPfXBy0YG4S622wdLI3pkn7Pwi_UvJnLX2iPVbA_EgKsCNr6rMag1a2nYVyEzlzEnqKQojLEm1KRgTWKBKwec_KZE/s320/pictures+from+mom+085.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>My set up at the show. I have never set up my booth to be open on 3 sides like this. It was different - changed it up a bit the next day by opening the triangle (with the shelves) into more of a curved wall. </div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-58205147561789868972010-02-17T08:10:00.004-06:002010-02-17T08:33:42.935-06:00Updates - and anyone know how to fix a camera problem?So I haven't posted for a very long while. What else is new huh? The weather has been crazy here in the Midwest and there have been many days so far that school has been closed. Personally, I love that! Snow days mean Noe gets to stay home with kids and me or do pastor stuff like visiting families. That is his favorite part of pastoring - he is the most "people person" person I have ever met.<br /><br />SO... on to clay stuff. I have been making a lot of new pieces lately, and I took pictures of most of them to share with the world via my outdated blog, BUT... They are stuck in my camera. I don't know what is wrong but for some reason my computer won't recognize my camera. It starts reading the pictures and then a few seconds later tells me that it can't locate my camera and to make sure it is connected. ?? I don't know. So until I can figure this out my blog will remain picture less, which is way boring for a blog. I don't know about anyone else but when I read peoples' blogs I care about the pictures!<br /><br />I had a show last week in Des Moines. Honestly I was disappointed with how it went. I only do a couple of full weekend shows a year because I have a weekly Sunday commitment ;) So I was hoping that it would be time well spent. But it was really slow. I spoke with some of the other artists and some of them didn't sell anything at all, or not even enough to cover their expenses. Fortunately, I did manage to come away in the black but not so much that I will go back next year. Oh well lesson learned right?<br /><br />I've been teaching 2 art classes for kids for the past few weeks. They have been going really well and I think the kids are having a good time. Each week we make a project and then I take everything home to bake. I've been really impressed with the kids and hopefully I'll have some pictures to post before too long.<br /><br />Lastly, this Friday I get to go to a "Clay Day"!!! I'm super excited! The teacher with whom Noe (husband) is working and another teacher in the school are polymer clayers too! So we are getting together to play clay. I think there may even be a few more who are joining us and it should be a lot of fun. I'm planning on making canes all night so I'll have some new stock in my Etsy shop....as soon as the camera situation gets fixed that is.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-41610885069278647572009-11-14T21:26:00.006-06:002009-11-14T21:44:10.337-06:00Silent Night....Long Night<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>My daughter had a few days off of preschool this week so we went over to my parents. Of course I took all my clay with me because I had an idea for a grand cane. So while the kids rode in the tractor with Grandpa and Uncle Jake, I went to work on what turned out to be the biggest cane I have ever made. By the time all was said and done the honker weighed in at around 7 lbs (about what the real baby Jesus must have weighed)!!! Most of it will be used for Christmas ornaments for my up coming shows but I am selling some pieces of it on Etsy if anyone is interested.</div><div>Here are my pictures of the process, all together it took about 10 hours to construct and reduce.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404168604775022738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbT0duORRMgYF90rgh3_ZgdtpKpBnXXcACWNESvKgj2x480ao74uRp_2Ijv0ePCXUim-VDFf6lZLK-ABcMahE9fN1xZFC_KWw_6dYJLXCQbDgn0w9ct8EYKnz1MjqkyKkkDKFRm6wkak__/s320/the+plan+comp.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404168609103015618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOd7NeYNfBELb-IO5MgjBR8PV_cNDklvsKbVyLthO8HYdrfC_uPtYpXFWOn-u7hvJuW_k0JgfdXUam8MqP11rnXIDdquH-uRI4iSYex5xkB1MK6qQwX68YWtQrPIcYKhreqU1LVQY8Sbq/s320/Mary++Jesus+Compressed.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404168607545727794" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-bQUFQTNibkKoTsy8P5wt520YbBdudDWuCQu46HEQlAfnBd3KyOQ1iubF6ikqQFkgSSXrRaQiGxLcFGTfjDRnVRhoFjqHLlvUGqgk1MZDhgKa7n_EPevk2WKtwHqh5VeT3uBZYQzVDQn/s320/40885078.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I just wanted to quickly share with you one of my favorite blogs. <a href="http://grisbleu.canalblog.com/">GrisBleu</a>. Its all in French so I have very little idea what it says but a picture is worth a thousand words and this site is LOADED with pics. So much fun and so inspiring! Enjoy!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-21915351275909634842009-10-15T09:03:00.004-05:002009-10-15T09:15:13.197-05:00M & J Art Gallery<div>A local gallery is now carrying my work. The M & J Art Gallery in Ottumwa is focusing on the art work of area artists and I get to be one of them! One of the owners (Chris) who is a fabulous artist, told me yesterday that they have out some images of my work up on their <a href="http://www.mjartgallery.com/index.html">website</a>. Go check it out, and while you're there take a look at all the other fine artists featured on the site. Here is one of Chris's paintings to get you started.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829760863169682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaoRSVug5gaY6I-nqNmTPp4JhyaeHpaGvRCcRbdCfZzh1zJBgnboVS9YRiOFAHW7mJnDlsOVroUBcyF2xW7VqZRll7-WBqDH-Ik7Ey9UzpDAQXpqASTrajzQeLnfB6YA_Oxw-o9c8VyPy/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-47014679743222727522009-09-21T12:55:00.007-05:002009-10-30T16:54:38.697-05:00They're back!<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31070534"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383981807918615042" style="WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ05wyTablaxxiis_jhyphenhyphenN1oG9vHsVuRzHXM61KNjAt9wugxLEJMPtZ_i-7ef0U9-b0sAAEQVwYHwP__EkU-Mxl02JVieThUeqBC7xBzFwQhjrgyAMTySBXhmBjOizOCtsFaeO7TE7UocuR/s200/canes+087+b.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31070534"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383981787299752642" style="WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgTX-nMFizwlvu4lT05ajuf1gIdEe2gOa62eeTgmjw5Rx7JP4HfXcY8a6APWl1Jpkam_fCMLL9SW96aIFzvQtljhoWw6wAnpvkMslVBKrW_CtEKOJbULTwYNsyXVofsjkitViZgKuzMc3/s200/canes+061+b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>After an absence from my Etsy shop, the canes have returned. I have lots of new designs and a few left of some old favorites! Stop by my shop via the link on the sidebar! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31070915"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383983723974333186" style="WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrHFYixQEgZI94zTVya34PzFZQwQVAgPAQyLNPJDtQbvqm77u8S-4eRpLO42zKUOt2MK57wOkVRNlW8KrlU3zbr9eMnY8iSS17U3gH8vtKh8K43RiAm1JUvWzbUvjVtQXh8MaD2ywqnUD/s200/canes+066+b.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31070915"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383981796697521026" style="WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH2rBnrupfQsKrsKHbggyvTZo0OW0zvXQTJ1dd9fhEELSjfhONNzpAMFApO10He17xCQyjFeiG8G7zEX9B8HH-HEczO4Ut4wvxRsK6KJtwus3TtvhQue_tH0rdhhxyKInFj2vUkUREQ7r/s200/canes+062+a.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-53145044287022545862009-09-14T08:29:00.004-05:002009-09-14T08:37:07.816-05:00My Babies!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfDxJG9AFNtEQH0ADrqh9ssNhHT-vA7ydjy3WPQwunK5ix3_sfNj30qbe6vAhsHpp4W1_v2OvlCqR8bLeuh9Mamv9qPWwA5xm4x9FIpBMkIufMoyzchQJ4btfwW_d7q1fKEjPpAZDfvuF/s1600-h/preschool+003crop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381315371409166562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfDxJG9AFNtEQH0ADrqh9ssNhHT-vA7ydjy3WPQwunK5ix3_sfNj30qbe6vAhsHpp4W1_v2OvlCqR8bLeuh9Mamv9qPWwA5xm4x9FIpBMkIufMoyzchQJ4btfwW_d7q1fKEjPpAZDfvuF/s320/preschool+003crop.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><p>Every once in a while I like to show off my kids. This blog is primarily for my clay stuff but I'm a proud mama too :)</p><br /><p>Here is my 4 year old Magdalena (Lena) on her first day of preschool and My 2 year old Santiago sampling my mocha (no, I don't give him coffee on a regular basis!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9hP1hsxkJ9Ivtj17WYGbVZZiVINQKwbV4_LRCHGrOOSkXyDE2BCkcQtcLXUMOc1aOaz2rIEbIOxeuLWLxy1b5N40ORyunKPisaoDpTAq5Uc_r72L1HDoVAj-5dRLkdjq5pAycbrv96iG/s1600-h/preschool+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381315857142682962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9hP1hsxkJ9Ivtj17WYGbVZZiVINQKwbV4_LRCHGrOOSkXyDE2BCkcQtcLXUMOc1aOaz2rIEbIOxeuLWLxy1b5N40ORyunKPisaoDpTAq5Uc_r72L1HDoVAj-5dRLkdjq5pAycbrv96iG/s320/preschool+015.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-43638144662707734222009-09-14T07:39:00.004-05:002009-09-14T08:29:36.772-05:00Victory!<div><div><div><div><div><div>After 2 days, 11 containers, many cups of coffee and 14 lbs (!) of clay i have finally gained victory over the scrap pile(s). I don't know about the rest of you, but I tend to collect bits here, pieces there, ends of canes, projects that were, well... ugly. All of these get tossed into a container to be sorted later. I also don't actually have a set place to work on my clay so I tend to wander around the house to where ever the light is the best or where my kids are playing. So I found little bowls of scraps in my bedroom, in the basement, and around my kitchen table. Because of this I also tend to open a pack of clay, not use the whole thing and later, in another location, open more of the same color. So I end up with many half used blocks floating around my 3 areas too. I don't like wasting any clay so what I do when I finally get around to dealing with the pile is sort the scrap by color and blend the groups together into new colors. Any clay that is too muddy already or maybe got dusty goes into the "crap clay" pile. This will become project bases and bead guts. This time I documented the scrap adventure and I'm pretty pleased with all of the good clay I discovered in the process. After two full days of my family having to eat at the coffee table, I think my husband is glad to have his table back :)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLW94qcUu0XbD3EWFb3CqiLoVc26i63d7SAI1yL_2hpOe2a8rR5DgQcZbzeKTeofQ0Zlnr9HZkljGtHcTTCXKRT_UO1rxlGXxV6MhGxHPSiseHlmczut71wI0dNrLyzpq3_LNniFUYUeY/s1600-h/scrap+clay+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381309422993888098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLW94qcUu0XbD3EWFb3CqiLoVc26i63d7SAI1yL_2hpOe2a8rR5DgQcZbzeKTeofQ0Zlnr9HZkljGtHcTTCXKRT_UO1rxlGXxV6MhGxHPSiseHlmczut71wI0dNrLyzpq3_LNniFUYUeY/s320/scrap+clay+002.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Here are my containers full of canes, partial blocks of clay and scraps</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_C0F86BN_UpkNOkFCbhQBS6vnhx6uQdwgm0-gCYe0KoO9-UZJf9tQ-lp0_3jM-X22I_7lR1XtAaJ2shlNgK3aBOtrPItMUPyA4kR9JNTDr7fojYZK0wF8vGAraXB8Db7xJm3u2S7NnnL/s1600-h/scrap+clay+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381309448814879426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_C0F86BN_UpkNOkFCbhQBS6vnhx6uQdwgm0-gCYe0KoO9-UZJf9tQ-lp0_3jM-X22I_7lR1XtAaJ2shlNgK3aBOtrPItMUPyA4kR9JNTDr7fojYZK0wF8vGAraXB8Db7xJm3u2S7NnnL/s320/scrap+clay+004.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Moving through the piles - cell phone ready, and I think that is the second cup of coffee...<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSbR5JYOGRRd3_tDEiawraHXSRLrZJIKgi6Clfm1c-bLQVN8rKfnIOx36ZfuPq4A12MxIgNsRyxedNzc6dEWogRvHou7NbNVFOa5y9qNwGznmskuwCVjXUszfu-YT-_tWnWwso507_5xV/s1600-h/scrap+clay+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381309434871032882" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSbR5JYOGRRd3_tDEiawraHXSRLrZJIKgi6Clfm1c-bLQVN8rKfnIOx36ZfuPq4A12MxIgNsRyxedNzc6dEWogRvHou7NbNVFOa5y9qNwGznmskuwCVjXUszfu-YT-_tWnWwso507_5xV/s320/scrap+clay+003.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Here I have my color piles which I will sort into smaller piles based on shades. (or is it hues?)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIeNBiRgcidt66Mkg2VBIdxSMWoCbReNXYlhWQqxWndGPudYFiZMhJ59UfwhZEssYtOt-vVoWU9ZnpkNksYWFhGeVsiE55w3oJqMHpjlQ2Ey62AoIqv1NZOqM0Q7oNpcTkyBbhMsAtVel/s1600-h/scrap+clay+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381309455819722594" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIeNBiRgcidt66Mkg2VBIdxSMWoCbReNXYlhWQqxWndGPudYFiZMhJ59UfwhZEssYtOt-vVoWU9ZnpkNksYWFhGeVsiE55w3oJqMHpjlQ2Ey62AoIqv1NZOqM0Q7oNpcTkyBbhMsAtVel/s320/scrap+clay+005.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Half way there - I've switched to a new coffee cup, BTW that blue and brown mug is my favorite mug! It was made by a local artist.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJctOf9l6Bh2af7ammH8iZJRiqH0-OA8GIg8h3zzCJ6pc4BFCLBDpG6BDXgNwR_tPPC9XSafZfKjwD3EcAHQnlI24r7QgqNWzjKH4mux6Yr2g5cs01IqAAy5JnZL8Iu-pMoEzB3hBes30i/s1600-h/scrap+clay+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381309464626560898" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJctOf9l6Bh2af7ammH8iZJRiqH0-OA8GIg8h3zzCJ6pc4BFCLBDpG6BDXgNwR_tPPC9XSafZfKjwD3EcAHQnlI24r7QgqNWzjKH4mux6Yr2g5cs01IqAAy5JnZL8Iu-pMoEzB3hBes30i/s320/scrap+clay+006.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Look at all my pretty new clay!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjLuJrgPpSzCBbZLo1ULdJ5PC0xuVZVPJZn1mpnSnI7VL_vH0df0wylCYavkWd-iOb0pjJ_qdH56KGFP1xS3WPYC8eJEgQthyzW8z8nvVY-72wCzBhIiiIxtIdgnmGuB1uP6BOoY75dby/s1600-h/scrap+clay+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381312293958096210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjLuJrgPpSzCBbZLo1ULdJ5PC0xuVZVPJZn1mpnSnI7VL_vH0df0wylCYavkWd-iOb0pjJ_qdH56KGFP1xS3WPYC8eJEgQthyzW8z8nvVY-72wCzBhIiiIxtIdgnmGuB1uP6BOoY75dby/s320/scrap+clay+010.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Nicely organized canes - but looks like I'm running a bit low. Next project massive cane building with my new colors!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VAQfK6rV6IBf0-J5fdIa_RaRInia6HTwY9R_hi_NDbv2aYItl30yVWQ7vYjKVOOZeCDyOvxQV0KpvoqeWh81IboISg9yMuqQxpDk2ymWy15ztVgl3-4mln_e4GH0z5fxgSQpUKkopQI3/s1600-h/scrap+clay+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381312288939332802" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VAQfK6rV6IBf0-J5fdIa_RaRInia6HTwY9R_hi_NDbv2aYItl30yVWQ7vYjKVOOZeCDyOvxQV0KpvoqeWh81IboISg9yMuqQxpDk2ymWy15ztVgl3-4mln_e4GH0z5fxgSQpUKkopQI3/s320/scrap+clay+008.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Alas, not all clay can be saved. Looks like I'll have enough bead guts for a lifetime!</div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-43573365483048045732009-09-10T18:36:00.005-05:002009-09-10T18:53:11.889-05:00Still holding on to summerWhat day is it? Can it really be true that summer is over? Days seem to just fly by recently. I just had my last show of the summer. It has officially been one year since my first solo show. Once again the "Walk on Art Street" was a tremendous success. I had a few new items that seemed to go over well. I made beaded wine bottle stoppers, key rings and tiny delicate necklaces specifically for this show. This show was held in the town where I live (Ottumwa, Iowa) and to make it even more special, I was a featured artist in the local paper! A reporter came to my home the week before the show to interview me. I think the added publicity really paid off too, many people came to my booth because they said that they saw me in the paper. I didn't actually get to see the article because we don't get the paper but I read it online. So if anyone out there happens to have an extra copy could you send it my way??<br /><a href="http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_246002047.html">Here </a>is the online version of the article.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-68393671109898627232009-07-09T20:43:00.009-05:002009-07-10T09:41:42.156-05:00Updates #2The week following the Oskaloosa show I had the opportunity to teach polymer clay art to a group of students from the local high school. Ottumwa's community college has a program called Upward Bound to encourage would-be first generation college students. These students live at the college for 6 weeks and attend classes to get an idea of college life. If they participate the summer before their Sr year they can also receive some college credits. It was a really neat program and I was proud to get to be a part of it. I took pictures of some of the students work which I will add when I find my camera...<br /><div><div><br /><div>I taught the kids how to make some simple canes and showed them some different ways to use them. We made covered pens and stands, ring bowls, key chains and other fun stuff! I also showed them how to use their cane ends for swirled lentil beads. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLPKCkrRdvG10nv_UWPWrl7lPnnDs10Cj8cBgjDquncdItLFgaKyaTVur-f72oQwr7M1dS5x57qYZBLVogefVcXYbpfimlx67zLARihYIIG_vDGNSWNlHME-vGZmcAQ_CHNW9Ex4LmBUc/s1600-h/upward+bound+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356838556611228386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLPKCkrRdvG10nv_UWPWrl7lPnnDs10Cj8cBgjDquncdItLFgaKyaTVur-f72oQwr7M1dS5x57qYZBLVogefVcXYbpfimlx67zLARihYIIG_vDGNSWNlHME-vGZmcAQ_CHNW9Ex4LmBUc/s320/upward+bound+007.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>These are the pens and holders the class made. I think they all did a great job!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvONX9Ie57XdCF_K8dG2xyWAtvrTA9Q8hE-O1QZ0WyHrsth2m_vpGJuupkId6sREY83ks6CLMa2ss5GtQNz2c7aFnVbMwmRh1Fdc-N8gv89D29yYH8KY_NOga6yk9EBC_a0WqxFIfyA0c/s1600-h/upward+bound+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356838547288774770" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvONX9Ie57XdCF_K8dG2xyWAtvrTA9Q8hE-O1QZ0WyHrsth2m_vpGJuupkId6sREY83ks6CLMa2ss5GtQNz2c7aFnVbMwmRh1Fdc-N8gv89D29yYH8KY_NOga6yk9EBC_a0WqxFIfyA0c/s320/upward+bound+004.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Yoslin with my stack of clay books and magazines (wearing her new bracelet!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisagcOQGueLwds65mEeWwdf7xazxF8ez3KGwLprK22ZGj6A5QwVK1BxxM14euQP1YiGnmBMVaqmJbKPOZ1S4yZGgOwBWxd2gLjtAOWfNjaztBf_uoZJMloSmYZ9_IC1q2z1Ze9RA1edi54/s1600-h/upward+bound+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356838554853501074" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisagcOQGueLwds65mEeWwdf7xazxF8ez3KGwLprK22ZGj6A5QwVK1BxxM14euQP1YiGnmBMVaqmJbKPOZ1S4yZGgOwBWxd2gLjtAOWfNjaztBf_uoZJMloSmYZ9_IC1q2z1Ze9RA1edi54/s320/upward+bound+003.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>One of the guys perfecting his swirl technique.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511735317922929017.post-18724864561139727922009-07-09T20:16:00.005-05:002009-07-09T20:43:13.733-05:00Updates #1My life has been non stop crazy for the last several weeks. Is it already July???? I thought that Summer was suppose to be the time of year when we all slow down and enjoy the outdoors, BBQs and the good life? Well maybe we get a bit of that but everything else still seems to come at 100 mph. So I guess I should break this up into instalments<br /><br />Mid June marked the first show of the season for me. It was held in the near by town of Oskaloosa, IA. This was my first time doing this show and I thought that it went very well. Even though the weather was quite cool and a bit damp they had a good crowd and I had decent sales and good feedback. As usual my ring bowls were my best seller. This was also my first opportunity to try out my new propanels and shelf displays! I only used 3 of my walls for 2 reasons; first I was concerned that if it got hot I would have no breeze with the walls all up, and second I found out that my tent is too low for the support poles on my walls. but by using just the tree I was able to secure them right to the tent and still have some air flow.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnexp4v8n13Tfdxvd5iwqLdlo4ydsJUYzJlfQa9LM9j2Lbf_B3IqQWkndxanzARYiaTK5uT_UM528cG7I6bEU6zXKAciPVF1zkSNyLHsluxORzKeVHv509S7U7whqJtCsdZ-ABFYuH5ZX/s1600-h/oskaloosa+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356640222518175042" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnexp4v8n13Tfdxvd5iwqLdlo4ydsJUYzJlfQa9LM9j2Lbf_B3IqQWkndxanzARYiaTK5uT_UM528cG7I6bEU6zXKAciPVF1zkSNyLHsluxORzKeVHv509S7U7whqJtCsdZ-ABFYuH5ZX/s320/oskaloosa+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMPZ6rBgKuc6atdpUKO1EOJn6-PoTQgOkfbCPg97rJ3yPk3CEMRL2nVWcyh6olFpaGxL8-RQw5dXSeFjJEdmIIauDYtpyVHWZ_nJbLeZ9-yf7AB_cwst9fMKXG06NhBWqlAImuseEBFFC/s1600-h/oskaloosa+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356640216506348610" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMPZ6rBgKuc6atdpUKO1EOJn6-PoTQgOkfbCPg97rJ3yPk3CEMRL2nVWcyh6olFpaGxL8-RQw5dXSeFjJEdmIIauDYtpyVHWZ_nJbLeZ9-yf7AB_cwst9fMKXG06NhBWqlAImuseEBFFC/s320/oskaloosa+001.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0