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Challenge #167 at Opus Gluei - Care for a Halloween Apple, my pretty?
Hello there and here we are already in autumn. The leaves are falling in Maryland but the weather is anything but crisp. Feels more like summer with temps and humidity both high, blech. But, can't...
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Opus Gluei - Something for the Man in your life
Over at Opus Gluei we have nearly come to the end of this fortnight's challenge which was to create with a man or men in mind. I decided to make cards, because men like to receive cards too....
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Thank you, thank you very much
It is my turn to host at Opus Gluei and since fall is often when we come together for family and friends and count our blessings, I thought it was time we had a thankfulness/gratitude challenge...
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Opus Gluei time! It's time to get SHOPPING!
Yep over at Opus Gluei we are thinking of shopping and would love to see what inspires you. Perhaps a funny set of ATCs, a scrapbook layout of a Black Friday tradition of shopping, gift card holders,...
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Brrrrring it on! (It's Opus Gluei challenge time!)
Well, hi there. I hope you have gone over to Opus Gluei to see the latest theme- it's all about the brrrrrrrr of winter/cold weather. Yep, create whatever your heart desires that is inspired by this...
View ArticleHappy 2014!
I'm not going to say how I've neglected my blog in 2013, but instead, I am going to focus on what I want to do for 2014. I made HOME my "word" for two years running and failed miserably at making my...
View ArticleMoving forward...sometimes backwards...mostly forward
So, we are now well into the new year and I'm continuing to heal, albeit a little slower than perhaps I wanted but that's okay. This is a year to rebuild. You have to break yourself down from the old...
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Challenge #174 - Need a Lift?
Finally, a craft/art posting. Over at Opus Gluei I am the host for this fortnight's challenge and I thought the new year was a good time to make an encouraging project. Because, let's face it, we...
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Trees, Trees, trees
Over at Opus Gluei, we are askin YOU, gentle reader, to be INSPIRED by TREES and then to take this inspiration and make some ART!The ladies have outdone themselves and I think you could find a lot to...
View ArticleLove is in the air and over at Opus Gluei, we want you to share the love!
It's our 176th challenge at Opus Gluei and for this one we would like you toLet me call you Sweetheart!in shades ofRED, WHITE, and PINK Yes, we Poobahs are feeling the love and showing what we're...
View ArticleAlmost exactly two months later from surgery and...
my weight is down 48 pounds. Wow. I see that and it takes a moment to sink in. That is a big number. It is one I wasn't sure I'd ever see. It is the result of hard work and lots of change; how I...
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Opus Gluei challenge time - It's time to TOUCH ME, INSPIRE ME
Over at Opus Gluei I am the hostess for our latest challenge and I'm asking to Touch Me, Inspire MeMe not being me, but being you...oh, too confusing. Anyway, it can be interpreted as textural...
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Weight loss total - 62 poundsToday's workout - 60 minutes recumbent bike, rolling hillsTotal mileage - 12.38 milesCalories burned - 354Not a bad start to the week, hope to keep it going. I'm happy...
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Inchies here, get your inchies here
Greetings and welcome, it's time to talk about the latest Opus Gluei challenge which is INCHIESDelightful little works of (he)art that are 1"x1". You can do just about anything you like to make one -...
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Flowers for All
Over at Opus Gluei, our latest theme is Flowers for All, asking you to be inspired to create using flowers.The Poobahs have outdone themselves, and that's saying something because I'm lucky to play...
View ArticleA transformation in progress (long, wordy post)
My blog has been neglected recently – not out of boredom with blogging but more from a sense of what do I have to “say” or, rather, write? I’m long winded in my posts when I start, sometimes, and I’m...
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Best of Friends - the Opus Gluei challenge
We all have those wonderful friends we can turn to when life is mean to us, he didn't phone, he did phone, the dinner burned, the daughter said she doesn't love you, and so on. The three in the...
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A little pondering
I've been sporadically crafty these past couple of weeks, I don't know how to put into words the blahs that have set in around here. I'm not unhappy, not at all, and while I'm busy it is a good kind...
View ArticleFitness check in
So, I have been in a plateau for too long, I'm fluctuating at 68-70 pounds lost. How could this be? Well, the answer is ME. Yep, me, holder of bad lifelong habits, of becoming scared of success, of...
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Opus Gluei - Lost in Books
I'm a woman who loves to read, have often written on this blog about books that I have read or childhood reading. So, when Chat Noir, the lovely Poobah at Opus Gluei, suggested a theme of books I was...
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