tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625621508852060442024-03-14T01:08:42.029-07:00CHRIS' COMMENTSBits and Pieces of My LifeChristine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-46553097030710277232011-10-31T02:53:00.000-07:002011-10-31T02:53:45.280-07:00Jack-O-Lantern for JulieThis is for you, Julie. I added a Jack-o-Lantern. He's lit up and ready to use. :)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-66172917292042056682011-10-27T16:13:00.000-07:002011-10-27T16:13:06.818-07:00Pumpkins Galore!Wishing all of you a Happy and Safe Halloween.<br />
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Here are a whole bunch of fun pumpkins to cheer your day.<br />
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Recently Etsy offered a one time chance to change the names of our shops and I decided to do that with my supply store that is currently named Memories Mosaic Supply.<br />
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Originally, I wanted to keep the word "Memories" in each shop to continue the link of my name (Memories in Mosaics; Memories of Yesterday and Memories Mosaic Supply) but I realized later that it wasn't really the right term for what I wanted people to remember about my shop.<br />
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My new name will be "Discount Mosaic Supply". I will be offering lower prices and a larger variety of items to my regular inventory of hand cut tiles. I plan to add glass gems, glass and ceramic tiles and more focal pieces over the next few months. <br />
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My Mosaic shop will be changing too. I have decided to concentrate in other areas and will not be producing new pieces as much anymore. I will still offer custom orders, but my inventory will be less overall. I have come to the conclusion that I just can't sit at my computer as much as needed to keep all 3 shops promoted and right now my inventory for my vintage shop just keeps growing. <br />
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My husband and I are in our mid 50's and all our children are grown and out of the home, so we wanted something we could do together. Hunting through Estate Sales, Garage Sales and Thrift shops is a lot of fun for the two of us and something we both love to do, so my vintage shop won out over my mosaics.<br />
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I hope you will stop by and check out my shops. I will give 10% off to anyone who reads my blog in each of my stores. Just use coupon code "Blog10" when you check out.<br />
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My mosaic shop is <a href="http://www.memoriesinmosaics.etsy.com/">http://www.memoriesinmosaics.etsy.com/</a><br />
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My vintage shop is <a href="http://www.memoriesofyesterday.etsy.com/">http://www.memoriesofyesterday.etsy.com/</a><br />
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My supply shop is still <a href="http://www.memoriesmosaicsupply.etsy.com/">http://www.memoriesmosaicsupply.etsy.com/</a> but soon will be<br />
<a href="http://www.discountmosaicsupply.etsy.com/">http://www.discountmosaicsupply.etsy.com/</a><br />
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Until Next Time :)Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-13406090557971270912011-10-08T17:19:00.000-07:002011-10-08T17:19:04.641-07:00Horseshoes Like You've Never Seen!Some people are unbelievably creative and can take virtually any object and make it a work or art.<br />
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Tom Hill is a 23 year-old self-taught sculptor who creates life size animal sculptures using nothing but recycled horseshoes. I don't know anymore about him as I received this in an email from my sister-in-law, but I just had to share them with you.<br />
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I also have been having a lot of trouble commenting on other blogs, so if you haven't seen me in a while it's only because Blogger won't always let me comment and tells me I don't have permission. What???<br />
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I hope to get back to posting at least once a week. In the meantime I will share some of my new mosaic pieces and some of the new listings in my vintage shop.<br />
The first one is a small guitar. I have always wanted to mosaic a guitar and it was quite a challenge to do so, but I would definitely do it again. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippxw3amXkw9JX1XsogIcft0R3yWGBsFJZ3XP7cOYNZFUJgOh4aF88zuZUc6zX4YkkBISlJws43hMQzvpuJ1QJ_gxTmSc6UYW5zl2GilM75zP3xf8D3yMe3yYPDvLvDGKcqqhg_37fvt4t/s1600/DSC02070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippxw3amXkw9JX1XsogIcft0R3yWGBsFJZ3XP7cOYNZFUJgOh4aF88zuZUc6zX4YkkBISlJws43hMQzvpuJ1QJ_gxTmSc6UYW5zl2GilM75zP3xf8D3yMe3yYPDvLvDGKcqqhg_37fvt4t/s320/DSC02070.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> This one was a fun piece to do. I like to do some ultra modern pieces sometimes. I call this Orange Sunburst.<br />
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Until Next Time :)Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-54702875333498977712011-10-04T16:04:00.001-07:002011-10-04T16:04:01.202-07:00Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-32134136185920300692011-06-27T06:12:00.000-07:002011-06-27T06:12:52.507-07:00Shadow and LightNow that treasuries are so much easier to make on Etsy I have started using this feature more and more.<br />
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Here is my latest. I just love textures and they really shine through when they are absent of color.<br />
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Go to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">http://www.etsy.com/</a> and put in "team esst" under supplies.<br />
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I have always loved vintage items, especially things of the more distant past and I finally opened my shop on Etsy so that I could sell some of the pieces that were in my family as well as some from my husband's family.<br />
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We do go to estate sales, thrift stores and an occasional garage sale to find pieces but mostly we have boxes of it right here in our home.<br />
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Here is a small peek into my shop. I would love to have you stop by. We are always adding something new. I haven't even begun to sort out all the jewelry my mother-in-law had and we have lots of artwork to sell as well.<br />
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I have been working on a new mosaic for some time now as I couldn't quite figure out what I wanted to do with the background. <br />
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The mosaic is made of different patterned dishes that I cut to make the pinwheels and then added various accents such as half marbles, glass tiles and ceramics.<br />
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I knew the theme would be blue because I had so many pretty dishes with blue in them, but trying to decide whether to continue the blue theme or just use white took a while to decide.<br />
As you can see, I chose the baby blue glass tiles and a soft custom made lavender grout for the backgound. I am happy with the affect. Now if I could just get a good photo.Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-25916953849660505112011-05-31T09:19:00.000-07:002011-05-31T09:19:30.266-07:00What Happened to the Flag?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjJlWvudbCKYjV7j0yRMmlF8TwyGpx1VsbjYHZgTOlj-tFd1jD34dQck3DClQoC8JcFSJjtJMmMK3V93mbsQ51KpMA4uWSfEdwF4xW7GbGfVWdNloEM7mp9Qiyb-cP5BX9bpCjPFRkRm9/s1600/AmericanFlag%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjJlWvudbCKYjV7j0yRMmlF8TwyGpx1VsbjYHZgTOlj-tFd1jD34dQck3DClQoC8JcFSJjtJMmMK3V93mbsQ51KpMA4uWSfEdwF4xW7GbGfVWdNloEM7mp9Qiyb-cP5BX9bpCjPFRkRm9/s320/AmericanFlag%255B1%255D.jpg" t8="true" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
Memorial Weekend has always been filled with movies about war, news programs covering parades and interviews, people are out at the parks and lakes barbecuing and enjoying themselves, but there is something that has changed over the years that disturbs me. <br />
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I don't see our flag displayed in any one's yard anymore. We were the only one's on our entire block that had their flag out in memory of those brave soldiers who died for our grand country. Why is that? Are we no longer proud to be an American? Are we no longer honoring special celebrations of our country? What happened?<br />
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I am more than disturbed, I am angry. America is like no other place in the world. It was founded by blood, sweat and tears of every race so that we could enjoy the freedom of not being under the rule of one government; so that we could pursue the American Dream. Nothing stood in our way as we fought for our belief in freedom.<br />
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When I see news clips of people burning our flag or principals of schools suspending students for wearing the flag on a shirt I am appalled. Our flag represents all that we stand for; all that we have become.<br />
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Maybe I am wrong, maybe because it doesn't appear that we stand for much of anything anymore our flag is just one of many symbols that no longer have meaning. Even many of the schools don't want it in their classrooms because it "divides the students" and doesn't fairly represent each heritage. What about our heritage? <br />
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When you are in the United States of America you use our flag. When you are in some other country you will see that country's flag. Have we become so confused that we allow the complaints of a few determine the outcome for all? I certainly hope not.Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-72261168388672189512011-05-22T08:37:00.000-07:002011-05-22T08:37:54.260-07:00Team Fest May Daze Blog GiveawayThe FEST Team proudly presents our May Daze <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://etsyfest.blogspot.com/2011/05/fest-may-daze-blog-giveaway.html">BLOG GIVEAWAY</a></span> selection from Laura of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tierrasolpaz?ref=si_shop">Tierrasolpaz</a>. Laura is an accomplished artist who enjoys creating mixed media art, jewelry, photography, zines, stationary, decoupage pieces, paper crafts - anything that materials may inspire her with. Laura uses recycled materials, or follows an upcycle philosophy whenever possible helping to keep the final cost of her creations affordable to the buyer. She is proud to be part of the etsy community of independent designers, creators, artists, and crafters alike. <br />
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Her giveaway is a stunningly beautiful and glorious sunset over water with mountains in the background of Lake Mead in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photograph will be delivered as an 8 x 10 glossy professionally printed picture. <br />
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HOW TO ENTER: Visit the team blog post May Daze <a href="http://etsyfest.blogspot.com/2011/05/fest-may-daze-blog-giveaway.html">BLOG GIVEAWAY</a> to enter to win the lovely and colorful photograph by visiting Laura at Tierrasolpaz or any of the FEST Team Members listed in the Member Section. Find your favorite item, share it with us and tell us why you love it. Remember to leave your email or contact info so we can reach you if you're the lucky winner. The winner will be picked on June 4rd. Simple and Easy! <br />
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Good Luck!!Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-27421657631115234792011-05-17T11:15:00.000-07:002011-05-17T11:15:01.139-07:00My Newest MosaicI just finished a large mosaic mirror for my shop on Etsy. I just love the golden iridescent tiles around the border because they make this mosaic shimmer in the light.<br />
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The fan design is a fun one to do and allows me to incorporate some of my dish tiles as well as glass tiles.<br />
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I call this one Golden Rays Upon the Water.<br />
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I must have taken 20 photos of this mirror before I had one decent picture. Trying to take a shot of a large piece like this one (24x24) with a mirror in the middle takes some time. The colors are so much brighter in person.<br />
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I am currently running a 20% OFF Sale in my supply shop. It is on everything in my store so if you know anyone who uses dish tiles, half vases or focals please let them know.<br />
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Here are a few items from there.<br />
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My vintage store really didn't get up and running until my sons started adding merchandise they found at estate sales. Some great buys to be had.<br />
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Here are a few pieces of what you will find when visiting MemoriesofYesterday.<br />
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</div>Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-10161700059823121332011-05-05T05:19:00.000-07:002011-05-05T05:19:28.290-07:00My Newest Mosaic<div style="text-align: left;">Some time ago I bought this ceramic plaque (lower right hand corner of mosaic) knowing <br />
that I would use it in a mosaic one day.</div><br />
It has sat on my shelf now for nearly a year and I finally found a lovely rustic metal cross to go with it.<br />
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I kept the theme more organic and used earthy colors for a more subtle appeal.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until Next Time :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-31022752079021962592011-05-04T06:09:00.000-07:002011-05-04T06:09:43.317-07:00How to Build A Light Box for Taking Photographs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I finally took the plunge and decided I could use one of these homemade light boxes to photograph my jewelry for my <a href="http://www.memoriesofyesterday.etsy.com/">vintage shop</a> on Etsy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Materials needed:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 sheets white poster board (additional one in black-optional)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tape-I used scotch tape</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">scissors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ruler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cutting knife</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">muslin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sturdy cardboard box</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">small desk lamp</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">packing tape or duct tape(for bottom of box)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first step is to determine what it is you will be photographing so that you will know what size tent to make. This one is a 14x14 that I bought at Walmart for 74 cents. The first thing I did was to lay the box flat so that you can cut 2 windows at the same time as you will need 4 windows cut in all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I measured 2" from all sides and drew a line using my fabric ruler, then proceeded to cut out the windows with a straight-edge knife.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Before you attach your strips you will need to tape the box at the bottom to make it stand up. Be sure to tape just the bottom as the top will remain open when you are finished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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The last step is to cut a strip of your 2nd piece of poster board to fit inside the box as the backdrop to your photos. Be sure to cut it lengthwise. You want to cut the width about 1/2" smaller than the width of your box so that it will slide right in. My box was 14" so I cut mine 13 1/2" wide.<br />
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Slide it in from the top of the box making sure that it does not crease. You want your items to appear to be floating and a crease would show up in your shots. The board should be gently curved then taped in place at the top of the box. I bought a black poster board in case I wanted to change it out for a different background.<br />
If you look at my finished box photo you will see the curved piece in the box at the back. <br />
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Here is the finished box sitting on my bar. I have my tripod in position and a bowl for the photo. All I need now is to set my lamp up to shine in from above and I should be ready to go.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a very old sausage grinder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a shot the park in the center of the Historic District from the upstairs restaurant where we had lunch<br />
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After lunch we headed over to another museum for the movie "Gone With The Wind". This is a personal collection of one man that was donated to this museum. I liked this one better than the one in Jonesboro because there was a lot more authentic pieces including scripts, letters written by the stars, costumes, dishes other memorabilia. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scarf worn my Olivia DeHavilland as Melanie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of her wearing the scarf hat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the chairs used on the GWTW set</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chair in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a mosaic that was on the side of one of the buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A photo of the family room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up to 10 people lived in this very small home and the grandmother had her bed in the dining room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Families vegetable and herb garden.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This garden was amazing! It wrapped all around the house and was full of herbs for medicinal use as well as vegetables and decorative flowers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rope bed </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Mattresses were held up by ropes that were tightened with a wooden pin with handles, as shown in the photo above.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family tub and cradle next to fireplace</td></tr>
</tbody></table>How would you like to try and fit into that tub! Mostly they spot washed when necessary.<br />
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</div>Christine Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093409855381883720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762562150885206044.post-13211623549153643802011-04-30T04:32:00.000-07:002011-04-30T04:32:17.931-07:00Our Trip to Atlanta, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>My husband and I just came back from a trip to Atlanta. We spent a week going from city to city to see the sights and I have some photos I wanted to share with you.<br />
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Most of our friends can't understand why we didn't do the normal tours such as CNN and Coca Cola, but truthfully, we just love the museums and old plantations and decided to see as many as we would in the week we had.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gardens were stunning and I took a picture of this old statue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back steps to the Swan House. That's a waterfall in the middle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the home. You can see Ralph up on the porch with arms folded.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miniature of Tara. Said to be worth $70,000</td></tr>
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Many of you know that I like to add jewelry and other bits of whimsy to my pieces and this one is no exception. I have a large hot pink loop earring topped with another round one on the lower right corner.<br />
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I also used the black acrylic flower from a napkin ring for the focal piece and a fun glass knob I picked up at a craft store.<br />
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I don't have a name for this one so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. Right now I call it Honeysuckle Pink with Black and White. I had fun doing the background on this one as it is a new one for me and from far away it makes me think of lace.<br />
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You never know what might be in your printer.....<br />
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Thankfully this mosaic was a take-off from one I had in my shop. The size changed as did the dish tiles and some of the coordinating pieces, but the overall design was the same.<br />
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My customer wanted a large mirror for her bathroom. This one finished out at 28" x 32" with a 22" mirror in the center. Fortunately I was able to purchase such a large mirror at an IKEA store.<br />
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I just got the photos in my email today from this custom mosaicI did several months ago. The woman was pregnant and her baby was due the following month so she was rather busy.<br />
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Here are the photos she sent to me.<br />
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Be sure to use the code shown in the announcement of each my shops as it will automatically deduct 10% at the time of purchase.<br />
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If you have been waiting for a sale...this is it! I won't be having another one until much later this year.<br />
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I hope you will stop by.<br />
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<em><strong>Icebergs</strong></em> in Lake Michigan sometimes have stripes, formed by <br />
layers of snow that react to different conditions. <br />
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Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet <br />
fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form. <br />
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When an iceberg falls into the lake, a layer of water can <br />
freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a <br />
green stripe. <br />
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Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill toward the lake.<br />
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