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- Hometown and Country
- Norrkoping, Sweden
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- About Me and my Creativity.
- I am a 2D designer that became so enraptured by these small shiny objects that I became jewelry-maker.
- Likes and Dislikes
- I believe in love and goodness wish there was more of these two things in the world.
- Website:
- http://annasadornments.blogspot.com
- Do you have any disabilities that affect your creativity?
- I am nearsighted, but that is easy to correct with glasses. It is actually an advantage. I see well close up. I have been good at detailed work.
- Where did you hear about Creative Cafe? If you heard about Creative Cafe from another member please say who as those recruiting most new members will win prizes.
- I actually had bid for an ad on the Creative Cafe throught Project Wonderful. I have found you again throught blog-hopping for dropping my Entrecard.
- Any other News?
- I have two others blogs. One of them is in both English and Swedish for my cat, Sara: "SaraKatt skriver/Sara Cat writes". http://sarakatt.blogspot.com
I also have a sister-blog to my jewelry blog "Anna's Adornments", which is in English, This blog has approximately the same, but is only in Swedish. I split my blog in two in oreder to get an Entrecard. My Swedsih-language blog, "Tinas smycken", is not allowed to have Entrecard, nor is my bilingual cat-blog.
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LINKS ARE FREE for those swapping a link on their own site. Send enquiries regarding links to info@creativecafe.org.uk or add your urls to the discussion HERE
Gifted Grandma
Gymart
Scots Glass Gems
Chainmaille
Bob's Blog WomensSelfEsteem.Com
Purrprints
Sallers Blog Cindy's Blog;
Baby Knitwear<
Turned and Twisted
Tulip's Treasure Box
Tulip's Talking Blog Octahedron Jewelry
Precious Babes-Parenting Forum
Design Sprout
Basillawerks
OmShanti Handicrafts The Candle Gourdess The Domestic Gourdess Deerwoman Designs
Artesian Arts
UK Survivors
Mental Magazine
Bruised UK
Disability Arts On Line
Voices Forum Mandy Lawrence (UK)
Azzami Bell (UK)
Phil Lancaster(UK)
Alec Morrison (US)
Karen Houser (NEW MEXICO)
Leslie Wilson-Rutterford(UK)
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and lovers started by our very talented member Rebecca who also runs Basillawerks Do join in ..
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I don't know what I would do without my To Do Lists - or sticky notes! That is a fabulous analogy about stopping while hiking to see where you've come from, instead of always looking at where you need to go. Its all about the journey, isn't it?!
I'm off to your blog in a minute then to check out your photos. Music is such an important thing to introduce children to! I play the alto saxophone and piano but it has been quite awhile since I've played either one. I have a Steinway piano but seldom find time to play. For a long time my arthritis prevented me from playing but that is no longer my excuse. I would love to learn to play the violin one day. I'll put that on my Bucket List.
Have a fabulous weekend!
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Brenda
Ha! You should have seen me when I first "retired" from my "real job" in June 2008. I wandered around the house for days on end, trying to figure out where to start, there were so many things that I had put off for far too long! Eventually I decided I needed to make a list and prioritize things and then check them off as I got them done so I could see that I was doing something and making progress daily.
I learned to knit and crochet when I was young but didn't do either for quite a few years when I had young children at home, a full time job, etc. It was after we moved here and started raising llamas that I got back into it - once you've used natural fibers, you never want to touch acrylic again!
I hope your daughter learns to knit. I learned to do a lot of different patterns by buying a sampler afghan pattern book - each square used a different knitting technique and was only 12" square so it was nice to have a small piece to complete - not so overwhelming that way - and then you attach all the squares (which I haven't done yet!)
I have yet to finish a sock. I have a toe up sock on the needles that has been sitting there for a year now, waiting for me to attempt the heel. I don't have much success with ripping my knitting work back though (I always get the stitches messed up and cannot get them back on the needles) so I'm afraid to try until I have someone sitting beside me that can help me if I run into trouble. No guts...no glory...oh well.
Reds and browns with copper would be beautiful, too. Or leafy greens and yellow.
Have a great rest of the week! Oh, and thank you for clearing up what the sign "Utfart" meant. I had to ask... ;o)
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Brenda
No, you didn't complain too much, I could tell you had a lot of things on your mind and sometimes it isn't just one thing that nags at us but all the little things that pile up on a daily basis and seem overwhelming! Baby steps...tackle one thing at a time...and sometimes other things just seem to somehow unravel themselves.
Oh yes, I frequently wonder what I'm going to do next. I have so many custom orders lately that I don't have to wonder what I'm going to do, I just have to get busy and DO it! I have some beautiful fibers in teal, purple and blue that I dyed some coordinating silk to go with it; so I'll have yearling mohair, silk and NZ Romney wool. The wool isn't very soft so I'm hoping the silk will help to soften it and the mohair will add such luster to the batts. But, I have 6 more dye pots of fleeces to get dyed up for a custom order, Roving of the Month rovings to get dyed up before Friday and a Fiber of the Month Club batt to get carded up. Some days I just don't feel like doing much of anything except sitting at the computer! Other days I have so many things I want to do I run around in circles trying to decide what to tackle first.
I love the look of copper. I think copper combined with something equally as warm, like carnelian or jaspers, would be stunning. I have a carnelian necklace that is on its way back to me from Florida. It has a beautiful copper maple leaf pendant that I had the designer remove from its location towards the top of the necklace and hang it on the lowest of the three strands of carnelian. I can't wait to see how it looks!
Have a great rest of the week. Happy creating!!
Oh, and regarding Creative Cafe, just have fun with it. Post photos to your page. Do a blog post, look at others' blog posts and leave comments, etc. You don't have to visit daily or comment on everything but there are some wonderful artisans here who make fabulous friends!
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Brenda
Loiosh says 'hi', and also wants to let you know that ginger cats are the best. (He's a little vain, I guess. :)
I'm so glad that you enjoy visiting my blog. I have fun doing it, and it helps me to connect to "the outside world". Living out here in the country has its advantages but I tend to become a hermit and blogging has helped me to connect to others like I wouldn't be able to where we live.
Sorry that you have had computer problems (been there, done that myself and finally bought a new computer).
I hate moving, too. We are always looking at other places and dreaming of a bigger home with more land but then when I look at what needs to be done around here to be able to sell our place and I think of the hassle of moving everything, especially with all the animals, I think perhaps we should just fix up our place and stay where we are. We love the views and the friends we have here so if we can just fix the house up the way we want it. Money is always the issue though!
I hope if you have to move that you find someplace you like as well as where you are now and hopefully like it even better.
All the best!
Brenda
I'm nearsighted too! It's so useful, I swear, I'd never get Lasik.
Your jewelry is really pretty! I love seeing what different people do with the same beads -- always something unique. And I really like the way you use the yellow in all of your photos, too, it really ties your shop together.
Good to meet you and the cats say hi!
Welcome to Creative Cafe. I have now been to your blog and applied for an advert and sent you your 100 points for joining us. I really like your self portrait at the top of your blog now. The blueish tinge makes it look especially effective I think.
Anyway it is quite easy to do things on this site like change your page theme and add photos, videos, music, write blogs. The latest 10 members blogs are featured on the Main page and so are some of the photos. You can also start and join in groups and discussions and make new friends.
So if you want any help with anything just ask and I will hope to catch up and get to know you better soon.
Bye for Now
Jill