tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91041343773196131542009-07-15T16:09:25.873-04:00The best time to start was twenty years ago. The second best time is now. - Kelly ShawMorna Crites-Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434374580665010849noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104134377319613154.post-32732342909199515342009-07-11T23:56:00.005-04:002009-07-12T00:09:35.331-04:00

I've just put Americana up for sale in my Etsy shop. I wonder what kind of reception it will get. Etsy is still very new territory to me. I have no idea if it will sell, or even be noticed. When I used to participate in craft shows, I had a pretty good idea who my audience was. But now, with Etsy, it's all guesswork. It's an interesting learning process.

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My homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.Click on a title to see the complete picture: 1. Purple and Lavender Handmade Baby Booties with Red Flowers on their front, 2. Clown3, 3. 'Epiphany'- oil on canvas, 4. 'Spirit Guides', 5. Working for an exhibition., 6. Shibori dyed felt, 7. global-warming-I-close-ii, 8. shadow garden aceo, 9. Felted and Embellished Art Quilt

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This is about how we choose to be, perhaps it is about our art, it certainly is wisdom I wish to impart to my daughter, my husband, myself ... and I share it with you. Please tell me what you think ... I'm interested in knowing.

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Americana ... finally complete ... so interesting to step outside my usual borders ... try a new style ... a challenge ... a pleasure ... red, white and blue ... for this day. May you have a meaningful Fourth of July.

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Can you guess which piece in the picture above was NOT made by me? LOL. That is correct - it is the incredibly ornate, antique silver brooch, for which I now have a deep appreciation. Mind you, I've always loved this pin, but now I really respect the work that went into making it. Why? Because I spent the better part of four days making the incredibly simple round pin which is beneath it. I also

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This has to be the best wedding cake topper ever ... except this was a very cool wedding and there was a glorious collection of delicious pies, instead of cake, so this is the best pie topper ever.

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My homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.1. robot family pictures, 2. Multicolored tulips, 3. Log Cabin Quilt, 4. Quilts, 5. Quilts, 6. Quilts, 7. another garden lady, 8. Mitochondrial: Incubation1, 9. White Stripes Mice

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Starry Squares - 36" x 25" plus hanging tabs and stickI made this many years ago ... I have been going through old photos - pre-digital camera - and scanning them into my computer. It was purchased by a lovely woman for her daughter ... a precious girl who suffered greatly in her short life. I always have felt so blessed that this piece was chosen to give comfort to someone special.

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Will she follow in his footsteps?Tea for two .....Doug loves Adeline even more than he loves the Oregon coastline .....He's a Big Ole Softie for a girl in a hat .....Adeline reads a bedtime story to Doug .....* Nite Nite *

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My homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.1. velvet laid on roving, 2. Matilda Glish 1914, 3. Guapa, 4. Women's Suffrage, 5. Fays retirement cake, 6. Untitled, 7. Long bead, 8. memory fragments, 9. chrysalis for bar HiguchiAfterthought: Why is everyone suddenly saying OH-MAJ. That is not how it is pronounced. It is AH-MIJ (with the accent on the first syllable). I

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Thanks to DonataFelt for featuring a pair of my earrings in her Etsy Treasury!You can purchase these earrings for a mere $10 at my Etsy store, AlltheMagic ... not that I'm shamelessly hawking my wares.

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My homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.1. Stripes and Square, 2. Lunes, rosas, 3. Covers (circa August '06), 4. happy easter, 5. Imagem religiosa, 6. arashiscape10, 7. Coverpop: Mini Kaleids, 8. Spiral, 9. Untitled

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Rough it up ... a lot ... and don't forget the antique china buttons ... Peek-A-Boo!

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It's getting to be a bumpy ride ... and I like it! Triangles instead of circles and squares ... but, look closer ... there are still circles and squares, too.

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My homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.Click on a title (below) to be taken to the artist's page.1. Circles, 2. Portland Sheep, 3. close up, 4. Angel #16, 5. mosaicoxo, 6. Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?, 7. a fine romance..., 8. Keeper3, 9. Eat me.

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It's getting interesting.

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Starting ... stitching ... supposing ... messiness is under control (more or less) ... Americana progresses ... red & white & blue ... I'm already realizing things I might have done differently ... stop now and start over? ... no ... stay with it ... see where it leads ... one step at a time.

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I have been hunting for some old photos. Of course I'm finding everything but the ones I'm searching for. Tonight I came across a bundle of photos (pre-digital) of the many bags I made circa 1996-1998. It is so much fun for me to look at these old pictures, and remember each and every one of those bags! Of course, they are all made from old sweaters that I recycle and turn into thick wool felt.

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Lucky me ... Princeton Architectural Press sent me an extra copy of the book, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design, by mistake. Lovely people that they are, instead of wanting it back, they told me to go ahead and pass it on to a friend. So, Friends, I am going to give it to one of you! Just leave me a comment and on Friday, June 12, I will use the random number generator

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My weekly homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.Click on a title (below) to be taken to the artist's page.1. Red Diamonds, 2. Midwinter, 3. Šalikėlis -Alyvuogių skonis/scarf, 4. Dried Flowers in Lithuania, 5. Untitled, 6. The Exquisite Melancholy 2, 7. Untitled, 8. It's lilac time ♥, 9. Iron heart

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It was a lovely day. Cool, clear light, so many gorgeous flowers and trees ... how did they get so full already? I was just noticing all the buds, and now the buds are all grown up. Tempus just keeps fugiting along, doesn't it?

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My weekly homage to the incredible talent I find while wandering around Flickr.Click on a title (below) to be taken to the artist's page.1. Purple Daisy Petals, 2. plastic bag sample, 3. the drawing coat, 4. quilt design, 5. Fibre, 6. Early morning in a Somerset poppy field, 7. Tulipa saxatilis, 8. Quilt, 9. Just folk art piece, 10. antique quilt, 11. Clone brush meets magnolia pods., 12. Sunrise

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* PATRIOTIC *I'm slowly working on my Americana Textiles, for the next sale event at traditionalfolkart.com. I keep getting distracted by all the messes in my studio ... I stop my sewing to do some clean-up, then I have to take a break, then there's something interesting on TV, then I need a snack ... I believe we can say I am a procrastinator. * MESSY *I'm sure I'm not the only procrastinator in

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Morna and Adeline21 years agoin Californiaat the Starbird Ranch.

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