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  • Summer Shots: C2

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    Summer Shots: C2

    After a drier than normal yet pleasant spring, the heat kicked up towards the end of June and has not wanted to relent. Heat domes, blazing UVs, hardly any rain and yet the native bed is holding its own. This is the first summer in the ground, in this location,…

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  • Christmas in July

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    Christmas in July

    For this year’s holiday cards I’m focusing on using two stamp and die sets from Concord & 9th (C9): the Ornamental Die & Stamp Set and Deck the Halls Turnabout™ Stamp. For these cards I have started with creating colorful designs using the Deck The Halls turnabout stamp in various…

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  • Landscapes and Frames

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    Landscapes and Frames

    I can’t think of anything better than a beautiful view. Art, like a painting, can provide perspective, intimacy, depth, contemplation, unraveling. But an open air landscape view is even more important to the psyche. Here is one artistic interpretation of a beautiful view. How it reminds of the tactile things…

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    Butterflies

    It’s peak butterfly season in the South and I expect to see more in the garden soon. In the meantime back in the craft room we reinvent paper wings using steel cut butterflies also known as crafting dies. Many craft companies and designers have released various butterfly dies, some that…

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  • Spring shots: C2

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    Spring shots: C2

    I’ve been establishing a mostly New Native Bed here in Zone 8 of the southeastern U.S. You can find a comprehensive plant list here and follow along from the start with the planning stages here. The planting area is on the NW side of our house and is roughly 24x…

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