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<?xml-stylesheet href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:19:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Behind the Studio Door</title><description /><link>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/BehindTheStudioDoor" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>1174018</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://www.feedburner.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif">Subscribe with My Yahoo!</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/subext.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://www.newsgator.com/images/ngsub1.gif">Subscribe with NewsGator</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://feeds.my.aol.com/add.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/favorites.my.aol.com/webmaster/ffclient/webroot/locale/en-US/images/myAOLButtonSmall.gif">Subscribe with My AOL</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.rojo.com/add-subscription?resource=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://blog.rojo.com/RojoWideRed.gif">Subscribe with Rojo</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://feeds.feedburner.com/BehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://www.bloglines.com/images/sub_modern11.gif">Subscribe with Bloglines</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.netvibes.com/subscribe.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://www.netvibes.com/img/add2netvibes.gif">Subscribe with Netvibes</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif">Subscribe with Google</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FBehindTheStudioDoor" src="http://www.pageflakes.com/ImageFile.ashx?instanceId=Static_4&amp;fileName=ATP_blu_91x17.gif">Subscribe with Pageflakes</feedburner:feedFlare><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-249182507846817222</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-29T13:19:01.729-04:00</atom:updated><title>For now...</title><atom:summary type="text">...please visit me at http://greywillow.typepad.com or www.BehindTheStudioDoor.com (Both end up in the same place.)

I've had a lot of frustrations with typepad lately, but after two years there it's more intuitive for me to use than blogspot.  And they seem to be working on their glitches.  I'm feeling a bit of remorse over leaving in the first place...  

I do plan on doing something different </atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/322695120/for-now.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/322695120" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/for-now.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-1458563857385841257</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-26T12:20:22.699-04:00</atom:updated><title>If you found a box of photographs at the bottom of the sea...</title><atom:summary type="text">All Mr. Loggerhead ever wanted was a friend.
</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/320663949/if-you-found-box-of-photographs-at.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/320663949" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/if-you-found-box-of-photographs-at.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-6656563927668056025</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-25T18:32:04.391-04:00</atom:updated><title>Distracted</title><atom:summary type="text">Today, my brain feels like it's doing this...


I'm trying desperately to work out some design issues with some pendants and magnets I've been working on for two forevers. I'm also dealing with kids, kids, kids, kids, did I mention kids? Today is also our 14th wedding anniversary, and of course that's something to think about too! I just can't get it together today. P.S.~I also think I may have </atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/320110888/distracted.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/320110888" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/distracted.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-7394842373873909190</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-24T12:50:43.473-04:00</atom:updated><title>Flickr Fun</title><atom:summary type="text"> I've had a Flickr account for a while, but for some reason never really used it much. Yesterday I decided to revisit it, and have been uploading a few photos. It's been strangely relaxing, just posting pics for fun. I'm having fun...so much fun that I've lost track of time - oops!

Please feel free to wander over and take a peek!
 </atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/319021844/flickr-fun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/319021844" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/flickr-fun.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-8476716948182367766</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-23T22:11:50.072-04:00</atom:updated><title>Fresh</title><atom:summary type="text" /><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/318547521/fresh_4773.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/318547521" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/fresh_4773.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-2086479096582494213</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-22T09:53:14.239-04:00</atom:updated><title>Like a ton of...</title><atom:summary type="text">
This past week has been exhausting for all of us...here's hoping that the new week will be better.</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/317450810/like-ton-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/317450810" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/like-ton-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-5608737886088691124</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-18T10:55:05.341-04:00</atom:updated><title>Stalled</title><atom:summary type="text">
I'm still working on figuring some things out here, but have been forced to the sidelines for a few days.  My body seems to want to go the way of that old rusty truck up there.  I do hope to be offering some new designs very soon, and am getting close to making an actual decision regarding typepad vs. blogspot.  After a snag with typepad, blogspot is currently in the lead. 

Also like that old </atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/314693676/stalled.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/314693676" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/stalled.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-3286571007380068467</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-15T17:34:46.306-04:00</atom:updated><title>Still in transition...</title><atom:summary type="text">If you read this twice, you're not seeing double - I've currently got both my typepad and blogspot accounts going simultaneously.  Ridiculous, I know.  I can't seem to find a good balance between the two, both having their own set of issues, and I'm not sure which I'm more tolerant of at the moment.  (Quite possibly neither at my current level of frustration.)  At any rate, I am still in limbo </atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/312578264/still-in-transition.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/312578264" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/still-in-transition.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-8346938810556947257</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-14T17:18:24.752-04:00</atom:updated><title>Not happy</title><atom:summary type="text">I'm this close to heading back over to typepad.  Ugh.  Ugh-lee.  The blogger templates are really unattractive, and after wasting a lot of time looking over the free skins available, those are worse.  This is getting ridiculous.</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/312039415/not-happy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/312039415" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/not-happy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-5294203058095672310</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-14T11:20:14.306-04:00</atom:updated><title>Pardon the mess...</title><atom:summary type="text">Please excuse the chaos as I go back and forth between three columns and two columns to see which I prefer.  The three-column templates seem to be a little iffy in spots.  As usual, it will probably look worse before it looks better...</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/311891713/pardon-mess.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/311891713" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/pardon-mess.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-5781324458158750327</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-14T12:57:50.499-04:00</atom:updated><title>Advertising really does work</title><atom:summary type="text">I could no longer resist the pull of this ad:



 I couldn't take it any more - I had to go download the song.  I just wish they had this video in a full song-length version.  Such pretty colors.  (Homer drool) 

(Real update coming later!)  </atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/311295114/advertising-really-does-work.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/311295114" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/advertising-really-does-work.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-6054195976093974913</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-08T22:13:35.599-04:00</atom:updated><title>Sometimes I forget...</title><atom:summary type="text">...that I have to keep things manageable. 

I forgot.  And now I feel terrible.</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/307795295/sometimes-i-forget.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/307795295" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/sometimes-i-forget.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-7390065299205459228</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-08T15:17:06.428-04:00</atom:updated><title>New stuff</title><atom:summary type="text">My apologies for being lax here...I think I'm still mourning the loss of my other blog...

Summer crashed down upon us here in the South without warning. The thermometer in my car this morning read 104 degrees. It's hot. Really, really hot. As a result, my newly rekindled love affair with polymer clay is suffering. The hot weather plus a hot oven are not making me a happy camper. My old flame Mr.</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/307515779/new-stuff.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/307515779" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-stuff.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-5067445331233396144</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T07:33:28.942-04:00</atom:updated><title>Let the chaos begin</title><atom:summary type="text">In approximately 3 hours, school will be out for the summer. I fear for my sanity.

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I still haven't decided exactly how to deal with announcements and such...I have a Yahoo group, but I find that whole system a little cumbersome.  I know there are people who love it though.  I have this - which I'm thinking of just mostly turning into announcements, because I'm just too busy to sit down</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/304506190/let-chaos-begin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/304506190" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/06/let-chaos-begin.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-3179653413542035312</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-28T11:38:31.654-04:00</atom:updated><title>Away from the shop for a couple of days</title><atom:summary type="text">I'm going to take a couple of days away from the etsy shop to try to recover from whatever this bug is that I have caught.  It's really knocked me down a few pegs.  I do plan to ship all of my outstanding orders this morning, then I'm going to check out for a couple of days.</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/299966573/away-from-shop-for-couple-of-days.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/299966573" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/05/away-from-shop-for-couple-of-days.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-4615706204692333721</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-27T18:36:00.893-04:00</atom:updated><title>Switched!</title><atom:summary type="text">Okay, I'm back over here at blogspot.  If I had known that they had improved the ease of use so much since I was here a couple of years ago, I may have switched back a lot sooner!  I'll be working on the formatting here for a little bit.  It's not as fancy-schmancy as typepad, but it'll do!</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/299442135/switched.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/299442135" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/05/switched.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30403149.post-3151084775891306971</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-27T16:33:17.859-04:00</atom:updated><title>Testing</title><atom:summary type="text">Testing...</atom:summary><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~3/299327846/testing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kristi Sawin)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheStudioDoor/~4/299327846" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://greywillow.blogspot.com/2008/05/testing.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
