<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:44:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Lori Anderson Designs handmade jewelry</category><category>zack</category><category>handmade beaded jewelry</category><category>lori anderson designs</category><category>jewelry</category><category>beading blogs</category><category>SAHM</category><category>fun with kids</category><category>stay at home moms</category><category>bead soup blog party</category><category>lori anderson</category><category>randomness</category><category>beading challenges</category><category>book reviews</category><category>crafting</category><category>jewelry blogs</category><category>The Art of Craft</category><category>cup of bead soup</category><category>jewelry challenges</category><category>how to make jewelry</category><category>pretty things blog</category><category>product reviews</category><category>bead blog hops</category><category>bead giveaway</category><category>beads</category><category>blog hops</category><category>craft blogs</category><category>craft shows</category><category>etsy finds</category><category>art bead scene</category><category>youtube</category><category>amazing lampwork beads</category><category>beading blog hops</category><category>eye candy</category><category>lori anderson pretty things</category><category>thought for the day</category><category>barbara bechtel</category><category>bead blogs</category><category>books</category><category>watch me create</category><category>31 days</category><category>bead giveaways</category><category>bead soup</category><category>pretty things</category><category>interview with lori anderson</category><category>jewelry blog hops</category><category>jewelry design challenges</category><category>bead soup book</category><category>face your fear</category><category>jewelry design</category><category>bead give away</category><category>book giveaway</category><category>ceramic beads</category><category>virtual craft show</category><category>artbeads.com</category><category>barbara lewis</category><category>bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category>polymer clay beads</category><category>pie</category><category>pj tool and supply</category><category>whimsical jewelry</category><category>31 days writing challenge 2014</category><category>8th Bead Soup Blog Party</category><category>blog giveaways</category><category>inspirational blogs</category><category>kalmbach books</category><category>larimar jewelry</category><category>mommy bloggers</category><category>31 days of awesomeness</category><category>awesome blogs</category><category>bead and button show</category><category>beading books</category><category>floridity</category><category>summers studio</category><category>Lyme disease</category><category>a wedding story</category><category>beadstyle magazine</category><category>handmade jewelry</category><category>how to make beaded jewelry</category><category>in the press</category><category>libby leuchtman</category><category>making jewelry</category><category>migraines</category><category>pay it forward</category><category>unique awareness jewelry</category><category>uva chapel weddings</category><category>7th bead soup blog party</category><category>Flickr</category><category>a beadin path</category><category>artist studios</category><category>bead table wednesday</category><category>beadfest</category><category>beading tutorials</category><category>being a mom</category><category>building a lampwork studio</category><category>business new year&#39;s resolutions</category><category>cindy wimmer</category><category>craft show business</category><category>enamel beads</category><category>eye candy jewelry</category><category>funky jewelry</category><category>genea beads</category><category>giveaways</category><category>heather millican</category><category>jeannie dukic</category><category>jewelry design teams</category><category>lampwork bead jewelry</category><category>mad hatter tea party</category><category>spirited earth ceramics</category><category>step by step wire magazine</category><category>swoondimples</category><category>the art of awareness</category><category>vanessa valencia</category><category>wordless wednesday</category><category>you supply the caption</category><category>31 day blog challenge</category><category>abandoned churches</category><category>ad/adornments</category><category>an artist&#39;s year off</category><category>antique hunting</category><category>artisan jewelry</category><category>beading book giveaway</category><category>beading book reviews</category><category>beading contests</category><category>button jewelry</category><category>cool books</category><category>cool videos on youtube</category><category>craft</category><category>craftsmens classic craft show</category><category>diana gabaldon</category><category>earthenwood studio</category><category>etsy artists</category><category>exhibiting in craft shows</category><category>family</category><category>free blogging ecourse</category><category>green girl studios</category><category>handmade bead earrings</category><category>how to do a craft show</category><category>jennifer cameron</category><category>jewelry giveaway</category><category>lampwork beads</category><category>lark book giveaway</category><category>lark books</category><category>living with chronic pain</category><category>living with lyme disease</category><category>michelle mach</category><category>mompreneurs</category><category>nan emmett</category><category>outlander</category><category>pink hair</category><category>sally russick</category><category>suebeads</category><category>uva wedding uva chapel</category><category>vintage blogs</category><category>where women create</category><category>7000 bracelets of hope</category><category>Lark Crafts</category><category>Manuela Wutschke</category><category>Today&#39;s Blog Theme</category><category>a fanciful twist</category><category>a mother&#39;s story</category><category>acorn jewelry</category><category>art with kids</category><category>artists and depression</category><category>be kind</category><category>bead hoarders</category><category>bead hoarders blog hop</category><category>bead hoarding</category><category>bead shows</category><category>bead soup kits</category><category>bead studios</category><category>beading</category><category>beading with polymer clay</category><category>beads and baubles design team</category><category>beads on etsy</category><category>black friday jewelry sale</category><category>blog contest</category><category>book giveaways</category><category>book review blogs</category><category>books you must read</category><category>brandi girl blog</category><category>brandi hussey</category><category>buy handmade</category><category>candy corn earrings</category><category>cats in hats</category><category>charlottesville weddings</category><category>craft show sales</category><category>creative jewelry</category><category>dli</category><category>eb bead metal works</category><category>erin prais-hintz</category><category>etsy</category><category>farmington country club wedding reception</category><category>friendship</category><category>getting pink hair</category><category>glass beads</category><category>halloween</category><category>handmade beads</category><category>handmade lampwork beads</category><category>heart necklace</category><category>how to teach a jewelry making class</category><category>inspirational quotes</category><category>intergem</category><category>jane perala</category><category>jennifer cameron beads</category><category>jewelry design blogs</category><category>jewelry tutorials</category><category>key pendant</category><category>kimberly willcox</category><category>knitting books</category><category>kreativ blogger award</category><category>larimar</category><category>lea avroch</category><category>losing weight without losing your mind</category><category>lucite bead jewelry</category><category>marcie abney</category><category>mothers day</category><category>my elements by yvonne</category><category>national aquarium</category><category>nina designs</category><category>one world one heart giveaway</category><category>random acts of kindness</category><category>random thoughts</category><category>rebecca anderson</category><category>scott david plumlee</category><category>sherri haab</category><category>spending christmas alone</category><category>stephanie lee</category><category>stephanie sersich</category><category>studios</category><category>sweet bead studio</category><category>to do lists</category><category>university of virginia</category><category>uva</category><category>vintage buttons</category><category>wire jewelry</category><category>words of encouragement</category><category>words of wisdom</category><category>writing a book</category><category>. How to love y ourself</category><category>1000 paper cranes</category><category>2010 vw bug beetle</category><category>25 things you don&#39;t know about me</category><category>31days</category><category>52 bracelets</category><category>An Echo in the Bone</category><category>Beading All-Stars</category><category>Diane Cook</category><category>Gaea Cannaday beads</category><category>I need more time</category><category>Josh grobin you raise me up</category><category>LEGO</category><category>Marcia Dunne</category><category>Sara Thomas</category><category>abandoned car</category><category>abandoned photos</category><category>about migraines</category><category>acorn earrings</category><category>alenka obid</category><category>alice in wonderland</category><category>and then he was six</category><category>art bead love tour</category><category>art beads</category><category>art on etsy</category><category>art school</category><category>artbliss workshops</category><category>artists and children</category><category>artists helping artists</category><category>artsy easter eggs</category><category>asymmetrical jewelry</category><category>aunties beads</category><category>babesia</category><category>backstory beads</category><category>ballroom boogie letter stamps</category><category>baltimore aquarium</category><category>be kind to yourself</category><category>bead and button</category><category>bead challenges</category><category>bead design challenges</category><category>bead exchanges</category><category>bead happily ever after</category><category>bead shopping</category><category>bead swap</category><category>beaders studios</category><category>beading calendar</category><category>beads and baubles online store</category><category>beads direct uk</category><category>beads of courage</category><category>beads on pinterest</category><category>beautiful jewelry</category><category>bird pendant</category><category>birthday crown</category><category>blogging eBook</category><category>blogging eCourse</category><category>book blogs</category><category>book fairs</category><category>breast cancer awareness month</category><category>brene brown</category><category>bridal shows</category><category>bsbp</category><category>bucket list</category><category>button necklace</category><category>caption the photo</category><category>cat diabetes</category><category>cece cormier</category><category>charles dickens</category><category>chicago</category><category>chicago with kids</category><category>choose your own adventure</category><category>christmas</category><category>christmas jewelry</category><category>christmas shopping</category><category>christmas traditions</category><category>christmas tree earrings</category><category>cindy cima edwards</category><category>claire lockwood</category><category>color</category><category>color palette</category><category>color palettes</category><category>coping with migraines</category><category>creative blogs</category><category>crystal buttons</category><category>denise peck</category><category>deryn mentock</category><category>design challenges</category><category>diane hawkey</category><category>easy wire magazine</category><category>echo creative club</category><category>etsy beads</category><category>evergreen cove easton md</category><category>facebook</category><category>fathers day</category><category>five year journals</category><category>flower gardens</category><category>follow your dreams</category><category>funky beads</category><category>gaea beads</category><category>gardening</category><category>getting ready for a craft show</category><category>golem beads</category><category>halloween jewelry</category><category>handmade christmas jewelry</category><category>handmade halloween jewelry</category><category>headaches and creativity</category><category>heart jewelry</category><category>help an artist</category><category>homesteaders metalsmithing</category><category>how to get published in beading magazines</category><category>how to start doing craft shows</category><category>how to write a memoir</category><category>hyperbolic crochet coral reef</category><category>i choose authenticity</category><category>i want to write a book</category><category>idiopathic intracranial hypertension</category><category>important sayings</category><category>impressart metal stamps</category><category>inspiration by blogging</category><category>international gem and jewelry show</category><category>interweave f+w publishing</category><category>jane dickerson</category><category>jane perala beads</category><category>jean yates</category><category>jewelry affaire magazine</category><category>jewelry book giveaways</category><category>jewelry books</category><category>jewelry business</category><category>jewelry classes</category><category>jewelry design inspiration</category><category>jewelry giveaways</category><category>jewelry inspirations book</category><category>jewelry making</category><category>joan miller</category><category>johns hopkins headache center</category><category>juggling</category><category>karin slaton</category><category>kate kate richbourg</category><category>keirsten giles</category><category>kerry bogert</category><category>kimberly willcox help</category><category>kindergarten parties</category><category>kindness</category><category>knitless</category><category>knitting</category><category>la bella joya</category><category>lampwork bead earrings</category><category>lampwork studios</category><category>lead follow or get out of the way</category><category>learn to make jewelry</category><category>life is hectic</category><category>lori anderson in magazines</category><category>lori anderson interview</category><category>lori andeson designs</category><category>lorianderson designs</category><category>love</category><category>love yourself</category><category>lupus</category><category>luray caverns</category><category>lutka and co</category><category>lutka and co.</category><category>making elegant jewelry for special occasions</category><category>making lists</category><category>making vintage jewelry</category><category>marie noel voyer cramp</category><category>marketing beaded jewelry</category><category>mercersburg inn</category><category>metamorphosis</category><category>michele goldstein</category><category>mom is tired</category><category>mommies</category><category>moms who blog</category><category>national pie day</category><category>new years resolutions</category><category>non traditional valentine&#39;s day gifts</category><category>non-traditional valentines day jewelry</category><category>only child in kindergarten</category><category>oxford maryland</category><category>oxford md</category><category>pain management</category><category>painting with fire</category><category>papaya art</category><category>patti vanderbloemen</category><category>pepita handmade</category><category>preciosa ornela</category><category>presidential physical fitness test</category><category>pretty birds</category><category>pretty blogs</category><category>pretty things jewelry</category><category>pseudotumor</category><category>pumpkin patch</category><category>random blogs</category><category>rants</category><category>rational designs stationery</category><category>recycled jewelry</category><category>rise up coffee</category><category>round rabbit</category><category>second surf</category><category>seed beading</category><category>sensory intergration disorder</category><category>something to do with your hands</category><category>special beads</category><category>spending the holidays alone</category><category>spirited earth</category><category>spoonies</category><category>st michaels santa scene</category><category>stampington</category><category>sterling publishing book give away</category><category>storypeople</category><category>stringing magazine</category><category>studio sublime</category><category>swim mom</category><category>swim team</category><category>swimming</category><category>teaching kids about memorial day</category><category>the country school</category><category>the craft business</category><category>the high cost of silver</category><category>the spoon theory</category><category>the studio sublime</category><category>these are a few of my favorite things</category><category>things kids say</category><category>to do lists for entrepreneurs</category><category>torch enameling</category><category>tropical blonde</category><category>turning 40 and enjoying it</category><category>two hole seed beads</category><category>unique beads</category><category>unique jewelry gifts</category><category>unique toggles</category><category>vintage mop buttons</category><category>vintage tins</category><category>vintaj designs</category><category>watch me create. asymmetric jewelry</category><category>wedding and bridal shows for crafters</category><category>wedding shows</category><category>white christmas trees</category><category>winchell clayworks</category><category>wishes and dreams</category><category>zackattackart</category><category>1000th blog post</category><category>11 year anniversary</category><category>2016 book goal</category><category>2nd bead hoarders blog hop</category><category>500 Days of Summer</category><category>57 Design Studio</category><category>5k race</category><category>6th grade</category><category>99 things</category><category>Allegra</category><category>Ann</category><category>Ashton Jewels</category><category>Brain Selznik</category><category>Chain and Bead Jewelry Geometric Connections</category><category>Chicago church</category><category>Colin</category><category>Daisychain Jewellery</category><category>Don&#39;t give up</category><category>Easy Wire 2010</category><category>Eiffel tower jewelry</category><category>End of the year</category><category>Facebook friends</category><category>Flowers</category><category>Goodbye blog</category><category>Happy blogs</category><category>Hershey kisses</category><category>Hodaka Hasebe pottery</category><category>How to be a friend to someone who&#39;s sick</category><category>How to start a blog</category><category>I Heart Macro Sunday</category><category>I can&#39;t sleep</category><category>I direct MTV videos</category><category>I don&#39;t like jane austen</category><category>I hate running track</category><category>I have no idea what I just wrote</category><category>I love books</category><category>I love shoes</category><category>I need something funny to read</category><category>I really didn&#39;t do this</category><category>I slept too late</category><category>I&#39;m not anorexic</category><category>I&#39;m wide awake</category><category>In Pursuit of the Sublime</category><category>Interweave Press</category><category>Jane Salley</category><category>Jayla Rediger</category><category>Jelveh Jafarian</category><category>JoAnna Pierotti fund</category><category>Joanne Tinley</category><category>KR design</category><category>Ken Graham photography</category><category>LEGO buildings</category><category>LEGO cafe 2014</category><category>LEGO grand emporium</category><category>Laura McFadden</category><category>Lima beads</category><category>Little Debbie snack cakes</category><category>Live your life</category><category>Lori Plyler Studio Waterstone</category><category>Luna moth art</category><category>Lydia Muell</category><category>Lydia the tattooed lady</category><category>MD</category><category>Making decisions</category><category>Matt Steven</category><category>Megan Risk</category><category>Melissa Rediger</category><category>Milwaukee chocolate bar</category><category>Mr Sebastian and the Negro Magician</category><category>Nietzsche quotes</category><category>No means no</category><category>OWOH</category><category>On friendship</category><category>Pearson Maron</category><category>PhotoShop</category><category>Pilobus</category><category>Plant Physiology at va tech</category><category>Potential</category><category>Quit judging</category><category>RSH catalog</category><category>Rococcoco</category><category>Room Service Home catalog</category><category>Ryan</category><category>Sabre 620 camera</category><category>Santa needs a gps</category><category>Spoon theory</category><category>Stephen King book club</category><category>Stuffed animal specimen jars</category><category>SuccessCreations.com masks</category><category>Sun breaking through</category><category>Test finds</category><category>The Classic Bead</category><category>The Strongest drug</category><category>Tiffany Kirchner-Dixon</category><category>Today&#39;s Blog post</category><category>Ultimate Blog Party 2009</category><category>VW bug flower vase</category><category>Valiant 620 camera</category><category>Viva Woman blog</category><category>Washington Hospital Center lupus clinic</category><category>Wyanne art</category><category>a beaders studio</category><category>a blog of light not dark</category><category>a breath of snow and ashes</category><category>a day at the beach</category><category>a day at the park</category><category>a quiet new year</category><category>a tale of two cities</category><category>a year of exploration</category><category>abandoned church eastern shore md</category><category>about.com jewelry making</category><category>acrylic bead jewelry</category><category>acting ben franklin</category><category>adadornments</category><category>adding a cat to the family</category><category>adult coloring books</category><category>adventure life</category><category>advice</category><category>aerobics</category><category>afghan squares</category><category>agate with druzy</category><category>aid to japan</category><category>air and space museum with space shuttle</category><category>air force academy</category><category>all I want for Christmas is clean dishes</category><category>all but my life</category><category>all quiet on the western front</category><category>alone for christmas</category><category>als artisan boutique</category><category>als awareness</category><category>altered art</category><category>altered art charms</category><category>alzheimer&#39;s disease</category><category>amanda davie elements</category><category>amazing beadwork</category><category>american recall center</category><category>ammonite necklace</category><category>amy butler quilt</category><category>an artists year off</category><category>anakin skywalker costume</category><category>and fire</category><category>and then this happened</category><category>angkor wat</category><category>animal print jewerly</category><category>anita shreve</category><category>anne lamott</category><category>anne rice</category><category>annette piper</category><category>anonymous commentors</category><category>anti black friday</category><category>antique buttons</category><category>antique shopping</category><category>antique typewriters</category><category>antiques</category><category>antiques in pa pennsylvania</category><category>antiquing in PA</category><category>ape house</category><category>are you an artist</category><category>art jewelry elements</category><category>art therapy and depression</category><category>artist block</category><category>artist interviews</category><category>artistic block</category><category>artistic writers block</category><category>artists with depression</category><category>asilomar beach</category><category>asperger&#39;s syndrome</category><category>at home morphine detox</category><category>attending a bead show with a child</category><category>auction for Haiti</category><category>auction for japan</category><category>auction for judith b glende</category><category>audrey belanger</category><category>autism awareness</category><category>autism. living with asperger&#39;s syndrome</category><category>awesome beading books</category><category>awesome lists</category><category>awesome things</category><category>awesomeness</category><category>awesomeness listed</category><category>baby santa</category><category>bad days</category><category>balloon ride</category><category>balloon wishes</category><category>balloons on new years day</category><category>baltimore bead society</category><category>baltimore md</category><category>barbara fernald</category><category>barenaked ladies another postcard from chipmanzees</category><category>barry manilow</category><category>battleship game</category><category>bay bridge md</category><category>be a friend to keep a friend.</category><category>be authentic</category><category>be humble</category><category>be kind to others</category><category>be real</category><category>be truly great</category><category>be yourself</category><category>bead a day calendar</category><category>bead artists</category><category>bead bloggers</category><category>bead contest</category><category>bead design teams</category><category>bead horders blog hop</category><category>bead map</category><category>bead review</category><category>bead reviews</category><category>bead show listings</category><category>bead soup cafe</category><category>bead stash</category><category>bead sweepstakes</category><category>bead weaving</category><category>bead web sites</category><category>beadaholique.com</category><category>beaded charm bracelets</category><category>beaded fantasies</category><category>beader&#39;s block</category><category>beaders around the world</category><category>beaders blogs</category><category>beading business plan</category><category>beading business plans</category><category>beading challnges</category><category>beading contest winners</category><category>beading daily calendar</category><category>beading gifts</category><category>beading how to</category><category>beading inspiration</category><category>beading jewelry</category><category>beading journal</category><category>beading retreat</category><category>beading with crystals</category><category>beading with friends</category><category>beading with lucite beads</category><category>beading yogini</category><category>beads of courage blog hop 2016</category><category>beads soup</category><category>beadtrends</category><category>beadtrends magazine</category><category>beaducation</category><category>beautiful studios</category><category>beauty of hidden treasure</category><category>beckoning</category><category>becky pancake</category><category>becoming a jewelry designer</category><category>beginning beading</category><category>being a good dad</category><category>being a mom and an artist</category><category>being alone on the holidays</category><category>being an artist</category><category>being overweight</category><category>being sick sucks</category><category>belle armoire jewelry magazine</category><category>belle armoire jewelry magazine spring 2016</category><category>best day ever</category><category>best wire book for jewelry</category><category>beth howard</category><category>bird sewing patterns</category><category>birgitta Lejonklous</category><category>birthdays for boys</category><category>bitterness</category><category>black and white masquerade</category><category>black label tattoo Frederick MD</category><category>black screen</category><category>blancing life and work</category><category>blickensderfer 7 typewriter</category><category>bliss</category><category>blizzard in MD</category><category>blog communities</category><category>blog contests</category><category>blog giveaway</category><category>blog hop</category><category>blog hops.</category><category>blog memes</category><category>blog parties</category><category>blog posts about nothing</category><category>blog prompts</category><category>blog scavenger hunt</category><category>blog topics</category><category>bloggers blog</category><category>blogging better</category><category>blogging communities</category><category>blogging eBook discount</category><category>blogging moms</category><category>blogging my life</category><category>blogging prompts</category><category>blogging tips</category><category>blogoversary</category><category>blogs about antiques</category><category>blogs about books</category><category>blowing bubbles</category><category>blue python danskos</category><category>blueberri beads</category><category>bohemian rhapsody movie</category><category>bohemian wood earrings</category><category>bold turquoise necklace</category><category>bonding with your child</category><category>book art</category><category>book folding</category><category>book giveaway winners</category><category>book hangover</category><category>book jewelry</category><category>book love</category><category>book on how to cast jewelry</category><category>book reading goals</category><category>book review</category><category>book reviews on blogs</category><category>book tour</category><category>book winners</category><category>books about the holocaust</category><category>bored kids in summer</category><category>boro beads</category><category>bourbon pumpkin pie</category><category>boys and the beach</category><category>breast cancer awareness knitting stitch markers</category><category>breast cancer blog</category><category>bright lampwork beads</category><category>brilliant weblog</category><category>broke med student</category><category>bronze metal clay</category><category>bronze toggles</category><category>brotherly love</category><category>btw</category><category>bubble wrap</category><category>bubble wrap calendar</category><category>buddha statues</category><category>build a superhero</category><category>bullfinch barbury</category><category>business advice</category><category>but what about jesus?</category><category>butterfly or moth</category><category>button art</category><category>button blog hop</category><category>button bracelet</category><category>button charms</category><category>button collecting</category><category>button necklace tutorials</category><category>button necklaces</category><category>button swap</category><category>buy a new internet</category><category>buying beads</category><category>cabachons</category><category>cabochons</category><category>cadbury creme eggs</category><category>cafepress</category><category>cakefailures.com</category><category>call centers in India</category><category>call for photos</category><category>calvert cliffs md</category><category>calvin coolidge</category><category>camps for kids</category><category>cancer awareness jewelry</category><category>cancer sucks</category><category>candy hearts</category><category>capitol hill trip</category><category>capture our hearts</category><category>carol dee myers</category><category>carrie tahquechi</category><category>cassie donlen lampwork</category><category>cat humor</category><category>catching up</category><category>caterpillar bracelet</category><category>cathie carroll</category><category>cathleen mccarthy</category><category>cats as family</category><category>caylin&#39;s cure</category><category>ceramic flower pendants</category><category>ceramic mugs</category><category>ceramic pendants</category><category>cha-cha bracelets</category><category>chain maille bracelet</category><category>chain maille tutorials</category><category>change of pace</category><category>changes are coming</category><category>changes in attitude</category><category>changin jewelry designs</category><category>changing careers</category><category>changing my hair color</category><category>changing my wardrobe</category><category>charity auction for japan</category><category>charlottesvile chapel wedding</category><category>charlottesville va</category><category>charm bracelets</category><category>charm exchange</category><category>charm jewelry</category><category>charms</category><category>chesapeake bay bridge</category><category>chesapeake beach</category><category>chicago ferris wheel</category><category>chicago pier ferris wheel</category><category>chicago skyline</category><category>chicago theater</category><category>childhood</category><category>childhood trauma</category><category>children in art</category><category>childrens drawings</category><category>chinese lanterns</category><category>chocolate covered bacon</category><category>chocolate will fix everything</category><category>choosing a career</category><category>christina hickman</category><category>christmas 2012</category><category>christmas at home</category><category>christmas beads</category><category>christmas celebrations</category><category>christmas craft shows</category><category>christmas decorations</category><category>christmas elves</category><category>christmas greetings</category><category>christmas jewelry how to</category><category>christmas lights</category><category>christmas ornament earrings</category><category>christmas ornament swap</category><category>christmas outside the box</category><category>christmas wishes</category><category>christmas with no wrapping paper</category><category>chronic Lyme disease</category><category>chronic illness stories</category><category>cim glass</category><category>clara&#39;s war</category><category>cleaning files on computer</category><category>cleaning house</category><category>cleopatra</category><category>climb every mountain</category><category>cloud factory</category><category>collecting vintage things</category><category>collections</category><category>collingswood art anc craft festival</category><category>color chart for colored pencils</category><category>color inspiration</category><category>color palette blog walk</category><category>color palette books</category><category>color wheel</category><category>colorful earrings</category><category>colorful jewelry</category><category>colorful unique jewelry</category><category>coloring books for adults</category><category>coming in last</category><category>contest winners</category><category>cool artist blogs</category><category>cool kids blog</category><category>coping with Lyme disease</category><category>coping with chronic pain</category><category>copper leaf jewelry</category><category>coral branch pendant</category><category>coral jewelry</category><category>cornucopia of love</category><category>costochondritis</category><category>craft activism</category><category>craft book giveaways</category><category>craft show advice</category><category>craft show booth</category><category>craft show booths</category><category>craft show checklist</category><category>craft show tips</category><category>crafting blogs</category><category>crafting books</category><category>crafting business plans</category><category>crafting help</category><category>crafts apron</category><category>crappy poetry</category><category>crayola 152 crayons</category><category>crayola crayons</category><category>creating the hive</category><category>creative art retreats</category><category>creative block</category><category>creative blog design</category><category>creative blogging</category><category>creative blogging ideas</category><category>creative book reports</category><category>creative commons</category><category>creative halloween pumpkins</category><category>creative jewelry for gifts</category><category>creative kindergarten treats</category><category>creative places</category><category>creative preschool treats</category><category>creative process</category><category>creative pumpkins</category><category>creative spaces</category><category>creative studios</category><category>creative valentine&#39;s day presents</category><category>creativity</category><category>crochet hats for cats</category><category>custom awareness jewelry</category><category>custom jewelry tags</category><category>cute kids lunches</category><category>d</category><category>daddy visits</category><category>daily art muse</category><category>dainty blooms</category><category>dance</category><category>dance baby dance</category><category>dancing on rooftops</category><category>dangly jewelry</category><category>danielle laporte</category><category>danny macaskill</category><category>dare to dream</category><category>dark clouds</category><category>david cook</category><category>david scott plumlee</category><category>dc big flea</category><category>dead car battery</category><category>dealing with migraines and creativity</category><category>decorate a cast</category><category>decorating the christmas tree</category><category>defense language institute</category><category>delmarva balloon rides</category><category>dentists</category><category>depression</category><category>depression at Christmas time</category><category>designer of the month</category><category>designer spotlights</category><category>designing jewelry</category><category>designing jewelry with sequins</category><category>designs jewelry</category><category>determination</category><category>detox sucks</category><category>detoxing from morphine</category><category>diabetes awareness jewelry</category><category>diabetes awarness bracelet</category><category>diamond birkin bag</category><category>dichroic glass necklace</category><category>did I do this right</category><category>diets</category><category>digital mammogram</category><category>discovering myself</category><category>display at shows</category><category>do I need an art degree</category><category>do good to strangers</category><category>do not disturb mommy</category><category>do not disturb the artist</category><category>don&#39;t do it</category><category>don&#39;t forget to look up</category><category>don&#39;t go there</category><category>don&#39;t grow up so fast</category><category>don&#39;t judge a book by its cover</category><category>don&#39;t let me scream</category><category>don&#39;t let the little guys keep you down</category><category>don&#39;t let the pigeon drive the bus</category><category>donna millard</category><category>dora schubert</category><category>double digit birthdays</category><category>douglas coupland</category><category>dove feel beautiful</category><category>dr seuss</category><category>dragonflies</category><category>dragonfly beads</category><category>dragonfly necklace</category><category>dream big</category><category>dreams change</category><category>dress bead</category><category>driving with the windows down</category><category>drums of autumn</category><category>dustjacket attic</category><category>dying my hair</category><category>dying my hair red</category><category>earringology</category><category>earthen oxide</category><category>earthenwood design team</category><category>easter</category><category>easter bunny legends</category><category>easter candy</category><category>easter egg hunt</category><category>easter egg hunts</category><category>easter eggs</category><category>easter in st michaels md</category><category>easton md</category><category>easton md goodwill</category><category>easy beadng vol. 6</category><category>eat a little dirt</category><category>ecelectic collections</category><category>eclectic collections</category><category>eclectica</category><category>education funding</category><category>eepybird</category><category>ekka Boutique</category><category>elaine ray</category><category>eleanor rigby</category><category>elephant joke</category><category>elf on the shelf</category><category>elf on the shelf ornament</category><category>elukka</category><category>elves gone bad</category><category>emilie gossiaux fund raiser</category><category>emily carroll wendell</category><category>empathy please</category><category>enamel filigree</category><category>enameled beads and pendants</category><category>enameled pendants</category><category>enameling beads</category><category>enjoy life</category><category>enjoy the day</category><category>erin strother</category><category>espn</category><category>etched metal box</category><category>etching copper boxes</category><category>etsy picks</category><category>etsy versus own web site</category><category>eucalyptus candle</category><category>extreme biking</category><category>fabia skoda advert commerical</category><category>fabric origami</category><category>facebook saves lives</category><category>fairy houses</category><category>fairy tales</category><category>fake flowers can be beat</category><category>fallling down the stairs</category><category>famous beaders</category><category>fashion</category><category>fashionable jewelry</category><category>fast and easy earrings book</category><category>fat boy slim</category><category>father&#39;s day</category><category>fatty liver disease</category><category>fear</category><category>fear and how to deal with it</category><category>feather charms</category><category>feeding ducks and seagulls</category><category>feel the love</category><category>feline diabetes</category><category>feline hyperthroid disease</category><category>feline radio iodine therapy</category><category>felt birds</category><category>field museum</category><category>fighting lyme disease</category><category>filler feature</category><category>finding my place in life</category><category>finding old friends</category><category>finding sharks teeth</category><category>finding your muse</category><category>finding your way</category><category>fire mountain gems back cover</category><category>fire mountain gems contest</category><category>firelily lampwork beads</category><category>first dance</category><category>first time at the Bead and Button show</category><category>fish cakes of boy</category><category>five year diaries</category><category>flame enameling beads</category><category>fleur de lis pendant</category><category>flower jewelry</category><category>flower pendant</category><category>flower petals made of book pages</category><category>focus on life</category><category>focusing on life</category><category>follow me on blogger</category><category>follow your bliss</category><category>follow your heart</category><category>forgiveness</category><category>fort mchenry tunnel</category><category>fortune cookie fortunes</category><category>four things about me</category><category>freaking MRSA</category><category>freddie mercury</category><category>frederick</category><category>free association</category><category>free beading ecourse</category><category>free enameling eCourse</category><category>free shipping christmas shopping</category><category>friends</category><category>friends rock</category><category>friendships</category><category>frog jewelry</category><category>frog pendants</category><category>frozen hot chocolate</category><category>fun blogs</category><category>fun earrings</category><category>fun gifts</category><category>fun things blog</category><category>fun with biology</category><category>fund raiser</category><category>funky bead jewelry</category><category>funky beyond all reason</category><category>funky earrings</category><category>funny Christmas stories</category><category>funny things I do when I&#39;m sick</category><category>fusing glass</category><category>fusion beads</category><category>gallery of regrettable food</category><category>game night</category><category>gears and gaskets</category><category>gemstone intarsia</category><category>genghis khan exhibit</category><category>george carlin&#39;s death</category><category>getting a spinal tap</category><category>getting ahead in life</category><category>getting readers to your blog</category><category>giant pumpkins</category><category>gifts for geeks</category><category>gilmore shows</category><category>gin blossoms</category><category>girls flag football</category><category>girly girl</category><category>give aways</category><category>give back</category><category>give yourself permission</category><category>giveaway alert</category><category>giving back</category><category>giving thanks</category><category>gladiator costume</category><category>glass artists</category><category>glass blowing</category><category>glass fusing</category><category>glass planets</category><category>glass rod storage</category><category>glen campbell</category><category>glitter me up</category><category>global genes project</category><category>going gray</category><category>going to a bead show</category><category>going to the library</category><category>good daddies</category><category>good days</category><category>good stuff</category><category>goodreads</category><category>gothic jewelry</category><category>gothic valentine&#39;s day jewelry</category><category>gothic victorian jewelry</category><category>gotye parodies</category><category>graduation ceremonies</category><category>graduation singers</category><category>gregory david roberts</category><category>gritty bird</category><category>growing from seed</category><category>growing your business</category><category>gym class stinks</category><category>haberdashery blog hop</category><category>half broke horses</category><category>halloween costumes</category><category>halloween festivals</category><category>hand bags</category><category>handcrafted jewelry magazine</category><category>handcrafted metal findings book</category><category>handmade awareness jewelry</category><category>handmade cards</category><category>handmade ceramic beads</category><category>handmade chairs</category><category>handmade christmas cards</category><category>handmade dollhouses</category><category>handmade fan pulls</category><category>handmade glass beads</category><category>handmade greeting cards</category><category>handmade holiday jewelry</category><category>handmade jewelry christmas gifts</category><category>handmade journals</category><category>handmade news</category><category>handmade nose rings</category><category>handmade polymer clay beads</category><category>handmade purses</category><category>handmade soap</category><category>handmadenews.org</category><category>happiness</category><category>happy 4th of july</category><category>happy birthday</category><category>happy canda day</category><category>happy earth day</category><category>happy easter</category><category>happy happy happy</category><category>having a happy holiday</category><category>having confidence in life</category><category>heart blog</category><category>heart necklaces</category><category>heart of happiness</category><category>hearts</category><category>heat</category><category>heather behrendt</category><category>heather bullard</category><category>heather powers</category><category>heather powers retreat</category><category>heather wynn</category><category>heavy</category><category>heidi kumli</category><category>help a friend in need</category><category>help for crafters</category><category>help with elementary school math</category><category>helping other</category><category>helping others</category><category>henry III</category><category>hey miemie</category><category>highgate cemetary</category><category>hobnobs</category><category>holiday jewelry how to</category><category>home business</category><category>homemade whipped cream</category><category>homestead soldering</category><category>hoop earrings</category><category>horse tricycle</category><category>hot cocoa and sore throats</category><category>hot connections jewelry</category><category>house</category><category>house pendants</category><category>how blogging changes everything</category><category>how many books do you read in a year</category><category>how not to get things done</category><category>how to French braid</category><category>how to be a friend to someone in pain</category><category>how to be a mom</category><category>how to be alone at Christmas</category><category>how to be good to yourself</category><category>how to be kind to yourself</category><category>how to blog</category><category>how to buy a dishwasher</category><category>how to deal with change</category><category>how to deal with chronic pain</category><category>how to deal with life changes.</category><category>how to design with lampwork beads</category><category>how to do your taxes</category><category>how to find sea glass</category><category>how to follow a blog</category><category>how to give a cat a pill</category><category>how to give yourself a manicure</category><category>how to grow basil</category><category>how to handle stress</category><category>how to letter stamp</category><category>how to make a button clasp</category><category>how to make a paper crane</category><category>how to make a statement necklace</category><category>how to make an earring display for craft shows</category><category>how to make button jewelry</category><category>how to make chain maille</category><category>how to make chain maille dvd</category><category>how to make chains</category><category>how to make charm bracelets</category><category>how to make ear wires</category><category>how to make earrings</category><category>how to make fiber jewelry</category><category>how to make ice resin pendants</category><category>how to make my own metal findings</category><category>how to make stamped jewelry</category><category>how to make wire-wrapped jewelry dvd</category><category>how to meet other beaders</category><category>how to overcome fear of public speaking</category><category>how to pick up spilled beads</category><category>how to prepare for a craft show</category><category>how to prioritze your day</category><category>how to put on a blog hop</category><category>how to settle an argument.</category><category>how to shop at a bead show</category><category>how to spend christmas alone</category><category>how to spend the holidays alone</category><category>how to start a creative life</category><category>how to start a jewelry business</category><category>how to start beading</category><category>how to take care of your soul</category><category>how to tell friends you care</category><category>how to treat people</category><category>how to use blogger</category><category>how to use cabochons</category><category>how to use my beads differently</category><category>how to use resin clay</category><category>how to use vintage acrylic beads</category><category>how to wire work</category><category>how travel affects our lives</category><category>huffington post</category><category>hug your child</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>humility</category><category>humility versus humiliate</category><category>i can has cheezburger</category><category>i cannot do it all</category><category>i cannot live without books</category><category>i gave her my heart she gave me a pen</category><category>i hate migraines</category><category>i have a great husband</category><category>i love my boy</category><category>i love my job</category><category>i love pie</category><category>i made you a mix tape</category><category>i need an editor</category><category>i wonder</category><category>i&#39;m not gonna miss you</category><category>iPod</category><category>iPod iTunes problems solved</category><category>iTunes</category><category>ideas for blogging</category><category>if I had only known</category><category>ih awareness</category><category>iih</category><category>illness and artists</category><category>in vitro mom</category><category>industrial chic</category><category>insomnia</category><category>inspiration</category><category>inspiration for 2014</category><category>inspiration in blogging</category><category>inspirational sayings</category><category>inspirational sayings and quotes</category><category>inspired by nature jewelry</category><category>inspiring blogs</category><category>inspiring stories</category><category>irregular sheets</category><category>is this weird</category><category>is y&#39;all a real word</category><category>island of the swans</category><category>it&#39;s a car it&#39;s a cake</category><category>it&#39;s your choice</category><category>jane austen</category><category>japanese tattoos</category><category>japanese tree wishes</category><category>japanese tsunami</category><category>jeannette walls</category><category>jeannie dukic polymer clay</category><category>jellyfish cat toy</category><category>jellyfish exhibit</category><category>jellyfish that lie on their backs</category><category>jen cushman</category><category>jess italia lincoln</category><category>jewel school</category><category>jewelry artist magazine</category><category>jewelry craft shows</category><category>jewelry designer business plan</category><category>jewelry designer interviews</category><category>jewelry designs challenges</category><category>jewelry inspired by nature</category><category>jewelry making challenges</category><category>jewelry making tips and hints</category><category>jewelry on etsy</category><category>jewelry on pinterest</category><category>jewelry reviews</category><category>jewelry sale</category><category>jewelry shopping</category><category>jewelry shows</category><category>jewelry studios</category><category>jewelry trends</category><category>jim gaffigan pie video</category><category>john hancock building</category><category>johnny depp</category><category>joojooland</category><category>joolz by lisa</category><category>josh simpson</category><category>josh simpson infinity project</category><category>journaling</category><category>journaling albums</category><category>journals</category><category>jude the obscure book review</category><category>jude the obsure</category><category>judy glende</category><category>juls beads</category><category>just after sunset</category><category>juvenile diabetes</category><category>juvenile diabetes foundation auction</category><category>karl marx tomb</category><category>karma jewelry</category><category>kate richbourg</category><category>katy perry</category><category>kayaking on the eastern shore of md</category><category>keep hope alive</category><category>keep your promises</category><category>keurig</category><category>keurig coupon</category><category>key jewelry</category><category>keysha koy</category><category>kid blogs</category><category>kids</category><category>kids and art</category><category>kids and snow</category><category>kids and the community</category><category>kids art programs</category><category>kids at craft shows</category><category>kids beading</category><category>kids birthdays</category><category>kids blogs</category><category>kids community projects</category><category>kids crafts</category><category>kids lighting technician</category><category>kids projects</category><category>kids say the darndest things</category><category>kids trips for washington dc</category><category>kids with Etsy shops</category><category>kind over matter</category><category>kindergarten</category><category>kindergarten egg hunt</category><category>kindergarten trips</category><category>kindness angel</category><category>kindness in business</category><category>kintsukuroi</category><category>kleinfeld&#39;s</category><category>knit hats for cats</category><category>knitting for cats</category><category>knotted necklace</category><category>knotting jewelry tutorials</category><category>knowing who your friends are</category><category>korea</category><category>korean language</category><category>korean linguist</category><category>kork-ease shoes</category><category>kylie parry beads</category><category>labradorite jewelry</category><category>lake point tower condos</category><category>lampwork beads in jewelry</category><category>lampwork glass</category><category>lampwork spacer beads</category><category>lampwork studio</category><category>lampworking</category><category>lao tzu</category><category>lapidary journal</category><category>lark crafts book giveaway</category><category>lark jewelry books</category><category>laura hillenbrand</category><category>leading a balanced life</category><category>leafcutter designs</category><category>learn how to master herringbone stitch</category><category>learn to be a friend</category><category>learn to resin pendants</category><category>learning to bead</category><category>lemons out of lyme</category><category>lessons learned</category><category>let me sleep</category><category>letter to my son</category><category>letters to kids</category><category>letting go</category><category>levenger</category><category>library cards</category><category>life</category><category>life dreams</category><category>life goals</category><category>life is a bowl of cherries and I got the pits</category><category>life is good</category><category>life is too short</category><category>life is worth living</category><category>life lessons</category><category>life starts now</category><category>life stories</category><category>life with lyme disease</category><category>lily tomlin as geraldine</category><category>lisa boucher</category><category>lisa liddy</category><category>lisa peters art</category><category>lisztomania</category><category>live life to the fullest</category><category>live up to your potential</category><category>living a creative life</category><category>living a life of balance</category><category>living in bombay</category><category>living in italy</category><category>living with an invisible disease</category><category>liza lou</category><category>lizard jewelry</category><category>lmk quilts</category><category>locking keys in the car</category><category>lol cats</category><category>long hair cats fur too much make it stop</category><category>long versus short hair</category><category>lonliness</category><category>loralee kolton</category><category>lorelei eurto</category><category>lori anderson bead soup</category><category>lori anderson blog</category><category>lori anderson designs jewelery</category><category>lori anderson jewelry designer</category><category>lori anderson memoirs</category><category>lori lochner</category><category>lori2</category><category>losing the car in the garage</category><category>losing weight. gall bladder pain</category><category>loss of a loved one</category><category>loss of a pet</category><category>lost photos</category><category>lotus pendant</category><category>lou gehrigs disease</category><category>love birds necklace</category><category>lucite beads</category><category>lucite enameled beads</category><category>lucky</category><category>lulan.com</category><category>lumina pumpkin decoration</category><category>luray caverns car museum</category><category>luxe jewelry</category><category>luxury jewelry</category><category>luxury kint wrap</category><category>lyme blogs</category><category>lyme disease blogs</category><category>lyme stories</category><category>lyn foley lampwork</category><category>mac and cheese</category><category>macaroni and glue</category><category>madrigals</category><category>magazine charms</category><category>mail call in the usaf</category><category>maire dodd</category><category>make a decision today</category><category>make a list</category><category>make jewelry with sequins</category><category>make lemons into lemonade.  just add vodka</category><category>make money at your craft</category><category>make something meaningful</category><category>make today happy</category><category>make your beads into jewelry</category><category>making beaded jewelry</category><category>making changes in midlife</category><category>making goals</category><category>making it through life</category><category>making jewelry for a living</category><category>making jewelry with ceramic beads</category><category>making jewelry with children</category><category>making jewelry with kids</category><category>making lampwork beads</category><category>making lemonade out of lemons</category><category>making lemons out of lyme</category><category>making life changes</category><category>making life choices for artists</category><category>making wire jewelry</category><category>maku raku</category><category>malin de koning</category><category>mamacita beadworks</category><category>marble runs</category><category>marbleizing easter eggs</category><category>margaret nock</category><category>marina city parking</category><category>marketing handmade jewelry</category><category>marketing jewelry</category><category>marketing tips for beaders</category><category>marketing your jewelry</category><category>marsure</category><category>martha steward crafts</category><category>maryland crabs</category><category>matt cole</category><category>matthew runfola</category><category>mclean jewelry showcase</category><category>meeting friends</category><category>melanie brooks</category><category>melinda barta</category><category>melissa meman</category><category>melissa trudinger</category><category>meme</category><category>memoirs and memories</category><category>memorial beading</category><category>memorial day</category><category>memorial day decorations</category><category>memorial day is not a day at the beach</category><category>memorial day monuments</category><category>memories and thanks blog hop</category><category>memory beading</category><category>memory blog hop</category><category>meowadays cat toys</category><category>mermaid glass</category><category>mermaid necklace jewelry</category><category>merry christmas</category><category>merry christmas eve</category><category>message hearts</category><category>message in a book</category><category>messy studios. where women create</category><category>messy workshops</category><category>metal clay fusion</category><category>metal patination</category><category>metalsmithing books</category><category>metamorphosis in art</category><category>michele laughman day</category><category>micro macrame</category><category>migraine cure</category><category>migraines suck but godzilla is worse</category><category>military weddings</category><category>mo willems</category><category>model home</category><category>modern ballet</category><category>modern dance</category><category>modern versus vintage</category><category>mom blogs</category><category>mom cried while she wrote this</category><category>mom of an adolescent. childhood to adolescence</category><category>moms and business</category><category>moms with lyme disease</category><category>money does not equal love</category><category>moobie grace designs</category><category>moods by mari</category><category>moriah betterly</category><category>morning light glass</category><category>morphine addiction</category><category>morphine withdrawal</category><category>mother of pearl buttons</category><category>mother&#39;s day</category><category>mothers day jewelry</category><category>motivational blogl</category><category>motivational speaker</category><category>mra</category><category>mri</category><category>multistranded necklaces</category><category>murano glass</category><category>murano italy</category><category>museum cabinets</category><category>museum of natural history</category><category>musings of a mom</category><category>must read list</category><category>my favorite dress</category><category>my life in korea</category><category>na bo row toggles</category><category>namaste</category><category>name that picture</category><category>nan emmett spirited earth</category><category>naps are good</category><category>nascar</category><category>nascar monopoly</category><category>national pharmaceutical week</category><category>national pi day</category><category>natural bronze beads and charms</category><category>nerve blocks for migraines</category><category>new bead soup blog party</category><category>new year&#39;s resolutions for beaders</category><category>new years eve</category><category>new years traditions</category><category>nichole byers</category><category>niky sayers</category><category>nina designs contest</category><category>no I&#39;m not pregnant</category><category>no gossip zone</category><category>no place like home</category><category>non sequitur</category><category>non traditional jewelry</category><category>nontraditional valentines day presents</category><category>nora ephron pie list</category><category>not rejected. rejection</category><category>nursing necklace</category><category>o</category><category>oc pottery</category><category>ocd santa</category><category>october weddings</category><category>office</category><category>oil pastels</category><category>ojime beads</category><category>old air force green uniforms</category><category>old fashioned ice pack</category><category>old library card machines</category><category>old spice commercials</category><category>old spice fiji deodorant</category><category>old spice for Christmas</category><category>on being a mom</category><category>on being kind</category><category>one crayon blog hop</category><category>one day by david nicholls</category><category>one flew over the cuckoos nest</category><category>open your heart</category><category>orange and red beads</category><category>orange balloon</category><category>organic gardens</category><category>organizing life</category><category>origami christmas tree garland</category><category>origami yoda books</category><category>ornamentea</category><category>ornamet blog hop</category><category>osan air base</category><category>out of the mouths of babes</category><category>outdoor activities with kids</category><category>outlander the exile</category><category>ovarian cancer awareness</category><category>overcoming depression</category><category>overcoming illness with art</category><category>overdose of sugar</category><category>owl beads</category><category>owl bookmark</category><category>owl pendants</category><category>owls</category><category>pain and creativity</category><category>pain pals</category><category>paint chips</category><category>pantone fall color report</category><category>paper beads</category><category>paper clay beads</category><category>paper source valentines</category><category>parental bonding</category><category>paris tragedy remembrance</category><category>patty gasparino</category><category>peace</category><category>peace be with you</category><category>pearl watercolors</category><category>peculiar times</category><category>pediatric dentist</category><category>peeps</category><category>petting deer</category><category>phoenix</category><category>photo journals</category><category>photo quotes</category><category>photography</category><category>photoshop color palettes</category><category>physics phd</category><category>pi pie</category><category>pick one</category><category>pie beads</category><category>pie blogs</category><category>pie in the sky</category><category>pie recipes</category><category>piercings</category><category>pif</category><category>pif culture</category><category>pigeon books</category><category>pile of mail</category><category>pink apple</category><category>pink typewriters</category><category>pink vw bug</category><category>pinterest</category><category>planning a bead show</category><category>planting trees</category><category>play nice</category><category>playing games</category><category>please understand me</category><category>poinsettia earrings</category><category>polymer  clay beads</category><category>polymer clay</category><category>polymer clay easter eggs</category><category>polymer clay eggs</category><category>polymer clay pendants</category><category>pool parties</category><category>pop beads</category><category>pop can beads</category><category>popular blog hops</category><category>port discovery</category><category>posh spice</category><category>positives of facebook</category><category>post it notes</category><category>post secret</category><category>posting anonymously</category><category>potomac bead company</category><category>presents</category><category>pretty birds book</category><category>pretty cards</category><category>pretty home decor</category><category>pretty jewelry</category><category>pretty little mistakes</category><category>pretty shiny things</category><category>pretty things blogs</category><category>pretty things with buttons</category><category>pride and prejudice</category><category>prismacolor</category><category>private school versus public school</category><category>products that inspire</category><category>proprioperception in children</category><category>prospect hill plantation</category><category>proud mommy</category><category>publisher needed</category><category>pumpkin art</category><category>pumpkins</category><category>punch boxes</category><category>purple hair</category><category>purple heart jewelry</category><category>purple jewelry</category><category>purses</category><category>q&amp;a journal</category><category>quiet waters annapolis</category><category>quiet waters annapolis md</category><category>quotes I wonder about</category><category>ra</category><category>radio warns off bears</category><category>raising special kids</category><category>rak</category><category>rak raok</category><category>rambling</category><category>rambling posts</category><category>ramblings</category><category>randomness is fun</category><category>rare disease awareness</category><category>reading a book in the tub</category><category>reading to boys</category><category>real days</category><category>real mail versus vs email</category><category>recharging batteries</category><category>recovering from Lyme disease</category><category>recovery celebrations</category><category>recycled bowling ball jewelry</category><category>recycled bowling balls</category><category>recycled dryer sachets</category><category>recycled raincoats</category><category>recycled shopping bags</category><category>recycled wood sculpture and jewelry</category><category>recycling boxes at Christmas</category><category>red creek jasper</category><category>red dansko shoes</category><category>red hair</category><category>red white blue beads</category><category>refurbished rotary phones</category><category>regaining confidence in myself</category><category>rejuvenation</category><category>relaxing over christmas</category><category>remember this</category><category>remembering 9/11</category><category>remembering the air force</category><category>remington standard 10</category><category>repurposing jewelry</category><category>rescue cats</category><category>resin and button jewelry</category><category>resin pendants</category><category>resined heart</category><category>retro diners</category><category>rheumatoid arthritis</category><category>rhododendron</category><category>rice krispie treat cake pops</category><category>rice krispie treat pops</category><category>riding in the car</category><category>river rock jewelry</category><category>river rock jewelry. lotus pendant jewelry</category><category>robert frost the road not taken</category><category>rolls royce phantom</category><category>rotary phones</category><category>running a home business</category><category>running errands</category><category>running press</category><category>running track</category><category>s&#39;mores</category><category>sadness</category><category>sale at lori anderson designs</category><category>sand dollar necklace</category><category>sandi volpe</category><category>sanita shoes</category><category>santa and eggnog</category><category>santa gps</category><category>say anything</category><category>say yes to the dress</category><category>scared of the dark</category><category>scary bridges</category><category>scavenger hunt</category><category>scavenger hunt winners</category><category>schmap</category><category>school graduation ceremonies</category><category>school parties</category><category>school testing</category><category>science magazine</category><category>sealed with a kiss</category><category>secret santa</category><category>seed beading book giveaway</category><category>seinfeld</category><category>selfies of selfies</category><category>selling jewelry at craft shows</category><category>semiprecious salvage</category><category>sensory processing disorder</category><category>sequin earrings</category><category>serum ferritin</category><category>set</category><category>setting goals</category><category>setting new goals</category><category>seven random things</category><category>sh green stamps</category><category>shabby scraps</category><category>shackle keys</category><category>shanataram</category><category>sharon kay penman</category><category>sharon palac</category><category>shedd aquarium</category><category>shell jewelry</category><category>sherry truitt</category><category>shippensburg corn festival</category><category>shoes</category><category>shopping blogs</category><category>shopping on etsy</category><category>should I buy a kindle</category><category>should I dye my hair</category><category>show kindness</category><category>silent auction</category><category>silver coffee tea service</category><category>sister earrings</category><category>sisterhood of the traveling bead box</category><category>sizism</category><category>skeleton key necklace</category><category>skinny jeans</category><category>sleeping beauty turquoise</category><category>sleeping cat</category><category>sleepy cat is sleepy</category><category>sleigh crash</category><category>smallbell</category><category>smiley</category><category>smithsonian</category><category>smithsonian knitted coral reef</category><category>smitten beads</category><category>sneezing panda</category><category>snow</category><category>snow days</category><category>snowflake charm bracelet</category><category>snowflake earrings</category><category>snowman earrings</category><category>social media ecourse</category><category>socialization with asperger&#39;s syndrome</category><category>socially awkward</category><category>soda can beads</category><category>soft flex beading contest</category><category>soft flex beading wire</category><category>softflex company</category><category>somebody that I used to know parodies</category><category>someone please cure me</category><category>sometimes life sucks</category><category>songbeads</category><category>south korea</category><category>spice box designs</category><category>spiny knotted bracelet</category><category>spoon giveaway</category><category>spoonie</category><category>spoonsisters</category><category>sports cars</category><category>spread your wings</category><category>spring craft shows</category><category>spring fling blog hop</category><category>spring snow</category><category>squirrel</category><category>squirrel is tired</category><category>st michaels md easter scene</category><category>st michaels md memorial day</category><category>st michaels memorial day</category><category>staircases</category><category>stamped jewelry</category><category>stamping hammer</category><category>stan vose</category><category>star gazer lily</category><category>star hitched wagon</category><category>star wars lego</category><category>starbucks doubleshot</category><category>starting new</category><category>stash busting</category><category>stealth mode</category><category>stefanie teufel</category><category>stephanie wells</category><category>stephen king</category><category>sterling silver prices</category><category>still alice</category><category>stinky shoes</category><category>stone angels</category><category>storing art supplies artistically</category><category>story necklace</category><category>strawberry earrings</category><category>strep sucks</category><category>stringing jewelry</category><category>struggle tattoos</category><category>student art exhibits</category><category>stylists</category><category>submitting to jewelry magazines</category><category>subscribe to my blog please</category><category>suicide by jumping</category><category>suicide prevention awareness</category><category>summer</category><category>summer activities with kids</category><category>sunshine artist</category><category>sunshine artist magazine</category><category>superglue</category><category>superhero</category><category>susan boyle</category><category>susan justice</category><category>susan lenart kazmer</category><category>swarovski ceramic</category><category>swarovski crystal review</category><category>swarovski crystal snowflake ornaments</category><category>sweetbead studio</category><category>swim meets</category><category>take care of yourself</category><category>take it easy baby</category><category>take my breath away</category><category>take time for yourself</category><category>take what you need</category><category>taking a break to rejuvenate</category><category>taking care of yourself</category><category>taking chances as an artist</category><category>taking control of my life</category><category>taking time off</category><category>tale of two cities</category><category>tammy powley</category><category>taste of the bay</category><category>tattoo parlors Frederick nd</category><category>tattoos</category><category>tattoos with meaing</category><category>teaching children about memorial day</category><category>teaching kids to make jewelry</category><category>tell me what to write</category><category>tell your story</category><category>tempest freerunning academy</category><category>temple grandin</category><category>terrariums</category><category>testimony</category><category>thank you</category><category>thankful beading</category><category>thankfulness in jewelry</category><category>thanksgiving wishes</category><category>the 19th wife</category><category>the alternative foundry</category><category>the artists way</category><category>the awesome blog</category><category>the beadin path</category><category>the beading yogini</category><category>the best beading books</category><category>the best of facebook</category><category>the book of awesome</category><category>the borgias</category><category>the classics</category><category>the creation process</category><category>the difference between memorial day and veteran&#39;s day</category><category>the earring style book</category><category>the easter story</category><category>the end of school</category><category>the glass castle</category><category>the great pumpkin</category><category>the great pumpkin arrives</category><category>the happiness project journal</category><category>the help</category><category>the hero factory</category><category>the human spirit</category><category>the hunger games</category><category>the important things in life</category><category>the it factor</category><category>the missing link</category><category>the open road</category><category>the path to happiness</category><category>the pillars of the earth</category><category>the purple heart</category><category>the road not taken</category><category>the silent monks</category><category>the spirit of giving</category><category>the sunne in splendour</category><category>the swan thieves</category><category>the things kids do</category><category>the unlikely disciple</category><category>the value of friends</category><category>the witching hour</category><category>the wrapping room</category><category>thea elements</category><category>these are the days of our lives</category><category>things I love</category><category>things I used to do</category><category>things I want to do</category><category>things to bring happiness into your life</category><category>this is cool</category><category>this is my story</category><category>this is truly awesome</category><category>this is your life</category><category>this isn&#39;t starbucks</category><category>this too shall pass</category><category>thomas hardy</category><category>thomas jefferson</category><category>those who save us</category><category>through a glass darkly</category><category>throw back thursday</category><category>thyroid cancer</category><category>tibetan artifacts</category><category>tibetan beads</category><category>tierracast</category><category>tierracast bezels</category><category>tiger heart</category><category>tomatoes</category><category>toxic relationships</category><category>track team</category><category>trading food</category><category>transfer google reader to bloglovin</category><category>travel in europor</category><category>traveling the andes</category><category>treasure friendships</category><category>treasure your friends</category><category>trees</category><category>trending fun</category><category>trick or treat</category><category>tricks not treats</category><category>trump tower</category><category>truth bomb</category><category>truthbomb</category><category>turn rejection around</category><category>turning lemons into lemonade</category><category>twilight jewelry</category><category>twinkies</category><category>twitter</category><category>type 1 diabetes awareness</category><category>typewriter ribbon tins</category><category>udvar hazy center</category><category>uk bead artists</category><category>unbelieveable art</category><category>unbroken</category><category>under the dome</category><category>understanding my drugs</category><category>unexpected findings</category><category>unicorns</category><category>unique awareness beads</category><category>unique carved pumpkins</category><category>unique christmas gifts</category><category>unique diabetes awareness jewelry</category><category>unique jewelry</category><category>unique jewelry christmas gifts</category><category>unique jewelry tags</category><category>unpainted yarn</category><category>unusual beads</category><category>upcycle jewelry</category><category>updating blogs</category><category>using art to treat depression</category><category>using lampwork beads</category><category>using vintage beads in jewelry</category><category>uva bookstore</category><category>uva weddings</category><category>valentines day</category><category>valentines m and ms</category><category>vegas car show</category><category>venting</category><category>veronica kurian</category><category>versatile beader</category><category>veteran blogger</category><category>veterans day</category><category>vintage acrylic beads</category><category>vintage bead designs</category><category>vintage beads</category><category>vintage bubble gum machines</category><category>vintage button charms</category><category>vintage button collections</category><category>vintage buttons on cards</category><category>vintage cameras</category><category>vintage cars</category><category>vintage cookbooks</category><category>vintage finds</category><category>vintage homes</category><category>vintage ink tablet tins</category><category>vintage jewelry</category><category>vintage jewelry findings</category><category>vintage keys</category><category>vintage lucite beads</category><category>vintage lucite jewelry</category><category>vintage medical items</category><category>vintage perfume tins</category><category>vintage photo albums</category><category>vintage pink royale typewriter</category><category>vintage pink typewriter</category><category>vintage powder puff music box</category><category>vintage sabre valiant cameras</category><category>vintage shopping</category><category>vintage tea cups</category><category>vintage tiara</category><category>vintage toy telephone</category><category>vintage tubs</category><category>vintage video camera</category><category>vintage-inspired crafts</category><category>violin lessons in school</category><category>virgin airlines customer complaint letter</category><category>virginia lindsay</category><category>vive la France</category><category>vodafone commercial</category><category>vogue magazine</category><category>volunteering at a humane society</category><category>volunteering at school</category><category>voyager</category><category>vw bug pink</category><category>wade whimsies</category><category>walking a tightrope</category><category>walking the lawn</category><category>watch out Elmo</category><category>water lily beads</category><category>we weep but never fear</category><category>we&#39;re not eating today</category><category>wear hope on your sleeve</category><category>wedding</category><category>wedding anniversary</category><category>wedding anniversary gift ideas</category><category>wedding anniversary present</category><category>weddings in charlottesville</category><category>weight loss</category><category>weird dreams</category><category>what I learned from freddie mercury</category><category>what I want out of life</category><category>what I&#39;m thankful for</category><category>what a mess</category><category>what do I do with this yarn</category><category>what family means to me</category><category>what is awesome</category><category>what jewelry do I like</category><category>what makes a blog popular</category><category>what memorial day means</category><category>what not to say to an overweight person</category><category>what to do with beads I&#39;ve saved</category><category>what to get for the person who has everything</category><category>what to take for bead and button shopping</category><category>what would you grab if your house was on fire</category><category>what you didn&#39;t know about me</category><category>what&#39;d you get for Christmas</category><category>what&#39;s awesome to you</category><category>when life throws you a curve ball</category><category>when weddings go bad</category><category>where bloggers create</category><category>where bloggers create 2011</category><category>which beading magazine is the best</category><category>whimsical charms</category><category>white christmas</category><category>who am i</category><category>whole foods</category><category>why are persian rugs supposed to be imperfect</category><category>why does sterling silver cost so much</category><category>why we follow blogs</category><category>why woodpeckers peck</category><category>wicked bracelet</category><category>wicked the musical</category><category>wikio</category><category>win a bead</category><category>win free beads</category><category>winner winner chicken dinner</category><category>winners</category><category>wire and metal jewelry making</category><category>wire style 2</category><category>wire wrapping tutorials</category><category>wish lists</category><category>with a little help from my friends</category><category>wonderland</category><category>wonderstuck</category><category>wood ipod stands</category><category>wood pandora beads</category><category>woodland retreats</category><category>wool cat stuffie</category><category>woot.com</category><category>word beads</category><category>word of the year</category><category>working outside your comfort zone</category><category>working with migraines</category><category>wreck this journal</category><category>wrecked car</category><category>wrigley building</category><category>wrist tattoos</category><category>write letters not emails</category><category>writing a beading book</category><category>writing challenges</category><category>writing memoirs</category><category>writing on bananas</category><category>wuthering heights</category><category>wwii books</category><category>xm radio and george carlin</category><category>yale graduation 2011</category><category>yarn hoard</category><category>yarn stashes</category><category>yo soy tu padre darth vader shirt</category><category>yoga</category><category>you are worth it</category><category>you need a time out</category><category>you tube</category><category>you&#39;d better be good</category><category>you&#39;ve got mail</category><category>you&#39;ve got talent</category><category>zack is hilarious</category><category>zack. starting life over</category><category>zentangle class</category><title>Pretty Things</title><description>An inspirational blog through jewelry design, beads, craft, books, vintage finds, my son Zack, and random thoughts.  And pie.  We like pie here.</description><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Pretty Things)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1884</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-2628674959298924348</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2019-03-21T23:14:07.448-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Goodbye blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lori Anderson Designs handmade jewelry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lyme disease</category><title>It&#39;s Time to Say Goodbye</title><atom:summary type="text">

It&#39;s time for the last page of this blog, a place that has held so many experiences and memories.

Thank you to all my subscribers and readers.

Thank you to all my commenters.

Thank you for the sweet gifts and the PIE!

Thank you most of all for being  huge part of my life.

This blog may be ending, but stay tuned for a link to the next chapter of my life.

Love to all.</atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2019/03/intro-lyme-disease-recovery-319.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/NQBK2PfwnVs/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-2140892122825591787</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-07T20:56:10.131-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">be kind</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bohemian rhapsody movie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freddie mercury</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">keep hope alive</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">what I learned from freddie mercury</category><title>What I Learned From Freddie Mercury</title><atom:summary type="text">. 

I haven&#39;t written on this blog in over a year. I&#39;ve been sick again. So sick, and emotionally worn out. When I used to write quite often about it, everyone seemed tired of hearing about it, telling me it shouldn&#39;t consume my life, but they weren&#39;t here holding my hair while I threw up from two years of a bad gallbladder, six years of fighting Lyme disease, Babesia, Ehrlichia, and whatever </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2018/11/be-kind-to-each-other-what-i-learned.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhLYLThZBH4/W-JmqgHrueI/AAAAAAAAM9A/KvL9bKKiSnUwMDDJwypmZf72F8wOcuzWQCEwYBhgL/s72-c/sigh.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>20</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-257220433721303211</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-09-21T20:43:05.149-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Allegra</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ann</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">first time at the Bead and Button show</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friendship</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kintsukuroi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Milwaukee chocolate bar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">why are persian rugs supposed to be imperfect</category><title>Imperfection is Perfection</title><atom:summary type="text">



One of the best friends anyone could hope to have I&#39;ve only met once.


When I first started beading, Mecca was the Bead and Button shopping days.  I had NO idea what I was getting into, but I was starting out like gangbusters with my business, had a wide-open budget, and lordy lordy, stars in my eyes.


Allegra is the dearest of dear to me -- a friend, a surrogate mother, a confidante, a </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/09/imperfection-is-perfection.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z7B3HH3JE7U/WcMzJEn6qFI/AAAAAAAALsM/P4o0P51h_2gDn0o7_EyfmqnYM9hs2bUqACLcBGAs/s72-c/repair%2Bwith%2Bgold.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-6700344970034244248</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-09-13T10:42:08.123-05:00</atom:updated><title>Life is too short for a boring office.</title><atom:summary type="text">

</atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/09/life-is-too-short-for-boring-office.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r9yIlIJ956g/WblRNjI1HxI/AAAAAAAALro/FkI-YTV9MyQ9-OAWR6mR0qPw1r-ZtsDAgCLcBGAs/s72-c/2a2e882d88935622137829f7a14ed95d.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-4457757041191116444</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-09-06T23:57:37.248-05:00</atom:updated><title>Stay Optimistic</title><atom:summary type="text">







If we think this way, the troubles of today matter a lot less, don&#39;t they?

With all the scary weather and the uncertainties of the world, why not cut this out and put it on your fridge, in your wallet, on your computer .... or make someone else&#39;s day change by taping it to the mirror in a public restroom, the bulletin board of the library, or leave it with the tip for your waitress.

</atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/09/if-we-think-this-way-troubles-of-today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hPHqyb9G-_U/USOP2jYaZzI/AAAAAAAAF_Q/vbZ03giUGX0qxtTF87NxbOkcsyWgLB5swCPcBGAYYCw/s72-c/408528_602994046396719_561191311_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-5157236357076023872</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-08-31T20:37:55.591-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">agate with druzy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">etsy finds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fairy houses</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fish cakes of boy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">heidi kumli</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">labradorite jewelry</category><title>These are a few of my favorite things.... Etsy Finds</title><atom:summary type="text">I haven&#39;t done this in a while! And NO, please no .... do NOT buy anything on this list for me (husband, you are included in this). I just wanted to showcase some things I love and of course would love to own, but paying the bills gives me a feeling unlike that of accumulating things.


However, if you have a birthday or other special day coming up (like, oh, Thursday), maybe these will inspire </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/08/these-are-few-of-my-favorite-things.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MN8wultoH6U/WZ11bd_YtcI/AAAAAAAALqE/JTNO8bE79i8YJWWu-PWGcW2sA9Opa95vwCLcBGAs/s72-c/agate.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-7436999886099047515</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-08-23T02:38:56.801-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">asperger&#39;s syndrome</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autism. living with asperger&#39;s syndrome</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">socialization with asperger&#39;s syndrome</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zack</category><title>Austism -- a post by Zachary Anderson</title><atom:summary type="text">Recently Zachary had to write an essay on the following question. He wanted to share it with you.










Describe
an experience that had a significant impact on you. The experience can be an
achievement, a personal challenge, a failure, a trip, a realization, etc. What
did you learn from this experience? How has this experience influenced your
development as a person?







For the longest </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/08/austism-post-by-zachary-anderson.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLPDvA6e-g8/WY_F5xxfTFI/AAAAAAAALn4/W2CW50kztIoUoMJn4tSiKKKvFZFKyamxwCLcBGAs/s72-c/Zack%2BMothers%2BTea%2B052617.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>19</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-2448024731932025909</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2017 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-04-17T03:12:06.325-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">How to be a friend to someone who&#39;s sick</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">papaya art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pretty cards</category><title>Sometimes we need a friend...be that friend.</title><atom:summary type="text">




Today I had the chance to make a quick visit to a friend suffering cancer. First, her cancer was misdiagnosed as a spider bite. Then she found out it was a form of skin cancer. It&#39;s on her finger, which rather sucks, because she&#39;s in the medical field, and if the skin graft doesn&#39;t hold (and it&#39;s dubious right now) her job may become NO job.


I&#39;d mentioned on Facebook that I have eight </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/04/sometimes-we-need-friendbe-that-friend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2nZNNTAXIAg/WPBq4vF9R_I/AAAAAAAALgM/oqhYu2iZVBwuxLRgoHJZv6Hk8BILNyE-gCLcB/s72-c/35d62595a7c1bf1f0397fe3d2a3ef040.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-4526305217954976143</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-07-14T21:38:24.876-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">why woodpeckers peck</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zack</category><title>A Story from Zack -- Why Woodpeckers Bang Their Heads on Trees</title><atom:summary type="text">
A while ago, Zack and I got into a conversation about woodpeckers. He brought it up because he thought they were rather fascinating birds. I asked him WHY they were fascinating. Here&#39;s his story that was published in his school newspaper; it&#39;s a little shorter than the original version due to newspaper space. Enjoy!!!!







The woodpecker, also known as Dryocopus pileatus, bang their heads </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/04/a-story-from-zack-why-woodpeckers-bang.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iI_1PThAbKc/WO7F5-Q7ATI/AAAAAAAALdI/LBaU7V5QTtoKw1qbNdXmsp2CxJEhgGMwACLcB/s72-c/why-woodpeckers-peck-trees.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-4835100293541798012</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-08-23T03:12:01.070-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lori anderson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pretty things blog</category><title>Welcome to the Bead Soup Blog Party, Bead Hoarders Edition!</title><atom:summary type="text">





SO! It&#39;s finally time for the Bead Soup Blog Party (BSBP) Bead Hoarder&#39;s Blog Hop!


I first want to thank all participants. It was a bit daunting dusting off something I&#39;ve done for years after many years of making nothing at all but a good-sized dent in the bed, and it was equally daunting to even MAKE jewelry when I hadn&#39;t touched my tools for a long, long, long time. Everyone I&#39;ve come </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/03/welcome-to-bead-soup-blog-party-bead.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EMDsChB06U8/WNXUbpfsnEI/AAAAAAAALYc/CL_aAiS90DsxSgnNN0uULFugm6s-0NpKwCLcB/s72-c/Today%2Bis%2BYour%2BDay.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>84</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-1377123624360747181</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-03-19T16:45:32.438-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">audrey belanger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">donna millard</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gaea beads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jelveh Jafarian</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">keysha koy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">loralee kolton</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">moriah betterly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">round rabbit</category><title>Bead Soup -- What I Received From My Two Partners</title><atom:summary type="text">The Bead Soup Blog Party, Bead Hoarders Edition, will come to its blog-hopping party date this coming Saturday the 25th. Be sure to come back here on Saturday for my reveal and the list of links of participants!


The goal of this bead swap was to trade with a partner you don&#39;t know, giving them a bead or beads you have hoarded, treasured, and loved, sending them out to be worked up into a piece </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/03/bead-soup-what-i-received-from-my-two.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S5MHsQJi7to/WM7rsgKMSnI/AAAAAAAALUo/cdOozExvZ7oCZIoiztqqrd2NzSOrzQOmwCLcB/s72-c/Audrey%2B1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-929073888023902451</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-03-19T14:06:43.952-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">color chart for colored pencils</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lori anderson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pretty things blog</category><title>Book Giveaway!</title><atom:summary type="text">
It&#39;s been awhile since I&#39;ve done a giveaway! This should appeal to those who color!



I purchased this book, &quot;Color Charts: 50 Color Charts to record your color collection of pencils, paints, and pastels all in one place.



Just click




https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/c34202c9eba1baa7



NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of Mar 25, 2017 11:59 PM PDT. See Official Rules http://amzn.to/</atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/03/book-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-4464851072867347644</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2017 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-03-05T10:04:57.049-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cancer sucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fear and how to deal with it</category><title>Fear and how to deal with it</title><atom:summary type="text">



(source unknown)








In the past month, I&#39;ve learned that two of my friends with aggressive cancer are not getting better (in part because insurance has decided they no longer want to pay for the chemo the DOCTOR has prescribed. As if an insurance person would have the slightest IDEA having never met either person.) 





Then I learned that not one, not two, but three people developed </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/03/fear-and-how-to-deal-with-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J7CSfJhEJMk/WLo-8kobajI/AAAAAAAALS4/R-7jUagiPLIIlI1F-jX-f1_r0Y2esS51gCLcB/s72-c/123_GRA0916.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-5616391807726407079</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-14T20:37:47.587-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">how to pick up spilled beads</category><title>Falling down the stairs with 90 beads in my hand</title><atom:summary type="text">Today was the day ALLLLLLL the beads were supposed to be sent out to the partners in the Bead Soup Blog Party, Bead Hoarders edition. Including me, the hostess. But as I&#39;ve learned in many, many a blog hop, it&#39;s kind of like the shoemaker whose kids have no shoes... I&#39;m always the last one to get things done properly.

I was heading out the back door to the yard because we haven&#39;t seen sun in I </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/02/falling-down-stairs-with-90-beads-in-my.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-De-07EWdU6k/WKOtnaI8RNI/AAAAAAAALSI/EnAfAjoMyVMyAMqflGCnmWYpebjVLVkXwCLcB/s72-c/spilled%2Bbeads.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-5560914305782555015</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 01:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-16T09:40:09.257-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead hoarding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lori anderson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pretty things blog</category><title>BSBP -- What to send, what not to send</title><atom:summary type="text">I&#39;ve gotten many messages about this subject -- what to send, how many, how much should they cost -- that I realized my past posts may not been clear enough, and I know all of you are asking because you want to do your partner right. Thank you!


So here you go, as basic as I can make it (but still feel free to message me on Facebook or email me).




hoarded beads from Barbara Bechtel of Second </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/02/bsbp-what-to-send-what-not-to-send.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aTUV_uD74zk/WJkWSBG38cI/AAAAAAAALP8/n4Pe6b6aEe0mOUqi8M42XdFcDPbO-owDgCLcB/s72-c/IMG_2182.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-1671151351942034078</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 05:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-04T00:21:11.562-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead hoarders</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beads on pinterest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry on pinterest</category><title>For Pinterest Posters</title><atom:summary type="text">

IMPORTANT INFO!





If you are going to post via Pinterest, please create a new Board (click the + sign when you are on your Pinterest page) and name it something like Bead Soup Blog Party Bead Hoarder or BSBP Bead Hoarder -- something that will be easily recognizable. Then please send that link to  me!



Then click that board and enter the badge for the party:







Enter comments in the </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/02/for-pinterest-posters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mQLtoyhU4NA/WJVh7-sVmwI/AAAAAAAALPc/ICFREIITDzM_8yEnn4MPMgrEOJq8tykUgCLcB/s72-c/bsbp%2Bcollage%2Bbadge.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-1344110791208299833</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-12T12:10:16.839-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry design challenges</category><title>The Participants of the BSBP Bead Hoarders Edition</title><atom:summary type="text">These are the lovely participants of the Bead Soup Blog Party :: Bead Hoarders Edition!


I have some cleaning up on URL&#39;s to do before I can add their links, but those will be posted as soon as possible. Also, if you signed up but do not see your name here, please message me on Facebook or email me  (use CTRL-F to open a dialogue box to type in your name and it will take you to it if you are on </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/02/the-participants-of-bsbp-bead-hoarders.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_YvUjo69pos/WJKWIigdGzI/AAAAAAAALO4/F3ZOJ_x_JDctoZHr4PmOQmmqV9ptZCxPgCLcB/s72-c/Blogicon%2B%25282%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>15</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-7280653160387351492</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-31T17:01:06.192-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">how to put on a blog hop</category><title>Twas the Day Before...</title><atom:summary type="text">
(You know -- I have a secret to admit. I have gone back and forth and back and forth whether it&#39;s HOARDERS or HOARDER&#39;S. And spell check and even grammar check aren&#39;t helping (I think grammar check doesn&#39;t even understand what a hoarder IS. So please forgive my spelling. Thanks.)


When I first started the Bead Soup Blog Party  in 2010 (link to all the parties here) it was thanks to an idea I </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/twas-day-before.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-muzBjyJ6dmo/WJDv8VS4bxI/AAAAAAAALOQ/sXiuc55aUYYjOWSbb3NJfFJd161mpB3DACLcB/s72-c/_bead%2Bsoup%2Bbook.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-5194496609229450972</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-29T00:20:55.605-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lori anderson</category><title>Bead Soup Blog Party Sign Ups!</title><atom:summary type="text">I got finished early and I thought I&#39;d go ahead and post the form (and if there is a problem, be able to figure it out before midnight, as I&#39;m a bit rusty on making forms!).


Click here and you can fill in your information for the Bead Soup Blog Party Bead Hoarders Edition! You will be able to edit your response if you leave something out or need to make an adjustment. Please edit your original </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/bead-soup-blog-party-sign-ups.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qsZT_6o3894/WIvjj_76z-I/AAAAAAAALNw/RM5S5UKcH2cb9YJ039WNeInNpuuZCgcqwCLcB/s72-c/Roselicious.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-4832027861981467810</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-04T00:20:22.216-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beads on pinterest</category><title>Bead Soup Blog Party -- A Solution for Non-Bloggers</title><atom:summary type="text">








I originally created the Bead Soup Blog Party not just as a way for two people to meet each other online, trade beads, and create things with them to show off on their blog, but as a way to hopefully get people to use their blog MORE. I wanted to encourage sharing thoughts, creations, and lots of pictures, and I believed (and still do) that the more you write, the more people you will </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/bead-soup-blog-party-solution-for-non.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8JyS2uiC7LI/WIqLMfQycOI/AAAAAAAALNU/bPnSv05sIwc4Q3fRIJq9b4dtKrYCFfKVQCLcB/s72-c/pinterest%2Bbutton.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-7350374648126122847</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-25T18:29:15.290-05:00</atom:updated><title>Badge for Bead Soup Blog Party, Bead Hoarders Edition</title><atom:summary type="text">I have to tell you, I am no good at badges. I need to take a course or something. If anyone has a good source for me to learn how to make badges better, please let me know!

Here you go:






Save the picture to your computer, and then insert it onto your blog or, if you&#39;ll be using Pinterest, create a new Board called Bead Soup Blog Party, Bead Hoarders Edition (or whatever will work for you).</atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/badge-for-bead-soup-blog-party-bead.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fNOBbSqrJKI/WIku5W7nYMI/AAAAAAAALMs/PSjUxuzMWKUAdLBxxCcqRQ6Y4nQZ7scHwCLcB/s72-c/bsbp%2Bcollage%2Bbadge.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-8756116269974042324</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-03T09:59:46.375-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead hoarders</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bsbp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry design</category><title>Instructions for the Bead Soup Blog Party :: Bead Hoarder Edition (warning - long but important)</title><atom:summary type="text">





Hello Bead Soup folks!

This quotation, found at Picmonkey, says a lot about how I&#39;ve been feeling about this resurrection of the Bead Soup Blog Party. I firmly believe that no matter what kind of bead is handed to me, I can find a way to mix it with my own beads and make something beautiful.














The reason I chose this BSBP to be a Bead Hoarders edition is because 2016 was made </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/instructions-for-bead-soup-blog-party.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPu3o6hqYp4/WIVYceWXbKI/AAAAAAAALJo/2wkARgxFU9w_wcaj2VIbmOsUn0IF7XKbQCEw/s72-c/georgia%2Bokeefe.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>21</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-4025839004338617792</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2017 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-08T17:56:21.580-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bsbp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lori anderson</category><title>Very quick post -- more tomorrow</title><atom:summary type="text">I woke up today to start telling you more about the new Bead Soup Blog Party when my son and I discovered that NONE of his application to high school had saved. NONE. No essays, no questionnaires -- nada. And that took hours and hours and hours and HOURS. I am going to call it a day and after a two hour school delay for snow, a two hour total drive to get the application to the school, I am </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/very-quick-post-more-tomorrow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qavnuzO0sNY/WHLCv03y1yI/AAAAAAAALIs/Og4kKkdV1ZAFCANmVy7elGRryw8FTxElwCEw/s72-c/Blue-Gin-Blossom-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-7273611538985154364</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2017 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-07T23:32:27.504-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead hoarders</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bead soup blog party bead hoarders edition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog hops</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry design challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lori anderson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">new bead soup blog party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">special beads</category><title>Announcement of the Bead Soup Blog Party -- Bead Hoarders Edition</title><atom:summary type="text">










FINALLY!





It&#39;s been a long time, hasn&#39;t it? I had to give up holding these massive parties because of my health, and after eight shows, culminating in over 500 people, I had to take a break and concentrate on getting well. This is my baby. I started it in 2010, and look what it became!





#1  February 2010

#2  June 2010 


#3  February 2011
#4  September 2011
#5  March 2012  


</atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/announcement-of-bead-soup-blog-party.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fYKu_CN5L1Y/WHGeLSvp0MI/AAAAAAAALH4/o_OEK6ikcmM-6sVCeyKWeDYuaHI_9qfhwCLcB/s72-c/BSBPPoster2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>17</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11858037.post-5868281646167694540</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2016 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-03T10:06:40.715-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">2016 book goal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book hangover</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book reading goals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">goodreads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">how many books do you read in a year</category><title>Book Hangover</title><atom:summary type="text">





www.gdfalksen.com






Did you know I am an avid, voracious reader? I am, indeedy do, I am. I normally read between 75 and 100 books a year, and some of f those books could break a toe if you dropped it.



This year, however, I&#39;ve only read 53 books, and that made me so sad. I haven&#39;t been able to concentrate as much but then I thought, wait. I should be happy! This means I&#39;ve also been </atom:summary><link>http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2016/12/book-hangover.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lori Anderson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Za1OXyl8kw/WGSVWB7FTyI/AAAAAAAALHE/i3BH7ZkkH6gvNE6qa-EKeeJipAinREKCQCLcB/s72-c/984170_10152718440992868_1408681965253919895_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>