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Hello, I have been doing this blog for almost a year now and I have come to my last post for a while. For those of you who were curious of what I was doing with projects, I hope this gave you some insight. For those of you who were "followers", left me comments and feedback, thank you very much, I appreciate all the words given to me. For those just into some arts, crafts, and cooking, I hope

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I love notebooks and always have a few with things in them. How many journals you have going on at a time and what for? ...for to do/grocery lists, for quotes, for daily writing (journaling or diary), for bucket lists, for traveling, for food... Cheers to notebooks! Here's some around my place, the top row are handmade or altered. The bottom row are new and awaiting the written word. "And by the

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Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art (but also music, sound art, poetry, etc.) through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art. The term networking is often used to describe Mail Art activities, based on the principles of barter and equal one-to-one collaboration. After a

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This is the last salad in this series, I hope you try some of these. This one is a tart and sweet, refreshing, healthy salad. You could eat this as a dessert alternative if you choose.FRUIT SALAD 2 c pineapple 1 c mandarin oranges 1/2 c dried cranberries 1/2 c sunflower seeds 1/2 plain yogurt chopped parsley -toss all together

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Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day. Titled Washington's Birthday, a federal holiday honoring George Washington was originally implemented by an Act of Congress in 1880 for government offices in the District of Columbia and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices. As the first

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Here's a salad you can make straight from the pantry, of course you can use fresh ingredients rather than canned. This is a great recipe to take the help from the store, and again, easy and hearty. BLACK BEAN SALAD 1 can corn 1 can black beans 1 can roasted tomatoes 3 cloves minced garlic garlic powder fresh chopped cilantro -toss all together -serve as a salad or salsa

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Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman

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Here is a refreshing nice salad that can be a meal, it has rice,fruit, veggies, nuts for protein. You can use any rice you would like for this, brown would be nice, I used arborio, as it is what I had on hand. ORANGE RICE SALAD 3 c cooked rice 6 celery stalks, sliced 6 scallions, sliced 1 can mandarin oranges, drained 1/3 c raisins 1/3 c pecans, chopped -toss with sauce 1 c yogurt 1/4 c fresh

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Lincoln quotes: "You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." "Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." "You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality." "and in the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years."

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Valentines Day is about a week away, to get in the spirit, here are some Valentine themed artist trading cards...

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Happy Superbowl Sunday! Here's a salad to put into a pita, I call it faux chicken because I'm a vegetarian, but you could certainly use real chicken or turkey breast in this.FAUX CHICKEN SALAD4 fake chicken patties (I use the grilling type with breading)6 celery stalks, roughly chopped2 apples (peeled, cored, chopped)1/2 c craisins, chopped4 scallions, choppeddressing:1 c mayonaise1/2 c plain

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This week is a healthy low- fat salad idea. Traditional balsamic vinegar is produced from the juice of just-harvested white grapes (typically, Trebbianomust, which is then fermented with a slow aging process which concentrates the flavours. The flavour intensifies over grapes) boiled down to approximately 30% of the original volume to create a concentrate or the years, with the vinegar being

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It's cold or windy or snowing, hard to want to be outside at this time of year (except for a few choice places). Those of us in the cold climates are already thinking of warmer weather and outdoor things, like walks, picnics, or flowers. Here are a few flowers I made, to create a bright spot in my daily life. All you need for this project is some buttons(I used some modern type buttons), pipe

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Dill originated in Eastern Europe, fresh and dried dill leaves (sometimes called "dill weed" to distinguish it from dill seed) are used as herbs. Successful cultivation requires warm to hot summers with high sunshine levels; even partial shade will reduce the yield substantially. It also prefers rich, well drained soil. If you love the flavor of dill, here is a classic salad that

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Recycling and not throwing things away to put in landfills is one of my goals in life. I have a closet full of arts and craft items as well as interesting vanity case full of "treasures" or "junk". Here is a nature inspired, mixed media collage I created from stuff in the closet...

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Monday, January 17, celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., remembered for his heroic leadership of the civil rights movement. Here are some collages I have done over the years with many of his wonderful words.  from an altered book of collages I made"I Have a Dream Speech" collage some details the MLK, Jr. quotes: "We will remember not words of our enemies, but the

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Wild rice is four species of grasses and the grain is harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and China. The plants grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams, most times, only the flowering head of wild rice rises above the water. The grain is eaten by dabbling ducks and

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One of things I collect are cookbooks, I have so many that I decided I needed some more book markers for them. I always say you can never have too many (cookbooks or book markers!). I fixed these up with paint samples from the home improvement store. Paint samples are are the perfect size and they already have a base background because of the colors. All that you have to do is cover the back and

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At the beginning of the new year a lot of people like to make food resolutions, usually to eat better and lose weight. I already eat pretty well (most of the time) and I'm not into losing weight (although maybe I should), so I thought I'd share a series of salads with you that are filling, without making you feel as if you've over-eaten. You could even call them side-dish salads, to go with your

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Happy New Year! As some of you may know, I am really into snail mail. Letters, postcards, recipes, and photos are the type of things I like to share. In my blog readings this past week, a friend mentioned a 2011 challenge for letters in the mail and of course I was interested. So check out these sights and get some inspiration.  52 weeks, 52 lettersLetter Writing Superhero The challenge is

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I wish you all a very happy, healthy and peaceful new year. May you have many laughs, cool adventures, good food, and great times with the people that you love. May your goals and pursuits happen and all your dreams come true. Hoping you have constant creativity to make daring new innovative things!  Happy New Year!!

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Vrolijk Kerstfeest! Feliz Navidad!Joyeux Noel!   Natale Allegro!God Jul! Christmas Alegre!Maligayang Paskil!Boas Festas! Glaedelig Jul!Hauskaa Joulua!Frohe Weihnachten!Nallaig Chridheil Huibh!  Merry Keshmish!  *************************************** Merry Christmas to you all! Hope your day is filled with much love, surprises, fun, games, food, cheer, movies, sports, giving,

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CHEERS TO WINTER SOLSTICE! The winter solstice occurs exactly when the Earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23°, 26'. It lasts for only an instant but it represents midwinter or the first day of winter. More evident to those in high latitudes, this occurs on the shortest day or the longest night."Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius."--Pietro Aretino

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The modern Christmas tree as we know it dates back to 16th century Germany. The decorations used at that time were various colors of paper roses, apples, wafers and sugar. The tree was first introduced in England in 1841 by the German, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. In the United States, the first trees came from German immigrants in Pennsylvania in 1821, although this is disputed by

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