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hello beautiful part 2

In case you don’t know who you are: YOU

use your indicators for every single turn, and checked organ donor on your license.

went back to school, even though you are long past your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s…

happily give up your seat to anyone needing more than you.

tip at least 20% to food service people. (They work hard).

believe in serendipity, or the magic of the universe, or in miracles, or in love and the possibilities of charity.

have given change to the person in line ahead of you (even if it was to make the line progress faster).

choose neither paper nor plastic, and plant trees.

give old linens to local shelters, spay and neuter your pets, never leave them in cars in the summer, or outside in the winter.

have handed your delicious left-overs to a person that needs a decent meal.

Hello Beautiful, now you know who you are.

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I have given into the cure, Tylenol PM. This is not an endorsement. Seek professional advice for your own situation. peace, michele

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Our Grande Dame matriarch, grandmámá, is treating the females of our local family to tasty goodness tonight: a multi-course Sam Adams Beer Dinner. Five courses of seasonal and exalted brews perfectly paired with food. Ooh, are you jealous? I’m sorry you cannot join us. That would be fun.

To prepare for the over stuffing, I’ve eaten nothing but green beans for lunch. Okay, I did eat a lot of pizza for breakfast/brunch, but that’s nitpicking.

Yes, I have a coffee mug button on the collage instead of a pilsner, but there will be eating, and merriment, and perhaps a cup of coffee when my belly and I get home. If you are in the Denver, Colorado area, the Aurora Summit also has wine dinners. love (and hops) michele

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Imagine romance, or solitude, peace of mind, angel food cake? Cleansing the palate of over stimulation?

I realized I must be, when I was drawn to this collage card recently. Because it is monochromatic, or the soft wisps of fiber containing the creamy hearts, so they don’t fly away? I don’t know, but it makes me wonder if it is time to paint over the red bedroom walls to a soothing taupe.

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They have scampered out of the kiln, stacked themselves neatly and are awaiting to be glazed. You lovely cat people out there, the finished ceramic cat buttons are coming in a couple of days, waiting to be used in all of your creative endeavors. Thank you for your patience. michele

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Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors are hosting an incredible ATC (artist trading cards) trade event. If you plan on attending the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, CA, I strongly encourage you to create some Artistic Trading Cards with an entertainment theme. For every card you bring in, you will take the same number home. How exciting - imagine bringing 30 cards and leaving with 30 individual little works of art. Check out their link here for more info

Our contributions above are based on a love for music. We’ve added small light weight heart buttons. They are pretty cute, if you don’t mind me saying.

If you play along, stop by our booth and show off. Booth #1656, on a corner of the Make It University quadrant. Hoping to you.

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When there is great texture on these buttons, it means there are deep cuts into the top of the clay. It looks pretty, but if the button’s depth is too shallow, it means there are stress points that can snap it in half. I’m a wee bit clumsy; I break things.

Bubba wasn’t kidding: I tried to break myself in half. Maybe I have the luck God gave babies and drunks: I’m still whole, and still have to drive to California. I can bump into a soft plastic clothes hamper and show bruises in minutes. I threw my entire weight into a death drop, caught only by 2 x 4 posts on two of the fragilest points of my body, and nary a bruise - 12 hours later. Still driving to California…

There will be great shopping on the way. Vegas has great rubber stamp stores, ceramic supplies, gelato, and my favorite art gallery at the Bellagio. Fabulous destinations await your perusal at MAPMUSE. It is very cool and user friendly; I’ve even found all the gourmet cupcake shops along the route.

I will learn to be afraid of heights someday, thank you for being concerned in mean time. A sore, but grateful, michele

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Newly made puppy buttons, getting their first firing at about 1987 degrees Fahrenheit. They will take 8.5 hours to fire, and one full day after that to cool down. Then they will be glazed in white and black glazes, and be shiny and beautiful, awaiting exciting applications on joyful creations.

In the same kiln load are red clay buttons. Textured hearts and apples shown on the right. Red clay is rare for me;it is gorgeous but brittle and delicate, dries so quickly it warps easily. But they are so pretty.

The plan is to get them glazed in time to get some sets in the on-line store, and to take many with us to Long Beach IQF.

Click on images to see a larger photo. They will look much different when they have been glazed and fired again. I’ll attempt to do side by side comparisons to post in a couple days.

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