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The Bewitching Beauty of Jasper
Next to turquoise and agates, jaspers are a favorite gemstone of mine with which to design jewelry. Why, you might ask? I can explain in three words: color and pattern. Jaspers, like agates, come...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 4
Last week, I wrote a quick history of ancient Mother's Day celebrations and how Mother's Day came to be in the United States. Mother's Day is not just a U.S. holiday, however - most countries around...
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Fabulous Friday Finds on ArtFire - Great Blue Dome
My husband, Seamus (our sweet Moose of a dog) and I are fortunate to live in the Desert Southwest, a part of the country where the sky is immense and blue most of the time. In fact, a cloudy day is...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 5
Last week I had a great time sharing a few Mother's Day traditions from other countries with you. This week, I thought I'd continue with them, because, boy, are there a lot to choose from! And,...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 6
I am sorry this Countdown to Mother's Day 2014 post is late - always like to post it on Tuesday. But my husband and I celebrated our 30th anniversary in the lovely city of Tucson (blogs will be...
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Cactus in Bloom - Tucson
Recently, my husband and I spent a long weekend in Tucson. It was the perfect time to go because the temperature was moderate and most of the cactus were still in bloom. Tucson is located in the...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 7
After taking a break last week, I am continuing with sharing several Mother's Day traditions from other countries in this week's post. It's quite interesting (at least to me - inquiring minds!) to...
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Full Blood Moon Eclipse
The cosmos has always intrigued me ever since I was a young kid and my Grandfather started teaching me to identify various constellations and basic astronomy. I truly feel that all of us have an...
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Gray Fox Sighting - I LOVE Where I Live!
For those that don't know too much about far West Texas (or "Last Texas" as we fondly call El Paso), the wind blows a LOT in the spring. Since I take my jewelry photos outside, taking pics of hanging...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 8
The Countdown to Mother's Day 2014 is quickly running down. Wow, the weeks seem to fly by these days! Another Countdown has come and gone - and what beauties shared. But before sharing my picks of...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 9
Well, here it is week 9, the last week, of the Countdown to Mother's Day 2014. It's hard to believe that these nine weeks have flown by so quickly! Each and every one of us needs to give a hearty...
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First Found Earrings
The beautiful handmade jewelry shown below were the most newly listed earrings in a collection I curated on May 7, 2014: FIRST FOUND EARRINGS. Such a wide variety of earrings in such a wide variety...
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Art in the Park - Sharing My Display
Two weekends ago, on September 17 and 18, 2014, I had the pleasure of participating in a great arts festival here in El Paso, called Art in the Park. It takes place twice a year, once in the fall and...
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Sparklies!
I think there is a bit of raven or magpie in each of us . . . drawn to sparkly items . . . wanting to wear them or stash them away. It is with that in mind that I decided to curate a new "Sparklies!"...
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Celestial
As anyone who halfway knows me well, they know I am a sucker for anything celestial: the stars, the moon, planets, the sun, Hubble deep space photographs . . . and the list goes on. Sometimes I feel...
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Vibrant Orange and Turquoise Blue - Fabulous Friday Finds
Vibrant orange and turquoise blue is such a wonderful color combination - one color to heat you up and one color to cool you down. I was thinking about this while watching an exquisite Southwest...
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Christmas in July - Week 1
It's not too early to start your Christmas shopping . . . or at least thinking about it! As Julie and Blu, of BlueMorningExpressions, point out on their The Blu Print blog, there are only 169 days...
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Christmas in July - Week 2
According to the Christmas Clock (http://www.xmasclock.com) there are only 163 days, 8 hours and 7 minutes (when I posted this) until Christmas is upon us! Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions...
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Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 4
Last week, I wrote a quick history of ancient Mother's Day celebrations and how Mother's Day came to be in the United States. Mother's Day is not just a U.S. holiday, however - most countries around...
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Christmas in July - Week 3
Week 3 of the Christmas in July Weekend Showcase flew quickly by with many wonderful handmade and vintage items shared. The Showcase is generously hosted by Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions,...
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