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Apr 16, 2011

My Blue Gene Bracelet was a joy to create.  It is a gift to the Global Genes Project and their 7000 bracelets campaign to raise awareness and show my support for kids living with rare disease, disorders or conditions. This bracelet, along with 6999 others, will be…

Apr 15, 2011

This week's BlogFire Guild's theme is "Who in your family inspires you?" When no one popped into my mind I decided to go browse my shop to see who I could find.  Immediately I saw the influence of my childhood joy of playing with my Mom's and Grandmother's button jars.

Apr 12, 2011

Our second stop in Italy on this cruise was the port of Sorrento.  We hopped on a hydrofoil and decided to take a day trip to Capri since none of us had been there.  This was another stop I had really been looking forward to, because I'd fallen in love with the images in the film The…

Apr 11, 2011

My earliest memories of going to the library were with my Mom.  She loved to read and my brothers and I did as well.  We'd go every other week to this beautiful library in the "city" with a large atrium and floors of books going in circles all the way up to a glass dome.  No one needed to tell us to hush, just the dramatic architecture and wood bookcases with brass railings gave you a feeling of awe.  Then and now I love the smell of a library.I'd get as many Nancy Drew…