All the Pretty Things

As usual, every four years or so we celebrate really, really later - it has to do with the moon cycle and the new / old calendar. So here we are, starting the month of May with Easter! This tim...

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I have neglected the blog, not because I have nothing to say, but because I couldn't get together for long enough to say it. Paraphrasing Adele (I love that song *a lot*): Hello! No, I am not...

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Happy New Year! I know it's not that new anymore, but I still write 2015 everywhere, so it's new for me :) This past week, walking to and from the office, I've been thinking I haven't chosen my...

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In a moment of insanity (it looks like I have lots of them lately), when Heather Powers posted on Art Bead Scene there will be an Ornament Blog Hop I said 'yes!'. Then I had that moment of luc...

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We are coming to an end with the CC7A. I would like to thank all my wonderful partners 'in crime' for their support during this year. And to promise everyone I am, indeed, going to post the Augus...

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In coming in to write this post I could not believe I haven't posted in 4 months. Wow. Yes, I am still alive, and I'll write something one day about this summer and fall. Write now I am just grat...

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Hello and welcome to a special blog hop, hosted by lovely Lisa of Pine Ridge Treasures . Back in March she sent us a kit of cultured sea glass and some other elements: I was so enchanted b...

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Welcome to a new installment of our CC7A Odyssey. Speaking of Odyssey, William had a new colleague this year, fresh from Greece. A lovely young man, who's favourite author is... Homer! Can you im...

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Now that the summer vacation has started, we can have fun and experiment :) > 8 Illusions you can do with water >  Posted by Vidivodo  on Saturday, > April 11, 2015

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As you know by now, I am in love with copper, glass, and stones (precious or semi- or simply stones). I found myself working more and more just in these 3 mediums, and while I don't spend too muc...

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Welcome - to a new challenge :) This time it is one of the ATTS (A Time To Stitch) - can't believe Therese  and Christine have arrived at number 7 already. The ATTS 7 is all about bead embroi...

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Since we moved here, in Birdland (as Aldershot is lovingly called) we had the opportunity and humbling honour to watch birds nesting around our house. If it's in the bushes around the house, or u...

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I have been MIA for a while, a long while. I miss writing every now and then, at least, and I definitely miss creating something, anything, on a regular basis. But I do what I can :) We knew th...

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Hello again, and welcome to a new CC7A get-together - the May edition, hosted by Therese of Therese's Treasures. For this month, Therese picked up a very cheerful picture of flowers, springy an...

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Hello again, and welcome to another monthly installment of the CC7A, 2015 edition! In case you missed it last year, it's a small group of very talented artists, from Canada and US, and we me...

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The time to reveal the Swap 'n Hop has arrived! Welcome! For a reminder of what I received and what I sent to my lovely partner, Maire of Thistledown , please check my previous post: Sweep 'n ...

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I just realized I never talked about one of the challenges that comes up soon. A new (to me, at least) group, Bead Peeps is hosting a Swap 'N Hop challenge (very similar to Lori's wonderful BSBP...

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Hello and welcome to my (lately) very sporadic online presence :) Today the lovely Creative Continuum of 7 Artists group is presenting the reveal for April, 'Spring pastels', hosted by yours tr...

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Hello again, and welcome to another monthly installment of the CC7A, 2015 edition! In case you missed it last year, it's a small group of very talented artists, from Canada and US, and we me...

http://www.allprettythings.ca/2015/04/the-creative-continuum-of-7-artists-2015.html

Incredibly enough, 2 months have passed and I all but fallen off the side of the Earth. I haven't, I hope to be able sometimes in April to come back and give you a somewhat detailed account of ...

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While writing my Christmas cards I thought to extend the CC7A for a little while. Luckily for me, the lovely ladies (Christine , Cynthia , Sally , Therese , Monique , and Emma ) all agreed so he...

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Starting the year with an artsy-creative challenge; what could be better? Right before the year ended (last year, that's it - 2014, of course), Heather Powers of Humble Beads posted a little ch...

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A new year has just arrived! Are you excited? hopeful? happy to see it here? New Year's arrival is a special time, a time of renewal, a time of counting your past year's blessings and maybe pla...

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Welcome to the 2014 Holiday Ornament Exchange reveal, hosted by the lovely Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime. The idea behind this event is quite simple: Sally is tasking us with creating an...

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Welcome to a new event: the reveal for the Art Charm Exchange and Charity Auction, hosted by Jen Cameron of Glass Addictions. As you might know from previous posts, once a year Jen is organizin...

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