May 7th, 2008
The Three Doors Down project on the Lifestyles Channel is under way! I am really enjoying this! (click on the link for an explanation)
My first ‘neighbour’, three doors down on the list of fellow Lifestyles bloggers at b5 is Cyndi at Jewelry & Beading.
Cyndi does a great job of finding really useful info […]
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January 17th, 2008
Melody MacDuffee is a fiber artist extraordinaire. Not only did she develop the most delicious process of overlay crochet and then go on to teach fabulous workshops on it, she also has started an awesome project to help women in Ghana. She’s working with them in a wonderfully ‘green’ project that uses recycled glass to […]
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November 11th, 2007
My friend, Cookie, asked me to show her how I make my bead and button dolls.
Gather up and lay out the findings, beads, buttons and charms for your doll.
Cut a piece of wire that is at least 6 times as long as the doll’s height.
Fold it in half, take it through the finding. Take both […]
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October 20th, 2007
The Arts and Design Channel of the b5 blog network has a monthly showcase. This month, I’m hosting it, and I’ve opened it up to other bloggers as well as b5 bloggers… welcome to the Carnival!
I am going to start off with my own Halloween and Day of the Dead postings - *G*
A few months […]
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August 29th, 2007
Chloe made her necklace for her wedding….. here’s a pic of it:
Chloe’s necklace
It’s beautiful. She’s beautiful. The wedding was beautiful.
Grinning from ear to ear here….
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com
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June 12th, 2007
I have 3 designs in the new Leisure Arts booklet: Retro Home Decor: 10 groovy designs.
On the front cover is my beaded curtain:
my pink and purple flower pillow is on the back of the leaflet……
and a crocheted pile rug is on the inside.
The images are copyright Leisure Arts. You can order it from them. […]
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March 27th, 2007
A few days ago, I cut out and painted the wooden covers for this book:
The wild dancing alligator is a year or so old. I bought a key chain at the second hand store, that was all purple plastic beads. I took it apart, painted the head, hands, legs and tail, and gave the plastic […]
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March 17th, 2007
This month, the arts and crafts channel of b5 is having an artist’s showcase with the theme of
and William of Artist Hideout is hosting it!
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enjoy the showcase!
blessings
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com
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February 7th, 2007
Welcome to this month’s b5 artist’s showcase!
We usually have an artist’s showcase around the middle of the month, but the b5 arts/crafts bloggers decided to have it early this month.
That way, people can use our ideas to make great Valentine’s day presents.
Since I am hosting it this month, I am going to start off […]
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December 23rd, 2006
Christmas is just not Christmas for me, unless I make at least one doll - and preferably more than one! :)
Tammy posted about some cellphone charm dolls that she had made and it made me go - DING!
Many moons ago, I designed a beaded doll to embellish a crocheted freeform bag. It’s […]
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