keepin' warm

with the temperatures below zero this weekend

it was easy to stay indoors and keep warm

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above the start of a small afghan

i had 7 balls of leftover yarn from last year

its a simple "shell" design and really easy

now i need to find more of the same

to finish it

i wish i could be my cat

"beanie"

for a day

she just rolls on the floor

catching the sunny spot

all day long!!!!

one of a kind show

first stop at the show, as always

carmi's booth to say hi

and purchase a few christmas cards

my favorite at the show

toronto artist joanna sipos

i purchased this wonderful belt made of wire and metal

dan bi-- jianzhi artist

from markham 647.588.4168

this tiger caught my eye

i can't image how much patience it would take

to cut out this intricate design out of such thin paper

(i was born in the year of the tiger)

paper collage artist mary karavos (left)

beautiful collages with handmade paper

and sue mcnenly (right)

cute precious metal necklaces

i just had to laugh at this card and buy one for fun

it came with a set of vodoo pins and

the black background is foam
creepy christine

birch poetry by

stalina roubinova

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sunday i will be back to work carmi's booth and

see the second half of the show

sight unseen

last week as i was channel surfing i found this documentary on hbo called

dark light:the art of blind photographers

i was so amazed i had to watch it 3 times

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it started with curator douglas mcculloh

who spent 10 years searching for these photographers

from around the world and in 2009 exhibited their work

at the california museum of photoraphy
the documentary -a noel leifer film

features three of these artists

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pete eckert

video and website

henry bulter

website

and bruce hall

website

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set your pvr's for tomorrow at 5:30am

or dec. 24th at 9:05am
dec. 25th at 3:50 am

dec. 31st at 12:30 pm

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above photo by peter eckert, henry butler and bruce hill

jewelry fun

yesterday my friend karen came over

to teach a group of us girls

how to make this beautiful necklace

( yes leslie, it does look like a sausage!)

it was a fun day!!!

after everyone left i decided to make a second one

a little bit better

i went to bed dreaming of new creations

so........ this morning i decided to head downtown

and get some supplies!

i stopped by lacy to some 24 gauge wire

(they have moved a few doors away at 69 queen st e.)

i got the last 5 rolls of wire

sorry girls, they will have more next week!!

then off to arton for some beads, chain and more wire

(yes leslie, i needed more beads!)

so.............. with all my new supplies

i got to work making another one

( i may need an intervention)

a project for mary

last weekend at the cottage

my friend mary painted these cute birds

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i thought they would make wonderful cards

so once i photographed them

i played a bit in ps........

i used one of my photos from that weekend

applied the charcoal filter in black then in red

the same with this heart rock i found on the beach
i also added some text, stitching
and used the pencil tool to highlite the heart
and came up with this.............

digital magic

if you missed it the first time

now is your chance to take

marie otero's

digital magic

online class

i was able to take her class this summer

and got more than my moneys worth

marie is an excellent teacher

and her class projects and videos

where easy to follow and filled with

lots of tips and tricks for ps users

class starts december 15

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visit our flickr group here to see our work

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and if your interested in something new

marie is also starting in the new year

digital journal magic

register here for both classes

whodunit??

if you get the chance this weekend

you might not want to check out the

whodunit?

show at ocad

there are over 1500 works of art

in all types of medium

all for sale for $75

with proceeds going to the school

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(above, my friend ludgera and her taking a photo of one of my pieces)