Work at Home

watercolour over acrylic over black gesso on muslin “try to keep yourself ignorant about colour try to keep it intuitive try not to learn what warm and cool mean, what the primary colours are try to let your colours be as spontaneous as possible” “How do you know what colour to choose? The same way to choose what to wear. Your palette is like your closet.” Both pieces of advice, Barbara Nechis

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how do you know?

Mr. McGregor’s Daughter has organized a house plant census so I have dutifully counted up my indoor plants, including various hyacinth and narcissus bulbs. Included in my collection of house plants are some treasured plants that I have had for 23 plus years

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House Plant Census at May Dreams Gardens

Altered Candy Boxes Materials: Mod Podge matte Folkart paint 413 pink Folkart Extreme Glitter hologram Clear heart shaped favor box Foam paintbrush Scissors Hot glue Decorative paper Wood heart Ribbon or trim Silk or paper flower Rhinestone materials Steps: 1. Trace the lid of the candy box onto decorative paper. 2.

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Make it: Valentine Altered Candy Boxes

Recently, I started a new project. I usually write down the floss color numbers I am using for projects if they are different from the ones suggested by the pattern or if I am substituting colors.

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Cross Stitch Safety: Protecting Pets and Projects

Chocolate, oysters, grapes, chilies, coffee and basil….what do they have in common?  Throughout history, each of them has been considered to be an aphrodisiac.  Royalty and common folk alike have sought to captivate the persons of their desire through feeding them aphrodisiacs, or consuming aphrodisiacs in order to appease those they loved.

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Aphrodisiacs – Love at First Bite?

This month features two cooking classes with Valentine’s Day themes. The first is a Valentine’s Day Dinner with Rita Conray-Martin on Sunday, February 7. Rita is the owner of The Sage Dish and passionately supports the use of local and organic ingredients.

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February Events at Hollander’s

Online Video Lessons, learn to play the violin If you would like to play the violin then visit http://ViolinLessons.SecretBest.com now! This is by far the best site for anybody interested in learning to play the violin Get step-by-step video instructions on how to play the violin. You will be taught by the greatest violin players of all time! You can learn from the comfort of your own home. Your violin teacher is a violinist from the Manhattan String Quartet

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Violin Lessons for beginners #2

This year, I am attempting to bulk up my Cross Stitch ornament collection. I have stitched hundreds of ornaments over the years, but most of them were given as gifts and only a few ended up on my tree. So, toward this effort, I used some of Sue Chastain’s Graphic Software motifs to create some abstract little designs to stitch and add to my tree.

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February Ornament of the Month

This weekend I stayed home, I stayed inside, I stayed off of the treadmill, and I stitched! I managed to finish page 5 and started page 6!Here are this weekend’s photos… taken without leaving the house (yay!)Saturday January 30 – Hunter and Cuddles trying to lick leftover tuna out of a container. Quite funny since the container isn’t big enough for both of them to eat out of it!Sunday January

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Tour, Tour Everywhere!

Hi, Our class is over but at least I convinced a Snowman to register for the next one. I learned a lot and I think I’m ready to try Bobby’s techniques on my own paintings. And I want to thank you Rik for being so supportive and fun.

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…and the last one is here…