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A quick visit to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
I love the MIA, its collection, its proximity to me, and the fact that it’s free — which means I can visit briefly if I don’t have a full half day to enjoy it. I recently went to their Art in Bloom (post here), but it was too busy at that time to see these…
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Quilt project assembled
I received today an email with a picture of Dawn with her quilt, for which I had made a bead embroidered clownfish. We all started with photo transfers, and embellished them as we wished. Looks great!
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Tell me about my purse…
I needed to kill some time while away from home about a week ago, and wandered into an antique mall. I found this purse, damaged and worn, but beautiful. Look, they’re true-cuts (bigger than charlottes): And the back. Does this strap slip over your hand? I have very small hands, and my four fingers just…
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Ignoring the hole on a perfectly good bead
In my feed reader, I found this post, from Lumina in Budapest, and wanted to play with the idea. I used a bezel that was inspired by some French bezels (sorry, I no longer have the link), which I also used in my rings. I did use the hole to help anchor the band of…
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Pearl Carpet of Baroda sold
Sotheby’s reports that it sold for $5,458,500 U.S.! I wonder if it will end up in a museum, or in a private collection?