Category: Crafts
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What I’ve been doing the past few years
I uploaded some art pictures I’ve done in the last few years. The black and white are pencil and charcoal, the colored ones are soft pastel paintings. I have been teaching myself to oil paint but it is very hard to learn without a teacher. My free time is limited as I am watching my…
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Scanning Photos
I want to add a bit about my scanning of the photo. I used my older but better Epson 2450 scanner to scan a few image sizes of Grandpa’s picture. I had to use it in Windows XP though because Epson has no support for any 64 bit system. I found out that to use…
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Grandpa’s WW1 Picture New Size
Dear Sisters I found that an 18 x 24 frame with a mat opening of 13.5 wide and 19.5 height would work with a larger image I can print on 17 x 22 paper. At least I can buy precut mats for an 18 x 24 inch frame with those dimensions. Whether those sized frames…
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Grandpa’s WW1 Picture
Dear Sisters, I have had a trial learning how to do matting for pictures. This is the reason for not sending the picture to you all. Finally I’ve had a breakthrough and I think I can do a half decent job. So far I have spent money buying pre-cut mats for $6.00 each. The pre-cut…
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Wonderland Book
I have a Set on my Flickr account where you can look at all the pages in my new book project, as they are right now (before further embellishment) Wonderland Book or see it via Flickriver Wonderland Book on Flickriver See my Photo Stream See my Photo Stream via FlickRiver (really nice way to view…
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Ocean Waves Necklace
Click to see a larger size. I created this necklace for Becky a couple of years ago. It took about 6 months to figure out how to make it. I did plan this to be a multi layered necklace with rows of waves but Becky only wanted a single row with a frontal section. Ocean Waves…
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Victorian Beaded Purses from 1901
I am selling a Home Needlework Magazine that has 20 crochet beaded purse patterns and 2 color plates showing many of them. I thought you all would like to see the pictures. Click to see a larger one. The top picture has 2 purses that have gold (brass) angels in the center. Just a…
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popcorn strand
christmas tree crocheted popcorn and berries