Metal door and Magnetic Curtain Rods

 

 

I have a metal door in my kitchen with a giant window to the street.  It's beautiful but we can't have it open to the public 24 hours a day so my Mom made these fabulous curtains and we went straight out and bought a couple of rods to hang them.  Well, it didn't work out very well because, stupid me, the door was metal and there was no way a screw was getting through that door.  So, after searching (Mom is like a dog with a bone) magnetic curtain rods were found.  Mom had them set up before I even got home.  It was a great surprise!  Plus they are awesome.  Even better than if I had installed curtain rods with screws, I can move them up and down the door or just remove them whenever I want without needing to uninstalling anything.  Once again, Awesome!

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Hope to see you all again soon.

Logo for Kalydoscopedolls

  If you aren't on Instagram, than this might be new to you, but I am following a few crafters and artists on it and sometimes there are trades and contests going.  Well, kaleydoscopedolls has a contest going for a new Instagram logo.  I decided it would be fun to enter.  I realize I should probably be properly compensated but, frankly I am not making much from my art right now and might as well have a little fun.  So, I have decided to enter.  But, I am giving a few choice variations.  Let me know what you all think.

 

 

The ones with the lines below would be for her business name.  (the business name is intended to change soon, so I intentionally left it blank)

  Thanks so much for visiting. 

I missed you all!  Don't forget me, I won't be gone forever!

90's Piercing Dilemma

  Stuck in a 90's piercing funk?  Ever since Camryn Manheim won the Emmy in '98 I wanted earrings up my ears. Well, I got 'em.  Once a year for the next 7 years I added to the one piercing I already had to each ear.  I finally had piercings up each ear but, I couldn't sleep!  Each earring hole needs an earring stud.  Duh!  But, I didn't realize how sensitive my skin was until I tried putting a set of cheap earrings in my ears and ending the day with red swelling ears.  Having more than one piercing means if one piercing gets irritated others will follow.  To say the least I needed another plan!  One idea was just to put the 90's behind me and stick with two piercings, simple, classic and professional.... No!  I couldn't do it.  I worked to hard for these ears and I loved them!
  One day while taking a day trip to Carmel I walked into a little gift shop and found 5" ear string.  It was a miricle cure for what ailed me.  The design is like a needle and thread, one end has a stiff needle like piece of metal and the other end has a stud.  You can thread it through any way you wanted and it came with a few decorative beads.  I think it was intentionally made for those who had one piercing in there cartilidge so they could decoratively connect it to the lobe piercing.  I used it a little differently.  Since I have a few more piercings then I did when I originally bought ear string I have upgraded to a 6" thread and ear string has since deflated I have to buy the thread from www.artbeads.com.  But, it's an amazing price and I think it looks pretty chic.  I ditched the beads years ago.
Without further ado, here you go!

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Craft deprived

I am craft deprived people!  I haven't done any arts and crafts in a span of about two months.  I've just been settling down, moving in, and working a lot.  Well that all should come to an end soon! I can't wait.  What should I work on first, any ideas?