tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32265096877571952662024-03-13T14:10:25.768-05:00Jennifer DixonJennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-67155553543489426362014-01-31T12:49:00.003-06:002014-01-31T12:51:06.965-06:00New Fabric Cuff Bracelets and Ruffled Pillows<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a peak at my new fabric cuff bracelets and some ruffled pillows I've been making.</span><br />
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<br />Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-44260280193386526782011-01-31T09:42:00.000-06:002011-01-31T09:42:12.925-06:00InspirationLately I've been so inspired to create art and life is so much more fun when it's filled with art. Fabric, fibers, paper, paint, stamps-my studio looks like an art bomb went off inside. When I create I have to have everything where I can see it! Here are some of the pieces I've made lately.<div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made the above piece for an art heart exchange, stay tuned for my next post in which I'll reveal the beautiful heart I got back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-83464417675070254532010-11-30T13:16:00.006-06:002010-12-12T21:05:03.073-06:00Taking Time to Breathe<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Life has been so busy since school started I have not had a chance to get back into my studio. I miss creating in my little studio but I have been getting so much done around my house. I have had a chance to be somewhat creative as I have been hanging drapes, pictures and putting some much needed finishing touches on areas of my home that have been neglected. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I always feel that I can't "play" in my studio until all of my work is finished. I have recently come to realize that if I only allow myself to go into the studio when I have absolutely nothing else to do I will NEVER get in there and that will make for an unhappy girl! I need to take time to breathe once in awhile and create so my heart and soul can be happy! It helps make everything else in life more enjoyable!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I recently visited the Etsy shop of a very talented artist, Lisa Jurist from <a href="http://mudhoundprimitives.blogspot.com/">Mudhound Primitives</a> . Lisa is one of the most inspiring artists I know and I purchased a small mixed media collage from her to hang in my studio, "Life Sat Waiting"-so beautiful! I'm afraid my photography does not do it justice as it is SO much more beautiful in person.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are some of my mixed media collages I made a few months ago. I am hoping to be able to get into my studio and "play" sometime very soon!</span><br />
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</div>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-81240289391458228682010-09-18T10:51:00.003-05:002010-09-18T10:55:53.085-05:00Time to Catch Up<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been three months since I last posted and I am feeling very guilty for neglecting my little blog. Our summer was so busy with sports camps and practices, shuttling kids here and there and going to the lake every weekend. Now that the kids are back in school I finally have more of a routine going again and some free time to play in my studio. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found a little bit of time over the summer to play with paint and collage and am anxious to do some more. Here are a couple of the pieces I did most recently. These are both acrylic on canvas with hand stamped collage bits.</span><br />
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</div>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-30251992350064878002010-06-19T09:52:00.016-05:002010-07-02T01:50:03.578-05:00My New Studio<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Karen from </span></span><a href="http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My Desert Cottage</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> is hosting the second annual "Where Bloggers Create" blog party. A big thank you to Karen for all her hard work and time she put into hosting this fun event! </span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/TBzNkoRKQqI/AAAAAAAAAik/V7dlJsK0Ot0/s1600/IMG_5504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/TBzNkoRKQqI/AAAAAAAAAik/V7dlJsK0Ot0/s400/IMG_5504.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Notice the painted wood plank ceiling. I wanted that cottage/porch look. I also have an exhaust fan in the ceiling so I can burn, solder and use resin/chemicals and not drop dead from the fumes! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my dresser from <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ikea</span>, tons of storage! I keep tissue paper, containers of beads, small tools, pens, pencils, paper, small odds and ends in here. On top I have a cube divider from Target with more storage. vintage containers with paint brushes, ribbon organizers, vintage books, vintage canning jars with holding buttons, brown cloth boxes hold fabric, crinkle ribbon and silk ribbon, magazines, artwork made by my kids and other favorite things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/TBzP8ofw82I/AAAAAAAAAi8/fBL7x02wab8/s1600/IMG_5466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/TBzP8ofw82I/AAAAAAAAAi8/fBL7x02wab8/s400/IMG_5466.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Antique letter press printer's blocks. Notice I arranged them with my birthday in the middle, 3-4-67 :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, it's pouring rain outside again today so you know where to find me! Have a happy day all!</span>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-26786937048964840342010-04-27T10:12:00.002-05:002010-04-27T12:25:48.156-05:00April Showers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello Again! It has been quite awhile since my last blog post and I have a lot of catching up to do. Last time I wrote I said I had just won a beautiful piece of artwork by Carol Brungar in her blog, <a href="http://kiwicarole.blogspot.com/">Madness and Mess</a>, giveaway. This is the first time I've won anything and I was SO excited to receive it--and ALL the way from New Zealand! Below are the photos of her fabric collectable postcard and the envelope it came in. Such a beautiful package! You can check out her blog by clicking on the link above or go to her <a href="http://kiwicarole.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> shop and see what she's been creating!</span><br />
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</span>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-67884482205325047262010-02-04T22:11:00.013-06:002010-03-12T10:14:03.497-06:00We're Getting Closer!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just a few updated photos of our little building project. We are getting closer to being finished. Just a few more nail holes to be filled, another coat of paint and it's finished! I am hoping I can move in some furniture this weekend.....even if they have to paint around it! (Just kidding) Please disregard the random construction supplies.</span></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today is also giving me some time to catch up on things I have been putting off because of lack of time. We have all been working hard on our construction project which involves finishing off an unfinished space above our garage. One of the fun things I am doing up there is building my dream studio! Now, I've had craft/art rooms in my home before but never a dedicated spot built just for me and my art. Best of all I have a sink, no more washing paint brushes in the bathrooms! No more glass grinding for stained glass on the kitchen island! (But don't hold me to that--sometimes I like to be where all the action is, even if it means we'll be eating tiny glass shards with our food) I thought I would post some photos of our little garage attic area during the process. Below are the photos after we cleaned out the attic and before the building started. I'm so excited for it to be finished I can hardly stand myself!</span><br />
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</span>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-89216626651583959522010-01-10T16:01:00.003-06:002010-03-13T16:55:12.010-06:00KC Willis Marketing Mindset<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I would like to tell everyone about an online workshop I have joined called, <a href="http://marketingmindset.ning.com/">KC Willis Marketing Mindset-Navigating the Art Market</a>. KC willis is a fabulous mixed media artist. She will be covering ways to market your art and how to get over the fear of marketing it. I have been participating in the online discussions and looking forward to the first video. If you sign up now the price is reduced to $144 (regular price is $244). I am also signed up for one of her other online workshops, "Collage Camp" which has 6 videos and is full of great information and tutorials. Collage Camp is only $75 to sign up for right now, which is a bargain! I have also connected with many other talented artists and have gained much inspiration! KC is a great teacher and you're sure to enjoy!</span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">OK-A little background information on me. Ever since I was a little girl I have been creating things. Some of the things that stand out are Barbie Doll clothes, jewelry out of Chestnuts (yes, you heard right, Chestnuts-the nut---broke a lot of needles trying to string those babies!), crocheting and knitting various items, making pottery on the pottery wheel in art class (one of my favorites), painting, drawing, cutting, taping, gluing, sewing, etc. etc. etc. I was 10 or 11 when my friend and I made the Chestnut jewelry then we hit the streets to sell them. We sold a few (I'm sure people bought out of pity) until my parents tracked us down and made us come home. The crafting continued until adulthood with some lapses in between for junior high, high school, etc, when my main focus and hobby was to be and look "cool" and "fit in". That was an art in and of itself, as any adult woman knows. </span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then came the college years. Not a lot of extra time but style/fashion and necessity (lack of funds) lead to creativity and I could be found in the laundry room in the dorms bleaching and dyeing jeans, jean jackets, sweaters, t-shirts, whatever would look cool. The later years of college would bring out my flair for decorating dumpy apartments. No matter how dumpy the place was, I found that with a few cute bed sheets used as slipcovers or curtains and contact paper used to laminate ugly </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">counter tops</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I could transform it into a pretty sweet pad! I was always coming up with creative ideas. Everything that I saw I thought to myself, "I can make that" so I'd go home and figure out a way to make it for a fraction of the cost. </span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then came the married and baby years. As an "at home" mom I started just about every craft known to man. These included but were not limited to: paper making, rubber stamping, card making, stained glass, glass fusing in a kiln, jewelry making, soap making, lotion making, stamp carving.........you get the picture. It would have all been fine if I was one of those neat organized little </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="background-color: yellow;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">crafters</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> with a tiny little Rubbermaid box for each craft stacked neatly on a shelf but I'm NOT! Everything I do is full force, all out, 250%! I mean when I was making paper, I was ordering </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="background-color: yellow;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kozo</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> bark from some tree from somewhere in the world (to make Mulberry paper) and buying caustic soda to boil it in and then smashing it up to suspend it in a special gel solution to make the handmade paper. Then there were the paper presses all over the floors and makeshift clotheslines strung throughout the house with paper hanging from them. When I started making jewelry I shortly thereafter decided I needed to blow my own beads so I went out and bought some torches. Then, about ten minutes after that I decided I was going to start glass fusing and a glass kiln appeared in my little art room/studio. That's how I do things. I'm thinking that instead of the little Rubbermaid boxes for each different craft I could maybe use those portable storage containers that hook on the back of trucks. You know, the kind people use for moving, except I would use them as a modular storage system, just on a bit larger scale.</span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am a visual person. When I am making jewelry, for example, I have to have ALL of my 10,000 kinds of beads out where I can see them because "you never know what you might want to use". You never know what two beads will end up rolling together and inspire a new design. I wish I could be more organized when I work but it is impossible. I want to know where and who these people are that have these neat and tidy studios that I am ever so envious of. Please tell me, do you people really work like that or do you just clean up your studios for </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">photos? </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">P</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lease </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">tell me it's the latter, then I won't feel so badly about mine. Hey, maybe I should start an online support group for messy artists!?!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is all for now. I hope I have not bored you. I wanted to give you a little history so you would know how I got here today. I would </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOVE </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to hear your stories for hobbies, crafting stories, ideas, photos, etc. so please post. Goodbye for now!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello and Happy Holidays! I have been very busy with several different projects. I have started my Christmas decorating but am not quite finished. We have also been cleaning out our attic above our garage so we can build me an art room and a new bedroom and bathroom for our boys. Trying to find room for all the stuff we were storing upstairs has been quite a challenging project! Some of the stuff will go back upstairs but for now we need to store all of it in our garage and still have room for our cars. The payoff will be a new mudroom and huge coat closet, a pantry, art room, bedroom and bathroom. So for now, we will have to live with the clutter and mess and keep our eyes on the prize. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With everything going on, I have still found time to embark on a new adventure-fabric collages. I AM hooked! I've done mixed media collages with mostly paper and bits of fabric but these are primarily fabric with bits of paper and other odds and ends. Here are a few photos of my first few.</span>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-70018775354880957252009-11-20T14:46:00.018-06:002010-01-04T21:35:25.973-06:00Past Jewelry Pieces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Swb_-ga029I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1rthCTngf4M/s1600/IMG_4237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Swb_-ga029I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1rthCTngf4M/s320/IMG_4237.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcAVMME2ZI/AAAAAAAAAVY/d7yVGLVxWH8/s1600/IMG_4467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcAVMME2ZI/AAAAAAAAAVY/d7yVGLVxWH8/s320/IMG_4467.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcBADuDxEI/AAAAAAAAAVg/me6E2Zf4odQ/s1600/IMG_4526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcBADuDxEI/AAAAAAAAAVg/me6E2Zf4odQ/s320/IMG_4526.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcBMdK_PtI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QRZ8oIOHE9U/s1600/IMG_4457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcBMdK_PtI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QRZ8oIOHE9U/s320/IMG_4457.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcBsEUzbwI/AAAAAAAAAVw/1Y_cwar79WU/s1600/IMG_4371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcBsEUzbwI/AAAAAAAAAVw/1Y_cwar79WU/s320/IMG_4371.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcFm9epa8I/AAAAAAAAAV4/w3PNGw1zmds/s1600/IMG_4448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwcFm9epa8I/AAAAAAAAAV4/w3PNGw1zmds/s320/IMG_4448.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwdkmnryTlI/AAAAAAAAAWg/5g33919qQcs/s1600/IMG_46331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwdkmnryTlI/AAAAAAAAAWg/5g33919qQcs/s320/IMG_46331.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Swdk8GGJOLI/AAAAAAAAAWo/_quwU4L1WEI/s1600/IMG_4368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Swdk8GGJOLI/AAAAAAAAAWo/_quwU4L1WEI/s320/IMG_4368.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwdosKG_nSI/AAAAAAAAAW4/fBW5HMO4i7U/s1600/IMG_4436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/SwdosKG_nSI/AAAAAAAAAW4/fBW5HMO4i7U/s320/IMG_4436.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">It has now been one week since I came down with the flu. I decided since I was stuck in bed with no energy to craft I would put up some photos of my past jewelry to spice up my blog. I've been making jewelry for about 10 years now and I love to look back and see how my jewelry has evolved over the years and how the styles have changed. These photos are of pieces I made just over a year ago. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></span></b>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-24140424083147421872009-10-30T21:40:00.003-05:002010-01-04T21:33:31.950-06:00Autumn at Leech Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Suxan4JW6EI/AAAAAAAAAQw/Senj74zh3uE/s1600-h/IMG_7285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Suxan4JW6EI/AAAAAAAAAQw/Senj74zh3uE/s320/IMG_7285.JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Suxbp4IG7sI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/YKGY-il5KM0/s1600-h/IMG_7340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__IrdMuHxyPI/Suxbp4IG7sI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/YKGY-il5KM0/s320/IMG_7340.JPG" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">Autumn has always been my favorite time of the year. Despite the fact that Autumn signifies the coming of Winter, where in North Dakota the temperature can get to 30 below zero, I still adore this time of year. Having grown up by the lake, I almost enjoy the tranquility of Autumn at the lake more than the bustling of Summer. These are some photos I took a few weeks ago near Leech Lake in Minnesota. I was glad to have captured these as in a couple of months we will most likely have several feet of snow and 50 mile an hour winds and it will make me happy to look at these and reminisce about the day I took them.</span></span></span><br />
</div></div>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226509687757195266.post-80289438253081147232008-08-09T14:35:00.010-05:002010-01-11T19:27:11.619-06:00Welcome!!!<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello Everyone and welcome to my world. After looking online at so many beautiful blogs I finally decided to make one of my own. My world consists of my mostly my kids and all their activities. When I have time for me I enjoy decorating, spending time at the lake with my family and all my many hobbies and art. </span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been 10 years since I started making jewelry. I first started it just for fun for myself, my daughters, and gifts for friends. Eventually I started to build up so many supplies and my friends were encouraging me to do it as a business so I started to sell it at home parties and charity events. After slowing down for a couple of years and only selling in consignment shops I kept coming across all these wonderful artistic blogs and became inspired to dive back in full force! </span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I truly feel that art, hobbies and anything that you enjoy keeps you grounded, makes your heart happy and is good for the soul. Have a happy day! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Welcome to my blog! </span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope to share some fun stuff about my life as well as things and sites I love. Enjoy!</span></span></span>Jennifer Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469562777789370122noreply@blogger.com0