Karen Tessandore
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Messy Fun
I still have dried gel medium on my hands from squishing out air bubbles caught between the paper & canvas! This is one of the 12"x36" canvases I purchased while still on my creative high from Art Nest back in February. I was so inspired to continue creating that I ordered them online while I
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Finished & Revisited
Blue dress girl is done! The text up in the corner says "A fountain of leaves". Not sure what that means in the context of the painting, but I found the words in a poetry book and was inspired to use them. While I was out photographing that painting in the backyard, I spied my
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Homemade Bread
Tomato Juice Bread! Mmmmm. My Mom used to make this when I was a kid and I think it's the only kind of bread I've ever ventured to make. So tasty! I might have to make another batch soon, but instead of loaves, try a batch of hamburger buns. I forget how really easy it
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Rivers & Tides
Do you know the artist, Andy Goldsworthy? My daughter and I really love his beautiful work and recently re-watched the documentary on him called Rivers & Tides. He creates such amazing arrangements with natural objects…rocks, sticks, flowers. Hard to explain really how exactly right his work feels. The arrangements are so precise, the scale, the
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Wedding Season
Shower ideas, anyone? I'm so excited that my friend Meg is getting married this summer & that she's letting me throw her a shower. Now I just have to figure out what's suppose to happen at a shower! I seem to recall a game where wedding dresses are made out of toilet paper, but after
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Buttons
My table's been taken over! For awhile now I've been wanting to make button flowers. This seemed to be a good weekend for it since JoAnn Fabrics was having a 50% off button sale. 🙂 I started out by attaching silk flower pedals to some felt and sewing the buttons to the front. But they
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Anonymous
She won't be anonymous forever, but my girls always look so weird in this stage. I feel like I should have assorted stickers of eyes & noses to decorate her with. Like a Mrs. Potato Head! I do like the texture happening in her dress though. I scrunched up some thin tissue paper from a
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Saturday Sewing
It was a slow, sunny afternoon ~ made all the more enjoyable by practicing my embroidery on a new kitchen towel. Someday, maybe I'll have the real version of that pink KitchenAid mixer. A girl can dream, right? ♥
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Beach Houses
With all the bright colors, it's starting to look kinda tropical on my work table. ♥
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House Painting
The neighborhood is starting to take shape! I especially love the little blue house. The daisy on the side is a snippet of lace brought back from a friend's trip to Vietnam. ♥