Karen Tessandore

  • Utah in February?

    With as much snow as we've got here, you might think I'd want to head somewhere warm, right?  But in February I turn 40 years old and I want to do something really special.  I had a BIG {Europe} trip planned, but it didn't quite come together.   Now I’m looking for something more medium sized

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  • Inspiration

    These two books have really been getting me by lately and I recommend them to anyone in need of a creative boost.  The first:  Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts.  I don't know where to start praising this one!  In part, it's a great "how-to" book from which I learned some handy new techniques.  But

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  • Merry Christmas

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  • Solstice

    Light is on the way!  At this time of year in Alaska, we greet the morning in the dark and drive home from work in the dark.  Winter solstice is that important pivot point after which we finally start gaining light again.  I do love Alaska, but if I ever leave – the dark may

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  • Square Buttons

    Don't know what it is about this shape I love, but there they are.  :o) Sunshine Girl and Yoga Girl, in all their square button splendor!

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  • Makin’ the big time…

    An update from yesterday's post:   I was lucky to be included in a treasury that today made it to Etsy's front page!  At the risk of being redundant, I just have to show it again in all it's awesome front-page-ness.  Ta-Da! It's my first time being included on Etsy's home page -  in case that

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  • Purple & Brown

    A fellow Etsian included my girl Kai in her beautifully selected treasury today: Nice color scheme, isn't it?  Thanks for including me, Shay!  šŸ™‚

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  • Thankful on Thanksgiving

    Had a few extra helping hands decorating the turkey cookies this year.  Thanks so much for the fun evening! It was wonderful to see the different & creative ideas everyone came up with.  And yummy to eat the "mistakes".  :o) xoxoxoxoxoxoxo    I hope you have a lovely thanksgiving!    xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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  • Happy Halloween

    Couldn't decide which goofy mouth to go with on my beanie-candy corn guy.  They're all pretty funny though, don't you think?  šŸ™‚

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  • Pola-droid

    Check this out – a way to make new fangled Polaroids, or "Poladroids".  It's a simple little stand-alone program for Macs.  You just drag and drop your photo onto the little camera…wait for it to pop out…then grab the white part and Shake, Shake, Shake!  Ok, you don't really have to do that last step,

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