tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092815262067288872024-02-21T23:47:10.715-05:00Art of MineThis is me ... and this is my art!sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-10675114631948737872014-01-16T15:13:00.000-05:002014-01-16T15:13:10.446-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Dear Friends....<br />
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So I'm here again!...I may just start blogging once more!!<br />
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I wanted to share with you a simple little<br />
collage I made this week.<br />
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I used a vintage book cover as my base. I love the dark green base for the collage. The little girl is from Paper Whimsy. Since I wanted to make something to herald in springtime...I decided to use some vintage ephemera that I have collected over the years. I used a vintage book page from some nature pages my friend Tina had sent to me from Denmark. The feather I have the little girl holding is from a friend in British Columbia, from one of her birds, who donates his feathers!! LOL......I also used a wee little nest I was gifted in a swap a couple of years ago. The little metal hanger I though was a cute<br />
way to hang the collage...On the little label it says "Magical"!<br />
Springtime to me is a magical time of year, as nature once again brings forth<br />
beautiful flowers, and lush landscapes so pleasing to our soul.<br />
A rebirth of all that is lovely. <br />
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I hope All of you are doing well and would love to hear from you<br />
my dear friends once again....<br />
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God Bless you all with Love and Happiness....<br />
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Susan :)</div>
sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-10682200206759866332014-01-14T21:51:00.001-05:002014-01-14T21:55:49.546-05:00Welcome in 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has been far too long since I wrote here on my blog. One of my dear friends left<br />
the Face Book community and started to blog again. It got me thinking about blogging<br />
and how much fun it was meeting all of you and sharing our lives with one another.<br />
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I am not sure if I will continue again full time to blogging...but, as my dear friend said,<br />
"Once you start blogging, it becomes easier"!<br />
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How is everyone doing out there?...Many of you have stuck with me...which amazes me.<br />
Thank you for that!!<br />
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For those of you who don't know...My husband, my mom and I, moved to Savannah, GA. in August of 2013. We love it here so very much. We live in a lovely home by the marsh. We are near Tybee Island, where the ocean is, and close enough to downtown Savannah's historic district to take a stroll on a Sunday afternoon.<br />
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I will post some pictures of our new home....<br />
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God Bless you All with much Love and Happiness....XOXO<br />
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sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-65090471915037035722013-09-30T12:49:00.000-04:002013-09-30T13:22:12.321-04:00Our New Home in Savannah, GA. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has been a very long time since I have posted. Do you remember me?<br />
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Many changes have taken place in my life. The biggest change took place<br />
this past July. Our dream of moving to Savannah, Ga. finally came true.<br />
My husband, my mom, our little kitty "Miss Daisy" and I are now settled<br />
into our new home.<br />
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God does indeed answer prayer. His timing in our lives is perfect in every way.<br />
Sometimes our prayers take years to finally come to pass....This was the case<br />
in our lives.<br />
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We live in a home that was built in 1943. We live on almost an acre of land, with<br />
a view out our back screened in porch of the marsh and Savannah water way.<br />
One of my most favorite things to do, is sit on our porch in the morning and look<br />
out across the grass and our deck and boat dock to the marsh, to the exceedingly tall<br />
Oaks trees, with the beautiful wisps of Spanish moss clinging to the branches of the<br />
oak trees and palm trees....It is pure Heaven here.<br />
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We are home.....Thank you God for your most perfect gifts....<br />
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If you would like to keep up with me here, or on face book. Here is my face book address. https://www.facebook.com/susan.rix.96<br />
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I would love to hear from you.....xoxox<br />
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God Bless you All.....With Love and much Happiness to you<br />
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Susan<br />
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XOXO</div>
sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-12304135599366611372013-05-08T18:55:00.000-04:002013-05-08T18:57:14.064-04:00An Ocean Adventure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I know I have been absent from my Blog..forever!!<br />
I am on FB most of the time now. It is easier<br />
to keep up with my grand kids and friends from there<br />
than here.<br />
I am still going through health issues quite a bit. Mostly<br />
lots of pain to deal with. I find I can't do things for any length<br />
of time, before I get to exhausted.<br />
I will still come by here to blog every now and then and try to visit<br />
you, when I can. I miss all or you...who know maybe I will be back<br />
more full time at some point in time.<br />
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I thought I would share one of my newest creations with you.<br />
I call it "An Ocean Adventure"!!<br />
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Till next time....God Bless you!!<br />
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sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-7914761775783883612013-03-20T18:55:00.002-04:002013-03-20T19:49:40.956-04:00St. Patricks Day in Savannah, GA. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Everyone!!<br />
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I know it has been ages since I posted anything!<br />
Many things have been going on, but I will not bore<br />
you with all the gory details!!<br />
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One of the things that we will be doing this summer,<br />
is moving to Savannah! My husband and I have been<br />
planning this for a long time now! We are looking<br />
forward to a brand new start!<br />
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Here are some St. Patrick's Day photo's for you, that we<br />
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This is a little St. Patty's Brooch I made to wear for the big day!<br />
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I could not believe the volume of people, all dressed in green!!<br />
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I adore the "Paris Market" in downtown Savannah. This is one of the windows in the front of the store.<br />
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sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-86987829661190704892013-01-21T19:19:00.001-05:002013-01-21T19:23:33.049-05:00Dreaming of Spring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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after suffering from a virus recently. I was sick<br />
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sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-12495909196665489132013-01-10T11:54:00.002-05:002013-01-10T11:57:52.264-05:00Just Peeking In To Say Hi!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi Everyone!!<br />
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Hoping All of you are enjoying 2013<br />
so far!!<br />
As for me...well I am sick with one<br />
of those horrible Flu like Virus' that are<br />
going around. Sorry to say I don't look<br />
as healthy as I do in this photo I took of<br />
myself on New Years Eve. At<br />
the moment I look like death<br />
warmed over, and feel like it!!<br />
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Hoping to get back into my craft room<br />
when I feel better, and start going through<br />
a lot of my stuff and get rid of things I don't<br />
need anymore!!<br />
When the fabrics, ribbons,<br />
laces and such are all in their rightful places<br />
my mind can start thinking of new ideas and<br />
then the creative juices can once again flow.<br />
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Drop in and say Hi...I love hearing from you!!<br />
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Love and Blessings to All<br />
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Susan XOXOX</div>
sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-90734172943291242832012-12-27T11:19:00.000-05:002012-12-27T11:27:21.261-05:00Merry Christmas from my home to your's...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Picture of me...wearing a Heart necklace<br />
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Both my husband and myself come from Scottish<br />
decent. We love to visit the highland Games when they come to the beautiful Stone Montain<br />
Park, out side of Atlanta.<br />
this year was the Highland Games 40th. anniversary at Stone Mountain Park!<br />
This is the famous Stone Mountain. there is a beautiful carving on the side of Robert E. Lee and General Sherman. <br />
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Wishing you All a Blessed day!!<br />
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Love to you All<br />
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sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-42237782915791227122012-10-07T00:16:00.001-04:002012-10-07T00:21:23.607-04:00What I Have Been Up To Lately??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I hope All of you are enjoying some cooler<br />
weather, now that we are coming into Fall.<br />
I know some of you are still have some rather<br />
hot weather though.<br />
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I have been pretty busy lately making different<br />
things.<br />
I made this beautiful Satin flower cuff bracelet<br />
recently, for a friend of mine, who loves pink!<br />
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I wrapped the cuff around this vintage jewelry<br />
roll. There are tiny accordion pockets that<br />
expand and a larger zippered compartment.<br />
I put little charms, crystal drops, a watch face,<br />
and other little trinkets in each pocket for her<br />
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My newest Indian Maiden bag was a Birthday gift to a cherished friend of mine. Marilyn loves the Native Americans so much. She was so excited about the cowgirl bags and Indian Maiden bags I was making, to Help the Lokota Indians in S. Dakota, so I knew just the present to gift her with!!!<br />
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This was a little stuffed doll that my friend had made. It was her very first one she made and when she stuffed the poor little doll...well he did not live up to her expectations...She called called him her little baby hulk!!<br />
She had sent me a picture of little baby hulk...and I told her I could fix him up for her. So when I received him, i took one look at him and knew just what to do!!<br />
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I made little levi overalls for him, I little shirt<br />
and bandana too!! I have a few of these cute little straw hats, and so stuck one on his head...he is no longer little hulk baby...My friend received him back from me...and was totally shocked by his amazing transformation!!! She now calls him..Farmer Pete!!!<br />
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sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-41362281031829744422012-10-05T00:19:00.003-04:002012-10-05T00:21:35.060-04:00KC Willis Big Rez News!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My dear Blog friends your help is needed!!!!!<br />
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Please scroll down and go visit KC Willis's blog.<br />
Read what miracles are happening on the "Rez"!!<br />
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If you have been following me, you know that I make and sell handbags, and part of the sales go<br />
to help The beautiful people of the Pine Ridge Reservation In South Dakota.<br />
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KC has some Big news and has asked us to pass this on to our<br />
Blogging friends.<br />
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Please won't you join me in helping KC help the<br />
Lakota!!!<br />
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KC and I Thank you!! http://www.kcwillis.blogspot.com/<br />
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God Bless All<br />
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I have been absent from Blogland<br />
for soooo long! I have missed you<br />
very much!!!<br />
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I can not believe that this is the last<br />
day of summer...where did it go???<br />
For me summer was spent at the<br />
Physical Therapy office.<br />
In some ways I have improved,<br />
in other ways I have not. I will probably<br />
keep going for awhile longer. I started<br />
in June and now we are going into<br />
October. I must say the weather here<br />
in Georgia has cooled off a bit...whew<br />
I can not take the hot hot summers<br />
here at all!! Too hot for me! <br />
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I wanted to share a collage I have just<br />
finished making for a dear friend of mine.<br />
Her birthday was a couple of weeks ago.<br />
But between her and my schedule's we<br />
have been unable to find the time to<br />
meet up. Nevertheless I made this <br />
just for her! She loves the soft greens,<br />
golds, tans, and pinks. So I am hoping<br />
that she will like it!!!<br />
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How are All of you doing?? Please drop <br />
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I must confess that I am on FB<br />
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Hi Sweet Friends...<br />
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Soooo I have been missing in action for quite a while now. Please excuse my lateness in blogging. I am still going to Physical Therapy for my hip, leg, and back. I do feel better...but I can't over do it!!<br />
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This is me wearing my new hat!!! Vicki Boster was making some Fall hats and so I purchased one from her recently. I just received it in the mail today and so I had to try it on!!!! OMG....Lovin my new Hat!! Vicki is amazing at creating such works of art with her knitting needles. I have purchased wonderful nests she has created over the last few years...but, when she made these hat 's...I Had to have one!!! :)<br />
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This is my newest Indian Maiden bag...but I did not sell it, I made it for a special friend of mine Marilyn, who's birthday was August 17th. Marilyn loves the Native Americans and loves the bags I have been making. I thought that I would gift her with one of my creations!!!! She LOVED the bag!!Yay!!! <br />
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This is the first time I ever made anything like this.<br />
I was a bit nervous about making this, but glad I pushed<br />
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I took some closeup shots of the floral arrangement my family had sent to me.<br />
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I loved how the dappled light of the sun shown through the blinds upon the flowers and leaves.<br />
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A wonderful dinner with my hubby<br />
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May God Bless you!!<br />
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Love,<br />
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Susan<br />
xxoo<br />
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Hi There!!!<br />
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I hope your Monday is going smoothly!<br />
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I am taking it easy today. My physical therapy<br />
was this morning and left me feeling so tired all<br />
day....not sleeping does not help either!!<br />
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I wanted to share a few photos with you today.<br />
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Just around the corner from my home is a small<br />
farm. The folks that live there own three horses, which are males. We think they are brothers.<br />
They are the sweetest guys. So friendly and affectionate! We sometimes bring some carrots<br />
with us, but this time we had none to give. <br />
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Aren't they beautiful!!!!<br />
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Where we live in Georgia, we have had some rain almost every week this summer so far.<br />
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I wish I could send some of this to the middle<br />
of our country, where the grain farms and livestock need it so very badly.<br />
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I have been pretty busy lately with my Physiacl therapy session three to four times per week and also working on my class project over at Artful Gathering in Pat Winters Crazy Quilt session.<br />
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I have been learning some new stitches...The Lazy Daisy stitch! The Feather stitch and the Herringbone stitch.<br />
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I also have been learning to make ribbon roses with a needle and some gorgeou silk ribbons.<br />
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I decided to turn a couple of would be flowers into tiny fan shapes....I love how they turned out!!<br />
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Thank you to all of you who have been saying prayers for me and all my pain. The PT sessions are really helping me and so for the next two months I will be going and getting better everyday!!!<br />
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God is Good!!!<br />
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Love to All and God Bless You.....<br />
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Susan<br />
xxoo</div>sjmcdowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491961552727012212noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909281526206728887.post-65533252046544537732012-07-18T15:25:00.000-04:002012-07-18T15:26:41.531-04:00Crazy Quilt Class....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I hope all of you are doing well!!<br />
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I have been very busy lately. <br />
I started a class this week with <br />
Artful Gathering in Pat Winters<br />
class. I am learing how to Crazy<br />
Quilt!!! Yay!! I have always wanted<br />
to learn how to make a crazy quilt<br />
and now I am learning how!!<br />
The pictures here is the front of <br />
what is going to be an Accessory<br />
Case, with clasp. Yesterday I learned<br />
how to piece. I wanted to show you<br />
my results. The next step is to learn<br />
some of the fancy stitching and embellishing<br />
techniques!! <br />
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I am almost done making the 160<br />
"Wish" tags for a wedding thats<br />
coming up at the end of the month.<br />
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As some of you know I have started<br />
physical therapy for my hip, leg and<br />
back pain. I go three times a week<br />
for different treatments. Today I <br />
had my third Decompression therapy.<br />
It did not go too well for me this time.<br />
I have to ice my back and take it easy<br />
today.<br />
The mass they found inside my knee<br />
turned out to be a calcification...from<br />
some trauma I must have had. On<br />
the x-ray it looked so ominous..I <br />
was praying that it was not a tumor!!<br />
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I must go for now...but I missed<br />
not writing to you All and don't<br />
want you guys to think I have forgotten<br />
you!! <br />
Love to All...and thank you all for <br />
your prayers!!<br />
I know they are helping me!!<br />
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Love and Hugs,<br />
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Susan<br />
xxoo<br />
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I had a few more Goat Farm pictures to<br />
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A "metal" Goat family........Lol :) Where are the real "Goats"....??</div>
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Love the Cowboy boots!!!</div>
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I love the twin chairs...don't you??<br />
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Did you see a Goat farm yet????</div>
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There were these different vignettes scattered through the area.....I "had" to take pictures of them!! :)<br />
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I thought I would post some pictures<br />
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This is a picture of me when I was<br />
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I have started Physical therapy for my hip and leg. I will be going three times a week for three months. I found a group of good Dr.'s here in town. The MRI results came back with tendon adema and also a slight tear in the labrum in my groin area. It will take awhile to put things right again and I look forward to less pain and enjoying life again!!!</div>
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The picture you see here on the bag is of Clamaity Jane. She was quite the sharpe shooter in her day, rivaled many a man with her shooting skills. I am really loving making these bags....I have already sold the first two bags. Jan bought the first "Cowgirl" bag from me!! The second bag, the Indian Maiden bag I have already sold where I have a booth at the Antique mall in Roswell, Ga.</div>
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My next bag will be another "Indian Maiden" bag. I visited Jo-Ann's fabric store recently and the lovely creamy fabric I use on my bags was for sale...50% off!!! I was so excited!!! This fabric is gorgeous and usually sells for almost $50.00 a yard!!!<br />
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