tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71801422346110771142024-03-14T02:06:59.917-04:00KIMaginationWhere whimsy and creativity meetKim Dillon-Cailleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10608937255069318258noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180142234611077114.post-36509837494690101882023-06-15T10:03:00.000-04:002023-06-15T10:03:05.570-04:00A few of my new digital designs<p> I have some of these uploaded to Spoonflower but will get them all uploaded soon. On spoonflower at October Cat Studios. 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Our meetings are held the second Saturday of the month and guess what? The Coronavirus closed everything down the day before our meeting! Fast forward four months and last weekend we were <i>finally</i> able to have our meeting outside sitting 6' apart from one another.<br />
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I WON FIRST PLACE!!<br />
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I wanted to walk you through my process. First I cut a piece of muslin the size I wanted the quilt to be, remembering not to go over 100" diameter. This ended up being 15" X 35" Then I laid my fabric options out along side of it:<br />
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The little girls head is a wooden ball wrapped in brown fabric then attached to a pipe cleaner armature. I then wrapped the pipe cleaners with brown embroider floss. Her yellow eyelet dress was made from a thrift store find.<br />
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I free-form drew the cloud on a white sparkly piece of fabric then appliqued that over the little girls head. I made a slit in the back of the fabric and stuffed the cloud with cotton balls. This hole would be covered when I added the batting and backing.<br />
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Next I sketched the big tree that the cloud was trying to blow the kite into, cut it out of realistic looking bark and appliqued that onto the quilt too.</div>
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Next were the leaves. I quilted a few green pieces of fabric, cut them into leaf shapes, zigzagged around them then sprayed them with fabric stiffener and let them dry folded in half.<br />
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I added a three-dimensional swing because what is a huge tree without a swing.</div>
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After I quilted the entire work, I cut a diamond shape for the kite. I love making these cut outs, it has become my "signature." I then bound the perimeter to give it a finished look.<br />
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I had learned this technique about a year ago but didn't know where to use it until now, THE KITE!</div>
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What you do is you lay fabric scraps, ribbon, etc. in between two sheets of water-soluble fusible web. Quilt the entire piece then wash away the webbing. I did this then cut out a diamond shape for the kite and added the border. I attached it to the quilt with clear thread.</div>
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And there it is, my finished quilt:<br />
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Also the app I am now using is Procreate. I'm sure everyone in the world has heard of it except for me but now I'm on board guys! So here are my 5 latest drawings:<br />
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I’m sure you’re wondering what video games has to do with crafting. Well, I have found a few apps that let me transform on pictures into watercolors or Monet-type paintings. And while this is fun, I want to be more creative. Enter the world of drawing apps! I NEVER thought I’d find this art form satisfying but guess what? I do! My favorite one is called Sketchbook although I’ve downloaded Procreate because everyone says that’s the best one to get. I can see why everyone says it’s good but it doesn’t have the one feature that I like about Sketchbook: the division aspect. Let me show you:<br />
I start out like this:<br />
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It’s like a pie that has been divided into 10 sections. I add color to one section and it mirrors it in the other 9 sections. Then I use the smudge tool to start blending the colors and eventually I end up with something like this:</div>
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Then I add my curly-q’s in there and polish up the lines and end up with this:</div>
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During this quarantine I haven’t stopped creating but quite the opposite, I’m teaching this old dog new tricks!</div>
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I have put a few of these designs on Spoonflower, the app that lets you create custom fabric, but I haven’t gotten the alignment right yet.</div>
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My quilt guild meeting was supposed to be held Saturday, March 14, where we were to enter our guild challenge quilt that I had been working on since November. Actually I had finished mine in December but I was so excited to show everyone what I had done... and to post pictures here!<br />
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It has been 3 1/2 weeks now and I know this will go down in history AND I know I should be writing about it but I am still dumbfounded by it all. For introverts like me I LOVE this time, I don't have to interact with people and I can sew all day. But then I watch the news and it scares me, no it terrifies me! I worry about my parents in WI and really wished they didn't live that far away. But I check on my mom daily to make sure they are wearing masks when going out... not that they should be going out except for groceries and medicines.<br />
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And if anyone is reading this years later, YES we had to wear masks in public. There are a lot of tutorials on how to make masks with household items but when you are a quilter like me you have fabric for the entire world! But it takes time.<br />
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My sister-in-law asked me if I could make a total of 19 for her and family and friends. I was hesitant at first only because I had never made one and it made it seem that more real. But I did and I'm glad I did. I dropped them in the mail yesterday and felt good that I had given 5 people a little hope for not contracting this disease.<br />
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Something that I've been doing for years and years is drawing zentangles, or zendoodles. I have created a separate blog for my works of art here: <a href="https://timelesstangles.blogspot.com/">Timeless Tangles</a> and I just posted a new challenge created by Jake Parker of <a href="https://inktober.com/">Inktober</a> that you might want to check out.<br />
This is one of my zendoodles but everyone creates them differently:<br />
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I taught myself how to watercolor about 10 years ago so I thought I'd try my hand at that again. I started with leaves because they are kind of easy:</div>
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My first one was the one in the top left but by the time I got to the bottom right one I didn't like how they were turning out. My favorite one is the one with yellow leaves and a few roots.</div>
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Since moving to the Blue Ridge mountains I've seen a lot of artists paint these mountains so I thought I'd give that a try too:</div>
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I loved how my leaves turned out ( above) so I returned to those but tried my hand at an entire tree:</div>
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To me it looks like a "Winnie The Pooh" tree.</div>
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I then decided to paint lavender but I don't like how this one turned out:</div>
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My favorite flower has always been the Black-eyed Susan so I tried to paint two different versions, one tighter and one more loose and free flowing:</div>
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One of my favorite birds is the blue jay so I sketched that one yesterday and hopefully I'll get it painted this weekend so stay tuned!</div>
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The last time I posted I had briefly mentioned that my husband and I bought a house. As of June first we have lived in it a year and not only do my husband and I love it but our boys do as well.<br />
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In April my mom had hip replacement surgery so I flew up to WI to help my dad take care of her for two weeks and it was nice to see them again and to know what a big help I was. They moved a year and a half ago to Wisconsin from my childhood home in Virginia. I've had a hard time dealing with their move as I've always been close to them. My mom's new hip is doing great though! <br />
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When I got home from WI I started looking for a job. I have been a stay at home mom for 3 years but our boys are becoming more self sufficient and we have a house note to pay! Within a week I had a new job! I am now working at a preschool with the two year olds (pray for me!) "rejuvenating place" of art. I haven't wanted to sew or quilt or paint or draw or anything for about six months now. It seems like after the NN Fall Festival (my last post) art no longer brought me joy. I have done a few projects here and there but I am now trying for get my creative mojo back to relieve the stress from working with 2 year olds.<br />
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Over the next few posts I'm going to be catching you all up on what I have done this past year AND what I'm working on now.<br />
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One of my new items this fall was my zendoodle notecards. Here's a better picture I took before the festival:<br />
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If you want to get your creative juices flowing, Spoonflower has design contests. They post a theme and leave it up to you to do the rest. This weeks theme is "Endangered species" and since my nine-year-old loves rhinos I decided to take on the challenge. I drew a zentangle rhino then shrunk it down to the appropriate size for a fabric print.<br />
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There are also a few drawing apps I use on my phone to create abstract designs like this:<br />
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When I was in church on Sunday I kept looking at the architecture of the building. I took a few photos, changed them to black and white, and after sizing and mirror-imaging them I came up with another beautiful print. This is the initial photo I used:</div>
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Tuesday, when I was on a field trip with my son's class, I took a picture of this little frog. I first manipulated the colors in the picture, mirror imaged him, then turned him into fabric as well:<br />
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You can be a customer or vendor or both! Here is a link to my virtual storefront but I encourage you to use the search engine and look up anything your little heart desires. I can almost guarantee someone will have designed exactly what you are looking for.<br />
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My shop name is October Cat Studios, the link is <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/octobercatstudios?sub_action=designs">October Cat Studios</a><br />
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PURPLE AND ORANGE!!!<br />
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What luck because my favorite holiday is Halloween! We could also add black, white or beige to our quilt but at least 51% needed to be our chosen colors.<br />
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Anyone who follows my work knows that I'm an out of the box thinker when it comes to my artwork. I have made traditional quilts in the past but I consider myself a textile artist who creates art quilts; wall hangings that incorporate various textiles and most of the time an "unusual object" of some sort.<br />
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With this in mind, I went to Pinterest for inspiration. I found a watercolor and ink painting of a female in a beautiful ball gown. That was it!! <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/193654852710662102/">(Pinterest link)</a> Using my purple and orange colors, I was going to transform this girl from a stunning blue dress to a Halloween Masquerade Ballgown!<br />
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I first researched the artist that painted "my inspiration" and her name is Inslee Haynes (or Inslee Fariss). She is a New York City-based artist and illustrator and she can be found at <a href="https://inslee.net/">Inslee By Design</a>.<br />
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I then graphed the design to the largest size I could without going over the requirements for the challenge (100" perimeter)<br />
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My next step was to cut out my pattern and quilt a background for her. I found this chandelier fabric at Walmart (cringe!) and I went into my fabric stash for the realistic looking wood fabric.<br />
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Next, let's start designing her ball gown! Ball gowns are traditionally "pouffy and sparkly" and I enjoy beadwork and embroidery so I knew this was going to be the focal point of my design. I went through my stash of orange and purple ribbons, beads, embroidery floss, felt and paint. I then sat for a few days looking at what I had... waiting for inspiration. I always tell my husband that I could never be on Project Runway because they have no time to sit with their project, they just have to cut and sew and cut and sew. I am a <i class="">slower</i> designer. I have to do a few steps then let it hang there for a few days and even maybe a few months!<br />
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Then inspiration hit:<br />
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We traveled (from Virginia) to Indiana for Thanksgiving and to Wisconsin for Christmas. I needed handwork for the car and this was the perfect opportunity to finish her ballgown.<br />
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I used beige felt for her head and arms and permanent brown and black markers for shading on her arms and to draw her face. I initially cut and sewed brown felt for where I was going to put her hair but I knew I would be covering up most of the brown felt with "3-D hair."<br />
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And then came the hair...(which I hand sewed in place)<br />
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Over the Christmas holidays, I found a white chandelier ornament that I wanted to use. I wasn't sure how I was going to incorporate it into my quilt but it looked<i> just like</i> the printed background fabric.<br />
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Next came the paint and the clay. I painted the chandelier purple and orange and added the same color beads. I then made a masquerade mask out of orange and purple Sculpey clay then glued sequins to the mask and the mask to the stick.<br />
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Next the chandelier. I knew where I wanted to put it on the quilt but it was big and bulky. I remembered a wall hanging I made 8-10 months ago where I cut a hole through the quilt and strung a spider web through it. Problem solved!<br />
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I felt like her hair needed something else, like a hair clip so something. So I made this out of Sculpey clay also, the same material as the mask.<br />
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The challenge isn't until March's meeting so this hasn't been seen by anyone in my guild yet. I hope that it has enough of the two colors for the challenge but if not it was a blast making it anyway.<br />
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My first love has always been photography and with the all of the photo apps out there now one can do amazing things with one's photos. Over Christmas, we were visiting family in WI, and we ate brunch at "The Old Feed Mill" in Mazomanie, WI. <a href="http://oldfeedmill.com/">(Link here)</a> I took this photo from the outside of the building:<br />
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I took this photo at the bar area inside the old feed mill:<br />
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And these are just a few of the altered photos of this same photo:<br />
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Because I was on the marketplace side this year I was able to combine my sewing and painting talents under one tent. Had I been on the juried side I would have to pick one category. I realized a long time ago that my brain doesn't work like that, I am definitely all over the place when it comes to my artistic endeavors. Here are a few photos of my tent at the Fall Festival:<br />
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Because my boys are out for the summer I don't have as much time to paint but here are two of my most recent items:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't have a before picture of this one, it was a 1970's beige color. It is not recommended for food but you could use it for jewelry or sewing notions, etc</span></div>
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October 7-8th, 2017... I've been accepted into the Newport News Fall Festival of Folklife so please come see me!! Here is a temporary link <a href="https://www.nnva.gov/820/Fall-Festival-of-Folklife">NN Fall Festival</a> I will update this link as they update their website. I don't have my booth number yet but you all will be the first to know where to find me.<br />
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I will still be selling my fabric bowls but will have new items as well. A new line I will be introducing is my whimsical hand-painted home decor. Here is a sneak peek of my pink and black end table:<br />
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I am also working on a child's bench that I will have in the show so stay tuned I'll be posting pictures soon.</div>
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Michelle May is the owner and designer at <a href="http://www.theraspberryrabbits.com/">The Raspberry Rabbits</a> located in North Carolina. We had a wonderful chat in her booth. I was initially drawn to her pumpkin pattern. As I looked around Michelle started telling me the stories behind each of her works, for example, the pumpkin pattern was named "Peter's Pumpkin" from the nursery rhyme. I did end up buying this pattern along with her adorable book called <a href="http://www.theraspberryrabbits.com/shop/Supplies/p/Fabled-Fusions-Book-x20368430.htm">Fabled Fusions</a>. The <i>Peppermint Tea</i> pattern was inspired by Alice in Wonderland's Tea Party and <i>Wish Upon A Star</i> was inspired by Michelle's love of the Wonderful World of Disney show that she used to watch as a child.<br />
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As you all know I like working with upholstery because it adds texture to a piece of work. I told Michelle that I was going to try to make Peter's Pumpkin out of my upholstery stash:<br />
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It turned out being a little bit more difficult to work with than I had anticipated because of the many layers of upholstery (including the batting). It was THICK and this was all hand stitched. The backing was a velvet paisley print. I ended up changing the beige background because it was too hard to sew through (as it was leather). In the next picture, you can see that it is off-white wool felt. The first layer of the pumpkin, the brown part, was in fact leather. The second layer was a tweed upholstery and the third layer, orange, was wool felt. The stem was two layers which consisted green velvet and the same brown leather I used for the pumpkin.<br />
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In the above picture, the upholstery with a mustard color background had a raised wool design that I cut out and then used for the vine and the decorative pieces at the bottom.<br />
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This was so much fun to do! I think my next project is going to be O'Ryan the Stargazer from her book <a href="http://www.theraspberryrabbits.com/shop/Supplies/p/Fabled-Fusions-Book-x20368430.htm">Fabled Fusions</a>; O'Ryan is the cutest little owl I've ever seen!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://scripts.widgethost.com/pax/counter.js?counter=ctr-y4wvd4l1vp"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I paint mainly in acrylics but I also like watercolors. My style? I've never been able to define this. It's not folk art and its' not realism. I like the word whimsical but that in itself is open to interpretation. Abstract, pop-art maybe? You be the judge. Here are some of my latest creations:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made the name plural (October Cat Studios) because I have many creative outlets and in my mind each one is a different studio, but sometimes they like to visit each other.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://scripts.widgethost.com/pax/counter.js?counter=ctr-y4wvd4l1vp"></script>
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I have always been a "Jill-of-all-trades" artist, I sew, I quilt, I paint, I knit, I sculpt and I do photography among many other things. When we moved I realized that a lot of my creative endeavors have fallen by the wayside. I'll try anything once, if I like it I'll stick with it and sometimes it may be a one-time thing for me.<br />
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I have used this move to refocus on one or two hobbies and purge everything else. Over the past few years I've been gravitating more towards textile art, quilting and hand embroidery. The second week here in Lexington I was invited to the Quilt Guild... YES!!<br />
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I'm not saying that I'm going to end this blog but at this point I'm thinking about starting a NEW blog that will focus on everything quilting. I will also write about hand embroidery and different textiles I use in my art quilts. I'm still trying to come up with a catchy name that will encompass all of these.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> It took me a while to decide on the perfect shower curtain (which I'll probably change out six months after we move in, because I'm like that). This is the shower curtain and it looks like it has a white background but it's really a cream color. I'm thinking of hand sewing beads onto it because it just feels like it needs beads, plus I love to hand sew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I bought it from Target online. It's made by Boho Boutique and the name is Utopia. This picture is from their website and it's even more gorgeous in person, the red and orange really pop. I bought two rugs (one orange and one cream color) locally. I bought fabric from JoAnn's to eventually make curtains but I need to take measurements first. And finally I decided to do a few zentangles for the walls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I probably only needed to do one or two but I've done three so far. There is light blue and olive green in the shower curtain also that doesn't show up to well in Target's picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> So, needless to say, this is what's been going on in my life for the past few months: helping the kids transition, packing and purging, starting to change our address on bills and looking for new doctors, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I am still working on my two young adult fantasy fiction stories but yesterday I revisited one of my other passions, zentangles!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So if you don't hear from me for another month or two it's because I'm knee deep in boxes.</span></div>
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