On a lighter note, I can't stop thinking about making more of these earrings. I used the Craftstylish tutorial by Lee Meredith, which is, as are all things she does, wonderful.
Also, making a lot more of these will be great practice in building basic wireworking skillz. I needs some.
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When Vancouver was awarded the 2010 Olympics, I was a recent immigrant to Canada. I sat in the barely half-full stadium for the live announcement, and when it came I felt my first feeling of being Canadian. I was so proud and excited. The city I’d chosen was chosen by the world.
Seven years later...
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I'm hiring myself out on the side!
If you, your publication or organization, or someone you know and respect is looking for a killer writer or speaker who has never actually killed anyone with words (so far as I know), please consider contracting me. I'm smart, I'm good with the words, and I can meet...
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This weekend on Twitter I mentioned for the first time publicly that we're applying to adopt, and I was really psyched by the enthusiasm lots of people shared. Thank you!
We started the complex application process about six weeks ago, and although I don't anticipate sharing every detail here, I'm very much open to chat...
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Your weekend assignment, should you choose to exercise your brain, is to read Clay Shirky's Rant About Women and then to read the comments (and if the comments are too plentiful, you must at least read this comment).
In short, Shirky asserts that women need to ask for more and promote themselves more aggressively, and...
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Paul over at the Make and Meaning group blog asked me to let the contributors know how to set up Twitterfeed to automatically tweet on their personal Twitter account when they write a new post on the blog, and I figured that since I already wrote it in an email I might as well...
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I thought a couple weeks into 2010 I'd do a little wrap-up of 2009. It was, after all, a fairly unusual year for me. Also, I've neglected my pal the bulleted list and I feel I owe him a big one.
(Wee note: I've gone and put a new theme on the blog, so poke...
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Twitter's struck again, this time with groundhogs.
Go get Planetjune's pattern for an amigurumi groundhog.
Join the group on Ravelry (you don't have to, no worries).
Swipe the badge and put it on your blog (hosting it on your own server, please).
Crochet a groundhog by 2nd February.
Don't name yours Ned Ryerson, because I'm going to name mine...
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