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This weekend is the big ole American Craft Council show at the Baltimore Convention Center
I checked out the site for some resin & plastic jewelry to be seen and I can recognize a few of these artists from books.


Debra Adelson


Velina Glass


Sarah Hassler


Karen McCreary

Labels: jewelry

Posted by: Kara Mae 2/25/2010 10:20:00 PM  (0) comments

Oh, I didn't realize I hadn't posted this yet..


Part 4: 1940 To Date FROM TV TO 3-D with the actual voices of Hildegarde, Ezio Pinza, Perry Como, Danny Kaye, Eddie Fisher


George Jessel
Show biz Part 4
RCA Victor (1953)

Labels: history, spoken, vaudeville

Posted by: Kara Mae 2/15/2010 05:30:00 PM  (0) comments

I haven't been making any jewelry and it's killing me! I have a lot of ideas but everything's all over the place with the snow...

.. work, moving my 'studio', having a leak in my 'studio', making my house presentable for my new roommate...

Anyway on that tip I thought I'd post some pics of what I've been doing, since it sort of is part of my creative projects.
I really enjoy creating "environments," but I find the quest to be full of obstacles (such as clutter, electronics, paper, etc)
so far, this:

has become this:


this room:


has become this:

(from opposite ends. I have big plans for that mantle thing)

In other efforts to kill time I read some of the comics from my friend's 2009 list here. I plan to post my thoughts shortly.

Labels: life

Posted by: Kara Mae 2/14/2010 06:00:00 PM  (0) comments