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All Creatures Great and Small - Wonderful Handmade Wednesday on Indiemade - January 27, 2016

Posted January 27, 2016

I have always been a huge lover of animals, whether they have hair, feathers or scales - always have and always will. Growing up on a small ranch in the Texas Hill Country, all of the usual suspects were there: dogs, horses, cats, goats, cows, chicken, ducks, geese, pigs, rabbits and many others. As a science teacher, my room housed many animals, from a huge boa to fun Madagascar hissing cockroaches, from parakeets to African hooded rats, from punk rock guinea pigs to flying geckos, and many other creatures. And my life has always been shared with dogs, all adopted or "strays that came to stay."

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Not So Simply Red - Wonderful Handmade Wednesday on Indiemade - December 2, 2015

Posted December 2, 2015

With Christmas fast approaching (can you believe it's already December?), the color red was chosen to be highlight of this post. Just think of everything that red is associated with during this holiday season: Santa's red suit, Rudolph's red nose, the red of holly berries, red poinsettias, red ribbon, red apples as some of the first Christmas tree decorations centuries ago, and many more. This post is called "Not So Simply Red" because red is definitely not a simple color. Just look at all its various blazing shades and nuances of red in the handmade artisan creations below . . . and in the reds you see all through the Christmas season.

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