Poppies...

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If you haven't had a chance yet, take a couple of minutes to read Diane Cook's post on Grateful Living today.  She talks about childhood memories of her grandmothers and the beautiful poppies one of them grew.  

Then you can pop over to her blog, Rosa and Josie's, to read the story behind her blog name homage to these two wonderful women.

What's Cookin'?

Today I've been doing a lot of this:

To make a lot of these:

What did you work on this weekend?

Also, if you haven't had a chance, hop on over to Grateful Living to read Diane Cook's thoughts on sharing her passion!  

"With One Finding" Design Challenge

I certainly didn't mean to wait this long to post about this, but I do want to make sure you all know about the "With One Finding" challenge going on over at this post at one of Diane Cook's blogs, "Brass Bouquet Designs".

If you are a fan of beautiful brass filigree and findings, this challenge is for you!  The deadline is the end of this month, so hurry on over to learn more about it!

Even More Secret Santa Reveals!

Hello!  Here are some more Secret Santa gifts made by the incredible ladies in this swap:
First are pictures of the necklace and earring set made for Tami Roth of Cat Tales Etc. by Diane Cook of Rosa and Josie’s:

These pictures are of the earring set made by Carolyn Mallin of Fanciful Expressions for Jan Thomason of The Polkadot Barn:

And the third set of pictures are made by Jan Thomason of The Polkadot Barn for Crystal Neubauer of Other People’s Flowers:

 Aren’t these pieces beautiful?  Keep checking back – there are still a few more pieces to feature!

More Secret Santa Gift Reveals…

Hello!

I want to share some more Secret Santa gifts with you:

The first one is a frame made by Riki Schumacher of Riki Jewelry for Diane Cook of Rosa & Josie’s:

“Sisters”

This second set of pictures are of the necklace that Cindy Wimmer of Sweet Bead Studio made for Carolyn Mallin of Fanciful Expressions:

Ladies, you continue to astound me with your unbelievable artistic talent!   Stay tuned for updates from more Secret Santas!