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CozyFest just opened, and with it being a Fity Linden Friday event, it is one not to be missed!
There is a sim chalk full of deals, as well as a lot of group gifts to be had.
Almost everything I have on is from the event!
Featuring L$50 items from Valentina.E, Izzie's, This is Wrong, Veechi, Bunk, Pitaya, Nomad, Andore, C'est la Vie, Alt3 and The Horror.
Group Gifts from Velour, Izzie's, Veechi, Bunk, BabyBoo and Cazimi.
Also some L$10 Eyebrows!
Full Credits can be viewed at the post link above.
After a passing thunderstorm temporarily cleared smoke from Canada's 2023 forest fires, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, July 1, 2023
Hearts with diamond pendants.
All for flowing hearts, not rigid rules.
In the Language of Flowers - undying love.
Other information:
Bleeding Heart
Scientific Name
: Dicentra Spectabilis
Family
: Fumariaceae
Common names
: Bleeding Heart, Dutchman's Trousers
Flowering Season
: May-August
Colour
: Red, Pink, White
An exercise in simple madness. Like all the diverse individuals on this lovely planet. It is great that we are all so different and yet all on the same ball of string.
I have enough photos of Lisa glowering at the camera, so I used a string to perk her up. I'm a bit close for a 50mm lens, though, so her ear isn't all in the frame.
These are the potholders that I made for my partner for Potholder Pass 3. I was inspired by the leaf mini quilt on the cover of Whip Up Mini Quilts. I paper pieced each half of the leaf as I would a string quilt and then stitched up the center, turned the edges and appliqued. And yes, I jumped onto the grommet bandwagon! (and no, that isn't my house--we have a run down barn that hasn't been fixed up yet and I think it makes for a neat background!)
I finished the hexagons yesterday, so I made this guy for the third pillow form (the diamonds were a finished top and got ripped, I needed the linen!)
I thought this was really ugly when I finished it last night, but I'm liking it a bit more this morning.
Here is a portrait of the exquisite custom 7-string guitar, handmade by legendary Sonoma county luthier Taku Sakashta, completed in 2009. Sadly, this gifted artist was murdered in 2010 while working late in his shop.
The intense thought and musical craft that Taku applied to his work elevated his instruments to a completely different level.
This is my personal custom guitar that took Taku 2-1/2 years to complete. When the guitar was finished, Taku said he would need to hear the guitar in my practice room through my own amp rig so he could complete the set up. He and his charming wife showed up at my house, Taku holding his bag of tools. He immediately went to work making tweaks here and there while I played the guitar. Together, we dialed in just the right voice through the amp and it sounded amazing. I felt like I had purchased a high-end custom suit and the master tailor was making his final critical adjustments.
On that evening I could also see the spark in Taku's eye as he watched his creation come alive in the hands of its new owner. It had taken years of planning, building, and refinement in his hands for countless hours; now he would be leaving it behind at a new home, and I could sense his love and attachment for the instrument.
Shortly after, I was crushed to hear the news of Taku's death at the hands of a violent offender. I will skip over those details but you can search them online to learn more.
The guitar is a tangible record of Taku's contribution, however brief, to the world of music. Every time I hold the instrument, I replay in my mind some very fond memories of a friend and artist who touched my soul.
Rest in peace, Taku Sakashta (1966-2010)
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Lens is the A120mm f/4 macro on the 645Z. Overhead lighting is a Priolite MBX500HS strobe through a ParaPop 38" octabox. Focus stacking applied.
© Copyright A Pendleton 2010 HAVE LEFT THIS SHOT IN GROUPS FOR TONIGHT BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COPY AND PASTE GROUP STAMPS ON OTHER MEMBERS, ON ALL THE GROUPS I TRIED!! WILL TRY AGAIN LATER!!!
Afternoon sun hit the house cross the street, the reflection lights come through shrub in front of my house, creating opportunity for bokeh.
these string blocks are so fun to make, after making the first one as a sample for the great white north bee, i'm completely addicted to them and can't stop making more myself.
I have wanted to try paper piecing string blocks for some time. I also wanted to make a quilt for AmyLouWho's Amy Butler Challenge. . I needed a gender neutral quilt for the soon to be new baby of a good friend. It seemed like a perfect time to do all three. I loved the look of framing it in white. There are a lot of my favorite prints in there. Its a happy quilt, for sure.
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