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My sciatica is back, bringing with it immense pain and practical immobility, so crafting is on hold for now. Before it happened, I did manage to do a few things. 

First not crafting per se, but I managed to frame my favourite cross stitches and put them up. 





That sewing room stitch was one of my first ones! 

I've also worked on the stitch. Here's the update


I made a pair of earrings, using donut beads and tim holtz spiders. 


Finally, I made a mixed media piece, using a heart base, resin pieces, paints and waxes, flowers, and tim holtz saying. The base was painted with tim holtz distress paints, then a stencil used with platinum embossing powder. 



Until next time, hopefully with a better back!
Ems








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