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Hello - just whizzing off to accompany my friend and her gorgeous son to toddling gymnastics, as chief coach. Not really. I think it is to wear him out. It is a rushed FF today therefore, but the items were carefully chosen yesterday. With your eagle eyes and sharp thinking brains you will spot the connection immediately : ) No time to list all items at the bottom today - which is naughty,

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It's nice to have company - and look who I found on Folksy ... a fellow martial-crafter clan member! Lovely Diomo is a stained glass artist who is also an archer. She kindly agreed to be bloggerviewed and to shine some light on how a martial art and crafting art fit into her life.  Bow : ) Can you tell me a bit about the martial art you practice? Looking at the field, it’s less martial art and

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I've been a right ratbag again, and neglected my Folksy Friday, my blog, and other things. I've been mostly out of circulation. Sorry, again *attempts kind of beguiling expression sported by my own dogs* I have missed the pleasure of looking for and finding lovely things, and I've really enjoyed discovering these marvelous things. Please go and have a tootle around their shops - just click on

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Hello, on this gorgeous, warm summer's day. Doesn't it feel gooood? Something else that also feels good * linking smoothly to my news * is being a winner. Uhuh. Not usually lucky in draws or raffles, or frankly even those bran tub exercises (if memory serves) I was DELIGHTED to be a winner in one of Lizzy's brilliant giveaways. I was touched yesterday to receive, not only the beautiful necklace

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I missed a week. Sorry. But, with no further doings, here is my 'Horses (and ponies) Known and Loved' themed Folksy Friday. I'll not name the ladies below, because I want to know if my Ma and sister can spot who's who, but will say that the first picture gives me a lump in my throat: the best, prettiest, baddest, most wall-eyed (both of 'em) friend a girl ever had. From left to right

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Folksy Friday 14th May My intended theme of 'horses known and loved' has been postponed for one week. Because, my blog is haunted. Ahuh, haunted. At least, my Folksy Friday page has been beset by slippage sprites*. Be gone, naughties! Not sure I'm doing the right thing by filling FF with Ghosts and Ghouls and Unsettling Feelings... but here are some lovely ones I've found on Folksy:

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Hello, Just a swift note to day that Folksy Friday is done and dusted and ready to see on the Folksy Friday page. The theme is Direction.

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A lady on Folksy, Ms Catfaceandpancakes, is traveling to Thailand at the end of this month to give her time freely for the benefit of dogs and cats taken in by the Soi Dog Foundation. To this end she is raising money to fund her visit. In addition to flights she is budgeting on £11 per day: £7 for travel and the piddly rest for food. She is aiming for a total of £900. I had hoped to bolster her

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Good morning. After an interview yesterday for a job I'd really like to do, this weeks Folksy Friday is a ring collection ... because I am expecting their call today. I'm hoping, against reason, that the news will be good! In the meantime I can peep at these lovely things.

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What I have to blog about, jewellery wise, are my ideas, plans and mental wanderings. Like many I've let promotion get in the way of making, and that, fellow makers, has not worked for me. Stock making, flexing of hands and squinting of eyes are now the order of the day. Eventually I'll get it all balanced, along with a rewarding job, and shine, a crafting beacon. Of which there are a number, and

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Hello, Just a quick post to say Folksy Friday is all done for this week and is ready to view on the Folksy Friday page. This week my First Anniversary is on my mind, and I've found 9 gorgeous things that make me think of my top notch husband, who is a marvel. Cat

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Hello. Following the first exciting installment, Centre, Circularity and Awareness, this is my second go at responding to Christopher Littlefairs brilliant post, Martial arts, movement and dance, in his blog, Diary of a Martial Artist. Go there, it is good. Physicality, Space and Stickiness Physicality is a term used in dance critique and theory, and means freeing of the body to communicate

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Just done my Folksy Friday. Please pop over to the folksy Friday page to see 6 items by 6 talented people. Theme: A place for Everything and Everything in its Place

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Hello, Just to let you know I've added my Folksy Friday items - they are on my Folksy Friday page. Please let me know if having a page all of their own is working, or if it would be easier to pop them in my main blog. Ta. Remember I couldn't wait to get back to karate training...? Hmmm. Well, it's a shame I was in Lalaland and a complete numpty on Wednesday! The dogs woke me at 3am, which is a

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I am writing this in response to Christopher Littlefair's recent and interesting post, Martial Arts Movement and Dance. His blog is great and I recommend a visit... I studied Dance for three years ...some time back ...and since starting to train in karate just over three years ago (a karate ankle biter) have pondered the similarities and differences in performing and training in martial arts and

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  "... she would carve on the tree Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose until it went all the way around." (The World is Round) I understand Gertrude Stein used this phrase or variants of it through her work. I don't pretend to know as much about her writing as I should, but enjoyed the evolution of meaning which she and others gave to 'rose is a rose is a rose', and the room it

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It's holiday time, which means karate-ka are freed for one week, to roam, to eat chocolate and to commune with loved ones. It really is great to spend time with my loved one. He is a marvel. A human wonder and the best one I've ever known. Also, our dogs are splendid. However, I confess that I miss training. Yes, I've done kata in the garden, and practised uchi-uke in shiko dachi up and down my

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My Da gave me his father's steel block so I'd have a solid base for my hammering activities. Here it is, pictured with my bettered (hammered on my new block) Daisy earrings. It has gorgeous colour ... and surface texture. It's the size of a brick, reassuringly weighty and, now, retired. I've started working with fine silver wire, because I reckon I'm pretty much good enough to, and need a sleek,

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Hello crafters, It might be useful/interesting for me to list the processes I go though before posting a pic on my Picasa galleries or on Folksy. It might be pitiful. It certainly isn't as good as it can be. But here it is: 1) Go get husband's camera from drawer downstairs. It has anti-handshake magic. Thank you Cannon Ixus 2) Peer out window to look for sun. Look left, look right, as it must

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It's a little nerve wracking to make something to order, especially if contact is online only. But I've just finished a set for a lady in Bucks, following email communication only and it has gone very well. * has cup of tea and helps self to a smile * The necklace, earring and bracelet set is to be worn at a wedding, and is called Alice. There is a wee teapot charm amongst the bracelet beads ..

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Five hour grading, sensei with clipboards. Quite intense. However, only two trips to the loo and only twenty press-ups, and fun kumite. I love kumite, but am looking forward to a time when my brain keeps up with my body. That is to say, one day I am sure I won't labour to plan, execute and get out before missing a chance to do. Sometimes, rarely, it happens, and it feels good, but still too often

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Oh, sweet blimey cakes. With several of my karate kyu-mates, I am being graded on Saturday. Aim: 2nd kyu. To those confused, and mildly amused, by the coloured belt system, this means we are hoping to get two large steps closer to black belt / 1st Dan / shodan (or 'beginning level'). My favourite bugei book is Sword and Brush, by Dave Lowry. In it he explains that the kanji for 'dan' means 'to

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My skin is sensitive so I don't fancy using something from a bottle which requires me to wear gloves. Also, I haven't had eggs for a while. So, I hard boiled three big ones, left one in a well-sealed plastic container with some bits and bobs and sat down to enjoy the other two. Eggs taste good. Hypothosis: Certain base metals, when sealed in a container with a cooked (large and free-range) egg,

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