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New Stuff for 2009

I haven’t written in four months.  Wow.  But then, that’s about how long I’ve been UTTERLY SICK of hairsticks.
I clearly need to diversify.  I’m investing in half a dozen books, all on different techniques, and plan to make a piece in each, even if I don’t immediately fall for it…I need to think of new […]

Apple Blossom

I was intending to clean up today, particularly because it is too windy to go biking.  (It’s not a great replacement but it’s important to get SOME physical activity even on cold, windy days.)  So I took half of a half-strength (regular ones are 200mg but mine are only 100mg) caffeine pill.  (I have a […]

Thank you, Sho Fuwa!

Inspiration can come from unlikely sources. Lately I’ve been getting way too many ideas from…wanna guess? From manga, in fact. Skip Beat! in this case. (I’m not grammatically challenged…the name of the manga has the ! included.) Yoshiki Nakamura includes an astonishing amount of unique accessories in this show-biz-themed manga.
In […]

Papered Sticks

I’ve been out of town since Friday but as I am back now, I can post.
I’ve put ‘papered’ sticks up on Etsy before but am still not sure whether they are liked or not.  I haven’t made many, but the one pair that was purchased (Hidebound) seems to be quite well liked by […]

The place it all comes from…

If you are here to find out about the contest, please see the entry previous to this one, on Feb. 5.
It really seems to me that everything I do comes from a love of fantasy. My love of the fantastic imaginary is why I am fascinated by exotic jewellery, which is of course […]

Golden Meliadese

Krista Hubert maintains both The Far Grove shop and The Far Grove Blog. She's older than she looks, loves fantasy, and wants to make real life a little more like a fairytale. Making exotic fantasy jewellery is one of the ways she attempts to do so.

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