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		<title>August Handwerkermarkt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 9, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] On 9 August, from 9:00am - 5:00pm, I will have a booth at the Münsterplatz Handwerkermarkt in Bern.  Come by and visit!  I will be exhibiting jewelry and a few art pieces. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bead Journal Project 2010 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been so busy getting ready for jewelry fairs that I&#8217;ve fallen woefully behind on my Bead Journal Project.  I did manage to finish April&#8217;s piece, and I&#8217;m pretty happy with her.

April Bead Journal 2010
The bracelet is woven of 11/o Toho grounds, using the non-tarnishing galvanized beads in a herringbone stitch.  The two stones are [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finished March Dancer &#8211; Bead Journal Project 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March was a busy month, and I kept getting distracted from beading by things like editorial work, writing, spring cleaning, digging up my garden beds, and so on.  But I did return, again and again, to this piece, and I really enjoyed watching it grow.  As I mentioned in an earlier diary, I haven&#8217;t rushed [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March Sketch #2 &#8211; Bead Journal Project 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because this month&#8217;s Bead Journal Project is the most ornate I&#8217;ve tried yet, I spent a lot of time in the planning phase.  This is the updated and now complete sketch for the project.  The figure and font are both intended to have a Nouveau feel, but the palette is pure high desert. Robin Atkins [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking About March &#8211; Bead Journal Project 2010</title>
		<link>http://freshmonsters.com/?p=140</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admit to having been bitten by the bead embroidery bug, so I&#8217;m going to try an ambitious March project.  This month&#8217;s doll will be embroidered on a yoke necklace, amidst beaded cabochons.  I&#8217;m sticking to my desert colors, and merging them with my penchant for collage and assemblage.  A while ago I created an [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finished February Doll &#8211; Bead Journal Project 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really wrestled with this month&#8217;s bead journal, and I&#8217;m pleased with the outcome.  It represents a major shift in my work, as I try to bring my love of the southwestern desert together with my love of beading.  As I mentioned in previous posts, my goal was to work with a color palette based [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Doll, Take 2 &#8211; Bead Journal 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For decades I&#8217;ve been taking photographs in the Utah desert, and I think it&#8217;s the most beautiful place on earth. But for some reason, my beading and painting palette has always tended to heavily saturated jewel tones, and I find myself often reaching for bright turquoise, fuschia, royal purple and silver.  I love those colors, [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Doll? Maybe Not &#8211; Bead Journal 2010</title>
		<link>http://freshmonsters.com/?p=112</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I finished beading the cabochon, which I thought looked pretty good:
With the bead edging, the cabochon is now almost 3&#34; in diameter.
But I started getting the sense that it was going to be way too big for the design as I&#8217;d originally planned it, especially after putting lace picots around the edge of the [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Doll, Stage II &#8211; Bead Journal 2010</title>
		<link>http://freshmonsters.com/?p=77</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may sound a bit peculiar, but beading is very much like scholarship &#8212; a little inspiration and a lot of disciplined follow-through if you&#8217;re going to get it right.  And when you&#8217;re headed in the wrong direction, there&#8217;s no point in going on that way because you can&#8217;t fix an incorrect assumption by piling [...] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Doll, Stage I &#8211; Bead Journal 2010</title>
		<link>http://freshmonsters.com/?p=93</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kali Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been dying for an excuse to try beaded cabochons of the sort that Jamie Cloud Eakin features in her wonderful book, Beading with Cabochons.  So February&#8217;s doll will feature my first serious attempt at the form.
I started with a square, thick glass bead, of the sort which Eakin warns beginners against.  The problem is [...] [...]]]></description>
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