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<\/a><\/p>\nand some cookies.<\/p>\n There were 23 tattooed men in various modes of fashion-<\/p>\n 18 girl dolls-<\/p>\n 11 babies<\/p>\n 15 ladies-<\/p>\n 2 gifts that inspired 24 more tiny world pincushions-<\/p>\n And the other stuff- I went to NYC, London, Portland, OR, and Chicago. I met Diane<\/a>, Melissa<\/a>, Jan<\/a> and Susan<\/a> in person. The paperbag swag <\/a>project got finished after a long delay caused by 4 out of the 6 participants having babies- a pretty good excuse I’d say. I grew tomatoes! I did 4 shows. I was mentioned on Design Sponge by guest bloggers in January (Thanks Kath<\/a>!) and then again in December (Thanks Camilla<\/a>!). That was a little freaky. And, one of my dolls is Mr. April in the Whip Up calendar<\/a>. All in all, it was another great year for my artwork and for my own crafty blogging universe.<\/p>\n Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by and visited and left comments or not in 2008. Happy, healthy and creative 2009 to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bear with me- I find this kind of analysis very helpful. I finished 72 dolls this year- and some cookies. There were 23 tattooed men in various modes of fashion- 18 girl dolls- 11 babies 15 ladies- 2 gifts that … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n