Second, the fun report. Yesterday, I drove down to Newport, RI and met up with Kristin<\/a>! It was a beautiful day, a perfect day to spend out of the studio. We walked around, admiring flowers, trees, old houses, the sea views. We ate a wonderful lunch and admired sailboats. We talked blogs and blogging, family and gardening. I wish we had had many more hours- we were just beginning to scrape the surface of all that being part of this internet blog\/craft community involves. Last year I went to a doll conference. If I could have my fantasy networking venue, I’d be going to a craft blog conference this year! It is so refreshing to talk to someone who understands why we do this!<\/p>\n Third- work in progress-<\/p>\n It is a wool tiki doll. It was one of those itches that needed scratching. I kept seeing images and thinking, hmmm, that would be so much fun to applique! So, finally. Here is the flickr mosaic<\/a> I made with the doll and also some of the inspiration.<\/p>\n Fourth- if you are interested in the gathering\/workshop<\/a>, there are still spaces. Enough people are interested that it will be happening-yeah!- and there is still room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" first, do my duty and promote… Tomorrow, June 7, I will be participating in the Jamaica Plain First Thursday, with Etsy Boston. I will be there with Jessica, Amy, Betsy and Betsy, Elizabeth, Angela, JHill Design, and MuchachaK. Come and … Continue reading ![\"66tiki.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/66tiki.jpg\")
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