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Christmas 2009 Shoes, purses, feathers, butterfiles in pretty pinks and purples. Album was created 2 years 5 months ago and modified 2 years 5 months ago view album | view roll

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Products, products, products.....and ingredients Well, since I was a product junkie when I was relaxed, of course I'm bound to be a product junkie while natural too. But it's even worse, since I'm learning to mix up my own hair care products. So I'm now an ingredient junkie too. Album was created 4 years 5 months ago and modified 2 years 6 months ago view album | view roll

Paintings Album was created 3 years 2 months ago and modified 3 years 2 months ago view album | view roll

Abstract landscape texture paintings I have taken to creating landscape texture paintings. Why, you ask...I don't know...you'd have to ask my muse about that. Anyhow, anything is libel to land on the canvas to be used to create texture from cheesecloth to oatmeal :D Album was created 3 years 2 months ago and modified 3 years 2 months ago view album | view roll

Mosaics I have begun to play around with mosaics again. Some glass tiles, some ceramic and quite a few handmade polymer clay tiles. Album was created 3 years 4 months ago and modified 3 years 2 months ago view album | view roll

Encaustic Painting Oh my...the krapht room just got HOT! I used to make candles, but I had the "little" fire once and that put an end to that. PSA: Candle wax is flammable especially if it makes contact with and hot heat source (the burner on my stove in this case.) Scared the crap out of mean and for a while I was scared to even light a candle. Fast forward some years and I have discovered the art of Encaustic Painting. Encaustic painting is the art of painting with melted beeswax that has been color tinted with pigments. (http://www.international-encaustic-artists.org/info/about_encaustics.html) This artform is estimated to be at least 2000 years old and is making a resurgence amongst artists around the world. Album was created 3 years 2 months ago and modified 3 years 2 months ago view album | view roll

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TWA Growout Challenge I'd been concerned about some of the relaxed ends that I may have missed in my 1st BC. I needed to have my eyebrows done so I decided to let my long term hairdresser take care of them. I didn't want to lose any length. She said my hair was healthy and she could basically dust and take off any ends I'd missed and maybe 1/4" at the most. I let her know I didn't want the hair shaped up in any way. I just was basically She made the first cut in the back and showed me the length. I was cool with it. Well by the time she finished I was missing a freaking inch of hair. Despite our 20 minute long conversation, she made the decision to "shape me up". Grrrrrr! If I'd wanted my hair this short, I would have BC'ed a couple of months ago and saved myself a lot of time and effort de-tangling the two textures, spending hours sitting doing rod and straw sets. So right now, I am not particularly happy with my 2nd BC. I was able to do some two-strand twists when the mood struck me. But now it's so short, I can barely grasp the hair around the edges. And all of those lovely tight coils are gone :( That was my last damned visit to any hair dresser. Period. (I'll add new pics of my even tinier fro later this week) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am participating in the Baldy & TWA growout challenge on Nappturality.com My goals: -Pre-poo every co-wash and wash Conditioner (moisturizing only, no protein), Castor oil Olive oil Safflower oil Alovera gel (optional) Glycerine (optional) -Co-wash (every other day) Only use protein based once per week -Deep condition twice weekly (with one of the following) Shea butter concoction with Lustrasilk cholesterol conditioner Egg protein conditoner Fruit Smoothie conditioner -ACV or baking soda rinse once a week or as needed -Moe’s hair oil after wash -Moisturize Light spritz daily (or twice if needed) Carol’s Daughter’s Black Vanilla Leave In Homemade glycerin based spritz Heavy 2-3 times per week (Curls Heavy Cream & Quenching Moisturizer) Ms. Jessie’s Baby Buttercream MoeShealoe -Heavy protein treatment if needed every 6-8 weeks. Aphogee -Drink water, water, water, and even more water -No cutting or trimming -Low manipulation styles TWA wash-n-go Twist or coils ever 2 weeks or so. -Journal or blog to determine what’s working and what’s not working Album was created 4 years 5 months ago and modified 3 years 3 months ago view album | view roll

Thing-a-day 2009 For the past 3 years, there has been a "Thing A Day" event during February. www.thing-a-day.com Artist and crafters worldwide commit to making a new project every day and to share that creation on the blog. Album was created 3 years 4 months ago and modified 3 years 4 months ago view album | view roll