tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606723423647797062011-11-24T01:08:09.521-08:00Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160672342364779706.post-13234769265652476142009-11-17T13:41:00.001-08:002009-11-17T13:45:54.349-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is a set of six handmade cloth napkins, each with a different nickname embroidered on them. They were made as a gift for my sister. </span></div><div><br /></div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMYtM6oX9I/AAAAAAAAACU/ZnfgfWrd8tU/s320/Boogs2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405191142615048146" /> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NOT FOR SALE</span><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMYt4yt4FI/AAAAAAAAACc/Wm2zbFPkFQQ/s1600/Boogs1.JPG"></a><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/160672342364779706-1323476926565247614?l=songsoftheseacollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160672342364779706.post-26832435279734167142009-11-17T13:37:00.000-08:002009-11-17T13:40:30.954-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kokoshnik (traditional Russian headdress) </span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMX7C0ZplI/AAAAAAAAACM/8wAQdLfB9-o/s1600/Kokoshnik.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMX7C0ZplI/AAAAAAAAACM/8wAQdLfB9-o/s320/Kokoshnik.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405190280911103570" /></a><div><br /></div><div>This was made as part of a Halloween Costume. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMX7C0ZplI/AAAAAAAAACM/8wAQdLfB9-o/s1600/Kokoshnik.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMX6j8-FkI/AAAAAAAAACE/yXc60vtFbQQ/s1600/cory.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMX6j8-FkI/AAAAAAAAACE/yXc60vtFbQQ/s320/cory.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405190272625546818" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NOT FOR SALE</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/160672342364779706-2683243527973416714?l=songsoftheseacollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160672342364779706.post-51474380317150314872009-11-17T13:22:00.000-08:002009-11-17T13:28:59.878-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">T-shirt with hand embroidered MW logo. </span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVQPTVhBI/AAAAAAAAAB8/-tQ49_tG_Ec/s1600/mwshirt1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVQPTVhBI/AAAAAAAAAB8/-tQ49_tG_Ec/s320/mwshirt1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405187346504451090" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVQPTVhBI/AAAAAAAAAB8/-tQ49_tG_Ec/s1600/mwshirt1.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVPotKFnI/AAAAAAAAAB0/LQhbHALvo74/s1600/mwshirt2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVPotKFnI/AAAAAAAAAB0/LQhbHALvo74/s320/mwshirt2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405187336143771250" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVPotKFnI/AAAAAAAAAB0/LQhbHALvo74/s1600/mwshirt2.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVPDmvJFI/AAAAAAAAABs/HsZpESZBZ_s/s1600/mwshirt3.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVPDmvJFI/AAAAAAAAABs/HsZpESZBZ_s/s320/mwshirt3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405187326184727634" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMVPDmvJFI/AAAAAAAAABs/HsZpESZBZ_s/s1600/mwshirt3.JPG"></a>www.themormonworker.org </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NOT FOR SALE</span><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/160672342364779706-5147438031715031487?l=songsoftheseacollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160672342364779706.post-89808729135042503742009-11-17T12:51:00.000-08:002009-11-17T13:14:18.885-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This hand embroidered dress was inspired by a Anton Chekov's writings. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Around the bottom of the dress it reads, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPR_XRT9I/AAAAAAAAABM/UPAfrfcWI48/s1600/Chekov1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPR_XRT9I/AAAAAAAAABM/UPAfrfcWI48/s320/Chekov1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405180779515957202" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPR_XRT9I/AAAAAAAAABM/UPAfrfcWI48/s1600/Chekov1.JPG"></a>Front<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPRQgYTwI/AAAAAAAAABE/3-nSql43PCc/s1600/Chekov2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPRQgYTwI/AAAAAAAAABE/3-nSql43PCc/s320/Chekov2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405180766937698050" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPRQgYTwI/AAAAAAAAABE/3-nSql43PCc/s1600/Chekov2.JPG"></a>Back<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPQitIPrI/AAAAAAAAAA8/e1HDagZ3R_8/s1600/Chekov3.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPQitIPrI/AAAAAAAAAA8/e1HDagZ3R_8/s320/Chekov3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405180754643140274" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPQitIPrI/AAAAAAAAAA8/e1HDagZ3R_8/s1600/Chekov3.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPQNogLMI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QeUTHpDF6S4/s1600/Chekov4.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPQNogLMI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QeUTHpDF6S4/s320/Chekov4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405180748986592450" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMPQNogLMI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QeUTHpDF6S4/s1600/Chekov4.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">NOT FOR SALE</span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/160672342364779706-8980872913504250374?l=songsoftheseacollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160672342364779706.post-66778273650819961462009-11-17T12:33:00.000-08:002009-11-17T13:12:09.824-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">"Tolstoy Skirt" is one of my first major embroidery projects involving text. </span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ8ZihAXI/AAAAAAAAABk/j4oFul3J2Bo/s1600/Tolstoyskirt1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ8ZihAXI/AAAAAAAAABk/j4oFul3J2Bo/s320/Tolstoyskirt1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405182607608578418" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ8ZihAXI/AAAAAAAAABk/j4oFul3J2Bo/s1600/Tolstoyskirt1.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ7zSv5YI/AAAAAAAAABc/PzDY-VOokXM/s1600/Tolstoyskirt3.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ7zSv5YI/AAAAAAAAABc/PzDY-VOokXM/s320/Tolstoyskirt3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405182597341898114" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ7zSv5YI/AAAAAAAAABc/PzDY-VOokXM/s1600/Tolstoyskirt3.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ7ArA4RI/AAAAAAAAABU/LRjAQPkFenA/s1600/Tolstoyskirt2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMQ7ArA4RI/AAAAAAAAABU/LRjAQPkFenA/s320/Tolstoyskirt2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405182583753466130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMKjAipzJI/AAAAAAAAAAs/DLJIn2S48UU/s1600/Tolstoyskirt3.JPG"></a><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is embroidered with the following text, taken from </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What I Believe </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">by Leo Tolstoy:</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“</span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Christ’s teaching to live each day as if it were your last is much smarter than the world’s teaching to get more and more money for the future. Both sides will die, but only one will die prepared and happy. Disciples of Christ will be poor, but that does not mean that they will be sad. It may mean that they will live out on the land or sleep under the stars, that they will be hungry three times a day (just before each meal), that they will be so tired at night that they will fall asleep easily and sleep right through the night, that they will use their time to listen to and help others, and that when they die, their death will have meaning.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">” --Leo Tolstoy</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">NOT FOR SALE </span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/160672342364779706-6677827365081996146?l=songsoftheseacollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160672342364779706.post-70217622396973018852009-11-17T12:23:00.000-08:002009-11-17T12:33:00.467-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMIcuk5QkI/AAAAAAAAAAU/4mYtf35CAmA/s1600/songsofthesea_ru.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bMsvFc6KMEA/SwMIcuk5QkI/AAAAAAAAAAU/4mYtf35CAmA/s400/songsofthesea_ru.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405173267406864962" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/160672342364779706-7021762239697301885?l=songsoftheseacollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Songs of the Seanoreply@blogger.com0