HMF on Sunday

The last week has been a crazy dash to the finish line. I meant to blog this photo for Hand Made Friday, but just didn’t have the time. ☕️ #HMF

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces did you wear today? I'm wearing a chain maille pendant, one that I will never make again. :)

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces did you wear today?

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

We're having a heatwave here with 100+ degree temps, so I'm working from home at the kitchen table with a hot sled dog at my feet. It's my jam.

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

My sister made these earrings for me. Aren't they lovely?

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

It's millefiori earring day.

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

I went overboard with the achenes, but more is better for wish granting, right?

Juneteenth HMF

From What Is Juneteenth?
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Originally posted on The Root

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.”
—General Orders, Number 3; Headquarters District of Texas, Galveston, June 19, 1865

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

Today is a Jammin' Day. I hope you are well.

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday. What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I wore Paisley Earrings on my walk at noon. Stay safe.

Stay-At-Home HMF

We're on the 11th day of the Stay-At-Home* Order. It hasn't even been 2 weeks but it seems like 2 months.

I'm working full time from home which was challenging in the beginning, but it's fine now. We're adjusting to being at home and only going out for essentials. In the beginning I was worried about feeling cooped up. But just yesterday I had to go to the pharmacy and the grocery store and being out in the world was very stressful. I had a N95 mask firmly in place and slathered hand sanitizer on when I got back in my car, but my mind kept telling me to go home, go home.

My Hand Made Friday is a fabric mask I made using this pattern. There is a nationwide movement to make masks because there is a shortage of the N95 masks that are needed to protect against the virus. Many of the N95 masks are meant to be used once and then discarded. Unfortunately, the shortage is forcing people to use their mask--if they are fortunate enough to have a mask--multiple times which puts them at risk. The washable fabric masks are not rated N95 and therefore are not as protective against the virus, but some people are wearing these over their N95 masks to extend the life of their masks, or are choosing to wear them by themselves with the thought that any type of barrier is better than nothing. What is most important is the wearer must understand and recognize the limitations of a fabric mask.

Oh, and I'm also wearing Jasper Herringbone earrings.

Be well.



* The Shelter-In-Place order was changed to a Stay-At-Home order because Shelter-In-Place is what they teach kids to do when there's an active shooter. What a world we live in, huh?

Catching up on HMF / HKF

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I've neglected updating my blog on Fridays, but if you follow me on social media you know I've been keeping up with HMF/HKF. So, here's what you missed. :)

Feb 14: Copper Love Knot bracelet:





Feb 21: Happy dance! I was super excited to meet Xandy Peters, designer of Fox Paws, at Stitches West. Oh, and I'm wearing a chainmaille pendant for Hand Made Friday.



Feb 28: This hand made pendant was made by the talented people at Steampunk Garage.



Mar 6: Stamped Copper Earrings



Mar 13: And finally, it's the Must Have Cardigan. Happy Friday! Now go wash your hands.

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It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

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It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces did you wear today? #wrap #bracelet #leather #beads #jewelry

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I'm wearing earrings by Rolf Schrade and a pendant by yours truly.

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made beauties are you wearing today? I have on one of my favorites.

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It's Hand Made Friday! What It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces did you wear today?

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It's Hand Made Friday! What It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made beauties did you wear today?

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?