tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63726289643309636622023-11-16T10:27:27.995-06:00Rosebriar Studiojdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-89364332480522347122015-12-20T20:33:00.000-06:002016-09-27T20:21:13.354-05:00Getting Back in the Groove...<span style="font-size: large;">This past year has been full of a few ups then downs and it just sort of left me in a little bit of a funk where I just didn't want to do much of anything on the blog.... But, I'm beginning to rebound and now I feel that am finally getting back into the groove.</span><br />
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-47290651612559715642015-09-20T17:23:00.001-05:002016-09-27T20:23:04.036-05:00Did You Know Sometimes Life Gets a Little Sad....<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to believe that April was the last time I updated this blog. I think about it all the time but I just couldn't seem to bring myself to sit down and write.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Thursday, August 6th, late in the afternoon, my Mom passed on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am happy that she isn't scared any more. I drew this picture because I believe when she left her body she was greeted by my dogs, and hers, that have passed on. Together they walked along a path framed with zinnias, heading forward where they will once again see all our long lost family and friends who were waiting for her on the other side of the hill.</span><br />
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-86087074681583257862015-04-30T09:30:00.000-05:002016-09-27T20:23:56.929-05:00Must Love Dogs....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-29497801646453679052015-04-23T18:18:00.000-05:002015-05-03T05:51:52.929-05:00Letterpress - It's all about the Boxcar Base...<div>
So far in this Letterpress Baby series we talked about installing the rollers and adjusting the roller height on our Chandler & Price 10 x 15 printing press. Next we'll talk about the Boxcar base. </div>
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According to the serial number stamped on our C&P Letterpress it was manufactured in 1928. I'm not a Letterpress historian but my understanding is setting and printing with metal type was the most common method used for printing at that time. </div>
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For our Letterpress Baby I've opted to use an Aluminum Boxcar Base that we purchased from <a href="https://www.boxcarpress.com/letterpress-printing-boxcar-base/" target="_blank">Boxcar Press</a>. The Boxcar base allows us to create designs using Photoshop, save them as a Vector file using Illustrator and then having that design turned into a type of plate made with Polymer that will stick to the Boxcar base. The Polymer plate behaves the same way as the metal type and allows us to get the embossed impression on our cards.</div>
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The Boxcar base we chose for our press was the Deep Relief Base. We laid the base into the Chase, which is an iron frame, and then place wooden blocks called "furniture" around the sides to hold it into place. Once we have it firmly held, we lock it in using a quoins. </div>
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Everything I've read about blogging says you shouldn't send people to another site - because what happens if they don't come back??? But, I think Boxcar has a great tutorial that provides a lot of good information and detail - so for your convenience, here is the <a href="https://www.boxcarpress.com/letterpress-printing-boxcar-base/" target="_blank">link</a> to that article which includes wonderful photos including images of Polymer Plates for those of you who are curious. </div>
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The strange thing is that since the surgery, I've had this song trapped in my head and the only way to get it out was with a little hand-lettering and watercolor.<br />
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In my last post I talked about how to<a href="http://rosebriarstudio.blogspot.com/2015/03/letterpress-setup-installing-rollers.html" target="_blank"> install the rollers</a> onto a C&P letterpress.<br />
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Once the rollers are installed, it is important to set the correct distance between the chase plate and the rollers so as to not damage the rollers or the plate.<br />
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I don't use letterpress type to imprint the images onto the paper for a couple of reasons. I don't own any type and to be honest, our house barely has room for the letterpress let alone a lot of type.<br />
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We use polymer plates that are made using a process that converts a digital image into a negative, then uses a UV light to burn it onto a polymer plate. The plate looks very similar to a stamp you buy at at the store, only it is made with our design. I'll share more about this in in another blog article.<br />
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To measure the distance between the chase and rollers we took a Roller Setting Gage and slipped it between the rollers and the plate that holds the chase.<br />
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Based on the type of Boxcar base we use on our press we needed the distance to be 3/32.<br />
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To say the least, we were way north of 3/32. So we had to adjust the roller height.<br />
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I discovered that the way to adjust the height of the rollers is to apply packing tape to the the rails.<br />
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For our letterpress, we applied 13 layers of tape on the two rails - and the rollers were still too close.<br />
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So, after a little more research I found a comment from someone in a forum somewhere (sorry, I can't remember where) that said to use electrical tape on the trucks to adjust the height.<br />
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I'm not going to fudge the truth.... it took a while to get everything just right. Patience came in handy.<br />
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The video below is from Boxcar Press and gives a great demo and explanation on how to adjust the roller height. Enjoy!<br />
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Our Letterpress baby is a 1928 Chandler & Price 10x18 with a Kluge Automatic Feeder. We live in a small house so our C&P resides in the garage tucked away in a corner until we want to use it. </div>
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After we brought it home and took stock, we determined that before we could actually use it, we had to purchase some items and have the electric motor re-wired to 110,</div>
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The electrical work was completed first. The motor looks to be pretty old and the electrician said it'll work fine; however, just be sure to where good shoes whenever I touch the metal on the press. </div>
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I purchased a Boxcar base, which I will discuss in a different article, some other odds and ends, and we had to have the rollers recovered. </div>
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We found a local company, <a href="http://www.imperialroller.com/" target="_blank">Imperial Rollers</a> who has a good reputation. We dropped the originals off and Imperial had them back to us in about a week. I'll say this, I felt <a href="http://www.imperialroller.com/" target="_blank">Imperial Rollers</a> was a great company, has pleasant people, and were reasonably priced. When we dropped the rollers off, the owner commented that they appeared to be original. He took a knife and sliced one of them open to show us that they were made of animal fat - Yuck. Now they are a nice blue synthetic material.</div>
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The C&P has the ability to hold three rollers. Depending on what you need to ink, you can use all three, two at one time, or just a single roller.</div>
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In order for the rollers to roll across the Ink Disk and chase, each roller has to have two trucks - one on each end. The Trucks then roll along the rail allowing the rollers to spin collecting and deploying ink. </div>
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When we bought the press it came with 15 trucks. All but three of the original trucks were the wrong size. </div>
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We were able to salvage two and make them work with one roller for our initial test; but, we needed at least four more trucks so we could have the option of using two or all three rollers at one time. </div>
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After a little research, we found a company, <a href="http://order.nagraph.com/rollers-trucks-cores.html" target="_blank">NA Graphics</a>, that sells all types of letterpress accessories. I was able to purchase new white plastic trucks which arrived in less than a week. </div>
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We slid the new trucks into position on each end of the roller and were ready to install the rollers onto the press. </div>
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In my opinion, installing the rollers into the saddles is a two person job. The tension on the saddles is very strong, so you need one person guiding the roller into one saddle and another working the roller into the saddle on the other side. </div>
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We decided to use two rollers for this initial run.<br />
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Here are the steps we followed to install the two rollers.<br />
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<li>Once the left side is in, the person on the right uses the 2" rod that sticks out on the saddle to help push the saddle out and over the roller. Again, the truck will be resting on the rail.<br /></li>
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Once the rollers were installed we were ready for the next step - measuring the depth between the rollers and chase which will be the topic for the next article in this series. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it has been a little bit since I've provided an update but work and life sometime collide and the time just gets away from me before I realize it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I mentioned in an earlier <a href="http://rosebriarstudio.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-new-toy.html" target="_blank">post</a> - we bought a Chandler and Price 10x15 Letterpress with an automatic feeder </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">last fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In between the day job, and dealing with the sciatica pain in my leg, I've been burying myself in Letterpress research. To get it the press up and running, we've had the original rollers recovered, the motor re-wired, purchased a Boxcar base for the chase, and a sample polymer plate (which is a lot like a stamp) that we would use for our print test. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, this past weekend we pulled the press out into the center of the garage for a test run. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After oiling the 100 plus locations (because you are supposed to oil the press before each run) we attached one roller, inked the disk and put it through the paces. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a picture of placing the <a href="https://www.boxcarpress.com/boxcar-base/" target="_blank">Boxcar Base</a> being setup in the chase. We used blocks of wood called furniture to hold it into place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we ordered the base we also ordered a sample polymer plate that we could use as our test image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So once the chase was placed into the press we attached the polymer plate (which has an adhesive that allows it to stick to the base). </span><br />
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We then attached a roller (a topic I'll save for another day), threw on some ink, figured out the automation (another lengthy topic I'll share in the future) - all I can say is THANK YOU to my hubby, daughter and her wonderful boyfriend because without them I don't think we would have had a test run. With their help we finally fired our Letterpress Baby up!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a video of our last test run. The boyfriend is the person in the red shirt monitoring the paper feed. </span><br />
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One of the coolest features about our press is that after each cycle it rings a bell. I love that! </div>
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I'll take a snapshot of the polymer plate we used and a sample of what our very first test run looked like tomorrow.<br />
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So do you think about Letterpress? Part of me thinks I am crazy and completely in over my head to the point it is laughable - yet I think I'm falling in love...<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by!<br />
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jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-75034715009785969252014-11-09T18:57:00.003-06:002014-11-10T07:26:46.146-06:00My New Toy....<br />
Sorry for the absence. I can't believe it has been over a month!<br />
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I've been working the day job and in the evenings updating the website, the blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram so that they all have the same look and feel. And, I'm continuing to design and create cards which I hope to be able to share some photos of them with you soon. <br />
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Plus, last month I bought a letterpress printing press!!....I love the look of letterpress cards and have been researching printing presses for over a year. My original goal was to purchase a small press to learn on but - WOW - are they expensive.<br />
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However, I'm a believer that if there is something I want, and I'm heading down the right path, then everything will somehow work out....it always has in the past....and it appears to still be happening..<br />
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I would periodically check ebay and Craigslist to see if anything popped up in my price range and suddenly - there it was - a letterpress printing press. The first coincidence was that it was a short distance from my day job! I contacted the seller and he invited us over that night to take a look.<br />
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Coincidence #2 - While we were there, the hubby and the seller got to chatting and they realized they knew each other from their old high school days. It really is a small world.<br />
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The press was quite a bit bigger than I had originally planned on starting with, but it was such a good deal - how could I pass it up?<br />
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The press weighed over 1500 pounds and I was concerned about how we were going to get it moved - plus it would have to stay in our garage....which meant that I would be parking outside from now on.<br />
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Then came along coincidence #3 - My husband works in freight and shipping and he reached out to a few friends to see if anyone knew how we could get the press moved. A friend of his had the perfect truck with a lift gate that could handle up to 2500 pounds.<br />
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The press was moved within a week and as we were finalizing the deal, coincidence #4 happened - the original owner was so nice he gave us a lot of press accessories (extra chases, furniture for locking in the type, extra rollers, quoins, keys, pins, etc.) AND an original blue letterpress worktable with a marble top. We offered to pay extra but he was incredibly generous and just gave it all to us.<br />
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The press has an automatic feeder already installed - which, by-the-way is incredible too - and it has a motor that requires 220 electric and my garage is only 110. We discussed upgrading and having a plug installed; but the original owner recommended just re-wiring the motor.<br />
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Coincidence #5 - I have no idea where we would find someone who could rewire an old motor. One day at work I was talking to one of the guys at work about it and he recommended a co-worker's husband - who just happened to own his own electrical business.<br />
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We gave the electrician a call and he said he could re-wire it - no problem! Within a week of getting it home the electrician came out, rewired the motor, and IT WORKS!<br />
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The press is incredibly heavy and we've decided to leave it on the pallet so it is level and easier to move. Coincidence #6 - when the press isn't in use we can move it so that it sits sideways and I can park in the garage....which is wonderful, since it is supposed to be a cold and wet winter here in the Midwest this year - they are talking 10 degrees by this coming Wednesday - BRRRR....anyway, we had to have a pallet jack to move the press and my amazing hubby was able to get us a really good deal on one....(Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine myself owning a pallet mover).<br />
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I've ordered the few parts I still need - a <a href="https://www.boxcarpress.com/" target="_blank">boxcar base</a> which will allow me to use photo polymer plates for the printing designs rather than having to use type, I've got a lead on a local person who will be able to recover the rollers, still need to order some good cotton paper; and I need an oil can with a handle....my guess is I should be able to find one at a automobile parts store?<br />
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My daughter is getting married next year so she will be my first client. I probably won't have anything to show - letterpress wise - for a few months. But you all will be some of the first folks I let see when I get it all to working.<br />
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Here is a little video my hubby took of the press running.<br />
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-70737870827225094012014-10-05T20:00:00.003-05:002014-11-09T18:16:14.815-06:00Bloglovin'....<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12972315/?claim=ekq6ctkqrfm">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
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I've setup BlogLovin' to help me keep track of the many, many blogs that I follow. I've only been a member for about 30 minutes and all I can say is that I'm lovin' it!<br />
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I setup an account and then added several of the blogs that I enjoy reading daily. This way, I go to one place and see all the current updates - rather than having to organize my Internet favorites and then remember which folder I put the blogs about hand lettering, or the greeting card blogs, or sewing blogs, etc. (What can I say - I have lots of interests).<br />
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If you have a few minutes, check out <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Bloglovin</span></a> and see if it is something that can help you out too.<br />
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jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-22465499824557262502014-06-11T07:39:00.001-05:002016-09-27T20:55:37.686-05:00Springtime....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I love springtime....</span><br />
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jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-22242281639538838882014-04-25T13:00:00.002-05:002014-04-25T13:06:59.938-05:00Lists...<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There I've stood up and admitted it.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I make lists for just about everything. It helps me stay organized but most of all it helps me to remember what I need to buy, do, find, etc. Another advantage of having a list is that it keeps me on track and I find that I spend less money when I'm shopping at the store because I try to stick to the list.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I carry a little notebook in my purse so I always have something to write on - and - you guessed it....to make a list. Sitting in the parking lot or at a stop light something will pop up in my busy little brain and I have to write it down before I forget.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One list I use all the time is my Shopping List. Each week I print out the list and attach it to one of my clipboards (oh yeah...I love clipboards too) and lay it on the counter. When I find something we need to buy, I grab the pen and jot it down on my handy dandy Shopping List.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">If you are interested in printing a copy of my favorite Shopping List template click this </span><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzXos3W28BqJUkxpLTBVNnpLSDQ/edit"><span style="color: #0b5394;">link</span></a><span style="color: #660000;">. </span></b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(This is my first time sharing something like this so if you run into issues, please add a comment so I can investigate. I hope to have other tutorials and templates to share in the future.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JD</span>jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-12188958857913533182014-01-06T10:30:00.000-06:002016-09-27T20:56:38.554-05:00Birds make me smile...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Walking through my house I began to notice all the bird decorations....below are just a few, the ones I didn't snap a picture of were the bird houses above my kitchen cabinets, pictures with birds in them hanging by my TV, the bird feeders outside my kitchen window, the Blue Sky bird house hanging in the window....the list goes on, and on....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How about you? Do you find that you have a repeating pattern in your home? I probably have almost as many flower items as I do birds.....</span><br />
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-23364502075347023222013-09-13T22:26:00.001-05:002016-09-27T20:40:20.833-05:00In case you were curious......<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is what 87 looks like.....</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is a picture of my mom on her 87th birthday this past August....still going strong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wishing you all the very best!</span><br />
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-87351848717787536162013-06-30T15:11:00.000-05:002016-09-27T20:30:10.566-05:00Amazing Maizey....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We've gone insane and adopted another dog....my daughter was fostering a young female lab mix and we just fell head over heels for her....She reminded us so much of our Ruby - loves having fun, independent and crazy for the water....so after much back and forth debate on the advantages of having only two dogs versus three....we made the commitment and adopted her....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Please meet the newest edition to our family.......our Amazing Maizey....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">To help the dogs become more comfortable with each other we loaded up the car and took Maizey and our other two girls, Chloe and Kasey, to the dog park yesterday. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Below is a picture of our Chloe Bell....Kasey seemed a little camera shy so we didn't really get very many good pictures of her....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Everyone - even our pets - should have a fun place to sneak off to for a little fun in the sun....How about you, is there a great place where you and your pets can enjoy a little adventure? </span></div>
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jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-10153065380868967372013-05-25T23:33:00.004-05:002016-09-27T21:13:37.809-05:00Meet Roscoe....<span style="font-size: large;">My latest drawing....Roscoe the Bloodhound.</span><br />
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jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-13977323177466588172013-04-15T19:53:00.002-05:002016-09-27T20:41:48.417-05:00A Possible Sign of the Times.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINBkInTqUlhGwCN3ZLoIAWnA4ym6Panr-aLP1qYVlTf8XCEDEYAPwAJeAs2eE8U9typwwSnixB4v1aCDc1Z9HxlnCuSWwQbHUz9S0Q_MPDpLQ0ed34YEcmEkE65Od6gYvizVG9hjgjH1F/s1600/Taxi-lowres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINBkInTqUlhGwCN3ZLoIAWnA4ym6Panr-aLP1qYVlTf8XCEDEYAPwAJeAs2eE8U9typwwSnixB4v1aCDc1Z9HxlnCuSWwQbHUz9S0Q_MPDpLQ0ed34YEcmEkE65Od6gYvizVG9hjgjH1F/s640/Taxi-lowres.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've been continuing to work on art in my spare time (which seems to be fleeting lately) and hope to have at least a new banner to share later this week that will be a part of my new Etsy shop - hopefully, everything will come together soon....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime I thought I would share this photo I snapped while we were traveling around Texas on our vacation adventure. As we were driving along in the Hill Country the hubby and I found ourselves traveling behind what appeared to be a Taxi but as we were following along I noticed that it had a set of lights on the roof instead of a Taxi sign then...the driver turned left.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love going on our adventures but I am always happy to be home. </span></div>
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<br />jdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-59334455858988845092013-03-10T00:56:00.002-06:002016-09-27T20:31:31.948-05:00Time....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The past few weeks have seemed to last forever. I'm not a big fan of wishing my life away but I'm glad they are over.....My day job has been hectic, everyone coming from every corner, needing this, wanting that, wondering why it wasn't done yet.....then this week on top of the craziness at the office, I get a call from my 86 year old mother that she's in pain and uncomfortable.<br />
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Within an hour of that call we were at the hospital and she was being admitted so they could run tests. I won't go into the long story and all the details because she's back in her apartment and feels more comfortable; but things have changed. She's more frail, seems a little weaker, and the feeling is that there's not much the doctor's can do.<br />
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So even if the weeks ahead feel long and like they last forever, I know that on the day my mom isn't with us any longer, it will seem that time has flown by.<br />
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JDjdmunder@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228349827451869998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372628964330963662.post-89467681313207646322013-03-02T22:43:00.001-06:002016-09-27T21:09:26.994-05:00My Casey Pearl....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I created another digital painting - this one is of my Casey Pearl.....</span></div>
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