Recent Blogs
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September 1, 2010
For quite a while in my elementary and middle school years, I was really into counted cross-stitch. It had been years since I last worked on a cross-stitch project, but a year or so ago I had the urge to try it again. The next time I went to my parents’ house, I picked up my bag of embroidery floss, needles, pattern books, and Aida cloth – a woven cloth designed for cross-stitch... (read)
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August 30, 2010
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August 26, 2010
While in Grand Rapids for my lovely cousin’s lovely wedding, my family took a trip to Meijer Gardens. It’s a combination botanical garden and sculpture park, and the exhibit while we were there was of Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures. It’s a pretty fun experience, actually – sort of like a treasure hunt to find all the sculptures that are hiding in the ponds, waterfalls, and fields... (read)
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August 16, 2010
If only I had a video camera to capture this – this rocket launches fast (the 3 pictures above were all taken within one second). Ryder built it out of PVC pipe and a 2 liter bottle for our church’s VBS program. The short story of how it works: slide a half-full 2 liter bottle on the end of a PVC pipe. Hook up a bike pump to the other end of the pipe... (read)
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August 12, 2010
Ryder made this wooden clock using our scroll saw, and then wood-burned the detail onto it. The only part I don’t like is that this was a birthday gift for his brother, so we only got to enjoy it for a few days.
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August 9, 2010
A few months ago, Zoo Atlanta had a “special” Tech day at the zoo – admission was $1 less than the normal student rate. Woo hoo. We took advantage of the “deal” and braved the sweltering heat to see some animals. We ended at the Budgie house:
This pairing was probably the smallest gathering – in the small budgie area there were hundreds upon hundreds of budgies... (read)
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August 6, 2010
Cacti at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
I was trying to think of something clever to say, but I have nothing. I posted a few more photos of our trip to the gardens over in my photos.
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August 2, 2010
Wee! I finally have a domain that matches my name. I’ve moved my photos & blog over here to emilywinck.com, hopefully without breaking too many things. Let me know if you see anything not working, and I’ll try to fix it. This move took me many months of working on it a bit at a time, which is part of the reason I haven’t posted anything in ages... (read)
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May 13, 2010
With some silly people in the foreground. For a sense of scale.
more pictures of Dave & Cherith’s visit over in the photos section.
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March 13, 2010
Last night, as the clouds and the storm rolled in, Ryder called me to the window to look at the sky. And I saw the purple before the storm.
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March 12, 2010
Another clockity-clock.
I like it hanging in our dining room, and I like the idea of rotating out our decor as I make (and theoretically sell) clocks. A few more button clock pics at the link.
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February 25, 2010
If you haven’t been hanging around here long, you may not know that I like to make clocks (see here, here, here, and here, to name a few). At this point, I’ve run out rooms to put clocks in at my house, and am close to running out of people to gift them to. I thought maybe someone on the internets would like to buy some so I can keep making them, so I opened an etsy store:
I have a grand total of one item listed at the moment; theoretically I will be adding more stuff soon... (read)
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February 13, 2010
My view this morning:
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February 11, 2010
I’m not much for flowers on my table, but sailboats? That I can do.
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The finished card
Tiny tree on giant card
Tools of the trade, B
Round and round the O
Cherith. Again, contemplating.
More giant letters
More star balloons
Siblinks
Tools of the trade
Ryder adds star balloons
Cherith considers her contribution
"K"
Chloe adds a letter
Dave focuses
Chihuly Cranes
Under the "Grand Rapids Arch"
Approaching the arc