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home, sweet home

Last night I slept in my own bed and it was wonderful. I’ve been all over the MD/DC/VA area the past week visiting family and friends. No matter how much fun I have while away, it’s always nice to come home.

rainbow in Cincinnati

I saw this rainbow at the Cincinnati airport and snapped a shot right before we boarded our plane. I’ve been thinking a lot about this picture over the past week. Maybe it’s because while I was away, we ushered in a new year. I’m not one to make long lists of resolutions, but I have a feeling 2012 is going to be filled with creativity and inspiration.

It’s good to be back.

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how to: color your own chenille sticks

color your own chenille stick pipe cleaner

I’m not sure this is really a “how-to” or more of a crafty public service announcement. We recently had a purple pipe cleaner emergency in our house. (Does anyone else have trouble calling them chenille sticks?)

The project was a rainbow with a pot of gold. We had every color of the rainbow except purple. I suggested we go ahead and make the project and fill in the missing color later. Our Artist in Residence balked at that idea. How can you make a rainbow without purple? Details, Mama, details!

So, in an act of desperation, I grabbed a white pipe cleaner and a permanent purple marker. A Sharpie probably would have been best, but all I had was a dry erase marker. It worked remarkably well: I just colored it, waited about a minute and wiped it down with a tissue to make sure it was dry. Crisis averted!