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Hi Everyone, Jess here with a great way for you to make something new out of something old. I love the big old Christmas bulbs.  I usually have bowls of them all over the house this time of the year.  I also have a thing for snowmen.  I have a huge snowman display in the house.  So, do you want to build a snowman with me? Take your old Christmas bulb and squash a Styrofoam ball on top.  I hollowed mine out a bit and then  glued  it on to make sure it is really secure.  Once the ball is on cover it with Activa  PREMIER POLYMER AIR DRY CLAY . I love this clay.  It dries super fast and is a pure white, so I don't have to spend time painting my snowmen! I have also used Activa's  Celluclay  to make snowmen. This gives a great primitive texture to the snowmen. The celluclay is gray so you need to paint them white or cream. Make your snowmen and let them dry overnight. Once they are dry you can paint on your face u...

I sure hope everyone had as wonderful a Thanksgiving week as we did. I have no art for you due to all of  the  preparation  for family and friends and festivity.   But I do have photos of our first annual 'Pie Fest'. Yes, you may drool!   We had chocolate walnut pie, egg custard. pineapple chess pie, cherry cheesecake, raspberry galettes, lemon sunshine pie, pumpkin pecan and peanut butter cream pie.   All homemade and DELISH! A little cheese, a little wine, some fruits and we were off to a great evening.    As we all sat chatting I asked everyone to tell something that others may not know about them.   We had a person who lived through a tornado that leveled their town in Texas, one person had been a belly dancer, another was in a production of South Pacific.   It was so much fun learning things about friends! We also had a competition windmill softball pitcher and a winner in track events of the hurd...