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Talented People

Although many people believe they are not talented in the area of creativity... It's just not true. I have a small shop in a relatively small town and I am awed and humbled by the folks that bring in their contributions to creativity. From the mohawked young man with his original skateboard jewelry to an elderly woman wanting to sell her beautifully made hot mitts. Each of us has a deep seeded need to create and in turn to share those creations with our world.

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Added by Gabrielle Krake on June 29, 2012 at 4:10pm — No Comments

A Real Store!

Check out the Studio

When I opened my store I was completely convinced that I would ONLY work in the store studio, but as my son has captured with his new fish-eye lens I am in fact still working in my home studio. Another huge…

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Added by Gabrielle Krake on June 2, 2012 at 6:34pm — No Comments

Room Swap Success

This could be the biggest makeover in years, since the kitchen. This project ended up massively changing 4 rooms in our house, a much needed reorganization of things. Eight of us share this 1800 square feet and I have made it my personal mission to make it the best most efficient space possible.

Look at those lovely floors, ugh! I laid espresso colored solid wood bamboo flooring and covered the beastly boards FOREVER!

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Added by Gabrielle Krake on September 9, 2009 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

How Do You Recycle?

After being invited to many potlucks and picnics this summer, I realized I needed a more useful way to bring food. Although I do have certain dishes that I use for going to events, I always need to remember what I took or if we leave early I have to remove part of the buffet, when taking my dishes of food home. Therefore, an inspiration came to me recently as I was crushing a large rectangular plastic contain that had spinach leaves in… Continue

Added by Gabrielle Krake on August 1, 2009 at 6:45pm — 1 Comment

Easy Fountain

This is what I did for Mother’s Day and 100% of it was found, recycled or repurposed.

I had a magazine page torn out and saved since the summer of 2001. Well, today on Mother’s Day with one of my best friends we tackled it. If I did not have to rewire the pump this project would have only taken about 90 minutes!