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		<title>New Gadgets, New Results</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=89</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just updated the gallery here with a couple of images of my latest copper jewelry creations. (Click the image below to see the whole gallery.) I finally fired up the new flex-shaft tool to cut the jumpring coils made with the Pepe Jumpring Maker described in an earlier posting, and everything worked just fine. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideabooks and Reusing Stuff</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=83</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve been collecting images from around the Web in an electronic journal to help nail down the plans for our house-to-be. One place I&#8217;ve found lots of good ones is a site called Houzz, which I found via their (free) iPad app, which of course I installed on mine. Here&#8217;s a neat idea from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing the Air</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=80</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental concerns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kiln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metal clay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PMC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a very disturbing blog post about a situation in classes at a craft show I had considered attending at some point. Follow the link to see the details, but in essence a knowledgable, responsible craftswoman was dissed by show management and city officials for trying to encourage them to correct an unsafe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Green Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=70</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy-efficient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xeriscape]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Building a new house presents many opportunities. We are looking forward to a space that is designed just for us, with areas for all our projects and lifestyle. We are also thinking about how to make our new home &#8220;low impact&#8221; on the environment. Choosing materials and construction methods and designs that take into consideration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design Decisions</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=64</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[decorating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hill Country]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jewelry design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscape design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I mentioned that Phil and I are planning to build a house soon. Naturally, as an inveterate blogger, I plan to write about the process, but aside from one entry on my techie blog that mainly discusses how I generated a presentation of our plan, I have not yet started to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flex Shaft Tool Update</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last posting, I complained about not being able to use my Dremel rotary tool and flex shaft with the Pepe 307 Jump Ring Maker. In all fairness to Pepe Tools, I should say that they do specify the Foredom H.30 flex shaft tool handle, and don&#8217;t promise to be compatible with Dremel tools. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tool Frustration!</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=40</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[flex shaft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jump ring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boy, am I unhappy! Not long ago I bought a tool set I&#8217;d been drooling over for months, the Pepe 307 Jump Ring Maker, for jewelry projects. It looks like a really nifty collection of well-made, well-designed components, but I have a problem with it. Instead of being able to use my existing Dremel rotary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Converging Interests</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=37</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper wire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jewelry making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wire wrapping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny how one thing leads to another&#8230; I was just browsing one of the email lists I subscribe to when I came across a mention of a Ning network I hadn&#8217;t previously found, Copper Wire Jewelers Magazine. The site founder, Lois Linquist, is also the founder/editor/publisher of the eponymous electronic magazine. Since I enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polymer Clay Play</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=36</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sculpture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beads]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jewelry making]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wire wrapping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week we&#8217;ve been in Tucson for the extravganza centered around the famous Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (TGMS). However, my primary interest is in materials for casual beaded and wirewrapped jewelry, not fine gemstones, lovely as they are. The bead shows and polymer clay (PC) workshops have been totally worth it, even if some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Album</title>
		<link>http://katsarts.com/blog/?p=32</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscape]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added a few pictures to start an album called Deserts &#38; Mountains in the Photography/Landscapes category. Since we are presently in the southwestern US, where every place one looks there&#8217;s a photo opp, this album is likely to grow quite a bit. I have a number of other pix that haven&#8217;t been reviewed or [...]]]></description>
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