Despite going off of 3-4 hours of sleep a night this past week, I managed to get another podcast up!

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Show notes links mentioned:

My interview with Diane from Crafty Pod on Dia de los Muertos

For the lumber, Patrick and I went with 2x6-foot pieces. They cost about 3-5.00 each, the cuts were .25 each. Look for smooth, non-warped pieces. Ask the cutter to cut them into desired lengths. I really liked working with the smaller chunks, they just looked more folk art-ish. We also used wider pieces, like the wood planks to cut and decorate. Much cheaper than the shrink-wrapped versions from the craft store! You can do all kinds of things with the wood blocks, glue finials for the feet, drill holes and add beads, cover them with flashing to make a magnet board, add eye screws so they can be hung. Glue a mirror in the center and do a mosaic around it.

See what I mean? Addicting!


Sawtooth picture hangers: We have a huge bag of these on hand so we can turn anything into a piece of wall art!


Reverse Glass Painting. Im ade a bunch of these with small wood frames I bought at the dollar store.


Here is what I mean by the glass blocks. I really love these curved ones:


Glass blocks can be purchased at any home improvement store.


Gallery Glass

Latino Soul book reading. This will be up the week of 10/24.

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* By Kathy Cano Murillo, copyright 2005. Photos property and courtesy of Arizona Republic and AzCentral.com. For more artsy goodness, check out CraftyChica.com *

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