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JOY to the world. #joy #stitchjournal #stitchingonpaper #art #mixedmedialife #mixedmedia #create #letgo #befree #holidayspirit #gratitude #meditation https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZtCiwgUA2/?igshid=10hmuy1f1kh8h

Sunday stitching...hand stitching holiday cards. . . . . #handstitching #stitchingonpaper #fiberart #fiberartist #paperembroidery #paperartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B3kTN8zFTk8/?igshid=63494excv5mm

Netherlands I worked on a cruise ship when I was in my late 20’s and early 30’s. At one point I had a Dutch boyfriend named Bert Jan. He was tall, lanky and kind. I wasn’t very nice to him…if I ever see him again I will apologize. . . . . #paperembroidery #vintagestamps #stitchingonpaper # fiberartist #chateauoart #markmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rM473FdWS/?igshid=ltxvnrzco3pm

Kuwait In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s I was a fitness instructor at a posh spa in Southern California. I was recommended by one of the guests for a position as a personal trainer for a member of Kuwait’s royal family. The ‘princess’ arranged for me to fly to Minnesota (her young niece was having surgery at the Mayo Clinic) and I stayed in a room on the rented floor of an attached hotel (yep, I had to go through security every time I left the floor and before returning even though it was a key access only floor and no other guests were allowed access to this private floor). After many interviews, fax’s (before email) and letters I decided not to accept the job. They did offer me more money and flights back to the US several times a year to sweeten the deal but alas I turned down the opportunity. The US went to war with Kuwait in August of 1990 and I often wondered what I would have witnessed. Maybe it’s a good thing I said no…but then again… Here is a stamp from one of our correspondence’s. . . . #vintagestamps #paperembroidery #markmaking #markmakingwiththread #stitchingonpaper #fiberart #fiberartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Mp4S1F8VK/?igshid=106i7856fbdd0

When I was in middle school I had a pen pal from Brasil (Brazil for Americans). Here is a stamp I saved from a letter posted on September 15, 1976. I saved the stamp but not the letter??!! . . . . #vintagestamps #paperembroidery #markmaking #markmakingwiththread #stitchingonpaper #fiberart #fiberartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B2HzzIyFSYQ/?igshid=eti64xbjj7d0

Playing with old stamps and mark making with thread.... . . . . #paperembroidery #markmaking #stitchingonpaper #vintagestamps #travels #fiberart #fiberartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B162rVWlfrb/?igshid=1jnajoxt97oar

Stitching on paper with @feliseluchansky as we celebrate #festivaltopleadforskills2019 with @impracticallabor . . . #fiberart #stitchingonpaper #paperembroidery #phillyartists (at Cherry Street Pier) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzn9dd8FtRB/?igshid=pcuojlxmj2n9

SS Nieuw Amsterdam - stitching on vintage postcards. . . . . #paperembroidery #embroideryonpaper #vintagepostcard #stitchingonpaper https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw7ewmnFWhg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1np8cubeuf898