Tara McPherson is an artist based out of New York City. Creating art about people and their odd ways, her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. Recalling many issues from childhood and good old life experience, she creates images that are thought provoking and seductive. People and their relationships are a central theme throughout her work. Tara exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Name

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So, Homespun Yarn Party was AMAZING! From a vendor’s point of view, it was well-organized, well-advertised, and overall a dream show. And from a shopper’s point of view (because I do that too!), it was AWESOME! There were loads of great vendors and I picked up some sweet products from local folks. Also, was inspired to actually knit something and finish it! First up, I realized that I really do love handspun yarn. And the best way for me to get it is NOT to spin it myself. So I headed

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I tell my SCORE clients to have fun with their businesses. When my business career started (don’t ask how long ago that was!), we as business women wore navy suits with red silk scarves and all tried to be little men. Life was very serious and not much fun. Then I began to realize the person in the navy suit and red silk scarf wasn’t me and I didn’t like her. So, I still wore the navy suit (money was tight), but changed to colored blouses sans the red silk scarf. Funny thing happened. I

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Sign up for Grechen’s Closet e-mail updates and you’ll be entered to win a silk scarf by Love Shop from The Trend Boutique ! These scarves are silky & luxurious, and perfect for the warmer weather ahead (my review is coming soon!!). The winner will win one Love Shop scarf, and it will be a variation of this one: Love Shop Silk Scarf Love Shop Silk Scarf How to enter: You must sign up for our e-mail updates to be eligible to win. E-mails are delivered via feedbur

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This is really a gorgeous kit and comes in an array of colors. Directions in each kit include a number of ways to knit the throw. I really didn’t want to commit myself to that much time — or expense — and some of the yarns have wool in them, so I felt the throw would get very little use. I decided to see if one of my mini poncho patterns would work, since the number of stitches was the same. I knitted the design, following the pattern for yarn, until it was long enough to go aroun

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