Author: Valerie Baber Designs
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Interview with HanTV and the Alberta Craft Council
Watch the online interview with HanTV and Claire Seo, the Alberta Craft Council and Tom McFall and myself at Thank you HanTV http://www.hantv.ca and the Alberta Craft Council http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca for asking me to be a part of this wonderful opportunity. It truly is appreciated that you have given me another opportunity to try something new both…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Years
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!! I wish this to all of you (a little late on the Christmas part). Hope you are all having a wonderful time with family and friends. The weeks before Christmas I was busy designing a few new pieces, orders and a TV interview with Breakfast Television in Edmonton and…
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT…At the Alberta Craft Council Gallery
I wanted to thank the Alberta Craft Council Gallery for giving me the opportunity to be the Artist Spotlight this month at such an amazing venue. You can see more about the Artist Spotlight here: http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/artist-spotlight/ I appreciate this wonderful opportunity to spread my wings and design something new this year. It may not be…
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Hot off the Press (Needles)…New Architectural Crochet Scarf
Hot off the press, or needles in this case. Just finished this new addition to my Architectural Collection that I am busy preparing for the Artist of the month at the Alberta Craft Council in December http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca Thank you Alberta Craft Council for asking me to be part of this wonderful opportunity in December. I…
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FREE KNITTING PATTERN: Coffee time Cowls
FREE KNITTING PATTERN: The Coffee Time Cowl pattern includes 2 different cowls that are easy to knit and perfect for gifts and more. Quick knits perfect to work on during your coffee break or a moment of the day you wish to relax and enjoy knitting something new for yourself or those you care about.…
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Play of the Day…One of a Kind Designs hot off the press
News Break: COUPONS: Save $5.00 on orders $25.00 and up till November 30th, 2014. Use the coupon code KEEPCOZY at time of purchase. Save $10.00 on orders over $100.00 until November 30th, 2014 with coupon code ARTSCARF Play of the Day…One of a Kind Designs hot off the press. Busy week of finishing with a…
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Play of the Day…Floral Stone Tracery Scarves
Play of the day… what I finished this week is a new group of Floral Stone Tracery scarves. These scarves are designed with a stone wall base and accented with various stone tracery effects of the Gothic Style Architecture theme I have been working on. I put a hand spun rose in the centre to…
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Look Who Came to Dinner
Look Who Came to Dinner…Susanna Kearsley! The recent RITA (Romance Writers of America) award winner for Paranormal Romance Winner, Congratulations Susanna for such a wonderful and amazing achievement! Susanna was recently in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada for the Star Fest. I had the pleasure of going to the wonderful event where Susanna Kearsley, http://www.susannakearsley.com, talked…
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Stained Glass Rose Window Scarves
The newest additions to my Stained Glass Rose Window scarves includes several new designs. The first two are my larger collar versions with a different more 3D effect to accentuate the beautiful carved stone on Gothic and other Architecture of the past. You can read more about my Architectural Collection in my past blogs or…
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Thanksgiving Play of the day…knit and crochet
Thanksgiving Play of the day…knit and crochet will be a new style of blogging my work for my creative process. As I mentioned in my last blog I like to take moments to just create taking some needles and yarn and start playing with ideas to see what I come up with. I may post…