{"id":1796,"date":"2013-11-28T01:34:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T05:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creationsbychristina.net\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2013-11-28T01:38:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T05:08:59","slug":"happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=1796","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Wishing all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am back to blogging and creating new jewelry.\u00a0 Look for new posts and pics coming in the next few weeks.\u00a0 Will get back in full swing after the holidays. So sorry I have not posted in such a long time.\u00a0 What can I say, life happens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I leave you with this collage of some of my work.\u00a0 The background is a hand painted silk scarf I designed with butterflies, a pair of black and blue handmade (lampwork) beaded earrings, and a black, red and white memory wire bracelet with a handmade (lampwork) black, red and white focal bead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creationsbychristina.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/A-Collage-of-my-Work.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1797\" alt=\"A Collage of my Work\" src=\"http:\/\/creationsbychristina.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/A-Collage-of-my-Work.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/A-Collage-of-my-Work.jpg 800w, http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/A-Collage-of-my-Work-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/A-Collage-of-my-Work-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wishing each and every one of you a blessed holiday season.\u00a0 Christina<\/p>\n<p>To follow my blog, click on the purple diamond on the right hand side of the page under the links section.\u00a0 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wishing all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am back to blogging and creating new jewelry.\u00a0 Look for new posts and pics coming in the next few weeks.\u00a0 Will get back in full swing after the holidays. So sorry I have not posted in such a long time.\u00a0 What can I say, life happens. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1,26,94],"tags":[43,334,277,74,48,88,335,64,336,97,16,40,378,333,256,50,93,337],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BWVc-sY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2480,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2480","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":0},"title":"Manatee Co Fair Winners 2017","author":"Christina","date":"January 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow, my entries at the Manatee Co Fair won awards!! My Free-Form Crochet Shawl (without a pattern). They did not display it very well, but you can see the Red Rosette Second Place Ribbon on the Shawl at the Fair. My handmade (lampwork) bead necklace hung on my handmade sterling\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2017&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2017","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?cat=501"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1552.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2806,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2806","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":1},"title":"Jewelry Photo Shoot","author":"Christina","date":"August 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been doing jewelry photo shoots.\u00a0 Lots of new jewelry coming, stay tuned for more info on my upcoming release.\u00a0 Sign up on my email list for early bird shopping and special offers. Hand made lampwork beaded jewelry, fused glass jewelry, bracelets, and rings. Coral, turquoise, bone, coins, Swarovski\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2017&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2017","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?cat=501"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4776.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4776.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4776.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":759,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=759","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":2},"title":"Holiday Greetings","author":"Christina","date":"January 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone.\u00a0 I trust you had a wonderful holiday season.\u00a0 My family and I had a fantastic Christmas!!!\u00a0 Haven't done much jewelry making the last few weeks, and have not posted to the blog.\u00a0 With the closing of my art gallery, getting ready to leave for vacation and being gone,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xP4BSzb-7Wg\/TSgcY3PH2FI\/AAAAAAAAAA8\/3WmFmVqnTjk\/s320\/P1010002.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":937,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=937","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":3},"title":"Upcoming Blogs","author":"Christina","date":"August 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In the next few weeks I will post some blogs about free form design, i.e. designing a necklace or bracelet when you have not drawn out a sketch in advance.\u00a0 As in the pic below. This is a carved bone pendant, strung abstractly with 6 of my handmade glass beads\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2012&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2012","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?cat=170"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creationsbychristina.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1010043-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1514,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=1514","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":4},"title":"Learn how to make glass beads","author":"Christina","date":"October 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Glass bead making, under an open torch, Lampwork. In my next few blog posts, I thought I would remind you of the classes I teach. \u00a0 LAMPWORK BEAD MAKING: This class teaches you how to make your own handmade lampwork or flamework glass beads.\u00a0 Glass rods are melted under an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;beads&quot;","block_context":{"text":"beads","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creationsbychristina.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Christina-Lee-Portrait1-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2257,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2257","url_meta":{"origin":1796,"position":5},"title":"Amber Small Bead Necklace With Swarovski Crystals","author":"Christina","date":"May 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I thought would share with you a pretty little necklace I made in 2009.\u00a0 It has 4 very small amber handmade (lampwork) beads which I made under my torch.\u00a0 I strung my handmade beads with Swarovski crystals, sterling silver beads, and seed beads. Closeup of my handmade beads and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2016&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2016","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?cat=448"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1010003-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}