Category Archives: Gifting

Button

Posted on 3rd February 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Little things can mean a lot. I helped a friend with a job application this week – for a job I really hope they get for lots of reasons. They remembered me talking about my button collection and brought one … Continue reading →

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Ten Little Nomads

Posted on 26th December 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Before Christmas I sent ten little parcels across the world to some of my friends – not sure of when they would arrive, but hoping I had got the timings right … First was Ron – not surprising as the … Continue reading →

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Visualising scales

Posted on 12th October 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I recently sent Wendy a string art card I’d made and she responded by playing it back to me. As I listened to how she heard my strings, I realised that I also wanted to play me making the cards.  … Continue reading →

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Christmas Korknisse

Posted on 8th October 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Autumn is here and my thoughts have turned to Christmas, and what I can make for friends and family this year. Last year I experimented with some Korknisse – cork elves – and this year I wanted to improve on … Continue reading →

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Postcarding

Posted on 27th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Over the last couple of days I’ve written and posted about 24 postcards as part of Karen’s postcard project.  That’s a lot of writing! I’ve got lots of ideas about making cards, but it’s been ages since I did any, … Continue reading →

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String Postcards

Posted on 11th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

As some folk will know, as part of Karen’s postcard project I made some string art cards and sent them around the world. This week, in preparation for CLMooc 2016, I : added a basic “how to” to the CLMooc Make … Continue reading →

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A Treasure

Posted on 14th November 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I came home on a wet and windy evening earlier this week to find a card through my door telling me that the postie had tried to deliver a “brown box”. I wasn’t expecting any deliveries, so I wondered what … Continue reading →

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