Northings | laura west | Activity http://northings.com/members/laurawest/activity/ Activity feed for laura west. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 fcb24fc9d962923f024bb2e1a46855e4 laura west wrote a new post, Finally, I know how to BLOG!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/02/01/finally-i-know-how-to-blog/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:33 +0000 Wheweee! I now know that I wasn’t stupid about the blogging, just BLIND.

The menu bar is right at the top of my screen, which being a Mac, all the tab lines and catagories are on a grey bar which is EXACTLY the […]

]]> 0 8519bc645e3fb3d430bb03ca87331053 laura west wrote a new post, Making PROGRESS, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/02/12/making-progress/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:20 +0000 ThumbnailToday I am going to try to add a picture to my blog. This will be a challenge for me, but I do have a friend visiting (I hope) who will help me through this. But just on the off chance that she can’t make it, here goes!

]]> 0 60f6309749524a2839bc217df8dc2691 laura west wrote a new post, Making Progress, Making Tools!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/03/28/making-progress-making-tools/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:37:26 +0000 Thumbnail

Producing new work is demanding. It requires investment in time, money, focus, inspiration, invention and hard work. The first two of these things, ‘time and money’ are usually in short supply. It is easy enough […]

]]> 0 bcd369efe367cb993ec806221f7f2280 laura west and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/1185/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:41:09 +0000 0 cb2b7379a99a7ff63ee04be98592f4d5 laura west wrote a new post, Members, on the site http://crafts.northings.com/2010/02/12/making-progress/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:08:17 +0000 laura west wrote a new blog post: Making PROGRESS %s
Today I am going to try to add a picture to my blog. This will be a challenge for me, but I do have a friend visiting (I hope) who will help me through this. But just on the off chance that she can’t make it, here goes!
<img class=”size-medium wp-image-89″ title=”Laura in Experimental Mode”…

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]]> f58133d579b993dd6843a1b13a4ae5f8 laura west wrote a new post, Members, on the site http://crafts.northings.com/2010/02/01/finally-i-know-how-to-blog/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:13:12 +0000 laura west wrote a new blog post: Finally, I know how to BLOG! %s
Wheweee! I now know that I wasn’t stupid about the blogging, just BLIND.
The menu bar is right at the top of my screen, which being a Mac, all the tab lines and catagories are on a grey bar which is EXACTLY the same colour as the Northings – My Account . . . etc. […]

]]> 5767d8fc538277d7eaf1b7d2512e191a laura west wrote on Daniel Kavanagh's wire http://northings.com/activity/p/500/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:02:34 +0000 laura west wrote on Daniel Kavanagh’s wire:
Hi Daniel, Are things cold in your studio. Mine is manageable – just – but it was not good over the holidays and big freeze. I hear that over your way there was alot (3 feet!) of snow. Hope you are able to be productive and can’t wait to see the new work. Inspirations comes […]

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]]> 0 d90d1f49f036e814f0155da0e042e232 laura west and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/466/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:22:16 +0000 laura west and Daniel Kavanagh are now friends %s

]]> 0 afda148bf42f3b20f44211c8609304d4 laura west and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/464/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:10:12 +0000 laura west and Pamela Conacher, Crafts Development Officer are now friends %s

]]> 0 cbb29d7362f77a02403671918005d115 laura west wrote on Jen Deschenes's wire http://northings.com/activity/p/450/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:15:24 +0000 laura west wrote on Jen Deschenes’s wire:
Hi Jen, It is great when you get the chance to ’short cut’ those operations that used to take so much time. I just got my Jerry’s Stripper going and can now make my own leather lacing from ANYTHING! No more scouring the internet for lacing only to find that brown and black are the […]

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]]> 0 6ca292820f30d08db63957bd5d9b87c7 laura west wrote on their own wire http://northings.com/activity/p/449/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:02:54 +0000 laura west wrote on their own wire:
So, I’ve gotten to grips with my Jerry’s stripper! It is an amazing tool and opens up so many possibilities with leather! Now I am attempting to get lots of leather suppliers that I don’t normally use to send me their swatches. Also, playing with my traditional tools in a more daring way. Can’t wait […]

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]]> 0 fcd74cd39977fb9a34141bb0ec2f02c1 laura west and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/439/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:25:08 +0000 laura west and Avril Souter are now friends %s

]]> 0 fea910491458042cee86fe5cc6380a8f laura west and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/432/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:07:08 +0000 laura west and Jen Deschenes are now friends %s

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]]> 0 5303bc407cfe12c9675cec7cd0a214b2 laura west wrote on their own wire http://northings.com/activity/p/428/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:22:44 +0000 laura west wrote on their own wire:
It is now the 15th of January! That means that I have just ONE MONTH to get my new pieces together! This week I did manage to get the elastic (what a trial) and convince someone to make a small (100!) order of custom lengths to use in a book in my new line.
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]]> 0 e6537b1fe5cfc3d9b5b977f4b792ea11 laura west posted a new status update http://northings.com/activity/p/423/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:54:35 +0000 laura west posted a new status update:
As one of the Four Selected maker for Making Progress, follow my stumbling attempts to make headway into new areas. For Christmas I gave myself the present of 10 legal pads for jotting down ideas, to-do’s, lists, etc. AND 5 new ‘bought’ sketchpads. This time I will not wait until I have the ‘time’ to make…

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]]> 0 61bfd7d142f977645d41d8a444c53db2 laura west wrote on their own wire http://northings.com/activity/p/422/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:50:02 +0000 laura west wrote on their own wire:
Hello Northings readers and also the Fab Four (well, the other three of you anyway). I hope you are finding it easier to get things done now that Christmas/New Year is out of the way. Still, the FREEZE makes things difficult. I
My Mentor, Gilly Langton has been keeping me to task and I am currently […]

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]]> 0 82b3739e3f0ef85ae90a60e467ecf9c4 laura west became a registered member http://northings.com/activity/p/264/ Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:15:02 +0000 laura west became a registered member 16 years, 4 months ago

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