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Leanne Ford’s Shed Revamp Was Really Just One Big Cleaning Project

The first time my husband, Erik, and I toured our Pittsburgh home, I didn’t even see the henhouse. It was only during the second walk-through that I found the little building in the back corner of the yard. It sealed the deal: We needed this place.  Making ceramics has always been a dream of mine (at summer camp as a kid, you could always find me playing in the craft shop). I just never had the space or time to do it until we took the leap and moved from Los Angeles to Pennsylvania, and I uncovered a spot that I could turn into my own play space, as well as a creative zone for my whole family and all of...

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Leanne Ford’s Shed Revamp Was Really Just One Big Cleaning Project

The first time my husband, Erik, and I toured our Pittsburgh home, I didn’t even see the henhouse. It was only during the second walk-through that I found the little building in the back corner of the yard. It sealed the deal: We needed this place.  Making ceramics has always been a dream of mine (at summer camp as a kid, you could always find me playing in the craft shop). I just never had the space or time to do it until we took the leap and moved from Los Angeles to Pennsylvania, and I uncovered a spot that I could turn into my own play space, as well as a creative zone for my whole family and all of...

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The Tiffany of Texas: Jewelry by James Avery Craftsman

This vintage retired James Avery cross is a Botonnee Cross, also known as a Budded or Trefoil Cross. The three buds on the end of each crosspiece represent the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It sold on eBay for $2,500 on March 12, 2018. Some of the world’s greatest companies got their start in a humble garage: Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google, Hewlett Packard, Mattel, and Microsoft, among others. But none of them can hold a candelabrum to James Avery Craftsman. Working alone at a homemade workbench in his mother-in-law’s garage, fledgling jewelry artist James Avery singlehandedly transformed scraps of sterling silver and copper into exquisitely handcrafted designs such as this EARLY VINTAGE...

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The Tiffany of Texas: Jewelry by James Avery Craftsman

This vintage retired James Avery cross is a Botonnee Cross, also known as a Budded or Trefoil Cross. The three buds on the end of each crosspiece represent the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It sold on eBay for $2,500 on March 12, 2018. Some of the world’s greatest companies got their start in a humble garage: Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google, Hewlett Packard, Mattel, and Microsoft, among others. But none of them can hold a candelabrum to James Avery Craftsman. Working alone at a homemade workbench in his mother-in-law’s garage, fledgling jewelry artist James Avery singlehandedly transformed scraps of sterling silver and copper into exquisitely handcrafted designs such as this EARLY VINTAGE...

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