<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346</id><updated>2009-10-16T18:07:49.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>STUDIO LAB</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-1603532566292891107</id><published>2009-08-11T07:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T07:35:12.475-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New paintings!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF-N3ZKn0I/AAAAAAAAAUg/AYyTxFQQUHM/s1600-h/IMG_7353.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF-NMhhB4I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/nYToMUqIzbQ/s400/IMG_7379.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368710995967543170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-1603532566292891107?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1603532566292891107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1603532566292891107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-painting.html' title='New paintings!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF-N3ZKn0I/AAAAAAAAAUg/AYyTxFQQUHM/s72-c/IMG_7353.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-3376821303376997228</id><published>2009-08-11T07:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T07:16:13.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Crankin' out some panels for paintings...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF9Bz-Q_6I/AAAAAAAAAUI/XVZOFtDpPqI/s1600-h/IMG_1023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF9Bz-Q_6I/AAAAAAAAAUI/XVZOFtDpPqI/s400/IMG_1023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368709700887052194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF87ZC4poI/AAAAAAAAAUA/L9GBebIrHbQ/s1600-h/IMG_1026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF87ZC4poI/AAAAAAAAAUA/L9GBebIrHbQ/s400/IMG_1026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368709590579455618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF8tXMEteI/AAAAAAAAAT4/DfXfc-xm1Ro/s1600-h/IMG_1025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF8tXMEteI/AAAAAAAAAT4/DfXfc-xm1Ro/s400/IMG_1025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368709349562955234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-3376821303376997228?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/3376821303376997228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/3376821303376997228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2009/08/crankin-out-some-panels-for-paintings.html' title='Crankin&apos; out some panels for paintings...'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SoF9Bz-Q_6I/AAAAAAAAAUI/XVZOFtDpPqI/s72-c/IMG_1023.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-8023535846306598963</id><published>2009-01-14T09:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T09:56:24.935-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Next Show! - RSVP</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SW4nQkPubqI/AAAAAAAAATg/la2_Dgq3Zzc/s1600-h/conspire.poster_final-a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SW4nQkPubqI/AAAAAAAAATg/la2_Dgq3Zzc/s400/conspire.poster_final-a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291209777767935650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-8023535846306598963?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.sanctuary143.com/2009/01/conspire/' title='Our Next Show! - RSVP'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/8023535846306598963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/8023535846306598963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2009/01/next-show-rsvp.html' title='Our Next Show! - RSVP'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SW4nQkPubqI/AAAAAAAAATg/la2_Dgq3Zzc/s72-c/conspire.poster_final-a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-6467776859704820318</id><published>2008-11-30T21:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T21:41:36.632-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mighty-Tighty-Whitey!</title><content type='html'>Yes, that's exactly what it is - your Pop's T.W. modeled by Kekichi Honna.  &lt;div&gt;Although, no up-cycling here - these babies are new and have never touched a waist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Model can be booked via Studio LAB)&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STN4kfDflWI/AAAAAAAAATQ/acZC5WdmnE0/s400/IMG_6575.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274692156787758434" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6435922"&gt;Get it on Etsy!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-6467776859704820318?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6435922' title='The Mighty-Tighty-Whitey!'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/6467776859704820318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/6467776859704820318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/11/mighty-tighty-whitey.html' title='The Mighty-Tighty-Whitey!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STN4kfDflWI/AAAAAAAAATQ/acZC5WdmnE0/s72-c/IMG_6575.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-3952915799884151029</id><published>2008-11-30T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T21:34:25.812-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pom-Poms'/><title type='text'>Did Someone Say ZAC POSEN?</title><content type='html'>The Pom-Pom made its debut via Zac Posen's 2008 collection rock'n, or "falling" on the runway!&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STN0eS6kKoI/AAAAAAAAATA/WS0gNzbhDgo/s400/elsondiddy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274687652403358338" /&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 260px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STN0e9hwaWI/AAAAAAAAATI/iK_6kn7WZEI/s400/zac_posen_fall_2008_makeup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274687663842027874" /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STNyDPYOFPI/AAAAAAAAAS4/hIhr0_a9pFA/s400/IMG_6524.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274684988574274802" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6435922"&gt;Get yours on Etsy!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-3952915799884151029?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6435922' title='Did Someone Say ZAC POSEN?'/><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6435922' length='0'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/3952915799884151029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/3952915799884151029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/11/did-someone-say-zac-posen.html' title='Did Someone Say ZAC POSEN?'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STN0eS6kKoI/AAAAAAAAATA/WS0gNzbhDgo/s72-c/elsondiddy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-1641630575188597914</id><published>2008-11-30T11:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T11:31:54.424-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STLqDkB7v7I/AAAAAAAAASY/A2R8jzTJRVk/s1600-h/Document2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STLqDkB7v7I/AAAAAAAAASY/A2R8jzTJRVk/s400/Document2.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274535460536565682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-1641630575188597914?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1641630575188597914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1641630575188597914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post_30.html' title=''/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/STLqDkB7v7I/AAAAAAAAASY/A2R8jzTJRVk/s72-c/Document2.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-5728665856060274757</id><published>2008-09-24T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T20:33:34.621-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Smart Car Piñata!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SNsGIYaYqmI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Jo4Z41COyYE/s1600-h/IMGP3226.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SNsGIYaYqmI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Jo4Z41COyYE/s400/IMGP3226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249796531692284514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Smart Car to debut this Saturday 9.27.08 at Miriello Graphico in Barrio Logan, SD&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-5728665856060274757?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/spreading_reinvention/7302/' title='The Smart Car Piñata!'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5728665856060274757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5728665856060274757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/09/smart-car-piata.html' title='The Smart Car Piñata!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SNsGIYaYqmI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Jo4Z41COyYE/s72-c/IMGP3226.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-4733904811495388282</id><published>2008-09-02T23:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T23:49:40.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dachshund heaven!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yL7r883I/AAAAAAAAANE/QCdZ3WeCedk/s1600-h/IMG_6338.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yL7r883I/AAAAAAAAANE/QCdZ3WeCedk/s320/IMG_6338.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241682196887827314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yMHPZyfI/AAAAAAAAANM/2H4dDb85tL8/s320/IMG_6339.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241682199989307890" /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4y8j3bRhI/AAAAAAAAANs/VGTyTrZDt8g/s320/IMG_6385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241683032307090962" /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yMXc0PwI/AAAAAAAAANU/l4s2AEE7KVs/s320/IMG_6409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241682204340535042" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yMfArbJI/AAAAAAAAANc/fvp9z6Gdb88/s320/IMG_6354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241682206370000018" /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yMwDN5LI/AAAAAAAAANk/Nytrb2wm0gE/s320/IMG_6349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241682210944050354" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don't think there is any where on earth that has as many sausage dogs per capita as in Cuba.  &lt;div&gt;My guess is that doxies happen to be the "popular" dog during the revolution in 1959.  Since then they just keep multiplying making them the most common dog seen in Cuba.  There are even homeless dachshunds!!!  Too sad.  Anyhow, here are some of Dayron's neighbors with their little sausages.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-4733904811495388282?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/4733904811495388282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/4733904811495388282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/09/matanzas-cuba-dachshund-heaven.html' title='Dachshund heaven!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SL4yL7r883I/AAAAAAAAANE/QCdZ3WeCedk/s72-c/IMG_6338.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-5712418453507260175</id><published>2008-08-13T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T07:17:57.826-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanctuary 143'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reinventing the Wheel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Diego'/><title type='text'>Reinventing the Wheel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SKO5k6zn_HI/AAAAAAAAALk/ULYeCara5So/s400/header_29-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234231235846863986" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SKmEWUL45FI/AAAAAAAAAMM/2Az7fbC7NGU/s1600-h/hp_scanDS_881622263850.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SKmEWUL45FI/AAAAAAAAAMM/2Az7fbC7NGU/s1600-h/hp_scanDS_881622263850.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SKmEWUL45FI/AAAAAAAAAMM/2Az7fbC7NGU/s200/hp_scanDS_881622263850.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235861560705475666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SKmEWji5KXI/AAAAAAAAAMU/27a5AMlXlrI/s200/hp_scanDS_88162227243.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235861564828494194" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Keikichi and I have been invited to participate in a really fun show with a group of amazing artisans.  The show will be in San Diego's Barrio Logan.  Please check out Sanctuary 143 for details.  (The above commissioned portraits are by Mia Pacheco).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sanctuary 143&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saturday, September 27, 7-11pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1660 Logan Avenue&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Artists:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Acamonchi, Thatcher, Josh Higgins, Jorge Tellaeche, Gabriel Salcedo, Keikichi Honna, Sandee Manuel, Sean Ward, Amy Burkhart, Jeff Faeth, Stacy Kelley, Tocayo, Sean Kelly, Ron Miriello, Tony Greene, and Aki Kaneko.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-5712418453507260175?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.sanctuary143.com/2008/09/reinvent-pt-ii/' title='Reinventing the Wheel'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5712418453507260175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5712418453507260175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/08/reinventing-wheel.html' title='Reinventing the Wheel'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SKO5k6zn_HI/AAAAAAAAALk/ULYeCara5So/s72-c/header_29-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-8786062660646365606</id><published>2008-07-13T19:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T20:41:44.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Orphan Works Bill - Kill it!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SHrK4WftzgI/AAAAAAAAALc/mAug_BATWIs/s1600-h/copyright.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SHrK4WftzgI/AAAAAAAAALc/mAug_BATWIs/s400/copyright.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222709787349601794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Please take time to read up on The Orphan Works Bill.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It's going on right at this moment and I've yet to hear about it publicly, except through blogs. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Basically, as I understand it, this bill is so broadly written that all artists are in danger of losing the rights to their own work.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opportunists with deep pockets will gladly welcome this bill. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/Stop2913/"&gt;Please sign this petition!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-8786062660646365606?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/' title='The Orphan Works Bill - Kill it!'/><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/' length='0'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/8786062660646365606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/8786062660646365606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/07/orphan-works-bill-kill-it.html' title='The Orphan Works Bill - Kill it!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SHrK4WftzgI/AAAAAAAAALc/mAug_BATWIs/s72-c/copyright.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-2363964576381309307</id><published>2008-07-12T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T12:48:40.585-07:00</updated><title type='text'>OCM at The Renegade Craft Fair!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/renegade-craft-fair-20080708-103922.jpg" alt="The Renegade Craft Fair" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Oceanside Craft Mafia founders:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The fabulous Alicia Hanson of Hi Octane and Leah Mirbaba of Peez &amp;amp; Ques will be peddling their hot wares this weekend at Fort Mason in San Francisco.  An event not to be missed!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-2363964576381309307?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.renegadecraft.com/sanfran/' title='OCM at The Renegade Craft Fair!'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2363964576381309307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2363964576381309307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/07/ocm-at-renegade-craft-fair.html' title='OCM at The Renegade Craft Fair!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-3276273915703311061</id><published>2008-07-06T18:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T18:56:17.079-07:00</updated><title type='text'>green army men</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I've started a series of green army men silhouettes.  Here's the first one in india ink.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SHF2rtve5_I/AAAAAAAAALU/16W69yHa7DA/s1600-h/IMG_6126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SHF2rtve5_I/AAAAAAAAALU/16W69yHa7DA/s400/IMG_6126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220083936484321266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-3276273915703311061?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/3276273915703311061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/3276273915703311061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/07/army-men.html' title='green army men'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SHF2rtve5_I/AAAAAAAAALU/16W69yHa7DA/s72-c/IMG_6126.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-2036707811123617513</id><published>2008-05-24T13:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T14:01:00.782-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JC spotting...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiBL4yYy5I/AAAAAAAAAKo/y0-JIVMxxgw/s1600-h/IMG_6043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiBL4yYy5I/AAAAAAAAAKo/y0-JIVMxxgw/s400/IMG_6043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204051410648877970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to pull over and take a picture with Jesus Christ.  It's not everyday that I run into him, so it's a good thing I had my camera with me just incase no one believed me.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiBtYyYy6I/AAAAAAAAAKw/qAMIsHRqx6I/s400/IMG_6041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204051986174495650" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Guadalupe was in the corner - she's handless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-2036707811123617513?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2036707811123617513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2036707811123617513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/05/jc-spotting.html' title='JC spotting...'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiBL4yYy5I/AAAAAAAAAKo/y0-JIVMxxgw/s72-c/IMG_6043.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-1942256969537837013</id><published>2008-05-13T08:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T08:54:18.361-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Guild</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCm3kmF7g7I/AAAAAAAAAKg/kvAUMMIWres/s1600-h/watermark.phpx.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCm3kmF7g7I/AAAAAAAAAKg/kvAUMMIWres/s400/watermark.phpx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199889084104541106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sis and her neighbor Kathy at the 1 year anniversary of The Guild.  Kathy grew up with the owner Paul Basile.  Magazine 944 snapped a shot of us during the event.  &lt;div&gt;The food was amazing!  Great art work, live music and they made us cute rings from their metal studio in the back.&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-1942256969537837013?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.theguildrestaurant.com/' title='The Guild'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1942256969537837013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1942256969537837013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/05/guild.html' title='The Guild'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCm3kmF7g7I/AAAAAAAAAKg/kvAUMMIWres/s72-c/watermark.phpx.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-5775319818721356059</id><published>2008-05-12T20:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T20:52:47.679-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New doorway Hurray!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkQhWF7g6I/AAAAAAAAAKY/o0H1oLTOmvs/s1600-h/IMG_5956.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkQhWF7g6I/AAAAAAAAAKY/o0H1oLTOmvs/s400/IMG_5956.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199705409828127650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally joined the 2 studios together - Thanks Darin Lane for all your hardwork!&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-5775319818721356059?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5775319818721356059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5775319818721356059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-doorway-hurray.html' title='New doorway Hurray!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkQhWF7g6I/AAAAAAAAAKY/o0H1oLTOmvs/s72-c/IMG_5956.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-1715170641532138496</id><published>2008-05-12T20:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T20:49:42.432-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chalkboard Punishment</title><content type='html'>"I will finish what I start."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkO6WF7g4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/zzVPHw7oR_k/s1600-h/IMG_0616.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkO6WF7g4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/zzVPHw7oR_k/s400/IMG_0616.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199703640301601666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkPdmF7g5I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/rwR21c4Abzc/s400/IMG_5950.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199704245891990418" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Close Up of 4'x4' panel)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-1715170641532138496?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1715170641532138496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/1715170641532138496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/05/chalkboard-punishment.html' title='Chalkboard Punishment'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkO6WF7g4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/zzVPHw7oR_k/s72-c/IMG_0616.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-7420828140912725518</id><published>2008-05-12T20:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T20:43:19.639-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Portrait shots...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkOUGF7g2I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/umH98wGZmgU/s1600-h/YP8A2672.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkOUGF7g2I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/umH98wGZmgU/s400/YP8A2672.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199702983171605346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkOUWF7g3I/AAAAAAAAAKA/PICypY9V_Os/s1600-h/YP8A2675.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkOUWF7g3I/AAAAAAAAAKA/PICypY9V_Os/s400/YP8A2675.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199702987466572658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During Open Studios in April, Jay Reilly snapped a couple of fun shots of me.  Thanks Jay!&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-7420828140912725518?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.jayreillyphoto.com/' title='Portrait shots...'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/7420828140912725518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/7420828140912725518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/05/portrait-shots.html' title='Portrait shots...'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SCkOUGF7g2I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/umH98wGZmgU/s72-c/YP8A2672.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-659951744750671565</id><published>2008-04-21T10:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T10:25:09.461-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Studios!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;This weekend Keikichi and I opened our studio for the Days of Art in Oceanside.  We met a lot of interesting people and the 2 day event was a success.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SAzNQmnFiWI/AAAAAAAAAJY/MAzTvH8loKs/s1600-h/IMG_5891.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SAzNQmnFiWI/AAAAAAAAAJY/MAzTvH8loKs/s400/IMG_5891.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191750155577428322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me, My Aunt Rosa and Mom Sonia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-659951744750671565?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/659951744750671565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/659951744750671565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/04/open-studios.html' title='Open Studios!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SAzNQmnFiWI/AAAAAAAAAJY/MAzTvH8loKs/s72-c/IMG_5891.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-4483801715155702958</id><published>2008-04-15T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T10:21:59.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mother's Day Market!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SATj3Mjw26I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/2lIrdmYW4l8/s1600-h/poppytalk.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SATj3Mjw26I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/2lIrdmYW4l8/s400/poppytalk.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189523208041192354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hey all - check out this months market - I'm under Studio LAB!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-4483801715155702958?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.poppytalkhandmade.com' title='Mother&apos;s Day Market!'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/4483801715155702958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/4483801715155702958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/04/mothers-day-market.html' title='Mother&apos;s Day Market!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SATj3Mjw26I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/2lIrdmYW4l8/s72-c/poppytalk.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-2636397730400639780</id><published>2008-04-07T12:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T09:09:49.533-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Studio Visit...</title><content type='html'>My sis, her buddy Rana and a bunch of their offspring came by for a photo shoot - I'm doing their portraits this week.&lt;br /&gt;My SF cousin Miguel also stopped by for his portrait.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p9VqAT04I/AAAAAAAAAI4/fvRZ8-eFfJ8/s1600-h/IMG_5613.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p9VqAT04I/AAAAAAAAAI4/fvRZ8-eFfJ8/s400/IMG_5613.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186595731876860802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p9IKAT03I/AAAAAAAAAIw/MB51ikiQ2tE/s1600-h/IMG_5689.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p9IKAT03I/AAAAAAAAAIw/MB51ikiQ2tE/s400/IMG_5689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186595499948626802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p80aAT02I/AAAAAAAAAIo/Yklcdc2bgqQ/s1600-h/IMG_5621.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p80aAT02I/AAAAAAAAAIo/Yklcdc2bgqQ/s400/IMG_5621.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186595160646210402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(check out his blog: &lt;a href="http://www.anothermiguel.com"&gt;anothermiguel.com&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-2636397730400639780?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2636397730400639780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2636397730400639780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/04/studio-visit.html' title='Studio Visit...'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p9VqAT04I/AAAAAAAAAI4/fvRZ8-eFfJ8/s72-c/IMG_5613.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-7648012078386182697</id><published>2008-04-07T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T14:06:20.877-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jewelry Crazy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiC0IyYy8I/AAAAAAAAALA/D0jYlcbrr64/s1600-h/IMG_6009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiC0IyYy8I/AAAAAAAAALA/D0jYlcbrr64/s400/IMG_6009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204053201650240450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;I made a bunch of rosary necklaces - actually my aunt had a bunch of blessed rosaries she gave me.  I took off JC and added black agate.  It's to be worn backwards with the longer part to the back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiCmYyYy7I/AAAAAAAAAK4/_uCXf4p3dZ4/s1600-h/IMG_6007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiCmYyYy7I/AAAAAAAAAK4/_uCXf4p3dZ4/s400/IMG_6007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204052965427039154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;sea glass!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p7gKAT00I/AAAAAAAAAIY/9c1Zr1Qidvg/s1600-h/IMG_5735.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p7gKAT00I/AAAAAAAAAIY/9c1Zr1Qidvg/s400/IMG_5735.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186593713242231618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p5MaAT0zI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/JVWmZ_rzIJU/s1600-h/IMG_5728.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_p5MaAT0zI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/JVWmZ_rzIJU/s400/IMG_5728.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186591174916559666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I just got into jewelry this week and have been addicted to making earrings from sea glass that I've collected over the years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-7648012078386182697?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/7648012078386182697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/7648012078386182697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/04/jewelry-crazy.html' title='Jewelry Crazy!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SDiC0IyYy8I/AAAAAAAAALA/D0jYlcbrr64/s72-c/IMG_6009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-935497547936560237</id><published>2008-03-27T22:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T21:50:57.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jazzercise Inc. Art Shin-dig!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Much fun was had at the bi-annual art showing at Jazzercise's Corporate offices in Carlsbad. One of my commissioned portraits was shown.  Below are some pictures of the event.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kenny and me with his portrait. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yFACxwUAI/AAAAAAAAAHs/uhbYWGkAeUA/s1600-h/IMG_5599.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yFACxwUAI/AAAAAAAAAHs/uhbYWGkAeUA/s400/IMG_5599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182663506988650498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yFASxwUBI/AAAAAAAAAH0/mYlAQ5nG5jw/s1600-h/IMG_5594.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yFASxwUBI/AAAAAAAAAH0/mYlAQ5nG5jw/s400/IMG_5594.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182663511283617810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My Aunt Rosa, Jazzercise founder Judi Sheppard Missett, me and Aunt Maria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R_r5B6AT06I/AAAAAAAAAJI/AzaorcEy0nA/s400/Photo+10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186731732016288674" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My activist mom couldn't make it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;She had to attend a dinner with the Mayor - Go mom!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-935497547936560237?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/935497547936560237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/935497547936560237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/03/jazzercise-inc-art-shin-dig.html' title='Jazzercise Inc. Art Shin-dig!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yFACxwUAI/AAAAAAAAAHs/uhbYWGkAeUA/s72-c/IMG_5599.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-5908410108193222776</id><published>2008-03-18T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T22:58:03.009-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Studio expansion!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yI2ixwUCI/AAAAAAAAAII/BaeUzdmbTH4/s1600-h/IMG_5554.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yI2ixwUCI/AAAAAAAAAII/BaeUzdmbTH4/s400/IMG_5554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182667741826404386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've outgrown our little studio! &lt;div&gt;So we're taking over next door - we'll soon be at 700 sq feet - yeah!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's larger than my home in San Francisco :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-5908410108193222776?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5908410108193222776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/5908410108193222776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/03/studio-expansion.html' title='Studio expansion!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-yI2ixwUCI/AAAAAAAAAII/BaeUzdmbTH4/s72-c/IMG_5554.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-9121239896123285880</id><published>2008-03-18T11:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T11:17:49.627-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy 2nd Birthday Natalie!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-AG9T2dgFI/AAAAAAAAAG0/KggDFUtWu5I/s1600-h/IMG_5489.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-AG9T2dgFI/AAAAAAAAAG0/KggDFUtWu5I/s400/IMG_5489.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179147221846556754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This happy birthday girl is checking out her new portrait - I'm in love with the pom-pom fringe!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18"x24"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-9121239896123285880?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/9121239896123285880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/9121239896123285880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-2nd-birthday-natalie.html' title='Happy 2nd Birthday Natalie!'/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/R-AG9T2dgFI/AAAAAAAAAG0/KggDFUtWu5I/s72-c/IMG_5489.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31044346.post-2457819577588863190</id><published>2008-03-18T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T10:29:36.684-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SAzO-GnFiXI/AAAAAAAAAJg/KZ1k1EskRSs/s1600-h/IMG_5784.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SAzO-GnFiXI/AAAAAAAAAJg/KZ1k1EskRSs/s400/IMG_5784.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191752036773103986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For little Grace's room - gotta have the pom-pom fringe!&lt;div&gt;18"x24"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31044346-2457819577588863190?l=sandeemanuel.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2457819577588863190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31044346/posts/default/2457819577588863190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sandeemanuel.blogspot.com/2008/03/for-little-graces-room-gotta-have-pom.html' title=''/><author><name>Sandee Manuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15357551964875176288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16789020493336721182'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lsDMkaRShV4/SAzO-GnFiXI/AAAAAAAAAJg/KZ1k1EskRSs/s72-c/IMG_5784.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>