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hello Friends and welcome,I was supposed to post this shortly after I took these photos and had gone to the Flea market ,but things got in the way.Plenty of interesting items to look at I really liked this sewing machine ,but didn't wait for the vendor to pick it up and show it to me I was curious of the make,I was really in a hurry to look around for some treasures.  

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Good morning to all my friends and a Happy New Year to all and wish to all the best for this new year.  I woke up the after Christmas  and decided I need to make some traditional Greek Christmas cookies they all called kourabiedes ,but my younger son couldn't pronounce it ,so we called them snow cookies and he loves them ,and I can remember him saying snow cookies in his little boy voice .I

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Happy Holidays to all my friends !! I wish all of you had a nice Christmas and enjoyed your dinner with your loved ones .  I had a busy time trying to cook all day ,I made my pumpkin pies and my sweet potatoes which I can't go without and of course we had a nice big turkey with all the trimmings.  I am the only woman in the house so I had my hands full ,woke up at the crack of dawn to accomplish

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I was looking at blogs last week and came upon Angies blog  and she had a real interesting post on ways to use the trimmings . So I thought it was an awesome way to put all those little pieces to use.What I did was gather all the little tiny pieces and  sandwiched in a piece of what we call it here touli I can't seem to remember the English word for it,but you can use organza let's say ,anyway I

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Hello and a good morning to all I wish all of you and nice Sunday ,I have not posted in a while ,first I would like to show you my new hand made leather thumb thimble ,there is a leather shop near me ,they make leather goods and they through out there scraps,I happen to be walking past the trash bin one day years ago and noticed a big bag of leather scraps and of coursed I took them thinking I

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Hello to all my quilt friends out there I hope all of you are doing  well ,I have been dragging my feet to make a post , my mouse wasn't working ,so I just got a new one and it makes it easier to click on the view of my photos so I know which ones to post  that was the main problem  makes it difficult if it isn't working.  As you can see I am making a spider web quilt which I had seen on

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Hello to all my friends , excuse me for bieng away from blogland for sometime now ,but I wasn't in a very good mood lately ,it might have been the social unrest ,the economy,the summer heat and another reason could be that my sewing machine had a problem all summer and that didn't put me in a very good mood since I couldn't sew ,but that didn't  stop me I did some hand stiching and I since 

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A big HELLO to all my friends ,first of all I must say I haven't been feeling so well ,could be the weather change along with the allergies that continue to bother me,but I really wanted to make a post today. I was reading Cyndis blog one day http://bluebirdswing.blogspot.com/and she has deer in her back yard now that is so cool ,my mind went to a painting that I had found one day actually

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Good morning my friends , on my way to my shop this morning I came upon this little peice of furniture ,I checked it out and found that it is all solid wood and in good shape so I took it !! wouldn't you if you were me ,I plan on stripping it and stainning it the same color to go with the rocking chair. When you open the cabinet it also has a little drawer ,I found some interesting items

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                                                                          That is right Hello ! to all I have been away for a while ,I had plenty to do first of all I went to a Bonhams Greek Sale Exhibition to view the paintings on an upcoming sale which takes place in England ,but they start here in Athens ,I have been a regular at these events since we have been dealers and collectors for

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Hello and I hope everybody is well ,I have been suffering from alergies lately since all is in bloom ,since we moved to Greece I have these conditions every spring ,so I take some medication and it really helps me.  As far as quilting I completed a bunch of pot holders and I have put them in my shop for sale ,I have placed them in a cute little basket and put two in each little bag, I have

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Hello to all my friends I know it has been a while ,but I have been real busy and I just what to tell you about my newest finds ,first of all can you believe someone through out this beautifull wood rocking chair , I had one just like it when I was living in California .  I remember rocking by first born in it and when I saw it by the trash bins as I was arriving to by shop I parked and swooped

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My sewing machine was acting up ,so I opened it up to clean and oil it ,but still no go ,I looked at the feed dogs and they just didn't seem to be moving as they should so...... I opened the cover underneath and looked and saw that the feed dog bearing was completly worn out ,do you see behind the white bearing it is connected to a brownish colored one which has some worn out light colored flakes

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Well Hello there ! I was visiting Marilyn's blog at Marilyn's Maze the other day and her post read national tortilla day ,had a link for a recipe ,I quickly clicked on it and the recipe read, buy some tortillas and cut them and put in the oven I think it was sort of how to make  tortillas chips well enyway I was in the mood to make some and believe it or not I had been flirting at the idea ,but

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Hello my friends  !! I wish all is well with you , I am posting a photo of my good friend Zaharoula with a pillow I made for her since she is a great admirer of my work .  It happend to be her name day a couple of weeks ago ,it was saint Zaharias day and here in Greece name days are celebrated even more than Birthdays .  Many families prepare big dinners for friends and family members all come

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Hello and welcome to my first post for 2011 and I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday , I have been a little under the whether first I got a terrible cold and I was in bed Christmas day  and then the following week I got an awful flu and was sick for 5 days or so ,that and running the shop and trying to  hand quilt this baby quilt for my best friend Zacharoula really didn't leave me with very

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http://retromummy.blogspot.com/2010/12/flower-sugar-giveaway.html  Hello friends I would like to let you know about this wonderfull retro flower  Give away  so just go to the link obove and follow the derections ,the fabrics are so cute, I wish you good luck!!

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Hello my friends I have been busy as a bee trying to do everything I can get my hands on .   First of all I had been working on this painting for over 2 weeks and finally I completed it and I am super pleased, a customer brought it in for restoration , it had been damaged from her movers ,she picked it up yesterday and she was delighted that just made me so HAPPY!!!!And on Sunday as I was on a

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Hello to all ,I have been wanting to make this post for quit a while now ,things are just not moving as fast as I want, but there are some real good news from the Quilting with a purpose project which my friend Kristina is working real hard to complete.  As you can see from the photos things are rolling along ,she has been quilting all day these days getting all the quilt tops quilted. She had

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This little number got lucky ,and I feel lucky I found it in my stash basket full of items I call "IN THE MAKING"'  or more proper my "' basket of shame'' !!l lol .  I don't even remeber what I was looking for Oh!! I just remebered I was looking for a piece of batting  in which I wanted to make a practice pad  ,as soon as I saw it I dropped everything to work on it ,I had purched the linen

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I woke up early on Sunday I was really anxious to go to the flea market downtown, I got on the metro train and was on my way. As I was changing lines I came upon a set of tiles and I thought that is a nice pattern for a quilt ,what do you think ? There were loads of people and most were tourists,there was a group of students from the U.K. and on the other side a group of scouts. As I had

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Over the last couple of months I have found some nice items as you can see ,mind you these items have been thrown out so I am walking along and I see them always by the trash bins and if I like them I pick them up . I think they have potential to become use full and very pretty , the little chair above I love and I plan of having it re weaved there is someone downtown that does it so I just have

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For some reason this photo  moved on its own  it should have come second ,this is where I measure the watercolor and cut the matting the size I want it in this case I want 5 c.m. all around the art work so I measure the width and higth and add 10 c.m. and then I proceed to the mat cutter which is below the intro . As some of you might know  that I make frames all day so I just what to share the

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I have been busy working on the quilt tops for the orphanage , you probably have noticed an earlier post  that Kristina a fellow quilter  and friend  has committed to making 50 baby quilts for Christmas  for the orphanage in Thessaloniki where she lives,so I have been working on them since I like to wake up early I  utilize that time to  finishing a couple of quilt tops before going to work .I

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I was just in AHH!! with delight when I received a lovely package  from Cyndi( her blog is called bluebirdswing her button is on the right )with some lovely luscious items inside,at first when I opened the package I noticed and orange with white daisy fabric , it turned out to be a lovely bag,I remember the bag on one of Cyndi's post and I recognized  it right away .  I admired the bag in my

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 This is a photo of Kristina and her group, and her links are under the photo. http://www.toquiltorknot.weebly.com/ http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events Hello to all my friends!! I am  happy to help a friend that is trying to do something wonderful for Christmas , she has a goal to make 50 baby quilts for the Orphanage in the city in which she lives ,she  needs help with baby quilt tops which she

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 Yea!! that's what I call it a capsule pillow , how does it look ? I had two pieces of fabric  , and I put the two colors together and sewed lines 2 cm. and about 7-8 cm. apart at a tad apposite alternating angles, and then cut in between the seams  , and then cut down the middle . And sewed them together  and this is what the result is ,it sort of looks like an accordion..     

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I had time last Sunday to try out the free motion quilting , I was so nervous as you can see I did some flowers I had seen them somewhere and decided to do some ,I think they aren't so bad for the first time ,the gloves that I was using didn't give me a very good grip ,so I got creative I wound masking tape around my fingers and that helped I recommend to put it on every other finger I got my

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This applique quilt is something I had been working on for more than a  few years ,I made it for my son's boss's little girl ,when I started it she was a baby it took me to long to complete it while she was still a baby so ,I added a boarderto it in order to make it larger, I started adding flowers and butterflies and that made me take even longer . So it became larger for a single bed and that

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About a month ago I took a trip to Lamia it is a city about 3 hours north of Athens , the purpose of the trip was to rent out the bottom floor of a home that we have there. MY mom had built this home in the 80's for the purpose of retiring there ,but fate didn't go her way ,she remarried and now lives in Oregon near the boarder of Idaho , actually her home is up on a hill that overlooks the

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I am so proud of myself  I finally completed a quilt top that I had started so long ago I can't remember because I feel so embarrassed to remember OK.  you bent my arm it's been 12 years can you believe it , during the hot day's I just couldn't concentrate on cutting  out new blocks for the Amy's quilt along when it's hot measuring and decision making on what fabric to use and all that ,as I was

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Last Sunday when I first got up  I had this urge  to go to the flea market  I was actually contemplating all week even all month ,.so I took the metro train downtown ,it took forever due to the fact that they are doing some work on the tracks so there were a couple of stops and then taking the bus part of the way ,but I was desperate to get out I hadn't been down there for ages well not ages to

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I am so excited to take place in a free motion quilt along at Christina's blog , I have so many quilt tops that need to be quilted I always get inspired and excited about making a new quilt top and I have been contemplating on when am I going to get my act together and finally GET THEM QUILTED !!!She also has a nice giveaway some goodies that will help you on your free motion quilting, So you

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I finally got these posted ,I was working on these just before I started blogging .I got inspired after visiting tons of blogs, and I actually love the log cabin ,it is one of the first blocks that I tackled when I first started quilting full time, it's been now over 15 years.So I wanted some kind of play full images for the center and then work around with various bright happy fabrics. Looked

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I am taking care of an Iguana that belongs to Timo while he is on vacation, Timo has an Internet Cafe next door to my store , so I bring from home vegetable scraps anything I cook I bring the scraps with me zucchini,cucumber,eggplant,green beans,lettuce he just loves cucumbers and lettuce. He is seven years old now ,he loves the sun and he also loves attention everybody stops to look at him .

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I was just parking my car this morning when I saw a plastic bag on top of a garbage bin with some items that someone doesn't want anymore, and among them I found these awesome embroidery patterns, they must of thought I would be coming around LOL. They are new and unused this one has 36 traditional folklore motifs inside they are so pretty , I don't know when I will be able to work on them I have

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Hello and good morning !!! I have signed up for Pay it forward on Giseles blog from art escapes it sounds like a wonderful idea a good way to spread happiness with your blogger friends , and sharing something handmade by you.The rules arethe first three people to visit my blog and leave a comment saying they want to participate will receive a handmade gift from me within a year ( rules say), I

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Hello friends!! I am happy to finally share these little things I've been working on little by little, I had made along time ago houses and little trees quilt for a friends daughter. So I decided to go a little further with it by adding hills and everything I could find . As you can see I try to blog and sew my little landscapes and time passes by very pleasantly . I especially like it when

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Hello!!! a wonderful set of 6 fq's are being given away by Carmel she has a very interesting blog that I have been looking at and enjoying. I found out about it from Cyndi's blog at bluebird swing Which a wonderful blog and Cyndi is the sweetest lady I have met in bloggland, so good luck to all !!!

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I am actually almost caught up , I"ve done my blocks for week 4 and I will start on the next blocks tonight, it's cooled off a bit the last couple of day's it's been so hot lately I couldn't get myself to sew , so stay tuned for the next two , so long for now friends.

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I know I am behind ,but I get it done eventually sort of reminds me of school LOL!! I have also the week 4 almost finished ,but it was so hot yesterday I just tried to stay cool by not doing to much ,that is only the necessities like laundry ,cooking and cleaning which is quit a bit come to think of it Sunday is the only day I have off so I think I am doing OK, so long for now !!

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Saturday was my son's birthday I made him this two layer chocolate cake with whipped cream and a vanilla filling ,I browned coconut flakes in the oven and sprinkled it on top.I decide to get him a stand for his guitar as a gift ,silly me I forgot to get wrapping paper ,and I quickly thought oh! I can use fabric it's better than paper you don't throw it away I was so pleased with myself why

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I finally have the week two blocks done, I have made my own measurements I used metrics so mine are about 34-35 cm edge to edge and I did make a mistake at first and quickly corrected it, the more seams you have ,you must add more cm for the allowance in order for the result to be 34-35 , its amazing how quick one learns from mistakes. And this is the second block ,my colors are more bold it

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Hello there I am writing about the fabric stores that I shop, from they don't have fabric specifically for quilting ,but I find some goodies now and then . These stores are run by a family that have been in the business for ages this particular store is run by the mother and her son. As you can see this is the front of the store I asked permission from the shop owner helen, I have been a customer

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Finally I got time on Sunday yesterday to start on my blocks, first I had to go through my stash to pick out the fabrics and between doing house work night came before I got to cutting . For the bottom block I used two shirts that a friend of mine gave me a while back I think they work well this is actually block two.This is block one and I used the green also from a shirt I once bought at the

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Hello again you probably think this is a cooking blog more then quilting ,but I do allot of cooking in my home and I would like to share this recipe it is my grandmothers and as I was growing up my mom made them often . I remember dunking them in my milk.I start by beating two cups of sugar with 2 cups of corn oil and add 5-6 eggs and beat well then I add about 5 tsp of Annis seeds . In a

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Hello there I was just over at stash manicure and I saw that they have a wonderfull give away which I wanted to share with you, just click at the title and it will take you there ,and good luck to all.

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Hello everyone !! I had bought tons of veggies last Saturday from the farmers market , so as soon as I got home I rolled up my sleeves and started to make my favorite dish which is stuffed veggies . I chopped a small bunch of parsley,2 med.onions,about half a pound of ground beef and then I counted how many veggies I have to fill a Greek lady once told me you put in one level tbsp. of rice for

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I just wanted to show off some fabric that I bought about a month ago there is an old man that has a fabric store here in marousi just one block from my Gallery and Frame store, I pop in there quite often, last time I paid a visit he had acquired tons of home decorator fabrics , he said they were stock from a home decor importer that was clearing there stock room for new stock he had tapestry's

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Hello! Hello ! I am back after being away from the computer for nearly two months,due to a virus and due to that I don't know how to fix it ,so I had to wait for my son to find time to come in to the store a do the magic and walla it is working. This is my first official post since it got fixed , the other day I posted a little mini post about a quilt along I plan on taking part in . I just

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I decided to partipate in a quilt along I have never done this before ,the good thing is that there is no pressure I can do it at my own pace. I like the squares I have never done this type of a quilt,a sampler quilt that is and it should be fun . I have plenty of scraps and to use up , I have'nt made very many various quilt blocks and I can't ever decide this will help me make a decision and to

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I have a wonderfull friend by the name of Zacharoula , I just have had the urge to blog about her , she has been a friend and a customer for as long as I can remember, she is an artist ,mother and recently a grandmother and also a world traveler due to her husbands work ( shipping broker) so name a place I am pretty sure she has been there . She comes to my store at least twice a weak and we

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This is the quilting that I decided to do after I was done. HOW does my hand quilting look? I finally decided to finish the bits and pieces I thought the size is good for a couple of pillows I put a white boarder on one of them and strips of pink and yellow one the second one. I picked a pink backing and made a overlap just because its the easiest and most practicall. for me I remeber when I was

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Hello everyone I have not been able to blog my computer has a virus and I don't know how to fix it my dear son will come to my store soon and fix it I hope. well so much has happened since I last bogged first of I am at the store alone ,my brother married, and the most exciting is I received the package that cyndi sent with the olfa cutter and the mat along with some cute doillies,I don't know

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A give away is taking place at jandiinstiches click obove on the title and you will be taken there and follow her instructions so you can enter as many as three times for the cute fruit cake fabric . I think I did o.k. with the link still a little rusty.

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Wishing everybody had a Happy Easter , I spent it a family friends house , about 25 made it , a lamb roasted over a pit with all the trimmings . Had a wonderfull time and wish all of my friends and friend want to be's to have had a wonderfull Easter with friends and family. this photo is by the Corinthian bay where my friend lives.I'm the thinner one on the left LOL.

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Hello I finally got to post something I have been very busy ,my schedule is full its impossible to get some sewing done. My day in the store keeps me busy with waiting on customers helping them choose the proper frame for there item that they bring in , it could be photos,paintings that they have made ,here in greece everybody is an artist or they think they are lol ofcourse they ask me how I see

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This is an unusuall needlepoint I would like to share with you it is, quite old I got it as a gift from my mother in law her name is georgia, she did alot of needlepoint ,crochet and many other embroidery I thought this would catch someones eye I think it is so pretty I call it lady Georgia . I hope you all like it , only the tip of her shoe is missing it must of been sewn and then ripped out

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What to do ,what to do? I have so much going on I don't know where to begin . First of all I have the bits  and pieces I have started and I worked on them all afternoon yesterday and here is the photo sideways  oh !!well soon I will tame them.!!!.                                                                                                                                      

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Last night it was a windy,rainy, dreary night ,so I decided to work on what else ,quilting, after finishing my housework of course, I have been working on some colorfull blocks to be made into small childs or baby quilts , I keep collecting small pieces of fabric left at the end of the strip that I sew on to the block, so I decided to sew them up bit by bit and this is what I got . its not done

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This is it! or I should say these are it , actually some of them I don't know how many I've done I have this thing about doing mass sums of blocks , I will count them when I get around to connecting them ,I used all kinds of fabric even synthetics ooh! I have a lady which is a seamtress , she has a store just down the road she gave me her scraps and I always try to use as many as I can as I have

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hello today is a nice sunny day , I worked on a needlepoint /patchwork/cushion I don't know what to call them, I played around with the colors of fabrics that complement the piece just very simple log cabin strips , pinkish with a biege ribbon and a kinda burgundy shiney fabric that I had in my stash , I have a large stash of bit and pieces of fabric all of my friends and costumers know that I

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Well hello! I finally got started after reading other peoples bloggs and I decided it would be fun to start one after flirting at the idea for a while , I enjoy quilting and crafts ,and I sometimes paint oil and watercolors, I wish I had more time to do the things I love. I run a art and frame bussinesss with my husband and it is very stimulating we buy and sell art ,and frame other peoples items

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