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Yep, that’s how he is. I am going to keep leaving messages though! I don’t expect to change him, but I’m not going to let him off the hook either. Glad you’re calling him too!

“Well actually, it’s not a cut,” LaMalfa could actually do something to help his constituents, like speaking out against the very real damage being done to the SSA, the education department, national parks, and so much more.

If services are harder to access, is that not a cut to services? And whether or not that should be called a “cut” is not the argument we should be having. Furthermore, as unemployed rises, so will claims for the SSA, so that backlog is only growing. It would be great if instead of pulling a …

🧵Congressman LaMalfa recently claimed that activists are spreading lies about cuts to SSA. This is semantic BS. For the first time in history there are a million disability claims waiting to be processed. So they may not cutting services technically, but they are cutting them functionally…

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

Done! Call your dem senators!!!

I call my representative, Doug LaMalfa, every week. I call on different days at different times. I’ve called his local office and his DC office. I have never been able to speak to an actual person. Every time I have to leave a message, and I never hear back. Even when I clearly ask for a response.

I can’t find a way to say it that doesn’t sound completely cheesy, but I LOVE what I do. And I fully believe that you can tell when something was made love. So here I am, painstakingly placing almond blossom petals one-by-one into books to be pressed. Because I love them. And my work reflects that.

The German word for gloves (Handschuhe) literally translates to “hand shoes” and that will never not delight me.

The one dollar bill.

You have the power to vote every day! Exercise it!

Yes, I do! The next one on my schedule currently is Woofstock in April. The local store Made in Chico also carries my work

Thank you!

I love doing pet portraits 💜

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You got a response?! I’ve called and written to LaMalfa many times and never gotten a reply. Even when I specifically ask for one.

Thank you!

Tea light candle lamps

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Thank you! Yeah, white is super tricky. Such a bummer when they go brown.

Another wedding keepsake complete

They’re doing project 2025, just like we said they would

Not fragile like a flower, fragile like a bomb.

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I saw this headline and thought “yeah, I get where she’s coming from.”

I’m telling y’all, stained glass and pressed flowers are a match made in heaven.

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The oh-so satisfying sound of breaking a straight score

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Cutting with my Cutter’s Mate StripPro. Enjoy the scratching sound of the score (over the sound of a podcast and my dryer 😆).

This cutting tool is a HUGE help when creating large rectangular pressed flower keepsakes.

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Over a half a pound of solder in this piece

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Extra strips of copper tape at the deep curves serve two purposes: to patch any splits, and to be an extra barrier against any liquid getting in between the two layers of glass.

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I haven’t tried lead free. Is it more difficult to work with?

It’s definitely those tiny pieces of glass that give me the most trouble with the grinder. Mostly I just try to not need the grinder, but it doesn’t always work out that way 😆

Rough, cracked finger tips and nails

My hand after working with the grinder for a bit. Very ladylike 😆

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Foiling, foiling, foiling

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