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Katrina started these guys at the beginning of the plague. Kept going back and touching up the sanding,carved a bit more, sanded again, a couple of times before doing a hint of wood burning. Then they sat on my window over my desk when I started moving into the wonderful work shop Coop built for me. I fear I have become attached to them! I brought them with us, just in case, but kinda planning to keep them. The #marylandrenaissancefestival has been so incredible that we can’t keep up! But, that means my Gnome friends are about to get an eye screw in the hat and strung up for display…I feel so guilty… #signsofspirit #signsofspiritwoodcarving #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #gnome (at Maryland Renaissance Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUS2mekLExL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Following the Lotus Flower theme from yesterday, here is Coop’s Lotus Pentacle. This is one of our hidden pentacles, hidden within a more intricate flower design, it may be displayed when it is not safe or appropriate for a ‘standard’ pentacle. This stylized design can be recognized by other believers, but is less apparent to outsiders and is less likely to cause problems with non-pagan family or in the workplace. In yoga, the 5 petal Lotus is sometimes used in the symbol for Svadhisthana, the second or sacral chakra. #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #pentacle⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3qnsEnAIs/?igshid=1iwjrn4ahk9e2

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Katrina designed this Octopus carving last year because we had many requests over the last few years. We also have a mini version, just not on hand. And this is another design that can be facing left or right. Still not doing shows, you get promoters cut if you don't forget to use Coupon Code- StayHome10 -when you check out. #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #kraken #octopus⁠ (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWpmdYHYWl/?igshid=1ps6dcaazl0w8

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Took Mom to her doctor appointments for her ankle/foot and got to wear my new purple OM mask! #signsofspiritdigital #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #purplemask #covid19style #om #aum (at Tomball, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYmPYgHfRq/?igshid=v0vo6d363l5h

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Looking through the stock for something else I (Katrina) found these Flowers! We don’t often have the Hummingbird variation, I believe it is the third one I’ve done, so I thought I’d post it. Then found out I hadn’t gotten around to adding it to the store…sigh…It is now. ⁠ Katrina designed the first of these Celtic Flowers on a Hurricane Sunday 4 years ago at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. The large flower with the Celtic Knot Flower and Leaf came first and the Mini next. A custom request created the Hummingbird and Flower. The final design is the Hummingbird and Bud whose creation came about because of an oopsy poopsy with the scroll saw… #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #pyrographyartists #pyrographyart #woodburningart⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CBnjpRmHV8O/?igshid=102jexexuor79

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Katrina has been adding items to our Digital shop! I found a different picture on Unsplash of a full moon on a cloudy night to use with our Triple Moon carvings. I've only done the Triquetra variation, but I like it and think I'll be doing more!⁠ #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritdigital #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #triplemoon #triquetra ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDd486flmj0/?igshid=cwdi2ceusaph

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When researching the meaning of the Prayer Against the Plague cross, this some of the historical information I found, “In medieval and early modern Europe, textual amulets on parchment and paper were often inserted in sacks or suspension capsules that could be worn around the neck and over the heart, or alternatively bound to an afflicted body part for focused healing. Others were posted on interior and exterior walls to ward off evil, just as apotropaic inscriptions were displayed on doors and lintels of buildings for blessing and protection.” I figure we have the doors and lintels covered with our carvings, but we are modern! I have the pictures here, a T-Shirt is much better than “suspension capsules that could be worn around the neck”! So I headed to our RedBubble shop…T-Shirts, coffee cups, socks (NO Demon Toes here!) I wonder if the laptop sleeve will protect against computer viruses…hmmm. I just couldn’t resist using the reaper image from RedBubble when I saw it… #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #signsofspirit #signsofspiritdigital #pray #prayer #prayersforhealing #prayers🙏 #catholic #christian⁠ (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbXLLxH9pJ/?igshid=1l8f0438rukcl

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Other stuff Katrina’s doing #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #pyrographyartists #fermenting #gardening #cucumber #pickles (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB067obH_Ot/?igshid=1c9kc9vl9z5z5

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THIS IS NO JOKE! With the great hope and belief that things will start getting better…maybe not as soon as we would like, I’ve extended the StayHome10 sale for a month…we are still not doing shows, so you still get our…”We would have paid this to the promoter” discount. If you can’t buy for a while, no problem, stay well, visit the website…dream and drool a bit, then share and favorite ‘cause everyone else is sitting around looking at the computer in their underwear, and we’ll see you later! #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cQQRRHjeX/?igshid=1c3jjdd3jxcwm

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A note on Katrina’s digital art… I’ve opened a separate Etsy shop for strictly digital art, pictures of wood carvings, often layered on interesting backgrounds. I found a great Print on Demand Drop Shipper to make many wonderful, all-over-print clothing and accessories… But, they didn’t do greeting cards. I found another producer that did and after signing up they added face mask covers…Oh Boy! I have a few ordered for us, they aren’t here yet, will post pictures when they are. But the reason, is the season, I am posting this…In honor of today, April 20th a.k.a. 420… I just listed 2 variations of masks. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t have a mock-up of a person wearing it. So…if you buy one…SEND PICTURES! Our digital store isn’t linked here, so I will do the product link to our 420 wood carving, links to the masks are there. I give up. All day trying to get everything linked. Nothing has worked. Did find out the 420 wood carving wasn’t on the website. It is now. Can’t link it through FB though. So go to Etsy and search SignsOfSpiritDigital for the face masks. May you have better luck than I’ve been having. Gonna go put some insulation up! #signsofspiritdigital #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #potsmokers #stonernation420 #marijuanaculture #420time #ganjaqueen #ganjagoddess #stonersdaily #420everyday #facemask #weedcommunity #canabiscommunity (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_NrMzJHsTY/?igshid=1rrlw7i67ulzx

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My friends, I must apologize. I have known since the beginning of my social media (started with Pinterest) that I shouldn’t only post products, but to share a bit of the other aspects of life we enjoy. I got a little focused on how we are going to survive the drought of no shows! While doing research on how to increase Instagram engagement I was reminded of that…they also said I should be doing 5-7 posts a day…and here I was so proud of myself for doing one almost every day! Ah well… So, to share a bit of what we’ve been doing in between the cutting and carving… As some of the previous posts showed you us building our new storage building, I’ll brag about that! I helped a bit more but Coop did most of the work himself as I got busy doing other stuff. We did have a young man who likes heights come over and help put the roof on. We now have a place to store his wood, the display flats, completed stock and other miscellany. One side allows us to back up to load/unload (the caveat being until I fix the water flow from above and level out the soil, we get stuck after rains…I have pictures to prove it…wanna see?) The step side is next to the carving studio so it is quicker and easier for him to go get the next board. He built a rack system to stack his boards. It works nicely! We are low on wood right now, so he will have to make more to hold 4-5 times as much cedar with dunnage. #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #signsofspiritwoodcarving #signsofspiritathome #signsofspiritbuilding (at Todd Mission, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Kmo4JH-Mk/?igshid=qtswalvt7eer

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The 4th Owl, Moon and Tree ( I kept forgetting to take pictures). Each week they have gotten bigger and more elaborate. This guy was laid out with two trees because I used two perfectly spaced knots for the eyes! #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #owlmoonandtree #owlsofinstagram #owlcarving #treeart #treeandmooncarving #mdrennfest (at Maryland Renaissance Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3zhDwqnKzA/?igshid=n1v7xmclcvc3

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Opening day! Willing but a wee wet! Bring your umbrella! For our friends that will be coming to see us here, don’t freak...we are in the same place but there are 2 new buildings between us and the top of the hill. Better pictures later, Katrina was dodging raindrops! #signsofspirit #signsofspiritart #scarboroughrenaissancefestival #inspiredwoodcarvings (at Scarborough Renaissance Festival) https://www.instagram.com/signsofspiritart/p/Bv6xGEZFBS7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d4xnqcl3qrbz

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Hmmm…Coop finished a custom order. I’m thinking this might be another good stock item! Feedback anyone? #signsofspirit #signsofspiritwoodcarving #signsofspiritart #inspiredwoodcarvings #itsnotmyproblem https://www.instagram.com/p/CVnwvKQrcIH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Yesterday's accomplishment! Got to our space at the Dublin Ohio Irish Festival, our neighbors from #twistedmaille were there setting up and helped us unload. Got the display set up and a couple of panels done before calling it quits. #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritwoodcarving #inspiredwoodcarvings #irishfestivaldublinohio #dublinohioirishfestival

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One of the 3 new kittens heading for Scarborough Faire with Coop for the final weekend! #signsofspiritart #signsofspiritwoodcarving #catmagnet #catcarving #inspiredwoodcarvings (at Scarborough Renaissance Festival)