my seed list was last updated 12/7/14. some seeds have been traded/used since then. but I have not found the magic link to update my list. can email current list to anyone interested.

I love their stamps!

The muse was revived, but my body is dead tired!!!!! This year I took classes that did not really result in finished projects, so I have 4 half-finished ones and one book that is about 80% finished. Took 2 book-making classes, 2 beading (bead embroidery & peyote), and a silver wire-working class. All the teachers were great, especially Keely Barham. I got so many cool swaps this year! One girl made dice bracelets & earrings with cool playing card dice. Also got some cool stamped dominos, a playing card doll, mini books, paper beads, puzzle piece jewelry, and tag art. My favorite clever idea was a stamped bamboo swap that was the size of a domino. It was a "tile" from a bamboo tile placemat that you can get at a Pier One-type home store. Anthropologie? Artifact? I can't remember. But anyway it is already pre-drilled with 2 holes when you take the placemat apart....a beautiful shape perfect for stamping on! The organizers were so generous with our registration goodie bags. We got a wooden game, a tote bag with a pocket made with custom artiology patterned fabric, a playing card box necklace with fancy cards representing each class we took, and a bag of assorted game pieces and ephemera as well as some nice supply catalogs & raffle tickets for awesome prize baskets. I will be scanning & posting projects as soon as they are finished, which won't be this week since we are leaving for Canada. (Glad you had such a great time at AA & got to meet them. Now every time I hear "Pierced" I think of you!) Karen

@JDS ... I designed roof trusses for 19 years, and I've done quite a few renovation drawings ahead of an Engineer. In most cases, beams don't need seals since all of the calculations are provided by the vendor and shown on their drawings along with all of the loading factors used to obtain the final reactions, deflection, and so on. In most cases the Engineering can be run on LPs website, then the output drawing, along with the plans showing the loading path is generally acceptable. If you don't have a full set of plans, then the building inspectors in my neck of the woods do want to see an Engineers stamp and they want a copy in their files. CYA. As far as the roof support goes. We are talking about a newly exposed area of 2' out x 17' wide, give or take. That is really not that big of a deal as far as added loads go in building construction. Exclusive of the added wall weight, using rounded dimensions, and the following loading ... 20-10-30-10 to cover roof (LL in my area) + floor load (LL=sleeping) and average dead weight ( typical - assumed) in both cases, I come up with a total load on the (2' x 17' area = 34 square feet total) x (70' = 2,380# = Total Weight), exclusive of overhangs on the new rafters) and as mentioned earlier, the dead weight of the new exterior walls. That is not a lot of added load no matter which way you turn the roof. These calculations are based on the ASSUMPTION that a new beam will be added overhead to carry the weight of the existing roof. I am using my imagination and commonsense since I have little else to refer to. My intent when I left my original comment was to give domino a little food for thought and to alert him to the fact that variables matter. As far as the wall bracing goes ... they are getting tough on it, and there are two methods that can be used: Simplified and Standard, IRC 2012 covers both methods in detail, with differences between the two. I doubt either method will apply on this particular job since it is a renovation job as opposed to new construction. But if the building inspector wants to make an issue of it, he can. Depending on where domino lives, seismic variables may apply as well. I live in Virginia, so here, we only have to worry about wind bracing. Keeping the cantilever tucked back 2' or less remains within the guidelines of Simplified Wall Bracing. Since I don't have to deal with it, I am not sure if this is true in areas beyond Seismic Category B. If so, then this would be a factor to take into consideration, and again, can be verified though the local building inspector. dominios, if you're still with us, I hope you can muddle thought the garble and pick up some useful information. Ah, decisions, decisions! :)