Barbe Saint John - New Treasures from Forgotten Artifacts

I am doing book reviews again!! We will start off with "Kitchen Table Tarot" by Melissa Cynova. I have been reading cards off an on since I was 16. I have gone through numerous books about learni...

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I wonder, do people still read blogs? I never seem to anymore, Facebook and Instagram makes it easier to catch up with everyone. But if anyone IS reading this, here are some pretty jewelry pieces...

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In April I started a two month long Advanced Mediumship class through LWISSD with Lisa Williams.  We had a three day intensive in June to learn more and be tested. It was held in Lily Dale, NY o...

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Bring your Mom to our Spring Fling Psychic Lunch!!!! May 7th at Stancatos Restaurant in Parma, You'll get lunch, soft drinks and dessert while myself, Melinda and Iris bring you messages from you...

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photo copyright 2015Talking Board Society Inc.  OuijaCon is happening this weekend in beautiful Baltimore. Sadly, I won't be attending but my Ouija and Planchette necklaces will be there! Rosema...

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New Vogue Sewing Patterns were released a few days ago. While some people are really HATING on them, I find myself loving the avant garde influences. So much so I'm putting ALL of these on my pa...

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photo ©2013 Claudine Hellmuth While doing a little blog reading, I saw this adorable FREE printable tree from my friend Claudine.  I love it and it goes perfectly with my holiday color scheme t...

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 The Saint John 2103 holiday tree done up in pinks and light aqua. I know it's a bit early to put up the tree, but I wanted to have a longer holiday season this year.  We usually put it up a co...

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It's hard to believe Halloween is just two weeks away!!  I still haven't made or sent out any cards-YIKES! I have been busy working on some Halloween jewelry and a collage sheet. I meant to do m...

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Vintage Seed Catalog Collage Sheet  I've listed four new collage sheets in the Saints and Sinners shop!! There are four different pages from a vintage french seed catalog. The above image is for...

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image copyright 2013 Lisa Vollrath Now that its September, I can start thinking about Halloween and Dia de los Muertos!! jewelry by Barbe Saint John The above photo is a teaser of a piece I have ...

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I have so many pretty vintage items that are yearning to be remade into something fabulous! Pictured above is a lot of vintage 20s-60s beaded flowers. These make great jewelry or add to wreaths, ...

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I'm listing some pretty raw brass filigree in the Saints and Sinners Etsy Shop!  I have this lot of tiny ones, which are great for earrings, bead embroidery or doll jewelry Also listed is this ...

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Today's Fabulous Friends post is all about my good friend Steve Scott.   Rob took this photo is of us at the Cardiff Fleamarket.  Steve is a talented roots, rockabilly and country singer and mu...

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I'm not teaching the "Industrial Geek"™ class right now but if you'd like to make one yourself you can book a private online class with me! Email me for details. If you have some resin skills a...

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photo ©2013 Jenny Arnold Today I want to spotlight my dear friend Jenny Arnold!!!   Jenny is a self described coffee addict, weather nerd, animal lover, voracious reader and wanna be artist.  ...

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Remember my post a couple months ago about destashing my Frozen Charlotte collection? Well, I found another lot of them in a box and have a whole village to find homes for!!! I have 146 total, an...

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Zach at Columbus Spring Flea 2013  photo ©2013 ZachBodish I was thinking the other day about how I have some really, REALLY talented and overall STELLAR friends. I feel very blessed to know so ...

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I've been talking about moving into a new jewelry direction for months.  Last August I posted, about closing the website and moving things over to Etsy while I worked on the "new" stuff. While I...

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If you are looking for some bezels I have LOTS in my Saints and Sinners® Supply shop!   The goldtone ones above are from the Hallmark store circa 70's. Originally made to put in a small school ...

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                                                  Frozen Charlottes anyone? Spring has FINALLY sprung in Northern Ohio.  The sun is out and the temps are above 50 degre...

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Love my stump.  I wish it were taller but it was free so I can't complain.

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The Monday Blues-even if you don't have a 9-5 type job, we all get them from time to time.  It's so cold, damp and grey here I'm having the Monday blues big time!  One sure fire way to cure the...

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This photo is pure heaven!!! Spring is still a couple weeks away and I'm not in Paris but that's ok. If I can't be there in person, I can take a imaginary trip by curating a collection of pretty ...

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photo via Touch of Retro I'm finding it very hard to keep warm here, let alone try to look vintage while doing it.  When it's a high of 18 degrees F with the Real Feel of 8-wearing a vintage dr...

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