{"id":3714,"date":"2014-12-07T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T02:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3714"},"modified":"2014-12-07T18:05:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T02:05:03","slug":"stone-church-and-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3714","title":{"rendered":"Stone Church and Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently returned from three weeks in Maryland. I was visiting my sister and her family. While I was there I attended a holiday bazaar at the church near their house. The exterior of the church is stone, has a slate roof, and was founded in 1784. It also has a great cemetery. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ChurchIMG_7968.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of Church\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was hoping that the interior of the church would be as interesting as the exterior. I was a tad disappointed that the interior wasn\u2019t stone, but there were some great details.<\/p>\n<p>Just inside the front door there is a narrow door that spans the wall to the ceiling. The curious person that I am; I opened the door. I found a rope. Yep it is the rope for the bell.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ChurchRopeCellIMG_1717.jpg\" alt=\"Church Bell Rope\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I bought several things from Jim St. Germain at the holiday bazaar. He makes jewelry from found metal bits\u2013typewriters, hang gliders, sewing machines, radios, computers, VHS tapes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>These are a few of the earrings that I purchased\u2013<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Earrings1.jpg\" alt=\"Earrings\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sewing Machine Parts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Earrings2.jpg\" alt=\"Earrings\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Hang Glider Parts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Earrings3.jpg\" alt=\"Earrings\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Radio Parts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I like that Jim used found objects and gave them a new life.<\/p>\n<p>I am always on the lookout for potential art materials and tools. Also at the holiday bazaar I found copper cookie cutters and a large bag of vintage yarn. The lot was a steal for $5.00.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently returned from three weeks in Maryland. I was visiting my sister and her family. While I was there I attended a holiday bazaar at the church near their house. The exterior of the church is stone, has a slate roof, and was founded in 1784. It also has a great cemetery. I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stone Church and Earrings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-materials","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3714"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3718,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3714\/revisions\/3718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}