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I've had so many good comments about my "Blogging Tips" from last Thursday, which I appreciate! There's so much bad news out there, I just like my blog to be a positive, up-beat reading spot. This weeks Mama Kat Prompt will be a list of Top 10 personal highlights from 2012 and, to give you a hint, one of my highlights was taking a beading class last fall, which taught me how to make a necklace or earrings, etc.  I finally put that to use recently and will be including a photo of the 2 necklaces I made using that skill. I had some Christmas money I spent on getting the tools---which is the biggest investment portion of the hobby. You need 4 primary tools just to begin the craft. My patient husband followed me around the beading area with the shopping basket at our local Michael's craft store for at least 40 minutes while I was deciding what pieces and parts to get for the 2 project necklaces I had in mind. The most difficult part of the art is actual...