{"id":26,"date":"2012-07-11T01:45:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T01:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:37:07","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/11\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life is full of beauty! So please allow me to share the people, places, and things that inspire and excite me.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to my blog, Flash of the Hand, where I explore what happens when we allow our hands to be driven by our creativity.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about this blog, please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/about\/\">read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is full of beauty! So please allow me to share the people, places, and things that inspire and excite me. 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