Ever have a day when you have plans to get things done, and it just never really comes to fruition, despite your best intentions? That was today for me. A few hours got sucked into the conversation that the boy and I have been having the most lately. Where do you want to live? How [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff, justforfun on Nov 12th, 2008
I have so many ideas running around in my brain right now that I feel like I am going to overflow or drown. Send help! p.s. Did a little thrifting this weekend. I might actually have some sun today in order to take a picture of the amazing 1930′s fabric I found. I will post [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff, intentions on Nov 4th, 2008
Amanda Soule of Soule Mama announced yesterday about a new project she is working on. It is called Mama To Mama, and it seems like a great cause! I am going to join in to see how many of these little caps I can make and get mailed off before December 10th. Now, I just [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff, quilting on Oct 19th, 2008
This week has been a difficult one. It seems that I have been surrounding by mistakes, some good and some bad. …bad…. A student likened my class to masturbating (yes, you read that right) with something you would use in a wood shop on a public forum. Another student emailed me a very questionable and [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff on Oct 14th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to join jcasa::handmade in a scrap challenge. You can read all about the rules here. But, the gist was that I sent in a square of something I loved, and she sent me back ten scraps from other people in my group; I was in group #4. This [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff, intentions on Oct 9th, 2008
Yesterday, Donna Downey, one of the amazing ladies I soak in, posted this badge to her blog. With this badge, she posted the following explanation. This is a campaign for creativity, and it seems the exact right ticket for me to be on. As I have explained repeatedly here, I have had a huge draw [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff on Oct 6th, 2008
Well, my Saturday plans for sewing didn’t quite work out as I had hoped, but I was able to get something done today. In August when I was back on the East coast, I had a chance to meet up with my good friend Bonnie and her little girl. Their family recently bought a new [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff, intentions on Oct 4th, 2008
So, as I have mentioned before, I am a closet scrapbooker. I have a ton of beautiful supplies, and I work really hard to keep them organized. I have a ton of magazine layouts for inspiration that I repeatedly come back to. I have lots of ideas for pages, and I have even sold a [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff, etsy on Sep 27th, 2008
It is probably no surprise that I scour Etsy for ideas and gifts. The Pounce feature is one of my favorites. I can sit and pounce for hours longer than I would care to admit. So, I thought that it would be fun to do another overview of all the awesome and inspirational stuff I [...]
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Posted in crafty stuff on Sep 25th, 2008
The good news is that I was actually able to cross something off my crafty to-do list. I made the other pillow for the man room. It looks just like this one does, so I won’t post pictures of it. But I was a little more confident with this one, which is good because I [...]
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