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progress: thrifty buffet gets paint

By On June 6, 2011 · 1 Comment

Remember the thrifty buffet we found a few months ago? It had been sanded and primed then pushed to the side when our weekends got busy. Yesterday, my husband pulled it out and started painting.

The primer is gray and the paint is chocolate brown. I think he was hoping [...]

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my creative space

By On May 19, 2011 · 3 Comments

This space hasn’t been very creative in the past week. I’ve been sick since last Saturday. I’ve spent a lot of time sleeping and not much else.

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how to: personalize end-of-year teacher gifts
in 3 easy steps

By On May 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Ok, so this really could be a how to: personalize any gift. It’s just that I really wanted to get my daughter involved with her teacher thank you gifts this year and this was all her idea.

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my (not so) creative space

By On May 11, 2011 · 2 Comments

Severe weather is finally here in Nebraska and my creative space is filled with some not-so-creative sewing.

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silky eye pillow

By On May 5, 2011 · 4 Comments

A few nights ago I sat down in front of the tv and couldn’t find anything to watch. My daughter was already in bed and my husband was downstairs working out. I decided to flip through some of my craft books for an easy project. I was really tired so it had to be really [...]

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thrifty find: fabric book panels

By On May 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Remember all of those hours I spent thrifting without finding anything to wear? Well, I did find something cool on the way out of one store: a huge box of brand new quilting fabric. I couldn’t resist a little peek and what did I spy? Books!

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my creative space

By On April 28, 2011 · 1 Comment

In my creative space this week, I altered this cute dress to fit my daughter. She hasn’t been that interested in dress up clothes, but there were a few times at the children’s museum that wore a dress almost exactly like this.

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heading back into the closet

By On April 25, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Thrifting Fairies must have been on Easter vacation last weekend. I did a lot of trying on and left with a lot of nothing. It made me think that refashioning what’s in my closet might be a better way to spend my time. So, on a trip up to Omaha, I [...]

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and then there were three

By On April 23, 2011 · 2 Comments

My experiment in crocheting motifs with self-striping yarn just keeps growing. I’m joining as I go, and it’s now destined to be a scarf. I’m going to have to block as I go, too, so I don’t run out of pins.

Original motif blogged here.

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what am i going to wear this summer?

By On April 18, 2011 · 5 Comments

Last summer I cleaned out my closet. I tossed out skinny jeans, pre-pregnancy clothes and pretty much anything that didn’t make me feel good. I accepted my body the way it was and bought clothes that fit my 40-year-old frame. I watched a lot of What Not to Wear and made a lot of [...]

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