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how to: color your own chenille sticks

By On March 29, 2011 · 5 Comments

I’m not sure this is really a “how-to” or more of a crafty public service announcement. We recently had a purple pipe cleaner emergency in our house. (Does anyone else have trouble calling them chenille sticks?)

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heart-shaped christmas card box

By On December 23, 2010 · 5 Comments

My daughter is still obsessed with this craft book. She reads it every day, carefully studying the projects and pictures.

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24 hours of craft

By On November 22, 2010 · 6 Comments

Some enjoy 24 Hours of Le Mans or 24 Hours of Daytona. I prefer 24 Hours of Craft. Last weekend I attended another local craft retreat. It was just as much fun as the first one. I brought my sewing machine this time and was very productive.

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more glue stick collages

By On October 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Wow. This time last year I was doing the same exact thing: cutting out pictures for my daughter to paste on paper. It must be the official start of the holiday direct mail season.

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progress report no.1

By On June 8, 2010 · 1 Comment

Yesterday I made some small progress on my to do list.

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things i would like to do next week

By On June 4, 2010 · 5 Comments

My parents are visiting this week. Usually when they are here I try to tackle a big project. The last one was a major destash and cleanup. Since then I went on a little spring cleaning binge. There isn’t a lot house-related stuff I need to do while my daughter has two super-fun playmates. [...]

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my daughter’s first necklace

By On March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Thank you to everyone who commented about their creative time of day. I’m encouraged that so many of you find the morning hours so productive. I’m definitely going to give it a try. I even went to bed early last night! Of course, that might have had something to do with the major destash and [...]

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crafty retreat

By On March 1, 2010 · 3 Comments

I spent this weekend thrifting and crafting and it was lovely! My friend Kaitlyn of Owl People organized a getaway at a local bed and breakfast for those of us who needed some time away from home to concentrate on our work.

Before the event, Kelly [...]

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crafting as meditation

By On July 8, 2009 · 4 Comments

I’ve got a lot going on offline. I’m sewing, spray painting and taking pictures. I’m visiting with my parents and watching them visit with their granddaughter. There is always so much I want to accomplish when I have someone here to spend the day with Bella. My mind is racing with all [...]

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new inspiration

By On June 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I bought these books for myself for Mother’s Day. I had flipped through the pages of Patchwork Style at knitting group enough times that I felt I should just buy it already. They didn’t have a copy of Linen, Wool, Cotton at the bookstore, so I ordered it sight unseen. Well, I [...]

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