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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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thrifty find: new buffet!

By On March 11, 2011 · 7 Comments

It may have been a dresser in its past life, but I’ve got a new buffet, baby!

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the perfect pants pattern!

By On July 13, 2010 · 2 Comments

In addition to the perfect t-shirt, I’m also trying to find the perfect lounge pants. I know it’s hard with elastic waistbands — the fabric always seems to bunch up in the front when you sit down — but I would like to minimize the amount of bunching!

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thrifty find: zig zag quilt

By On April 26, 2010 · 4 Comments

I can’t believe it took so long for me to write about my daughter’s new quilt. I think it’s because I had a hard time getting a nice picture of it. Usually it’s covered in stuffed animals and books. I just recently took this pic while she was in school.

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happy little airplane

By On April 12, 2010 · 8 Comments

I attended a Baby Sprinkle over the weekend for Baby D2. It was like a Baby Shower, except when mom has a lot of what she needs from her first baby, you’re supposed to give things like diapers, lotion, baby shampoo, etc.

I didn’t follow directions very well. I believe every baby should [...]

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my first skirt from measurements

By On February 5, 2010 · 3 Comments

A few months ago I checked out Sew What! Skirts from the library. The book just clicked with me. The instructions made sense and seemed really easy. I decided to buy the book and spent months reading and looking at the pictures even though I didn’t have time to make anything.

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red scarf finished!

By On February 1, 2010 · 3 Comments

I can’t believe it, but I am out of red acrylic yarn. I had to use some gray to finish this scarf. It turned out nicely: thick and warm. I think I’m going to add some tassels to the ends. I’m excited to finish this so far ahead of the Craft [...]

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ripped and restarted

By On January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

As I’ve mentioned, I have too much acrylic yarn. I decided to start knitting and crocheting my way through it instead of just giving it away. I made three hats for my friend’s students* and then I kind of got sidetracked by my flowers for Haiti.

*Here’s my first hat finished with [...]

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a weekend of sweater unraveling

By On January 26, 2010 · 7 Comments

I’ve been thinking about white lately. Not bright white, but ivory, soft white and ecru. I’ve been keeping my eye out at the thrift stores, but all I could seem to find was that yellowish cream. Yuck. I even strolled down the yarn aisles at craft stores, which I haven’t done in a long time. [...]

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crochet hat no.2

By On January 11, 2010 · 2 Comments

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