Books
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Nostalgia Friday
Some wonderful things from your childhood just stick with you…maybe not right in the forefront of your mind, but kind of on the periphery like a dream. This book is one of those things for me. I started vaguely remembering it a few years ago and finally went online (what did we do before the
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Happy 2010
An owl in a top hat, what could be more festive? My daughter gave me these cute owl stamps for Christmas, so I've been stamping everything in sight. 🙂 Mostly what I've been busy with though, is compiling a book of my 2009 blog entries. It's really nice to have a hard copy of everything
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Bees, birds, interesting connections & a wonderfully spooky story.
The Jardin box on the bottom is the one I mentioned yesterday as the "before" of my project. When I saw them at Michael's, I really loved the shape & they were a great $ deal. {About $4 each I think?} I knew the word on the box was French, but actually had to look
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Big, Soft, Chewy Cookies
It was a marathon baking session tonight! These are Oatmeal, Coconut, White Chocolate Chip, Cranberry cookies. I had a co-worker years ago that loved to have one of these for breakfast with a glass of milk. 🙂 Next up were the Chocolate, Chocolate Chip cookies. This is the batter before the Chocolate Chips are mixed
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Easter around the corner…
So, I probably shouldn't be allowed into Michaels within several weeks of any holiday. Too temping! I have no impulse control when it comes to all the goodies that accompany most holidays. Luckily, I have several girls in my life that definitely need Easter baskets. :) This tiny bird is sitting on a cute paper
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La-La-Loving the Process
It's been an exhausting, wonderful, concentrated evening of painting. I wanted to get last night's idea completed to show you tonight, but there's just too much left to do! {Above is a peek at one corner of the canvas.} My intention is to work on finishing it for much of tomorrow, but I also have
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Inspiration
These two books have really been getting me by lately and I recommend them to anyone in need of a creative boost. The first: Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts. I don't know where to start praising this one! In part, it's a great "how-to" book from which I learned some handy new techniques. But
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Felt Folk
Yay! After a little hiatus to recharge creatively, I just completed this cute girl. She’s the first character I’ve tried based on the Felt Wee Folk book I received for Christmas. They’re so fun to make! And as you’ll see below, there are already a few bits waiting in the wings to start the next
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A Stitch in Time
When I was a kid, one of my favorite rainy-day things to do was look through my mom’s embroidery patterns to find something to stitch. And I always remember our dishtowels being embellished with some cute pattern in the corners. After receiving these two books for Christmas, it seems like I’ll have some custom dishtowels