Total Excitement with Christmas Decorating Tips Interview
~Daughter Darcey is an amazing woman! Fed-up with her highly stressful jobs in both advertising and marketing, she decided to strike out on her own and open an online shopping resource for others....
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~Today is the first day since October that Barb and I were able to get together for the entire day. As a postal worker, Curls is totally bombed with work starting in the late fall through the Christmas...
View ArticleRepurposed Circular Needle Holder
~Reading with interest how my fellow bloggers store their circular needles, I came up with my own solution. I originally had them in an old fashioned, wooden, expandable, sewing box which didn’t work...
View ArticleFabulous Fiber Finds!
~So, I decided that I needed some more Wool Candy, see Wool Candy Rolags December 13, 2012, and with fiber thoughts running happily through my head I went to my favorite Japanese shop. Now, when I was...
View ArticleDrip Something Here
~When Curls and I got together last week, we’d decided that we’ve been remiss about posting our latest escapades in Wreck This Journal! To rectify our error, we’ll be posting at least once every week...
View ArticleBird Feeder x 2
– Look what the cat dragged in two grandchildren! Oh my! Oh my! What to do. I’ve got it! A bird feeder. I had bought a bird feeder kit from Joann’s last year. It had two kits in it. When Taylor and...
View ArticleFinished Object Friday: Aprons and Cooking
~These finished objects were actually done before going to Hawaii. I just didn’t want to ruin the surprise for the grandkids in Hawaii by posting earlier. There is a special Orange Pecan French Toast...
View ArticleThe Monkey House Tickle
~ Reaching for the project bag with the Frogged Hat (new name) last night I noticed something and started laughing. Can you see what I was laughing at? Notice the monkey project bag I had already made...
View ArticleFinished Object Friday: Receiving Blanket
~Every baby needs basic, receiving blankets. They are so easy to make. This is a reversible blanket with the main fabric filled with elephants and the reverse fabric says “I Love Grandma”. It was...
View ArticleA WordPress Family Award
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. ~~RICHARD BACH ~I love this quote. It...
View ArticleHang A Star On That One Award
~With all of the awards circling the blogs, I’ve been contemplating designing our own special award. Over the course of this past year, I’ve made many blogger friends. Quite a few of my friends have...
View ArticleTagging Christmas
~With my knee taking forever to heal, I’ve had to develop project ideas which I can work on while elevating my knee. One day, while sitting and feeling sorry for myself, I realized that I had not...
View ArticleCatching Present Cooties
~While messing around with Photoshop making Christmas Gift Tags, I decided it would be fun to make gift bag cootie catcher tags. Cootie Catcher Gift Tags Going green, grocery store reusable shopping...
View ArticleCrazy About Yarn-themed Fabrics
Knitting-themed Fabrics Surprise! Surprise! There were wonderful packages awaiting me when we arrived home. Before the quick trip to Missoula, I found some adorable yarn-themed fabrics online. I have...
View ArticleBoxing the I Spy Blocks
I Spy squares An I Spy quilt has been on my want-to-do list for years. I’ve finally decided that this is the year. I found an I Spy Disappearing Nine Patch tutorial at Obsessively Stitching which fits...
View ArticleLovely Dorset Buttons
Lots of Lovely Dorset Buttons by Potter Wright and Webb After the last blog post and the comment by Sarah, I realized that I’d forgotten about Dorset Buttons. I tried to reblog the site I found about...
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