tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2101737679808243882024-03-04T23:39:40.133-10:00That Crafty Mrs. VEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-66317979295364685102012-03-13T09:59:00.001-10:002012-03-13T09:59:24.778-10:00Backpack Update<div style="text-align: center;">
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And I needed a new place to store the pattern online</div>
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for you lovely people to download.</div>
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So now you can <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0l4WSINQqKgbGJWOHhmTTRUNC1vekZybk9TT20tdw">find it here, at google docs</a>.</div>
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Hello? </div>
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Does anyone run this blog?</div>
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{only when I want to!}</div>
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So what have I been doing?</div>
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/thatcraftymrsv/">Here's the link to my boards.</a></div>
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In other news, I am working on updating my </div>
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backpack tutorial and finding a free upload site to store it at. </div>
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Anyone have any preferences?</div>
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Here are a few things I made for Christmas:</div>
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I made purses from <a href="http://artsycraftybabe.typepad.com/">this pattern</a>, it was simple and sweet.</div>
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I made them out of vintage tablecloths.</div>
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And an arts and crafts travel case for my niece, Maile. </div>
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My mother in law made some like these for her kids when they were little :)</div>
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Happy New Year!</div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-12719599239384609852011-07-18T09:22:00.003-10:002011-07-18T09:28:43.774-10:00New Recipe Box<div style="text-align: center;">I had to upgrade-</div><div style="text-align: center;">too many recipes</div><div style="text-align: center;">& they just wouldn't all fit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfinished box <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">+ </span>Heather Bailey Paper<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> + </span>Silhouette<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">=</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLdnLYlobSXiJ83Ppgf4QZdCwaD3hqeh6te_RvEVgpUMm0rNeB2QVrCHFHciUHMq6YU2DorwqQ1a-9hOkuAcAkFSQRzyBq3bt7T2mpKJqJHjEY_rd4kc2FMqtevw7H3j3J0BSskEMT87M/s1600/IMG_5983.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZkBu9Jl3ot8O3Jx4aUN8BUqMIcWrKzRZHP9ua_4xbWiXPPERMTCBhlLlQscidbdSk_zUt9EowuiyfCi6I9dgTaLc3Xy6wRTXHCvo7MZh8SPYCLWAGlBbgVhLZnKyquu_oQMkNZ3HNMXW/s320/IMG_5993.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630775428367493842" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes me and my kitchen happy :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-17301032888763589652011-07-15T20:06:00.009-10:002011-07-15T21:25:11.006-10:00Making me Smile<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRlaWObFlcTgZctG2s6gfbzrmy8jenlDPHo4OjjemL0-Pkrp77V_vX4hrOVJoeOKZW_z_J1csD5N3aTGJOwXUw-vT_greOLWz1lnhVPz4m28_LEUm0Icr0O-tK_Zn9mQH6cWSL6KOleK4/s1600/office.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIbFqUgnJtu2x6mYGyC-hbjQmYsuTykbY19yoVKu6Wd2OkxdXfCYME33kA4oreyaWx3_JmfV6V_wUzoeBxHqf1zED6MxN4JkYpqAPRroHZuAfd_WoHOmC-1uvy4nojywTmdMnSPD3aFLp/s1600/IMG_5965.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIbFqUgnJtu2x6mYGyC-hbjQmYsuTykbY19yoVKu6Wd2OkxdXfCYME33kA4oreyaWx3_JmfV6V_wUzoeBxHqf1zED6MxN4JkYpqAPRroHZuAfd_WoHOmC-1uvy4nojywTmdMnSPD3aFLp/s320/IMG_5965.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629828459693631282" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I got it at <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=973774&catId=HOME-KITCHEN&pushId=HOME-KITCHEN&popId=HOME&navCount=12&color=045&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&isSubcategory=true&subCategoryId=HOME-KITCHEN">Anthropologie</a> at Irvine Spectrum.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish my kids were there </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I could have gone on the ferris wheel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{But then I wouldn't have gone into Anthropologie}</div><div style="text-align: center;">I should have <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20101796&catId=HOME-KITCHEN&pushId=HOME-KITCHEN&popId=HOME&navCount=930&color=095&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&isSubcategory=true&subCategoryId=HOME-KITCHEN-GADGETS">gotten this</a>, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{I can't remember why I didn't!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The little scale is staying there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68KSuHHZxJ4-zWlk0e3gVsXjboBJFJqN8Nh6HGpKQNL-DSdV9yRWATxZ5yFVLwYrMQ9R6djZ3P1gTKSia9e_WtV5IbnXNk92RItD_Vxy6A0KStu4DmEtjonf8-ldiIGLox7vleFEhWcrx/s1600/IMG_5979.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68KSuHHZxJ4-zWlk0e3gVsXjboBJFJqN8Nh6HGpKQNL-DSdV9yRWATxZ5yFVLwYrMQ9R6djZ3P1gTKSia9e_WtV5IbnXNk92RItD_Vxy6A0KStu4DmEtjonf8-ldiIGLox7vleFEhWcrx/s320/IMG_5979.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629828447785619970" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure what to do with the sugar dispenser.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I need to hang that sweet recipe holder </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's got a hole on top but I don't want some </div><div style="text-align: center;">boring picture-hanging nail sticking through.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Any ideas?</div><div style="text-align: center;">{Strawberries <strike> are </strike> were from the Kula Country Farms. Divine.}<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A little box of goodies from my dear Mother in Law</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYhCSCtpOGtJVGXRt1RETWWGx_9bysc8QPmCHhv-gohpKIb1Y_713WaoFn6sFx-rL9nLcGWdikxSZQFrBvawjNbZkxgR01EZgcu8i6L4bgQ6F8i_FVNdz7tKKcNUlj_G8-IK44NuxsW9F/s1600/IMG_5914.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYhCSCtpOGtJVGXRt1RETWWGx_9bysc8QPmCHhv-gohpKIb1Y_713WaoFn6sFx-rL9nLcGWdikxSZQFrBvawjNbZkxgR01EZgcu8i6L4bgQ6F8i_FVNdz7tKKcNUlj_G8-IK44NuxsW9F/s320/IMG_5914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629828446815031490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fridge happiness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOz_Ta15W4auL4753-F6YmHBI4o7C0D9ukqMFjxk7jIb909SFNZirwJBBZcdn6nNzsEXDhJSUfh4z3mTWPG_w4djujfp-hALUufWmlaVScSYMlxFYDgx-95Uogj64O1kvpvfau5vRn6Ym/s1600/IMG_5964.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOz_Ta15W4auL4753-F6YmHBI4o7C0D9ukqMFjxk7jIb909SFNZirwJBBZcdn6nNzsEXDhJSUfh4z3mTWPG_w4djujfp-hALUufWmlaVScSYMlxFYDgx-95Uogj64O1kvpvfau5vRn6Ym/s320/IMG_5964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629828463163721602" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fvz95355i3hle6ph4yin">Awesome card</a>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(found via pinterest, of course!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My timer (which only gets used for time outs).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And my <a href="http://www.shopatartworks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3167">Anne Taintor magnet</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(just high enough the kids can't really read it </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it makes me smile)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBp1vM5o_2uAM-uBRjTGd4XNP4IiWJdXGXVWdKHNfMR30adUu2ZaIvayOGttazS3kv4MAxys-G_4nMrfUwt1tw65E9JxDnwO-wDd-m_yXw07tPt86lN9_5YEaPTgzL57kH1uyTmZKN8qU/s1600/IMG_5888.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Crochet yellow blanket from the St. Joseph Thrift Store</div><div style="text-align: center;">with Bailey's pink knitting yarn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8OG3U4sCQUQAAT3-yKe7HYi3IHalNsuQCmenhajI_vHtwYxDwHLlR6xJDHDY8Q8G09OLQeRv7pJHivCCJFtXKiIRmrij2LhSVBPMtlcf1Rooy1pjO-BKOaucSJYPMnAf5c1czoVcilVl/s1600/IMG_5963.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8OG3U4sCQUQAAT3-yKe7HYi3IHalNsuQCmenhajI_vHtwYxDwHLlR6xJDHDY8Q8G09OLQeRv7pJHivCCJFtXKiIRmrij2LhSVBPMtlcf1Rooy1pjO-BKOaucSJYPMnAf5c1czoVcilVl/s320/IMG_5963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629835596565391650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div>My antiquing goodies combined with some</div><div> family treasures on the office book shelves.</div></div><a href="http://s616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/KulaVenturas/Crafty%20Mrs%20V/?action=view&current=office-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/KulaVenturas/Crafty%20Mrs%20V/office-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course these two make me smile:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfxTT26TjAs8WQSxdQORdUshzTFkco39tk66i6Ya7_hslKs6LdhbPNDYG3YaABhwJFgr9rMbL9bDWcp6ZhxE8OtQz_V-z9GPNMWVIWU0liR357Jcn_Jp22-1o2EuwWJi3y1vTQn1-G24H/s1600/IMG_8219.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfxTT26TjAs8WQSxdQORdUshzTFkco39tk66i6Ya7_hslKs6LdhbPNDYG3YaABhwJFgr9rMbL9bDWcp6ZhxE8OtQz_V-z9GPNMWVIWU0liR357Jcn_Jp22-1o2EuwWJi3y1vTQn1-G24H/s200/IMG_8219.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629847404404664274" style="cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 200px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wSNeAFGtNP7BAYM3Fhexi-03qLNnvGqzWmKGsITD4uTPFZFfWE73wQq6adJbxzH1esbc42BHHEgYOSfAY3O20B1vRJMXe-bXuljpqXVvLPtMW42GU7dXKBldx0nohkDJMqsoFKTu7UzT/s1600/IMG_8134.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wSNeAFGtNP7BAYM3Fhexi-03qLNnvGqzWmKGsITD4uTPFZFfWE73wQq6adJbxzH1esbc42BHHEgYOSfAY3O20B1vRJMXe-bXuljpqXVvLPtMW42GU7dXKBldx0nohkDJMqsoFKTu7UzT/s200/IMG_8134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629847400510502978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Such goof-balls there's no doubt we're related :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-71323758453906604852011-07-14T14:05:00.009-10:002011-07-15T10:59:39.628-10:00Well, Hello!<div style="text-align: center;">Summer is just ticking away!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I went for a nice long vacation with my family</div><div style="text-align: center;">through three different states and five national parks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a very proud parent of a five-time junior ranger!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After more than three weeks of bliss with our little family</div><div style="text-align: center;">my wonderful husband took the girls home &</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got to go see my Mother and Grandmother and Aunt</div><div style="text-align: center;">{in which copious amounts of antiquing was done!}</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was lovely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have so much to show you</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I will do my best to pace myself</div><div style="text-align: center;">as not to bore anyone to tears.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before we left I made some accessories for Chloe's baby Isabella</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz2q_RGsv5H2IrRPv0OhfH01xEcR51jXR4v2HBYms0bCxsSaATG-urOFHI72SQVi7Bg0xXgfhkPSEd5xw9i-QRem6R89F6Wq5jC7nlT8XM40HxofIZuwpQIB93veJ3PaFbI_dbTp78V-_/s1600/IMG_8204.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz2q_RGsv5H2IrRPv0OhfH01xEcR51jXR4v2HBYms0bCxsSaATG-urOFHI72SQVi7Bg0xXgfhkPSEd5xw9i-QRem6R89F6Wq5jC7nlT8XM40HxofIZuwpQIB93veJ3PaFbI_dbTp78V-_/s200/IMG_8204.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629679731764608210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0x-f9W1J6kgGPuciInGslDOQMTF4pN5kdsiojm9CEh0RFX856b5OcrrDyTCrpO1eR3-0JETNaKYfzjJnVF-8Y4RJKJYI1V5QR21Eub0F2A4AqU3Qf7_gFAmytERKJIYliahO4RVjhyphenhyphen3S/s1600/IMG_8203.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0x-f9W1J6kgGPuciInGslDOQMTF4pN5kdsiojm9CEh0RFX856b5OcrrDyTCrpO1eR3-0JETNaKYfzjJnVF-8Y4RJKJYI1V5QR21Eub0F2A4AqU3Qf7_gFAmytERKJIYliahO4RVjhyphenhyphen3S/s200/IMG_8203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629679727165476418" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0x-f9W1J6kgGPuciInGslDOQMTF4pN5kdsiojm9CEh0RFX856b5OcrrDyTCrpO1eR3-0JETNaKYfzjJnVF-8Y4RJKJYI1V5QR21Eub0F2A4AqU3Qf7_gFAmytERKJIYliahO4RVjhyphenhyphen3S/s1600/IMG_8203.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaebxEfHupOdeVZgYUQeFe95JcqZxYe2hlHC3lHPj4528cQO9tuGQmqMgnRF377nJVe1gzWZSjoqmh8cqPxjjIkdD_2bRvuDASyJ2eEEX1-4LD92Vw2BoU-RQ-PfwBWCNvfKXD_gjEu4Ny/s1600/IMG_8207.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaebxEfHupOdeVZgYUQeFe95JcqZxYe2hlHC3lHPj4528cQO9tuGQmqMgnRF377nJVe1gzWZSjoqmh8cqPxjjIkdD_2bRvuDASyJ2eEEX1-4LD92Vw2BoU-RQ-PfwBWCNvfKXD_gjEu4Ny/s200/IMG_8207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629679721220208322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also decided Bailey needed a safe place to put her </div><div style="text-align: center;">American Girl Doll while on vacation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So I took this backpack:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu62UV453Fmfcmrjti90M6d5vczNEHS-wW6oYxHIwZPsOG5xPeTjSvGt5SNzJj0dqwOgZD2nlIfqTTik7oscQwhB_1A42djvYUKBJMY7jAeP-Fxf0oCjzezhK6gCfCwuEoNqjRkRb8zHb/s1600/IMG_8077.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu62UV453Fmfcmrjti90M6d5vczNEHS-wW6oYxHIwZPsOG5xPeTjSvGt5SNzJj0dqwOgZD2nlIfqTTik7oscQwhB_1A42djvYUKBJMY7jAeP-Fxf0oCjzezhK6gCfCwuEoNqjRkRb8zHb/s320/IMG_8077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629668420184803442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>and turned it into a doll carrier:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12Bwu866eJsfGNipVR2SHzt3rRG2m7nKiT6qcXFF6p7mt5ZLuCN9IqfxyVQ0AchZ4vDMkw8wArM7tcElOP6DzltqCY-RhAlJr6bppIMKqOvMB0sc0R653_8BHCEkW3y_1qLFV5hoI_Tw5/s320/IMG_6004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629686109061584258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the girls little sun visors for summer<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdlo1uWz6mX-Tk76f55WIzFfshoPLtmO_NKzEQj4q4Vp9pDRgc252D8INJ7C2Gicsr0GVv7rrrWaOsjfmNr4i3N13EtvERejNejtFp32mN-OazQk8RsxBFmwCN07OqNKM38mc124v7bb7/s1600/IMG_5443.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdlo1uWz6mX-Tk76f55WIzFfshoPLtmO_NKzEQj4q4Vp9pDRgc252D8INJ7C2Gicsr0GVv7rrrWaOsjfmNr4i3N13EtvERejNejtFp32mN-OazQk8RsxBFmwCN07OqNKM38mc124v7bb7/s320/IMG_5443.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629668405498346738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a cute little tshirt I found thrifting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can <a href="http://www.maryjanesandgaloshes.com/2011/05/color-my-summer-yellow-hat-tutorial.html">get the tutorial here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bailey will be starting a new school this year</div><div style="text-align: center;">complete with full uniforms</div><div style="text-align: center;">She needs to wear all white socks so</div><div style="text-align: center;">to keep them separate from all her other socks I made a little</div><div style="text-align: center;">laundry bag to hang in her closet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0moE8LvdV9kzAPrx4X_6i6BOK7uDV6KWnLdIKvZrlaO8Ui6CQd3mD6xpjBMU4TrhYIk2T6k8IetuIHt9M3Jvj87QY55WVwE85AXZxss9KIi_BKLhHBCzEBdyXsGNj8F3b6QZUKhntjj1Y/s1600/IMG_5913.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0moE8LvdV9kzAPrx4X_6i6BOK7uDV6KWnLdIKvZrlaO8Ui6CQd3mD6xpjBMU4TrhYIk2T6k8IetuIHt9M3Jvj87QY55WVwE85AXZxss9KIi_BKLhHBCzEBdyXsGNj8F3b6QZUKhntjj1Y/s200/IMG_5913.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629684993553605458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipC9VKn-zm_us9ky5zbkrPVPamBkf0tRTubXx81YWD0qKHLRnjc3cseJ9QRziQuPCq4_HrooCKSLp1d76Oa-_FF9wBG4PpF7nRVohVVWdyPCJ2tiQAacPsqsieo6nL8X_WdzCcnXv-3U-/s200/IMG_5910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629684995727318274" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0moE8LvdV9kzAPrx4X_6i6BOK7uDV6KWnLdIKvZrlaO8Ui6CQd3mD6xpjBMU4TrhYIk2T6k8IetuIHt9M3Jvj87QY55WVwE85AXZxss9KIi_BKLhHBCzEBdyXsGNj8F3b6QZUKhntjj1Y/s1600/IMG_5913.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>I needed a cover for my new date book.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{I think I'm starting school quite back-to-school-ish}<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ9SYLprE3Vd8kFQNBe33asNpGvABYmNWmJtRfRaXAiGioji0v7n53M6tm8s8MbkO2XVh48xDdt4UOyoUSQW_XZ2Kr5V3Xz7sKlyVwbbhsiKKxs7P7QOnmNF3NVwLvpXnG4ZyHoasXCj-/s1600/IMG_5960.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ9SYLprE3Vd8kFQNBe33asNpGvABYmNWmJtRfRaXAiGioji0v7n53M6tm8s8MbkO2XVh48xDdt4UOyoUSQW_XZ2Kr5V3Xz7sKlyVwbbhsiKKxs7P7QOnmNF3NVwLvpXnG4ZyHoasXCj-/s200/IMG_5960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629684987998968770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPvyu38I7ZKQqC_1IQBtDWFeQEBww4h3HbpBLal07Y5HARrrv7mAojrDzN1vJn9b-6WtUAg0l8R4Mj_mlUNVqBSUTaXzMN9xtzKJ30NeZgpv14XsW8eJSQwWIwllEIUfYn15r7dhsQDNn/s1600/IMG_5957.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPvyu38I7ZKQqC_1IQBtDWFeQEBww4h3HbpBLal07Y5HARrrv7mAojrDzN1vJn9b-6WtUAg0l8R4Mj_mlUNVqBSUTaXzMN9xtzKJ30NeZgpv14XsW8eJSQwWIwllEIUfYn15r7dhsQDNn/s200/IMG_5957.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629684983474341314" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenE1iSK_GDUMmVImFNDLu_BUshsmpBhyC96W5D3e8p9uzalSrrhWoPhdJl8T8XyaFGUfeN6btlnytLqGdf5EULRVUkAPVbDfgSS00cxZr1Y6itYRSMAcHxKg8PPrV2oNPfLjXB82Gv74L/s1600/IMG_5956.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenE1iSK_GDUMmVImFNDLu_BUshsmpBhyC96W5D3e8p9uzalSrrhWoPhdJl8T8XyaFGUfeN6btlnytLqGdf5EULRVUkAPVbDfgSS00cxZr1Y6itYRSMAcHxKg8PPrV2oNPfLjXB82Gv74L/s200/IMG_5956.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629684976175845810" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And last of all we must discuss <a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You either have no idea what I am talking about </div><div style="text-align: center;">or you have already left the me to go check on</div><div style="text-align: center;">what's recently been pinned</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is fantastical.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look what I found:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/53290621/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/53290621_JatLQcF2_c.jpg" border="0" width="300 height =" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#76838B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/60514955_zuoObIeW_c.jpg" border="0" width="300 height =" /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:16px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 0px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/60542146/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/60542146_yIjPpTzF_c.jpg" border="0" width="400 height =" /></a></span></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); "><div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;"><br /></p></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#76838B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#76838B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/55440415/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/55440415_nRLQ57gw_c.jpg" border="0" width="300 height =" /></a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/28208246_H3bsE5IU_c.jpg" border="0" width="300 height =" /></div><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><br /><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/65169324/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/65169324_5C57y3Mj_c.jpg" border="0" width="300 height =" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://allsorts.typepad.com/allsorts/2011/07/lovely-letters-in-fabric-and-thread.html#comment-6a00d8341c5c8953ef014e89d13c52970d">allsorts.typepad.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/thatcraftymrsv/" target="_blank">Emily</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><br /></div><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you would like to check out my boards</div><div style="text-align: center;">you'll need to request an invite </div><div style="text-align: center;">(email me)</div><div style="text-align: center;">or if you're already pinning you can </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/thatcraftymrsv/">see my boards here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will warn you though, it's like computer crack.</div><div style="text-align: center;">once you've tried it there's no going back :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-77018657745125605442011-05-05T21:20:00.002-10:002011-05-05T21:22:43.363-10:00<a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.232320479.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 570px; height: 570px;" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.232320479.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Love this. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You can get one </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71279031/why-did-she-make-things-8x10-print?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=creativity+quotes&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here on Etsy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Found via </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pinterest</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-6341079271146010922011-05-03T10:50:00.003-10:002011-05-03T11:26:16.064-10:00Countdown Board<div style="text-align: center;">I was inspired by <a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2011/04/countdown-to-summer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Eighteen25+%28eighteen25%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">this board over at eighteen25</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and decided I needed to make my own</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDSiAaX7dpkamY7g2zz4-JoopSViMHt6lz62uisNobOK6DWJ4FctdhSo0_WQ5NlGwr925N1Qr0VX-AuVlOGZr5QEQ74RkRHYolNSXuqomH9_cPj0X-_7SCHDUd6u8BwUK_F-NP4gujMqZ/s1600/IMG_5437.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDSiAaX7dpkamY7g2zz4-JoopSViMHt6lz62uisNobOK6DWJ4FctdhSo0_WQ5NlGwr925N1Qr0VX-AuVlOGZr5QEQ74RkRHYolNSXuqomH9_cPj0X-_7SCHDUd6u8BwUK_F-NP4gujMqZ/s320/IMG_5437.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602603814335154338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I used chalkboard paint on the bottom</div><div style="text-align: center;">so that we can countdown to whatever comes next.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What summer fun are you looking forward to?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-27248352220815331382011-04-11T08:00:00.000-10:002011-04-11T08:42:03.628-10:00Hello, Kitty!<div style="text-align: center;">On our last road trip I made the girls minky car seat covers</div><div style="text-align: center;">to plant their tushies in for 3000 miles.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chloe has graduated to a booster seat now so I decided to cover hers in minky, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{because I didn't want to hear about who didn't get the fuzzy seat today}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWWdWwiUkSx_CwvxY6cmSsh4F17aCb1kN22PaOLOBSlP4rzFocWhp_En_8_VfXTlLuOI6YdtBcOYmKk6t7fVwVwzGOn2JqG9P9oEURkAeeLp_pzKz7O8qP-QlPkaoxU0cwGIgnbflj9XC/s1600/IMG_1030.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Minky is really nice to work with for this project because it stretches </div><div style="text-align: center;">so it's easier to make a nice fit and</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's fuzzy so crooked seams don't show as much :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfmeyiGtBT8LrPP5yE8RFXVEcWQMBJlHykvQfpB1CJy4e-PYeK1YO5z6yAnH0AeGVSpa9tYmYEWsNVuzwRj1dhhew-k3vZmy_XPmG01jBESYKJLthPlvLT1KBCe3_8tWR9TM92fPb7atM/s1600/IMG_1029.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfmeyiGtBT8LrPP5yE8RFXVEcWQMBJlHykvQfpB1CJy4e-PYeK1YO5z6yAnH0AeGVSpa9tYmYEWsNVuzwRj1dhhew-k3vZmy_XPmG01jBESYKJLthPlvLT1KBCe3_8tWR9TM92fPb7atM/s320/IMG_1029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592209361710581938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I recycled the minky I had used on her large car seat and cut it for the sides</div><div style="text-align: center;">then bought a small piece of Hello Kitty Fleece for the center.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took off the existing cover and used it as a pattern.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sewed the center together first </div><div style="text-align: center;">then fit the outside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Underneath is lined with a super cheap quilted cotton.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWWdWwiUkSx_CwvxY6cmSsh4F17aCb1kN22PaOLOBSlP4rzFocWhp_En_8_VfXTlLuOI6YdtBcOYmKk6t7fVwVwzGOn2JqG9P9oEURkAeeLp_pzKz7O8qP-QlPkaoxU0cwGIgnbflj9XC/s320/IMG_1030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592209372102117074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ready to go for another 3000 miles!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-77286921099009041952011-04-07T17:00:00.000-10:002011-04-07T17:49:08.583-10:00Bags for my bag<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31H2YcrPUsaZnOodE04fZy5Ae5sdWOSd4ITPhgJFoBn5wmkBNN_6lePqBB5Q68tp1sBMpw2uEB1jzmIm08wQMblzVRYqb3jbT3ZmNU56YOifn0QUSLWr86gSmeuLTH4x0ya0ajTN-7Sz3/s1600/IMG_5398.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you a purse dumper or organizer?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am an organizer. Type A all the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I made some little bags for my <a href="http://thatcraftymrsv.blogspot.com/2011/04/sewing-again-and-book-review.html">big bag</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">from the same Amy Butler book.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh boy, this was more confusing than the last pattern.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In this pattern she explains how to make these cute little origami bags in</div><div style="text-align: center;">six different sizes. The problem is that she gives you</div><div style="text-align: center;">all cutting instructions for the bags at the same time-</div><div style="text-align: center;">like you'll be making all six at once.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed copious amounts of caffeine to remember if I was doing the</div><div style="text-align: center;">small or x small or mini bags.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31H2YcrPUsaZnOodE04fZy5Ae5sdWOSd4ITPhgJFoBn5wmkBNN_6lePqBB5Q68tp1sBMpw2uEB1jzmIm08wQMblzVRYqb3jbT3ZmNU56YOifn0QUSLWr86gSmeuLTH4x0ya0ajTN-7Sz3/s1600/IMG_5398.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31H2YcrPUsaZnOodE04fZy5Ae5sdWOSd4ITPhgJFoBn5wmkBNN_6lePqBB5Q68tp1sBMpw2uEB1jzmIm08wQMblzVRYqb3jbT3ZmNU56YOifn0QUSLWr86gSmeuLTH4x0ya0ajTN-7Sz3/s320/IMG_5398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592207786015704914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I love the way she puts in the zipper-</div><div style="text-align: center;">especially with the lining. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Worth the confusion just for that lovely piece of info!</div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-13807419365376590592011-04-05T10:26:00.007-10:002011-04-11T19:14:25.211-10:00Sewing Again and a book review<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbGiCf2lUxcNTAyd3BxPHB-2LTUBj090ZAgzOYaNCQ_3_2zmhk6DpEpfU8IKxPiMY5x0-4aDYV9VY9uGjwBhuuCW5fJvxuMptFtEuO83k0F-ZTykM3iuGLNNb88kcox9fKeQWtV2ziJtA/s1600/IMG_1018.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took a bit of a break from crafting. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was organizing and cleaning out and getting the cobwebs out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But like most crafters,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't stay away long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amy-Butlers-Style-Stitches-Wonderful/dp/0811866696/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302035726&sr=8-1">this book</a> by Amy Butler</div><div style="text-align: center;">from my favorite sewing store</div><div style="text-align: center;">along with some fabric to make the first project.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{yes, I am in love with our proteas that are in bloom}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbGiCf2lUxcNTAyd3BxPHB-2LTUBj090ZAgzOYaNCQ_3_2zmhk6DpEpfU8IKxPiMY5x0-4aDYV9VY9uGjwBhuuCW5fJvxuMptFtEuO83k0F-ZTykM3iuGLNNb88kcox9fKeQWtV2ziJtA/s320/IMG_1018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592202708745919458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This book has some very cute patterns in it and I plan on making every single one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got right to sewing and completed the first bag:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yg-4hJnNr0nnKnDxMekH2CktbU8I0zz92yu4CCL_QuWfrr3lRj2qBZ8_6ep5obQ1Fgg4Bn1Sq4kBtFtpH-cedpekNRuM81vzW8g2QkyXojYHrnOxBfDKLktl26_lC3Ghgn7-CqyZUrqz/s320/IMG_1130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592201849822980066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqeop5SMXtoOm5JS5HfAUGxUAZX8-HjTclmNL2PRsiN5qofgVYZWgCujklZjFfNtlzJUNdTYvIxGWg2g85Ue7EzSJH4e4NHod5b1FhIg3FodXKIhcQO-KM8Um2dzSe2ljL1z6FNCwpawK/s320/IMG_1129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592201856412263410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87WVz7Lc1ny5dGM7IoiTG8JKrPm5F03UAei87W5ddmYAKveetcGdKYvdJnsAbrOVFDqt0cfDaqjkHLE9KPo_0_0hFue94rNN7f1EyMMgiGlfl2wH6MsiX_KB4lyAGmmKunus4YxHLOwZi/s320/IMG_1132.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592201867668954370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did add a couple pockets on the inside</div><div style="text-align: center;">{not the large ones, but a couple small ones on the inside at the ends}</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next time I will definately interface the pockets on the inside-</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can see how the pockets "fall" into the bag because they are so large.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34WofnH1zQgrbKLQQ9InBA1Mf8vaRqXuWJvVM2Bx-amWQNKqz3T03dVriS8doDmtkI3XsF0pTJr7kLWNMnUMExIXO2ffEfbDzcKv4aTa_nQW46DPJY_4EIfD3eQPGxNegOLsmeU9Xr-J4/s320/IMG_1133.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592201874352135074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a large bag and will be perfect for our vacation this summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The book has very cute patterns in it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will probably make them all over the next year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amy Butler always has a simplicity about the </div><div style="text-align: center;">way she does things that makes sewing logical.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My disappointment with this book is that there are not enough pictures</div><div style="text-align: center;">and these are not the easiest pattern instructions Amy Butler has done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Instructions are fairly clear (but I often needed to read them a few times before I got it)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and some portions would have definitely been easier with a picture at hand.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have not made bags before I would recommend </div><div style="text-align: center;">one of her individual patterns first</div><div style="text-align: center;">(not in a book)</div><div style="text-align: center;">those come with nice pictures and clearer instructions.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Overall, a great book for the moderate sewer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Added to</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(134, 115, 101); line-height: 20px; "><a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" /></a></span></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-38234017148212727482011-01-26T19:13:00.004-10:002011-01-26T19:38:38.672-10:00Necklaces<div style="text-align: center;">Disneyland keeps my Mother young.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She goes often with my Aunt B</div><div style="text-align: center;">{often enough to have annual passes}</div><div style="text-align: center;">and they've explored every corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This year for Christmas I made necklaces for each of them</div><div style="text-align: center;">themed around their favorite rides.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My mother loves to sit on the Mark Twain and have coffee.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cD6mDk5i-oNUiDJUGSd3ejbmQic-2v7OSOykv3RDFQbde7pBPw58HS84O34cGm-llZ63XSpD97MXNyOFMBveZmWDFg2mkS9HLduSKHQ3B-SNjomYEkYSVrvj-IFullyr_IC3alQq5CBR/s320/IMG_5258.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566733670500301890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">And Aunt B loves the Haunted Mansion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpFFzbzhbOD3di7eRoejFScsfbayfLUyRVar66k5gXwKmRX4StUgplk_1JtPWwJK6HNelGCm52FMPraIVgUOwlovOKJ7s-IRGrYsLPfYOoriJDU9D1Nv714nKNyatvJuicnZx-HUQQzJa/s320/IMG_5264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566733675999928562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found some of the frame charms at Ben Franklin</div><div style="text-align: center;">{because we don't have Joann's OR Michael's here! *gasp*}</div><div style="text-align: center;">but you can find <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62458915/10-shiny-silver-round-pendant-trays-with?ref=sr_gallery_19&ga_search_query=silver%2Bframe&ga_filter=">similar ones here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found the rest on Etsy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I printed out my images on plain paper,</div><div style="text-align: center;">cut them to size,</div><div style="text-align: center;">covered them front and back with clear packing tape</div><div style="text-align: center;">(yes, clear packing tape-it protects it like lamination and is super cheap)</div><div style="text-align: center;">then put it in the frame and applied diamond glaze over it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So easy I think I'll make one for myself :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-23399487154825789642011-01-13T14:07:00.002-10:002011-01-13T14:16:56.552-10:00Chloe's Birthday Theme<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Chloe has decided on a theme for her birthday party this year</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">{drumroll, please}</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Dg9Pz-dqBbZa_DGs-UH6u5E0_JlCb40TOC1_M_3mBSkgwOoQziOH6iI3hGl0i2LbDn8l_cgnvXZBCRi4bxBCjZ5sMZcaZI4o1z-CjZdbO8s0QSkGnpvyUJi2EL3bGco05uovwsC6ng7R/s1600/Its%20A%20Small%20World.jpg" id="il_fi" height="567" width="401" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Chloe loved this ride at Disneyland</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">{and I must say it's one of my favorites, too}</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I am making much of her party things</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but found a few songs to download for the festivities.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">{click to go to Amazon & listen}</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Small-World-After-arr-piano/dp/B001DZEEM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1294962887&sr=1-1"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61CoqQmGDSL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" id="prodImage" width="280" height="280" border="0" alt="It's A Small World (After All) (arr. for piano)" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">this whole album is good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">love ragtime!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PNM8N6/ref=dm_dp_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294962926&sr=301-1"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519NPwl5D5L._SL500_AA280_.jpg" id="prodImage" width="280" height="280" border="0" alt="It's a Small World" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I know it looks cheesy</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but It's a Small World on the accordion</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">just sounds right.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CQO58E/ref=dm_ty_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1294961066&sr=1-7"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513f6W%2BTh2L._SL500_AA280_.jpg" id="prodImage" width="280" height="280" border="0" alt="Disney Cuties" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">This is a cute album-</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">all the favorites but a little</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"cooler" for the older elementary set :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P5KCQG/ref=dm_ty_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1294961669&sr=301-1"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61C6dn0dmaL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" id="prodImage" width="280" height="280" border="0" alt="Walt Disney World Band" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">By far my most favorite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Is there such a thing as </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">disneyland songs for grown-ups?</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I also got some of this fabric from </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="http://www.fashionablefabrics.com/You-and-Me-from-the-Good-Earth-Collection-by-Alexander-Henry-Fabrics-2.aspx">Fashionable Fabrics</a>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="http://www.fashionablefabrics.com/images/products/display/YouandMeburgandyfromGoodEarthCollectionbyAlexanderHenryFabric.jpg" alt="You and Me from the Good Earth Collection by Alexander Henry Fabrics" title="You and Me from the Good Earth Collection by Alexander Henry Fabrics" style="" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">If only we could go there to celebrate :)</span></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-19359207999885460442011-01-12T18:03:00.004-10:002011-01-12T21:01:20.498-10:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Yes, I'm still here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">still sewing and crafting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and making a big thready mess</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I just haven't had much time to share :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Over the next few weeks I hope to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">catch you up on all the lovelies I made for Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">In the mean time,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">this is what the first couple weeks of 2011 held for me:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Living Room Pinwheels</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKU6TU4mLMMYdc_9_KOnw2A8WE6p1_Cp3rR7RlHOltnGtsa_Dq18SOmsqrtV0Nz4DeiknMeJvY8-SVuGI0S6LVKJAKoAvTaJlmeamg1jjSK4ibDMt9kYXSi9x8_vO_f1YotW5qFErvnYL/s400/IMG_0794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561522893849932050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I used <a href="http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/links/FlowerPinwheel.html">Heather Bailey's free pattern</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">{sort of, I used a lot of hot glue which she doesn't</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but mine don't need to spin}</span></div></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9kwYO5eJ5KgvlXuFshaFgvesciMzzr2WIVIzEwqCOHOvCuPKWra1oOseDOwM5lO7zsM5i-SEREPP5vmAxqR-LwqoML0XOd-PrEGAfKcDL83r3t8HZ7dwWwrCVzN3VhH9JTiMY5E9Z_w4/s1600/IMG_0796.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdatony97dxz9khlF2abJABaxcEzOOYU_PuQRyYbDst5VKPRyLC8KYoihuJIEKlUpulESRNgvsoBA34VnjmJY5hjzDYuTppLkJYvyE2sbuq_Htb2BXgBXhj291NlI-wXIGVG_pPU4AEwp7/s1600/IMG_0799.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdatony97dxz9khlF2abJABaxcEzOOYU_PuQRyYbDst5VKPRyLC8KYoihuJIEKlUpulESRNgvsoBA34VnjmJY5hjzDYuTppLkJYvyE2sbuq_Htb2BXgBXhj291NlI-wXIGVG_pPU4AEwp7/s400/IMG_0799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561522883766631346" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnat4VkPJl-PwUM8c80hkNPUIaxIMXyk0nLMW5xbzIDfCrhtnx5PHXMIqvdPZUcsCD59IFBpbqY_k3ww0diVL-762j3xFrsmLu1wV930xMEGh-yxKdHw78BHeHHqi20xvNLWkdasQOWlRo/s1600/IMG_7615.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnat4VkPJl-PwUM8c80hkNPUIaxIMXyk0nLMW5xbzIDfCrhtnx5PHXMIqvdPZUcsCD59IFBpbqY_k3ww0diVL-762j3xFrsmLu1wV930xMEGh-yxKdHw78BHeHHqi20xvNLWkdasQOWlRo/s400/IMG_7615.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561520736463010082" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">{the ruffle-y one is my favorite}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Hope you're all having a crafty New Year!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857376944741186967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-57677325782354311472010-09-01T17:37:00.001-10:002010-09-01T17:39:18.157-10:00Crafty Sewer + Space Geek= Super Cool Nerd!<div style="text-align: center;">I remember </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">as a child </div><div style="text-align: center;">my father waking me up in the middle of the night</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and taking us outside</div><div style="text-align: center;">to look at fabulous things in the sky.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">At times</div><div style="text-align: center;">we would just sleep out there</div><div style="text-align: center;">{perhaps it was easier than dragging us out of bed}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dad would show us </div><div style="text-align: center;">craters in the moon</div><div style="text-align: center;">or stars millions of miles away</div><div style="text-align: center;">in his home made telescope</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="200" id="il_fi" src="http://encyclozine.com/Science/Earth/Moon/moon.jpg" width="196" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It took me a long time before I realized that </div><div style="text-align: center;">dragging your children out of bed in</div><div style="text-align: center;">the middle of the night wasn't</div><div style="text-align: center;">a normal suburbia occurrence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with that realization was the</div><div style="text-align: center;">epiphany that our family is made up of nerds.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Serious nerds, every one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="153" id="il_fi" src="http://mmomfg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/super-nerd-interviewee.jpg" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So now you know my secret,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a genetic nerd.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I love to sew.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is why I am now in love with</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://averagejanecrafter.blogspot.com/">Average Jane Crafter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She just won first prize in the </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hubble Pop Culture Contest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, she mixed cross stitch with Hubble.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481555900365991666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFnOUsd5aEKY5FYg7kxW7cqb1bUU3x6M0BH_9LMJKqLL5Z-HhgA_KSUf8kvtGI5Po0gMgcvXgJ-ci1crLoh9TYyfyUfuY1om-kEbE97AMtE6fAlmb1ICJ-Xx5fXeqMA8ltiSKpsZOY9N4/s400/Hubble_Cross_Stitch_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nerd heaven.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her cross stitch has a wonderful story behind it,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://averagejanecrafter.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-grunsfeld-inspired-hubble-cross.html">you can read it here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And check this out:</div><div style="text-align: center;">She <a href="http://averagejanecrafter.blogspot.com/2010/02/stitching-endeavours-deorbit-map.html">embroidered the shuttle's de-orbit map</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441149581303213442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-2T_UuKP6xP82vqkTwROQ8r2Pv88FGlByjzac5FxyUHTEFqvI_72Yyc1ddjCc7cVRjrWoOJZg8zMNKR2TEOr-bS9ZZcK1zL1tU41pUDqgeJq0OpuoVJePEnb-o7A6kUf2hgDMVEbQAQA/s400/embroidered_deorbit_map.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I'm in love.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">People have even sent her space jewelry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out her Space Shuttle bracelet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470084017120263202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_XS2NaaSrbjSZhJuSDmfMj8_MDKAMcakaxS2vtCdd15fc0e2OjvQoEOCiUsfqWSmzGh_YoLj8-9mMmq6nCXuUvhEx_Twi-j2qF4joxBmVMdVI2ICM9cWan6JP0t0VveBeoTp7r-wSSWw/s400/Shuttle_Cuff.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My sister Laura works at Boeing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps I could make her one</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a picture of a B-52</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="126" id="il_fi" src="http://news.cnet.com/i/tim//2009/06/09/X15B52mated.jpg" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">or a Hornet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="File:FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg" height="148" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg/800px-FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh a B-24 would be perfect!<br />
(I know, not Boeing<br />
but it's vintage and our Grandfather helped design it)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Maxwell_B-24.jpg/300px-Maxwell_B-24.jpg" width="256" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you think, Laura?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel over at Average Jane also made </div><div style="text-align: center;">these fantastic bags</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426632081184564898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyQ3zQ0p7C3F_P62Y6vmXFn9GH-AbpXPigbAJhl3ttjispC0vyU5UG6RkAB7BlL0CpjZi43GAYcr8lxkfy52sXWsYyIWw9PxMLwViGelUdJuwhvaofIIeOogAI588TWI5klklHT6xloPV/s320/space_geek_totes.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura, I can <u>so</u> picture you using one of these.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel is my new favorite nerd-inspiration.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you a nerd, too?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-72172947794958253272010-08-28T21:16:00.001-10:002010-08-28T21:17:35.487-10:00Chocolate Cloud<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday to my lovely Aunt Brenda!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made her one of these in a yummy chocolate brown</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/81001AD.html?noImages="><img alt="Image of Cloud Cascade Scarf" class="outlined" src="http://cache.lionbrand.com/stores/lionbrand/pictures/81001ada.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1566798395">The cloud cascade scarf</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/81001AD.html?noImages=">from the Lion Brand Yarn website.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's nice and easy to crochet</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I love the way it falls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I made a matching little scrappy flower pin</div><div style="text-align: center;">to decorate it with.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can also wear it all ruffled around your neck.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{I love the way it frames the face and peaks out from a coat}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagU7RNTqjiQm6g85szv5tQIBen0A45MQpl942qYIk_t7BvLC9Vr_5l5ElTi38M8snoThy8aCGHN6Xj7P7w2m3kr56yg81vRqFX_4IjkTuBMkcRaawYw1FmCmm1q7O2mMbL-IaBFeu-Qaz/s1600/IMG_6997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagU7RNTqjiQm6g85szv5tQIBen0A45MQpl942qYIk_t7BvLC9Vr_5l5ElTi38M8snoThy8aCGHN6Xj7P7w2m3kr56yg81vRqFX_4IjkTuBMkcRaawYw1FmCmm1q7O2mMbL-IaBFeu-Qaz/s320/IMG_6997.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made the same scarf in a cream color for my sister last year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but sadly I did not take a picture of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here's a picture of me and my sister (and my big girl) instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was recovering from</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 nights of camping</div><div style="text-align: center;">{partially from a lack of sleep</div><div style="text-align: center;">and partially from having to remove myself</div><div style="text-align: center;">from such an incredible place}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizleLi3SWtE-omf4Ypiq4TMc8I76XxNZstybza10fyDgwwXkidrOaE-OFv4KKUrxo67cu2dOBeTtiUIxqKNKeef0bLLMVTfiA9LoY2SCtcNwM0z4T7hX1YXBUfNcD0m572Nw2iGgDRztl-/s1600/IMG_4824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizleLi3SWtE-omf4Ypiq4TMc8I76XxNZstybza10fyDgwwXkidrOaE-OFv4KKUrxo67cu2dOBeTtiUIxqKNKeef0bLLMVTfiA9LoY2SCtcNwM0z4T7hX1YXBUfNcD0m572Nw2iGgDRztl-/s320/IMG_4824.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkAZFxR9t0hic9mTkf7hax7-icbhQqAeMA7J7llb2_1shk99MT2HPvdNyMO-phR2LJxVso40kAQEzV6vF9_Nvb9A_9L8asyQTRIVVXGFbHBDvcs9fuqg1Csa6V4AWRlubXqRc-U7wEujc/s1600/IMG_4815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkAZFxR9t0hic9mTkf7hax7-icbhQqAeMA7J7llb2_1shk99MT2HPvdNyMO-phR2LJxVso40kAQEzV6vF9_Nvb9A_9L8asyQTRIVVXGFbHBDvcs9fuqg1Csa6V4AWRlubXqRc-U7wEujc/s320/IMG_4815.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Dressmaking book from the 60s</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">dust jacket is falling apart </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the rest of the book is in great condition</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiliVDOyakVubASX3yxOBOpAAt9IeHgvqnEy8DhFDeh8PnfnG9wzZ9R2pDNEwXGv5wjPNQAZ0_eeOzz5jwYBBJyIPfRvREn_MJsbm-hZzTjXHR-VTY7gdpSoBrqd0DwIzIMjzhq99g_lE/s1600/IMG_4689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiliVDOyakVubASX3yxOBOpAAt9IeHgvqnEy8DhFDeh8PnfnG9wzZ9R2pDNEwXGv5wjPNQAZ0_eeOzz5jwYBBJyIPfRvREn_MJsbm-hZzTjXHR-VTY7gdpSoBrqd0DwIzIMjzhq99g_lE/s320/IMG_4689.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This cookbook:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZq4kt5baSaoapfb2OlLy1ReAtwblyZXyolFuIySUTHAzuG4i-ISgU8W5_5PJ3IUoZx75awNngyzKv5nNQSD2mKk6n_M_A1CBcWCSHM4OhI0V2745Xm_XH6fdp3XykHkwFVPw11XWjDJPW/s1600/IMG_4693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZq4kt5baSaoapfb2OlLy1ReAtwblyZXyolFuIySUTHAzuG4i-ISgU8W5_5PJ3IUoZx75awNngyzKv5nNQSD2mKk6n_M_A1CBcWCSHM4OhI0V2745Xm_XH6fdp3XykHkwFVPw11XWjDJPW/s320/IMG_4693.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My mother has this book and</div><div style="text-align: center;">it holds some of my earliest childhood cooking memories (:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFww0s1e5dHtsesqeZXeTKC7ZSw1WJ6T3yF9Z9wZXUB9qWGvRvKE4untixtnB4dNkLMlNrKO2qgMRv3hOl0prTXKxabSpQnwFFna6QPSLgNIwhwb85swnznr3jMze2bUFhszmTKJnYUJ1/s1600/IMG_4697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFww0s1e5dHtsesqeZXeTKC7ZSw1WJ6T3yF9Z9wZXUB9qWGvRvKE4untixtnB4dNkLMlNrKO2qgMRv3hOl0prTXKxabSpQnwFFna6QPSLgNIwhwb85swnznr3jMze2bUFhszmTKJnYUJ1/s320/IMG_4697.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I almost didn't pick it up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">because I couldn't really see any of the cover decoration</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">{Yes I choose books by their cover}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">But luckily I opened it and found this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXosuxYMFITxxpfGpamsqs29TxxmL4h9ijEwNbfC46ANbpgtyjkx3UrmqDm5cPjQVwDipNvHAn1_09ha1V4mAPZJBsJkGaNTWejjZaNSc633VHCW8nV_LHy1X0MvoLju_kJr_smyRgMBpH/s1600/IMG_4718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXosuxYMFITxxpfGpamsqs29TxxmL4h9ijEwNbfC46ANbpgtyjkx3UrmqDm5cPjQVwDipNvHAn1_09ha1V4mAPZJBsJkGaNTWejjZaNSc633VHCW8nV_LHy1X0MvoLju_kJr_smyRgMBpH/s320/IMG_4718.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Recipes hand written in every available space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The book was written in 1906.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">And I paid a dollar for it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And this is our new pet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chloe found him at a thrift store</div><div style="text-align: center;">and would not leave him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">She totes him around</div><div style="text-align: center;">and feeds him</div><div style="text-align: center;">and has dropped him on her toe.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And she loves to say "SQUIRREL!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQb84PNxu5A">Doug in the movie Up</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All for only a quarter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow we will be heading out</div><div style="text-align: center;">to my favorite camping spot</div><div style="text-align: center;">where we will spend the weekend</div><div style="text-align: center;">eating smores</div><div style="text-align: center;">and playing cards</div><div style="text-align: center;">and exploring the wonderful nature around us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in one of our most favorite places</div><div style="text-align: center;">with our closest of friends</div><div style="text-align: center;">we will celebrate 10 years of</div><div style="text-align: center;">a most wonderful marriage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-ngMrx1Mke0gSlDxOnKcljyauJMTlOXbC5nvntKSHD5ET-Q2JIaGmNCoxqlvKZ9_TCFBsR2kWHuWcTyZQ5IMIGhvIEqTQz34kLtlv4BsuOaLpsKbkAWzlbyPSUQYkvHJZV6sgs6mrf4B/s1600/sc0006a4de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-ngMrx1Mke0gSlDxOnKcljyauJMTlOXbC5nvntKSHD5ET-Q2JIaGmNCoxqlvKZ9_TCFBsR2kWHuWcTyZQ5IMIGhvIEqTQz34kLtlv4BsuOaLpsKbkAWzlbyPSUQYkvHJZV6sgs6mrf4B/s200/sc0006a4de.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">See you next week!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-51674069517857659912010-07-16T17:46:00.000-10:002010-07-16T17:46:21.242-10:00On My Mind<div style="text-align: center;">So as with all my vacations </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've come back with a fresh perspective.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Does that happen to you?</div><div style="text-align: center;">A change of scenery does me so well.<br />
Especially when the scenery looks like this.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I've got a few {thousand} thoughts swirling around</div><div style="text-align: center;">and organizing these thoughts is paramount for</div><div style="text-align: center;">accomplishing anything creatively.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This is my brain clutter</b>: </div><div style="text-align: center;">{You may stop reading if you like.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No offense.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My brain is quite crowded.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have signed up at our local Community College.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chloe is going off to preschool this year</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will be heading to school as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To play with fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What could be better?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="192" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/6/25/1245957563295/October-1947--Women-at-wo-001.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am mapping out an online store in my head.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Scribbling notes on what to stock it with.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And hope to be up and running in November.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2868677367_16716b9aaf_o.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vilseskogen/2868677367/">photo: Vilkseskogen</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have washed a suitcase full of fabric </div><div style="text-align: center;">and am dreading ironing it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKDZK_N1BQYS5kCNTlSNpisNb-gjxOttvrm6_HDdUJJvW6_61vuiLbbUGL16-iz7lVACoKN-fouUDpXmHfWoWDzebbqCZohMBGp5zNbAAdun-aS4dvzusf71vbSu6rGZhyphenhyphen6YrZyEaW992/s1600/IMG_4677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKDZK_N1BQYS5kCNTlSNpisNb-gjxOttvrm6_HDdUJJvW6_61vuiLbbUGL16-iz7lVACoKN-fouUDpXmHfWoWDzebbqCZohMBGp5zNbAAdun-aS4dvzusf71vbSu6rGZhyphenhyphen6YrZyEaW992/s200/IMG_4677.JPG" width="133" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thinking about Toy Story 3 and</div><div style="text-align: center;">wishing my children didn't think it was "Too Boyish" for them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="179" src="http://news.premiere.com/.a/6a00d8341c7a0853ef013484821667970c-800wi" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Am I too old to watch cartoons on my own?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thinking I should get a bigger garden going.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(it's not too late here)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Vegetable Garden" border="0" height="200" src="http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/03/ss_vegetable_garden.jpg" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plans/vegetable/vegetable-garden-plans/?page=3">(inspiration at Better Homes and Gardens)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Loving the Etsy finds from <a href="http://inspiredresults.blogspot.com/2010/07/etsy-favorites-monsoon-edition.html">Inspired Results</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="320" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.92641684.jpg" width="262" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am wishing winters here were colder so</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I could make this in the summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goinghometoroost.com/2010/seasonal-recipes/summer-cooking-blackberry-cobbler-recipe/">Blackberry Cobbler</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="summer recipe | blackberry cobbler" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4875" height="149" src="http://www.goinghometoroost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/a31.jpg" title="summer recipe | blackberry cobbler" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps I will just live vicariously through Bonnie. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love her blog, <a href="http://www.goinghometoroost.com/">Going Home to Roost</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And while reading comments on Bonnie's blog, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I came across a comment that linked to the most <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/06/cool-beans%E2%84%A2.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Swissmiss+%28swissmiss%29">fun ice cube tray ever</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{I am not particularly fond of shaped ice cube trays.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They take up too much space when you're not using them</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I can never remember to use them anyway.}</div><div style="text-align: center;">But this I would buy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-23057" height="200" src="http://www.swiss-miss.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/coolbeans_648-480x480.jpg" title="coolbeans" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ice cubes in the shape of coffee beans for iced coffee.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because that would make me smile.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{And really I drink coffee to be happy}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I was curious about who found such fun-ness</div><div style="text-align: center;">and followed Amanda Joy to her blog</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://joyeverafter.squarespace.com/">Joy Ever After.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://joyeverafter.squarespace.com/storage/10_july/melon3.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1278552617005" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="133" src="http://joyeverafter.squarespace.com/storage/10_july/melon3.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1278552617005" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now I'd follow her anywhere</div><div style="text-align: center;">{especially to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/joyeverafter">her Etsy shop</a>}</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at these cute clocks she makes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="320" src="http://joyeverafter.squarespace.com/storage/10_july/clocks.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1278552178202" width="260" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I somehow ended up at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/">Eat drink Chic</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and I am smitten again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="320" src="http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/assets/content//mood/joyous.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="222" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She has lovely taste.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which reminds me of <a href="http://littlepumpkingrace.blogspot.com/">Jessica</a> and her lovely taste.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't Grace's room adorable?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7BT55TbA9MnF6SPr92FxtJ_qsGoBjTKMRp47XzDbP5q3T95BUtxmYsgH-megS0BLEPKuKcoHsqOSDJPJxBGOs3jUbIgwHT4HsytcG6cSqT41wZM5o_Bp5MSjzn0emFr1KThpNJhaPVU/s320/Grace's+Bedroom1.JPG" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Go vote for Grace's room over at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sweetcharli.blogspot.com/">Sweet Charli</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">{it really is the cutest room there}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have vintage family photos to be scanned</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHD4wG_AQr_rVki9D679rZXtM3DGd2UW1f-2IxNM0MZHq46kWeGX1wsrqxENm5Ob3uWfu0XMsNaEa9k1zhcY6TYpoidY2Xj6awceRyRcRSGWllM0h7hrjT-SHT2KVFMgRhxP8wn8nTvsa0/s1600/IMG_4672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHD4wG_AQr_rVki9D679rZXtM3DGd2UW1f-2IxNM0MZHq46kWeGX1wsrqxENm5Ob3uWfu0XMsNaEa9k1zhcY6TYpoidY2Xj6awceRyRcRSGWllM0h7hrjT-SHT2KVFMgRhxP8wn8nTvsa0/s200/IMG_4672.JPG" width="171" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a kid's craft area to finish</div><div style="text-align: center;">using some of these</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="200" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/raggedyland_2114_33645605" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="200" /> <img height="200" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/raggedyland_2115_11583050" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://raggedyland.stores.yahoo.net/dickjane.html">Dick and Jane from Raggedy Land</a><a href="http://www.texassusannie.com/assets/images/mmdickjaneharlequin.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Alicia over at <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/">Posie Gets Cozy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">has put together a children's reading list.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/2010/07/welcome-to-the-summerreading-booklist.html"><img alt="Booklist1" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345196d169e20134857a2b0a970c " src="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345196d169e20134857a2b0a970c-400wi" style="width: 400px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(click the picture to go to her blog and then the list)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have the sudden urge to complete this list with my girls.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{Okay, not <i>today</i>, but you get the point}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the girls' bedroom with a mind full</div><div style="text-align: center;">of projects that I can't wait to get done</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva5Si7g5s2E5Y8xIY1QV3iESH8Q-wONCeK1os5a_6OqdnNr1s3s9zyzlZBeXc1LY5WdZTX-o99iWd5_awv4M8zTPOGnzgsBPb3XL-zfcNdzd9l9YE6c6MGI8FXP6xDn87YTYo15rHWDTb/s1600/IMG_4679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva5Si7g5s2E5Y8xIY1QV3iESH8Q-wONCeK1os5a_6OqdnNr1s3s9zyzlZBeXc1LY5WdZTX-o99iWd5_awv4M8zTPOGnzgsBPb3XL-zfcNdzd9l9YE6c6MGI8FXP6xDn87YTYo15rHWDTb/s200/IMG_4679.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas gifts to work on</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="200" src="http://www.e-cart.biz/stores/vintage-metal-art/images/santatoybag.gif" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="159" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have a camping trip next week</div><div style="text-align: center;">to one of my most favorite camping spots,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Polipoli</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://supak.com/store/books/poli_poli_dead_trees_250.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and last </div><div style="text-align: center;">{and best of all}</div><div style="text-align: center;">a sweet little nephew on the way</div><div style="text-align: center;">who is demanding a pile of cute little boy gifts</div><div style="text-align: center;">when he arrives in November.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{of course, I will oblige!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Vintage Red International Metal Farm Tractor" height="200" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.147159909.jpg" width="197" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vintage Toy Tractor</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/48158843/vintage-red-international-metal-farm?ref=sr_list_10&ga_search_query=toy+tractor&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_page=&order=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title">The Lovelys on Etsy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and I can't leave out the new big sister</div><div style="text-align: center;">because this will be her sister-anniversary for years to come</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="240" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.158657354.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Big Sister shirt</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sheilan5?ref=seller_info">Delaney's Den on Etsy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And later this week I shall tell you about my thrifting finds<br />
and our new pet squirrel.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-40064640587695513182010-07-10T21:00:00.000-10:002010-07-10T21:00:03.722-10:00In One Piece<div style="text-align: center;">We are back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am reading a box full of emails</div><div style="text-align: center;">and catching up on all of your lovely blogs</div><div style="text-align: center;">{I can't wait to see what you all have been up to}</div><div style="text-align: center;">while skillfully avoiding unpacking the 7 suitcases and boxes we brought home</div><div style="text-align: center;">{each weighing 49.999 lbs}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a lovely time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And with impeccable timing</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chloe got a fever this morning</div><div style="text-align: center;">and not ten minutes from getting out of auntie Dana's car</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was in bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">and throwing up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I will update you all soon</div><div style="text-align: center;">with the fun ideas I had while traveling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After I finish washing all the sheets.<br />
And maybe unpacking.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-30985467917588023002010-06-16T20:31:00.000-10:002010-06-16T20:31:58.902-10:00PSJust to prove how my brain is already on vacation<br />
I completely forgot about the goodbye post I had <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">pre</span>-posted<br />
{my story of neglect-which wasn't riveting enough for the author to even remember!}<br />
and made an entirely new one<br />
{with pics!}<br />
So you got goodbye twice.<br />
Because I think of y'all twice as much as you think I do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-79662547855265042432010-06-16T15:00:00.001-10:002010-06-16T15:00:01.883-10:00Neglect: A Story {with a happy ending}<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This is a story of neglect.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The neglect of a </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">{very small, but sort of sweet}</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">blog </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and a dog</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">You see,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">the blog's blogger Em was going on vacation</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">a very long, overdue vacation in which much fun would be had by all</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and wives would see their husbands for wonderfully long periods of time.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">But the blog would be neglected.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">No posts pre-posted.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">No excitement.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">For three weeks.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">And the dog </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">well he would be left in very capable and sweet hands</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">But his people were leaving him</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and to him, that constitutes neglect.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The happy ending?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">In August there will be an empty house</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">with all children being in school</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and one very antsy blogger</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">excited to craft and create and share again</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">with a very loyal dog at her feet.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wish us well!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'll be thinking of you!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">in case you were considering raiding our house while we were gone</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">a warning:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">our lovely dog sitter</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">{who is my husband's cousins' wife's mother-follow that!}</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">will be taking herself a vacation </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and staying at our house</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">{and spoiling our first furry baby}</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and if the dog doesn't eat you first</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">{because though he loves us, he's not very nice}</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">she knows how to get into our gun safe.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Don't say I didn't warn you.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">And then Visit<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">ing these guys:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and doing lots of fun things with</div><div style="text-align: center;">some of our wonderful family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't tell my kids but</div><div style="text-align: center;">after all that fun</div><div style="text-align: center;">we'll be going here:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">See you in 3 weeks!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-11780409723332526892010-06-14T03:00:00.002-10:002010-06-14T03:00:03.648-10:00And the winner is....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I used Random.org</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">who told me the magic number was 23</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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<dt class="comment-author " id="c986598367421798497" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03289770425465769196" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;">Traci</a> said...</dt><br />
<dd class="comment-body pid-1330002008" id="Blog1_cmt-986598367421798497" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a new follower! :)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Horray!</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Let us know what fun stuff you get!</div></div></dd></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-29119931145104193452010-06-11T01:00:00.005-10:002010-06-13T22:19:07.219-10:00Lighting and a Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: auto;">So...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">when we moved into our house</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was not the super star sewer I pretend to be now.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I carved out a little niche for myself</div><div style="text-align: center;">to put my sewing things and crafts and fabrics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I am maxed out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Floor to ceiling, wall to wall.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRDK4ldiAoMwEqmV4WsO-6XmHu-egh6dqnSkT8fjSCZFD-mWfgDgepEflqYMLvP1-u648J7HODgWQlGsPqeI5F3Z9IRrIkoDvM4b4qqhLcvpv_-upPVOVyY1fBt7NZT5WcvEDpeVHVdww/s1600/IMG_5975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRDK4ldiAoMwEqmV4WsO-6XmHu-egh6dqnSkT8fjSCZFD-mWfgDgepEflqYMLvP1-u648J7HODgWQlGsPqeI5F3Z9IRrIkoDvM4b4qqhLcvpv_-upPVOVyY1fBt7NZT5WcvEDpeVHVdww/s320/IMG_5975.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">{Did I really just post my sewing chaos for the world to see?!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my problems is that I've begun covering up the lighting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylR8YthYRON-6nqG0omFFMFMonMZV56ZQeI3m9ivZqms17OYzJL2xh15WYHyj1Hmzkx0L_s9de28t3wd0OCBaD1xt94Ud2A_7kgInt4iDk9xXurc8oZmQpYpSrGodGdYa4-YSK6lLlufO/s1600/IMG_5981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylR8YthYRON-6nqG0omFFMFMonMZV56ZQeI3m9ivZqms17OYzJL2xh15WYHyj1Hmzkx0L_s9de28t3wd0OCBaD1xt94Ud2A_7kgInt4iDk9xXurc8oZmQpYpSrGodGdYa4-YSK6lLlufO/s200/IMG_5981.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm thinking of putting some task <a href="http://www.csnlighting.com/">lighting</a> nearer to the workspace</div><div style="text-align: center;">because hey, who doesn't like to see what they're doing?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found a very cool </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and possibly addictive website)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://CSNlighting.com/"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">CSNlighting</span>.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out what I found:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_951558181">Bright Under Cabinet Light</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.csnlighting.com/Quoizel-UC1224W-QZ3693.html"><img alt="Quoizel - UC1224W - Bright Under Cabinet Three Light Lamp in White" height="320" id="lgimage" onmouseover="javascript:ZoomLgImg('lgimage');" src="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/417/999647/1/Bright+Under+Cabinet+Three+Light+Lamp+in+White.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_951558236">Murray <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Feiss</span> Swing Arm Lamp</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.csnlighting.com/WB1137BS-WB1137BS-WB1137BS-mu2726.html"><img alt="Murray Feiss - WB1137BS - Swing Shift Large Double Armed Wall Sconce Lamp in Brushed Steel" height="320" id="lgimage" onmouseover="javascript:ZoomLgImg('lgimage');" src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/453/986924/1/Swing+Shift+Large+Double+Armed+Wall+Sconce+Lamp+in+Brushed+Steel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think this one's my favorite.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_951558213">Robert Abbey Pharmacy Lamp</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_951558213"><img border="0" height="309" id="product_photo" src="http://www.lighttrends.com/v/vspfiles/photos/RA_D2148-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">What do you think?</span></b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.csnstores.com/"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">CSN</span> stores</a> has tons of other stuff, too.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">look at the goodies I found!</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A great starter</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/7462%2ECS-7462%2ECS-7462%2ECS-sgc1002.html"><img alt="Singer Touch & Sew Basic Sewing Machine - 7462.CS" height="200" id="lgimage" onmouseover="javascript:ZoomLgImg('lgimage');" src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/2889/227512/1/Touch+%26+Sew+Basic+Sewing+Machine.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This is my baby:)</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/Brother-SE350-pul1004.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Brother Compact Sewing & Embroidery Combination Machine - SE350" height="200" id="lgimage" onmouseover="javascript:ZoomLgImg('lgimage');" src="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/2828/196595/1/Compact+Sewing+%26+Embroidery+Combination+Machine.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I would LOVE one of these...</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/Singer-DF150%2ECS-DF151%2ECS-sgc1031.html"><img alt="Singer Dress Form Mannequin - DF150.CS/DF151.CS" height="200" id="lgimage" onmouseover="javascript:ZoomLgImg('lgimage');" src="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/2889/227551/1/Dress+Form+Mannequin.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">And wouldn't these be great activities for summer</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_951558289">First Knitter</a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/59217-FIRST-KNITTER-59217-FIRST-KNITTER-59217-FIRST-KNITTER-tyo1087.html"><img src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/2/hash/4960/1913860/1/First+Knitter.jpg" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Sew a Petal Purse</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/Patch-Products-2542-2542-2542-atu1192.html"><img alt="Patch Products Petal Purse - 2542" class="manuimage" height="200" id="lgimage" src="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/3/hash/5792/2042257/1/Patch-Products-Petal-Purse.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A first sewing machine</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/PIXIE%2ECS-PIXIE%2ECS-PIXIE%2ECS-sgc1040.html"><img alt="Singer Pixie Sewing Machine - PIXIE.CS" height="200" id="lgimage" onmouseover="javascript:ZoomLgImg('lgimage');" src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/2889/2347688/1/Pixie+Sewing+Machine.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And this weekend they're giving away $60 </b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>{to be used however your heart desires}</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>to one of you!</b></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210173767980824388.post-27556637323998511242010-06-10T18:19:00.000-10:002010-06-11T18:28:32.594-10:00Kids' Travel Neck Pillows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finally won the battle against the stuffed animals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is now a sweet little basket in the girls' room with their prized <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">stuffies</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I kept two little Minnie Mouse dolls with <a href="http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2009/09/guest-blogger-infarrantly-creative-kids.html">this project in mind</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">TaDa</span>! Here it is:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWkUBy-3MWMlkWFcO15oTn2o3qRSkehbrJs4VTWj0AsVvyb7jeWSBfz0JkE8dmHb4tUz5OhCuiniz6_9QSEKUnF4MLJaLqrpNCoJvj1Bh8VhpU6puW1ug8pvcLKVQtNxfENPA9Id0yYTS/s1600/IMG_4652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWkUBy-3MWMlkWFcO15oTn2o3qRSkehbrJs4VTWj0AsVvyb7jeWSBfz0JkE8dmHb4tUz5OhCuiniz6_9QSEKUnF4MLJaLqrpNCoJvj1Bh8VhpU6puW1ug8pvcLKVQtNxfENPA9Id0yYTS/s320/IMG_4652.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aren't they sweet? </div><div style="text-align: center;">I enlarged the pattern about an inch bigger than</div><div style="text-align: center;">the template showed and I like the fullness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">minky</span> left over from covering the girls' car seats</div><div style="text-align: center;">{oh boy I forgot how much of a horrible MESS that stuff makes!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope they get lots and lots of hours of use on the airplane!!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2