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Maker Monday

To honor a family member’s 90th birthday, I decided I would craft an album that would become a Memory book. I knew right away that I would be using some Graphic 45 papers as I love their postcards and papers. … Continue reading

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Halloween

Nearly gave myself a heart attack the other day. Sure there were great big Christmas in July celebrations at all my favorite crafty places, but then some folks started to release fall items. Now, in my head, Halloween comes before … Continue reading

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Revenge of the cats

We have decided to adopt one of our feral cats. This sleek, silver cat is the friendliest of the liter, so we brought him in and kept him in a room until he could be neutered and tested for infections. … Continue reading

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What do you see?

I thought I had organized the chaos of my beading and book area. Apparently, I had created a cat tree with fun things to push on the floor. Until next time, stay healthy.

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Happy Birthday

On this day in 1851, the sewing machine was patented. I remember sewing in Home Ec in 7th grade. That first year, I made a tee-shirt and a hamburger pillow. I still have the pattern for the pillow but don’t … Continue reading

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No place like gnome

It has been a funny holiday season. I didn’t decorate for Halloween. I didn’t decorate for Thanksgiving. And now it is less than 3 weeks until Christmas and I don’t have my lights up or anything. But I do have … Continue reading

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Failure to Plan

I took the week off work. Not to do anything exciting. Nah, I have a list of things to do that need to get done before other projects get done in the home renovation sphere. Fun times. But exhausting, so … Continue reading

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This is Halloween

I may not be able to decorate my house for the holiday, but that didn’t stop me from other creative endeavors. I originally planned to practice wire wrapping and seed bead earring, my wire was too fat for the tiny … Continue reading

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Losing a Day

There’s this thing that causes people to lose time. It’s called a migraine. Migraines are fun times. That’s sarcastic, folks. I had plans for this weekend. Fun plans. They started with the stuff below. But then Sunday morning I woke … Continue reading

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In my defense…

There was a sale and I had a coupon. My first job was working to set up a store that had recently expanded into Arizona. Little did I suspect that it would cause a lifetime of addiction. That store was … Continue reading

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