those in-born abilities we lose as adults

I have the sweetest little girl. Actually I have the sweetest little boy too, and in a few weeks they will both turn 2 years old! Usually, I use this blog as my crafting blog because I maintain another blog that is for family and friends where I post all those pictures I take of my [...]

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still life photography, or life’s vignettes

This morning while sipping my coffee I surfed a few blogs and went down a few rabbit trails. It’s like going to Wikipedia to look up one thing and then you click on other links and go down other trails. So, after a few blogs I ended up at Bluelines. And got really inspired by this article. [...]

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making kits

In praise of the New Year, I’ve made some resolutions I mean goals. Things I’d like to work on for the upcoming year. Here’s a partial list: lose weight, get healthy (duh), get organized (sort of), be more productive, make better use of my time, buy less craft stuff (or not as much), and use [...]

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My scrap “studio”

I’ve been seeing on some of the message boards and galleries posts of some really fabulous craft or scrap rooms. I once could lay claim to an entire room of my home for me and all my crafty stuff, but it will soon be a bedroom for my sweet little girl. My DH (love using [...]

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My inspiration binder

I admit that like most crafty/creative types I tend to hoard and collect all kinds of bits and pieces hoping to use them one day. Magazines are one of these things that I have piles of with dog-eared corners, and sticky notes. The unfortunate part is that I forget which magazine I found some great [...]

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back in the saddle so-to-speak

I have taken a break from blogging. Just haven’t been in the mood, and have been reading some more negative blogs on the net that have infected me with their cynicsm. And now at the start of the new year I am contemplating this blog and the act of writing about crafting and sharing the [...]

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what to do with all those letter e’s?

 
I like to collect things with my name or first initial. So I have lots of crafty and non crafty things that are the letter “e”. But after a while it gets a little ridiculous and you realize you have saved an entire box of e’s and you haven’t done anything with them. I thought [...]

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