February has been a good month for me. First I got a baby gift from the lovely and talented Marisa of Elegant Snobbery – it’s a princess sock monkey print to hang in my kid room:
I already have a few boy-themed prints from her shop, so this will balance out the testosterone a bit for [...]
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To all my blog readers:
And one more:
Feel free to use these three graphics for personal use (as long as you give me credit for making them). Not for commercial use.
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Are you a blogger, and suffering from blogger’s block? In other words, can’t think of a topic for your next post? This list of possible blog topics might help.
If you are like me, you can use all the organizing help you can get. This article on organizing your supplies for crafting on the go has [...]
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Whether you love or hate our president (or just think he’s okay), the dress in this blog post from the fug girls is a bit overkill. But make sure you scroll down to read their comment – etsy is getting mainstream if it’s mentioned on popular celebrity websites!
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If you’re reading my blog, you probably are into crafts, and very likely jewelry making in particular.
Good news for you – I hoard craft supplies, [especially beads, but I also have a fairly impressive yarn stash]. And I need to destash some of these perfectly lovely items because, well, there’s no more room in my [...]
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I got a major garage sale score Sunday morning – a (broken) antique typewriter, will all the keys intact.
Okay, so maybe it’s just vintage, not an antique (I’m not sure how old something has to be to be an antique…) but this is a very old, very broken typewriter. I’m estimating the date of manufacture [...]
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Happy Easter and Passover, if you celebrate either! I’m excited about the holiday this weekend because it’s a great excuse to dress my son up in his little suit. Is there anything cuter than a one-year-old wearing a sweater vest over a button-down shirt?
I’m also looking forward to taking him to an Easter egg hunt [...]
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….if you ever read my blog, look at this:
I can bake! I know you wouldn’t believe that I made a layered cake with fruit and homemade whipped cream frosting unless I posted some actual evidence, so here it is. Okay, so I did use a mix for the cake part, and my friend Jaci baked [...]
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In case you were wondering how I get any jewelry making done with a baby in the house, well, most of the time I don’t. Remember my post about my traveling metal studio? I still do most of the metalwork at my parents’ house, and most of the beading and wirework during naptime or if [...]
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