Monthly Archive for: ‘May, 2009’
The Winner
1First, thanks to everyone who made the rounds of the 3rd Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway. I hope you all had a ton of fun, found some new and interesting blogs AND made some new friends along the way. And a huge thanks to Kim at [...]
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Zenful: Organizing Yarn and Craft Supplies
Creating a Creative Space: Part Deux. {If you missed it, catch up with part one here.} I find organization to be Zenful. Is Zenful a word? Hmmm. The spell check is saying no. That means I’m inventing a word, right? Really. Knowing where everything is [...]
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How To Create A Creative Space
Step 1: Send hubby to Vegas for 5 days. Step 2: Take over the basement before he gets back! Bright and early on a Wednesday morning, hubby headed out to Vegas for the National Bowling Tournament. I’d been secretly plotting planning for weeks just what [...]
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Don’t Do It
Is it a giant bow? A Snuggie gone horribly wrong? Or is it an attempt at a modern straight jacket? No, none of those. No, no. THIS is a capelet. You can make one, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
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Thin Is In
I’m still working on that double-ended hook afghan. It’s a great hook-while-watching-TV project … but, Jiminy Cricket, it’s taking a long time to get it done. I’ve forwent my one-project-at-a-time rule, relieving my boredom of acrylic worsted weight … … with size 30 thread, a #11 hook [...]
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Warning: Yarn Porn Ahead
A couple of weeks ago (I’m always behind on my posts, aren’t I? ) , I went on a Colorado Front Range needle shop tour. The tour was hosted through the Air Force Academy’s Outdoor Rec Center. Intending to take loads of pictures, I took my trusty Canon along. Meet [...]
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But WAIT! There’s more!
I hate painting. There I said it. I hate masking. I hate the ladders. I hate cleaning the brushes and rollers afterwards. Not only do I hate painting, I’m not very good at it either. No matter how carefully I mask, the paint seeps under the tape … [...]
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A Mother’s Lesson
My mother taught me to crochet when I was — oh — in the second or third grade. I loved it from the get-go. It was magical how this thread, this piece of string, could turn into something so beautiful in my own hands. Her [...]
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Bottle Fetish
Lovely glistening glass. Sexy shapes and beautiful embossing. From simple maple syrup bottles to Patron tequila bottles, it’s so hard to throw such loveliness away.
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3rd Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway!
Kim is once again hosting her fabulous Cottage Charm Giveaway. It was so much fun last year that I can’t help but participate again, too. And just look at the goodies I have to giveaway. A darling pewter butter dish, a wonderful little silver filigree heart [...]
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