Well Hello Excitement! I’ve Missed You!

Well Hello Excitement! I’ve Missed You!

Hey there my Lovelies! You didn’t keel over from the shock of seeing a post from me, did you? ...

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A Fabulous Design Star!

A Fabulous Design Star!

Confession. I stopped watching this season’s HGTV Design Star around the third or fourth ...

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My Therapists Have Whiskers

My Therapists Have Whiskers

One fine Sunday in July, hubs and I went out to breakfast. On the way home, we spotted a yard sale ...

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Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

My nesting gene has lain dormant the last few years, a function of limited space and limited money. ...

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Life as Dominos

Life as Dominos

One thing leads to another. Meeting so-and-so led to this-and-that, this-and-that led to meeting ...

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Stressful TV

Stressful TV

Okay, TV producers, showrunners and programmers, enough. I can’t take it anymore. Uncle, ...

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Tuxedo Lace to Knit

Tuxedo Lace to Knit

Random favorite vintage pattern. The abbreviation “n” here stands for ...

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Archives

Monthly Archive for: ‘May, 2009’

3rd Annual Cottage Charm Winner

The Winner

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First, thanks to everyone who made the rounds of the 3rd Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway.  I hope you all had [...]

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Side Wall After 2

Zenful: Organizing Yarn and Craft Supplies

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Creating a Creative Space: Part Deux. {If you missed it, catch up with part one here.} I find organization to [...]

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Entrance Wall Before

How To Create A Creative Space

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Step 1: Send hubby to Vegas for 5 days. Step 2: Take over the basement before he gets back! Bright [...]

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Moncler3a

Don’t Do It

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Is it a giant bow? A Snuggie gone horribly wrong? Or is it an attempt at a modern straight jacket?  [...]

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Designing With Black Lace

Thin Is In

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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 [...]

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Maggie At Creative Needle

Warning: Yarn Porn Ahead

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A couple of weeks ago (I’m always behind on my posts, aren’t I? ) , I went on a Colorado Front Range needle [...]

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Point N Paint

But WAIT! There’s more!

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I hate painting. There I said it. I hate masking. I hate the ladders. I hate cleaning the brushes and rollers afterwards. Not [...]

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Vintage Mom Teaching Child

A Mother’s Lesson

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My mother taught me to crochet when I was — oh — in the second or third grade.  I loved [...]

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Bottle Fetish

Bottle Fetish

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Lovely glistening glass. Sexy shapes and beautiful embossing. From simple maple syrup bottles to Patron tequila bottles, it’s so hard to throw such [...]

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Lovely Thing Cottage Charm Giveaway

3rd Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway!

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Kim is once again hosting her fabulous Cottage Charm Giveaway. It was so much fun last year that I can’t [...]

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