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: ‘June, 2010’

Christian Dior 1

Well Said Wed. #19

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“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” ~ Benjamin Franklin For the biggest size, click on each Haute Couture piece below> [...]

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Vintage World War II Poster

Well Said Wed. #18

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“If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.” ~ Don Ward Word is that this poster says “Let’s [...]

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Giant Knitting

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Remember how I wondered about the hook sizes required to make these? No luck, so far, finding giant crochet hooks. [...]

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Felted Blue Bag 2

Never, Ever Do THIS!

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Look what I made? A knitted and felted bag. I knitted and knitted and knitted to make it perfect. In [...]

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Vintage Typewriter Shift Key

Well Said Wed. #17

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The key to a well-lived life is to screw up – often and boldly, learn from your mistakes, repeat.” ~ [...]

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Doily Art

How To – Tastefully – Display Your Hobby

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Don’t you just love the graphic punch of this beautifully graphic display? If you’ve got Grandma’s old-fashioned handiwork stashed away, [...]

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Vintage All Girl Road Trip

Well Said Wed. #16

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“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” ~ Lewis Carroll

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Vintage Beginner Crochet Belt Pattern

Organizing an Obsession

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I’m in the process of creating a database of all my needlework books and magazines, and the patterns therein, with [...]

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Sanding A Paper Airplane

Well Said Wed. #15

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle Visit Notes from [...]

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Silver Plated Cutlery Pen Style 4

Shameless Hawking of Wares

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I hate people who sell things on their blogs. I really do. But I’m so desperate to get this crap [...]

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