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: ‘July, 2010’

Toms Blue Bathroom

What Not To Do With Blue Paint

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Maybe it has just run its course, but I am not feeling this fifth season of HGTV Design Star. Contestants [...]

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Candied Apples

Well Said Wed. #23

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“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting golden delicious.” ~ Bill Meyer

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Double Crochet In The 1920s

What’s Old is New Again

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When I first stumbled onto double ended crochet I thought it was a brand new technique. Feeling all superior and [...]

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Being Creative Makes You A Weird Little Beast Because Everything Seems So Bloody Interesting For Some Strange Reason

Well Said Wed. #22

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Visit Notes from a Cottage Industry for her wonderful words of wisdom and links to other quote lovers!

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Crocheted Market Bag Cotton 1

Handy-Dandy Market Bags To Make Yourself

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A reader emailed me questions about the market bag I made a long, long time ago. That wonderful pink bag [...]

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Vintage Stop Sign

Well Said Wed. #21

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“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ~ Ayn Rand

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Vintage Jack Frost Bags1

24 Handbags From 1944

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Pattern books and magazines from the about the 1920s through 1950s really do it for me.  It matters not if [...]

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Paperphine Dot Com

Paper Yarn

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Yes, darlings, this skirt and vest ensemble was knit from paper yarn that was made from newspaper. Then there’s this [...]

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Sign

Well Said Wed. #20

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Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles [...]

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A Lovely Skeleton Key 2

Decorate With Your Life

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I’ve always felt that one’s home should be a giant scrapbook. Paste in your mementos from your travels, the colors [...]

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