Just a quick update to show you how things are going with the snack bag purse. I’ve gotten the bottom and about 2/3 of the first row finished. At this point I’m out of snack wrappers and the project will be on hold for a bit. Notice how the chain seems to be made up [...]

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Another month almost gone and summer is winding down for some of my friends in other parts of the country. The kids here have been back to school for a few weeks already and that always makes me think back to my childhood in Connecticut. Back to school meant only a few more days of [...]

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My daughter is a talented craftsman who works primarily with fabric and her trusty sewing machine. You may have seen her work in her Anodyne Design shop on Etsy. (Um, Sweetie, your shop is empty.  Time to start sewing something fabulous again.) It makes me happy that crafting is something she and I can share [...]

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Billie stopped over yesterday afternoon and we did a quick holiday project. These sparkly balls are even prettier in person and really pretty easy to make. You take a clear glass ball and remove the cap. Then you squirt in some dye ink and add a small splash of water. I’m not giving you amounts [...]

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Billie and Arlynne came over today to make clocks from CD cases. Chris couldn’t make it because she is very sick with a cold. She sounded just awful when she called and only wanted to get off the phone and back to bed for a nap. I feel for her, I hate having a bad [...]

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I love collecting images during my travels around the internet. So much so that I get a little carried away with it and my jump drive is bursting at the seams. For a while now I’ve been doing a lot more collecting than using and I’ve been thinking that it is time to do something [...]

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