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it’s valentines day-cubs report for spring training. I heart the cubs….
The Cubs report for Spring training today! I must admit, I have never liked baseball in my entire life. But my husband has turned me around. He tried hard the first year of our marriage…but no go. By the second year, he was explaining(patiently) the rules of the game, during every single game.I must say,…
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gift accomplished…
finished, finally. I made four of these, each one has asian patchwork on one side with the geisha print on the reverse side. I decided to just do a 1/4 inch seam around the placemat to finish it. I’m really happy with the way it turned out.decided to make a couple bar towels to go…
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w.i.p…completed?…
okay, so it’s not exactly completed. it’s actually 1/4 of the way completed. I just finished the first place mat. one down, three to go. ugh… I’m having a hard time getting through this project. I think I’ve been staring at all this fabric a little too long. I don’t think anyone was meant to…
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eastern progression…
w.i.p…I picked up these cotton prints @ the local fabric store on Monday. love ’em. I’ve been wanting to make either a table runner or place mats for my best friend, and finally spotted just the right fabric combo. perfection. I think I will piece the reds and the monochromes with others that I have…
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my new love…
who said you can’t love an inanimate object? they obviously never owned one of these sweet little puppies! my dreamy new Nikon D40 …lovely. I have only had a couple handfuls of time to play with it, but so far I am absolutely smitten, I mean I am in deep, deep smit! I, unfortunately, must…
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for me?…
I finally got around to crocheting something for myself. I keep seeing pics of gauntlets and think to myself, “those would be great with all my quarter length sleeve coats.”I wanted them in black, but found some charcoal tweed that just cried out to me, “buy me, buy me, oh please , take me home.”…
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if the slipper fits…
a friend of mine is adopting her 5 month old niece and I made these booties for her baby shower. my first pair of crochet slippers. the pattern I based them on suggested you buy a small strip of elastic and sew it to the inside of the slipper. (ew!) that hideous image in my…
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"super-absorbant" baby shower cake…
my friend Shelley had a boy in November and her nursery was “Classic Pooh”. I made this diaper cake for the baby shower based on the Classic Pooh color scheme.I had a blast making it, and I can’t wait to do another one. I keep waiting for someone I know to get pregnant. 3-tier diaper…
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once again…inspired by my youth
japanese inspiration… my grandma Suzuki gave me this Japanese children’s book called “The Tale of the Shining Princess” when I was little. This lotus bag reminds me alot of the beautiful illustrations in that book. there’s something about them that’s both rugged and delicate at the same time. I love it!when I found this asian-y…