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Squirrel Appreciation Day

I’m so sorry I missed this – so I’ll put a reminder for myself for last year! Pop over for more information and for “Frequently Asked Questions about squirrels”. Also the state wild game animal of Kentucky!

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Illustration Friday – Contained

Illustration Friday – Contained

I haven’t done Illustration Friday in a while and Rex is at a meeting. Kids are in bed, felt like sketching. Weird, eh? Anyway, what’s more contained than a houseplant? I feel particularly bad for this one because it’s right by the heater and living in Colorado it’s dry heat.

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Bloggers Who Embellish webring moved!

Yay! Finally after – ok, I’m not admitting to how many months, I spent some time today and worked out the dramas and issues around WebRing – seems like a good home for the “new and improved” Bloggers who Embellish webring but there were some snafus! I’ve put a little

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Not quite done, but a success!

Not quite done, but a success!

I am done with the cat quilt blocks. I don’t have any desire to count the inches of button hole stitch, but I can tell you it will be a long time before I use it in a project again!I started piecing it today and ran into technical difficulties (I

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Happy New Year Everyone

Happy New Year all! This was supposed to go out on New Year’s Day, but Blogger has been having fits and I haven’t been able to post until today. So Happy New Year and I’m looking forward to catching up!

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End of the year note on UFO’s

End of the year note on UFO’s

I think it’s probably a good idea to archive my finished 2008 projects here since I’m updating my sidebar. So, here are my finished projects from 2008 (with pictures!): Breast Cancer Quilt Blocks Judith Baker Montano fabric Journal Cover Missy C’s Simple Bed Quilt Baptism Pillow It may not look

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Happy Almost New Year everone!

I apologize for the little break in action on my blog, but we were WAY behind on Christmas this year and ended up wrapping gifts at 11pm on Chirstmas eve – in grave danger of running into Santa himself! 🙂 I spent yesterday taking down all the decorations – much

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Happy Geeky Holidays!

We are WAY WAY behind on shopping. Today we’re doing it all (yes, you heard me 2 days before the big day). Sigh. So, to fill in for my absence, here is a fantastic little number from a marketing company. Very creative. Very geeky! Happy Holidays everyone! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBUqJzgvBo]

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Handmade Toys and items are going to be illegal!

Handmade Toys and items are going to be illegal!

In response to recent concerns about the safety of toys (lead based paint etc), legislation has been drawn up that stupidly makes it almost impossible for small toy makers or small artists to create toys, clothes, quilts or anything that I know and love. The process that it would take

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