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Stitching and back to “normal” life!

Stitching and back to “normal” life!

This is the stitching I worked on throughout the trip to New Mexico. I have NO idea why I’m finding this fun, but I am. I love the crewel (it’s really forgiving) and I’m liking this plant a lot! The worst part is the whole area that’s finished had had

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All sorts of activities.

All sorts of activities.

“It was a dark and story night…” but luckily, tonight I went to a book signing with Jennifer Chiaverini – who writes the “Elm Creek Quilt” novel series. Great books and I must say she was really nice, knowledgable and everything you expect a favorite writer to be! With the

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Thank you Internet….

Thank you Internet….

Well Happy Birthday to Rex and in geeky computer style, the first line of this cross stitch made me LAUGH! I adore this cross-stitch sampler done by Sailor Coruscant – cheers for making cross stitch samplers cool! All I can say is Dianna – get stitching, my birthday is in

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Why you should never say never

Why you should never say never

It’s funny, I was typing the title of this post when I realized it actually applies to both pictures (totally unrelated subjects). The photo below I found on the camera when I went to take the bottom photo. It’s my son in his “show” at the end of a couple

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I voted!

I voted!

OK, so that’s my headline and my civic duty! I voted and I’m proud. Now off to crafty stuff. Just for a bit of voyeurism, here’s my workspace and yes, that’s Sims2 on the computer. As the ultimate multitask-er, I have to check email, listen to my ipod (left) and

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Good morning. Up for a productive day

Good morning. Up for a productive day

If you need a last minute costume idea, you might want to pop over to Posh Mama and check out my list. I have to admit – I think some of them are hilarious! I have so MANY things to work on today. Some are boring – I need to

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Stitching, stitching, stitching.

Stitching, stitching, stitching.

My blog posts here have gotten a little dry of my own projects, but that’s because I’ve been so busy working on them, I haven’t had time. We’ve been decorating for Fall and I had a couple of articles I wanted to get posted on Divine Caroline and on Poshmama.

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Crafting while driving

Crafting while driving

We just got back from a wonderful trip to South Dakota and I really enjoyed the time in the car stitching. Some of you may remember the book cover I’m working on. I just hated the design on the one side, I tried to dye it, and all sorts of

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My crazy summer and other hypocritical statements

My crazy summer and other hypocritical statements

This really cool program was a find from eluckypacket and so I’m going to be adding these to my regular repertoire! However, this quote I pulled out this morning…thinking “wow, what a neat quote”Then, I volunteered 2 full days (7am to 11pm) to drive VIP’s around at the Denver National

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Illustration Friday and a new project

Illustration Friday and a new project

Gosh, I haven’t done illustration friday in so long that I’d lost the button off my sidebar. Funny tho, this one came and I just knew what I wanted to do – the theme this week is “Forgotten”: Call it the “Jessie the cowgirl” or “Velveteen Rabbit” syndrome, but there

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