Category: Everyday Life
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A mighty fine weekend
Check it out! We have a teeny tiny deck attached to our garage apartment, and this weekend we decided to make it more usable. Justin rigged up a really cool canopy-shade thing that rolls up and away when we don’t need it, and he extended our bench to be a larger space for lounging. I…
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Meet Mela
Sorry for the lack of posts in the past few days…what can I say? Sometimes I flake out. This is my first softie, which I made using a pattern from my new Japanese craft book. I love the idea of making softies, and once I made her I just kept gazing at her and hugging…
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Apron and Kitchen Swap
Vidya and I had another swap this month, and we decided on two aprons and a kitchen item. I had fun crafting her gifts: I FINALLY finished knitting the dishcloth. It took me forever, probably because it wasn’t a straight knit, it was a mix of knit and purl, which to me (a beginner) is…
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Birthday goodies, a week late
So I had a wonderful birthday, complete with lots of phone calls and cards, a great dinner with friends, and lovely, lovely gifts! Of course I had already received the Denyse Schmidt Quilts book from my sister, and my mom sent this cute sewing machine cover that she made for me…it’s Roux! In keeping with…
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Swap!
Yesterday I received my swap goodies from Vidya, a web-pal that happens to live a few blocks from me. We decided to swap a few crafty things, and I got the cutest stuff! She made me a softie, (I named her Olivia), a velvet rabbit with lopsided legs and a flower in her hair. The…