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A *new* sewing project

In preparation for homeschooling, I’ve been cleaning up the craft area. I need to do this often otherwise it just get too out of control! LOL I found a small box of already cut quilting squares (embarrassingly enough, I actually bought them off of eBay a little more then five years ago….and never used them!) [...]

Stuck on the binding

I whipped that baby blanket up in no time flat right – only to be stuck on the binding! The binding is always the hardest for me. I think it’s partly because I make it hard. Once I get started I know it will be easy to finish.
So far here is what I have done:

See [...]

Coming Out Of Lurkdom

What does it take for you to post a comment on someone’s blog? Does their writing just naturally want to you join in and post? What if there are already a bunch of comments? What if there are 60+? I often wonder about posting to blogs that have that many comments, and admit to not [...]

Today She Is 5

Today is my daughter’s fifth birthday. She is happy and excited when you talk to her about her birthday. She was most happy about picking out what food we all ate today – a fun treat I plan to continue forever.
Her brother was having a sort of hard time because his birthday is next week [...]

Online Sellers: Flickr guidelines

In Make It’s blog dump the other day, she linked to this blog which referenced Flickr’s guidelines about using linking commercially.
Flickr says (taken from their guidelines linked to above):
DON’T: Use Flickr for Commercial Purposes
Flickr is for personal use only. If you sell products, services or yourself through your photostream, we will terminate your account.
I haven’t [...]

Joining the Pincushion Challenge

What’s one more challenge right?
I’m joining the pincushion challenge! I’m excited – the only pincushion I have is one that Helen sent me in our swap, and the one that is on top of my sewing box.
The pictures from past challenges are so beautiful! I remember pincushions – my Mom’s was a tomato [...]

Neighborly Folks

Helen has a great post about neighbors – which got me thinking (again) about my neighbors. We live in a new development with construction going on behind the people across the street from us. When we moved in, there were still a handful of houses being finished or just getting started, but now everything is [...]