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Midweek Peek – Thanks, Kim!
A bloggy friend surprised me with the sweetest little wooden sign with my Clever Little Mouse logo. I just love it!. Check out her blog at The Kim Six Fix when you have a few minutes. She shares the...
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Midweek Peek – First Snow
We got our first snow of the season this week – enough to close schools, cancel business meetings and justify working from home today. This trio guards my front garden and somehow got missed when we...
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Midweek Peek – Sewing Room Progress
Between holiday to-do’s and family obligations, it took a while to find a free day to get my sewing room remodel underway. First, a few outgrown pieces of furniture were moved out and repurposed in...
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Midweek Peek – Hurray for Fresh Paint!
Walls done and floors primed. Love it! So, after two marathon days of painting I have lovely grey walls and a fresh coat of primer on the floor of my sewing room. Hurray! And while I love the end...
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Midweek Peek – Messy Bun Hat
A friend pulled up her Pinterest account the other day and asked if I had heard of messy bun hats. I hadn’t – my hair isn’t long enough for any bun, let alone a messy one – but I found a few simple...
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Starting 2017 Right – Goal Tracking Printables
I can’t do a whole lot of sewing or crafting at the moment thanks to the (sad) state of my craft room, so I’ve been looking for other ways to keep my crafty mojo going. Printables it is! I have big...
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Midweek Peek – Furniture Assembly
My boy is getting an introduction to the joys of DIY. He’s helped rip out carpet and paint floors, and now we’ve moved on to assembling furniture. Tonight he helped put together the two units that...
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All Natural Facial Cleansing Wipes
A while back I went on a hunt through my local drugstores looking for facial cleansing wipes made with ingredients I can actually pronounce and no artificial fragrances. Is it just me, or does...
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Midweek Peek – The Home Stretch
One last section of floor to paint (with some help from my Boy), one last bookcase to assemble, a few more boxes of supplies to unload and I’ll be back to crafting in my pretty new space. Squeeeee!!!...
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Crochet Hook & Knitting Needle Trackers
One of the good/bad things about my ongoing sewing room update is that it required packing up 90% of my craft supplies to get them out of the way. In the process, I discovered I have waaaay more...
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5 Tips for Working with Iron-On Vinyl
Oilcloth is great for making cosmetic pouches, but it can be hard to find options that don’t look like picnic tablecloths. Clear vinyl is versatile, but I don’t always want anyone who peeks in my bag...
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The Great Craft Room Reveal – It’s Finally Done!
It’s done, it’s done, it’s done!!! The last of the paint has dried, all the furniture has been assembled, all the fabric and supplies have been moved into new storage containers and I have my craft...
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Patchwork Valentine Heart Pillow
I’ve wanted to make a patchwork heart pillow cover since I made my Valentine’s Day table runner last year, and I finally had time to pull out by scrap fabrics and get some sewing done over the weekend...
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Midweek Peek: 2/1/17
Morning sun through my craft room window is a lovely way to start the day. Hope yours is off to a good start, too!
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Non-Sewing Project for Valentine’s Day: Fabric Balls
I’ve been dealing with a shoulder impingement for the past few days. Ouch! I can use my right hand but I can’t raise my right arm at the moment, so I’m a little limited in the crafting/sewing...
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Work in Progress – An Afghan Update
I started a Building Blocks afghan a year and a half ago as part of a class and stalled out 80% of the way through. I unearthed it during the craft room update and finally started working on it again....
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Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Wall Decor
I’ve been in a weird, restless, crafty mood lately. I have a lot of ideas half sketched out but I just can’t settle long enough to start anything big. I realize these are REALLY last minute, but I...
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Post-Valentine’s Day Mid-Week Peek
Hearts found in nature, DIY chocolate-covered strawberries to share and a sweet, geeky gift from my sweet, geeky hubby. Hope you all had a lovely Valentine’s Day!
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3D Shamrock Shadowbox for St. Patrick’s Day
Last year I made a 3D Valentine shadowbox and a 3D Easter egg shadowbox, and they were two of my favorite projects for the year. I drafted out the shapes for a shamrock version at the same time but...
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First Signs of Spring
Snowdrops are blooming! It’s been a weird, wild, warm Winter here in Northeast Ohio. Things are far more green than normal for late February but it’s still lovely to see the first spring flowers.
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