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We have Var’s case manager coming today and also Toddo’s Mom and SD. And I’m shopping. I want this. Well, actually what I want is a long sleeved shirt with that design. Maybe in a neat LWI dyed blue so that it looks like a summer evening where the kids are [...]

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I have some friends who may think I have forgotten them, that they were not inlcuded in my holiday cheer. Let me just say that was not the case. As usual I got in over my head with some things and between that and the sick, sick nature of my kids things didn’t [...]

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A bunch of really cool and hip artisans/crafters are doing an auction for the Kim family.

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Var is home and doing pretty well. I cannot describe how relieved and happy I am that he’s here. It’s a little scary, he coughed so much last night that I was glad I took the early shift. Okay so it was totally accidental that I fell asleep with Magdalena at 7pm [...]

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These. Soon I will raid her store of neat patches.
Gorgeous.
WOW!
A bag that I’m tempted to purchase because I dig asian florals.
Another way to use fabric you love, for the business cards I need to start carrying.
This entire store is fabulous!
Time to go do “things”. I hope you’ve enjoyed shopping with Nita. [...]

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I’m moving on to different categories LOL.
Proving that nothing in this world is original, my idea to make fabric bracelets out of my fabrics that I love but don’t know what to do with has already been done, done and done some more. Oh well, I still want to. I mean there are so [...]

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…and I’ve already cruised Hyena Cart and it’s very slow.
Onwards. To Etsy. I find myself there more and more often lately, it’s a vibrant place, filled with young arteeests and it’s very inspiring for me. Sometimes I want to make up an identity and do some crazy things and try to peddle [...]

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but hopefully not rotten.
One of my favorite fabric sellers is liquidating her business stash because she’s moving. She lives near the LA garment district. Today, the purchases that Toddo made room for in our Christmas budget totalled up to over 50 yards of boutique fabric. The great news (besides the actual greatness of [...]

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The kids are sick and I’m not getting sewing done, so I thought I’d do this. I rearranged my studio the other night and am quite pleased with it.

I moved the big honkin’ desk out of my room and brought in these littel modular things. Yes, this was my bedroom furniture when I [...]

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Since I was down taking pics of the changes to my studio, I decided to show you how Manworld is progressing. Toddo built himself an entertainment shelvy thing over the fireplace which freed up the armoire to be the bar until we build the actual bar. Yes we have purchased both a (used) [...]

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