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Entries from August 2007

What could this mean?

August 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

“Here Mom, I got you a mirror so you can be pretty, and some money (a penny LOL) so you can buy some makeup things.”

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Tags: Said Out Loud

You’re all winners!

August 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

But I had to pick the top three for this little venture, so congrats go out to -
Bella - Green is the new black.
Jules - BYOB - Bring your own bag.
Yellow Hibiscus - The new ABCs: Always Bring Cloth
I’ll be getting your bags out to you soon, YellowHibiscus I’ll be needing your contact info!
Thanks so [...]

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Tags: WIP

Wow!

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m overwhelmed by all the awesome entries!  I promise I’ll have the winners as promised today, but it’s crazy how hard it is to pick just 3!  Thanks so much!

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Amazing

August 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Amazing footage of a baby finding Mama.
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F is for Friend

August 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Since it is a very dear and wonderful friend’s birthday (happy happy!) I will focus on friendship today.  After all of these years I feel blessed to have found my friends.  I’m fairly certain that if you are my friend, you know it.  I know I’m not the easiest of friends, what with the whole [...]

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Tags: All about me

August Fabric #1

August 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Dots.  I went dot crazy, for linings, applique and little accents.

And some knits that I couldn’t resist.  A great weight brown owly print, a gothy “true love” knit, strawberry girl knit and skully thermal knit.  Only a yard of each, boo.  Well, yay for me, boo for you LOL.

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Tags: fabric

WIP

August 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

My brown paper bag substitute - it’s done but still a WIP as I will be changing it a bit.

I learned a lot from this bag (I’ve never made one before and made this pattern up) and especially that using shiny blue ribbon will highlight any wonky stitching with white thread.
And Maisy’s Cha Cha Pants.  [...]

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Tags: Done · Excuses · WIP

Belly Laughs

August 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

You need to have them.  Lately my source for 95% of my belly laughs is Thaddeus.  Thaddeus who just came up to me with a list from his new list making book I bought him as a treat yesterday.  The list consists of “pictures” of the items that we will be buying at the “supermarket”.  [...]

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Tags: Kids

Slogan Contest

August 20th, 2007 · 42 Comments

I need three original, short and sassy slogans to go on my cloth grocery bags. I don’t want any copy slogans like “not a plastic bag”. They need to be short enough to make impact quickly and fit on the bag. These will be the size of the actual plastic bags they’re [...]

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Tags: Ideas · WIP

Crafting wish list

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

This would change my life.

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