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Adventures of a Sewing Genius

March 29, 2012

I’ve talked to you guys before about how desperately I want to be able to sew. I want to love sewing. I want to whip up a pair of drapes or an intricate pillow in a little fifteen-minute tornado of thread, bobbins and knowledge. But I am the William Hung of sewing. “I have no [...]

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Christmas Chipboard Art Project + Unnecessary Story

December 19, 2011

A while ago, I showed you my little chipboard letter art project… Clearly intoxicated by the enticing craft store environment, I unknowingly bought a set of two canvasses for that project instead of one, and I still had more chipboard letters left, so I was practically required to make another version of this, right? REQUIRED. [...]

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The Family Tree

December 7, 2011

Before this happened: And before this happened: I dreamed of decorating a Christmas tree like this: via HGTV.comOr this:sourceOr this:via Country Living Beautiful themed trees with consistent color schemes and nothing to distract your eye. Designer Christmas trees. But then suddenly we were this: And this:And we were making memories every year. We started collecting [...]