Author: Jessica

  • Oh to be a Farmer’s Wife.

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    So! I seem to blog a lot about some people make a crafty, arty lifestyle look so effortless. So second nature to them. Me, on the other hand? Not so much. I seem to have a modicum of skill … But then I have to work HARD at everything else. And that’s cool! I’m not…

  • practice, practice, practice.

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      so i forget a lot of times that the adage “practice makes perfect” is actually quite true.  it’s probably why i didn’t stick with many activities when i was younger.  if i wasn’t good at it right off the bat, i figured it wasn’t my thing and moved on.  yeah, practice could make you…

  • Life?

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    It’s 1am and my vacation is rapidly coming to a close. It was fabulous. Truly fabulous. I sewed and read and slept and spent lots of time home with my little family. I finished a few works-in-progress and started a few new projects. I cooked dinner almost every night. I kept the house {moderately} clean.…

  • a fall week off.

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    i am off this week from work … and i am having the best time!!!   i’m cooking dinner every night … spending time with each of my furbabies … and doing a whole lotta sewing! :)  it’s my perfect week! we were in lancaster over the weekend … and i visited some awesome quilt…

  • life.

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    Greetings!! It’s been awhile … Sorry about that. Life just seems to speed up and whiz by me sometimes. But! Here I am with an update and some pictures … And blogging from my phone no less! How thoroughly modern of me, huh? ;-) So first … Suckasunny Day! It was a success! Rain held…

  • crazypants.

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    I’ve been a little preoccupied. I have a craft show on Saturday, September 10th. Suckasunny Day, Succasunna, NJ Come on out and buy some cuteness!!!        

  • diary of a cranky quilter.

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    i read a lot of blogs.  i glean a lot of inspiration …  and there is just something neat about reading how other people live their lives.  a little voyeuristic,  yes,  but …  isn’t that why we blog? some of the blogs are REAL.  they show everything,  warts and all.  they don’t just blog the…

  • today.

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    today i want to be different. i want to be more patient.  have more smiles for people.  let God’s love really shine through me. even though i would REALLY rather stay in my home, creating and drinking coffee and talking to my furbabies, my husband, my family and no one else, i have a responsibility…

  • is this nesting?

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    greetings. :) i am a crochet and baking machine! up today was oatmeal chocolate chip cookies … and this is the coaster count so far … with a bunch half finished on the table. oh and if you want to come over and help weave all those loose ends in for me … i’ll pay…

  • dear week,

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    i have dubbed thee … COASTER WEEK! my goal is, by saturday, to have as many completed crocheted coaster sets as i possibly can. i am prepping for a little show in September.  it’s a little local festival that i tried to do 2 years ago and got rained out.  i needed to do another…