Tag: crochet

  • What I’m up to this week.

    What I’m up to this week.

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      Making a Modern Maples quilt with Maisie!     Cross Stitching my Frosted Pumpkin Autumn sampler. Crocheted 70 lime green and grey birds for a friend’s wedding.     Discovered how trendy Maisie looks in scarves.     Ran my first 5k with my sister, sister-in-law and her mom.     Held my 4…

  • Etsy shop update!!

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    My Etsy shop has finally reopened! It’s only been like, what, a few years?? But I’ve listed some turtles and have a few more things to list … but my Internet and Picasa are not playing nice! So there is more to come this weekend!! :)

  • sweet weekend.

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    It’s sunny and 60° here in my corner of North Jersey. Dave is working in the yard, Maisie is hunting tennis balls and sticks, Mittens is playing hide and seek with the shadows. I’m sitting in the sun and sipping an orange creamsickle smoothie and crocheting pink piggies. We plan on BBQ-ing tonight … maybe…

  • so, here’s the plan.

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      so, april. huh. seven days into april, to be precise.  and oh how behind i am. (but, to be fair, aren’t i always behind and scrambling??) at the start of 2013 i felt like i had time in abundance to prepare for my spring craft shows.  i had so much time, i spent january…

  • new year, new projects.

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    It’s a brisk 18 degrees today in North Jersey.  I’m huddled under a blanket, I have a space heater cranking it’s warmth at me, I have a kitty huddled in front of the heater and a puppy cuddled up next to me, chewing on her feet (a sure sign that a nap is occuring shortly!).…

  • Location, location.

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    Happy Thursday from the Spellaman Beach House!! It’s a breezy 70 degrees here and we are having a nice break. Well … Maybe break isn’t the right word. Dave is still monitoring work and has had to take a few phone calls … and when my sinuses aren’t driving me crazy (darn you seasonal changes!),…

  • My Weekend In Chester.

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      Hi all! I spent this past weekend in Chester,  NJ at the Fall Craft Show.   This was kind of a big deal for me …  as a crafter and as person. I grew up in a household that was decorated in a “country cozy”  style for each season.   My mom LOVES to…

  • here’s the story.

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    (the Broken Sugar Bowl block for the Farmer’s Wife Quilt-a-Long) ~ * ~ Why oh why is it so hard for me to blog regularly??? ~ * ~ So …  as I said in the last post …  lots happening here at chez moi.  Let’s see if I can give you the cliffsnotes version!  (do…

  • Etsy update soon!

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      Hello all! I just wanted to let you know that I am working on getting my craft show overflow into the Etsy shop!! :)  Watch this space for information and news as to when that happens!!! :) xoxo

  • June 2nd and June 3rd.

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    My first major craft show, the Chester Spring Craft Fair, has come and gone … and I must say, I’m pretty pleased with myself!! :-) The weather held out for us even though it threatened thunderstorms all week long! I definitely didn’t have the amount of items that I would have liked … I knew…