Monthly Archives: December 2009

I won a giveaway!

My first ever!  How exciting!  I just love Kristin’s work and anyone who knows me, will roll their eyes at the owls!  I have a thing for owls.  Can’t wait to get the boys into these: And be sure to … Continue reading

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Ferry to San Francisco

We all piled into the ferry from Oakland to San Francisco’s Pier 39.  We do this trip quite a bit as it is the perfect amount of time round-trip to catch the 10 o’clock and be back home for naps … Continue reading

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Lovely Ann Wood Boat

I am such a huge fan of Ann Wood.  She has such an extraordinary understanding of fabric and sees potential in mere scraps.  When I saw that she had posted a tutorial for her boats, I knew I had to … Continue reading

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Look who just walked in…

my door…. She’s tiger oak and beautiful carving on the outside and… Olive green on the inside! My mum gave me a bit of cash for Christmas and this was calling my name on craigslist!  Isn’t she lovely?!

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New blog to follow

I just spent a seriously massive amount of time drooling over this gals blog: whatkatiedid. I couldn’t put my finger on exactly what the draw is–perhaps because it was a welcome break from checking out the over 150 other websites … Continue reading

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The cousins are visiting!

This weekend we pretended that we have four kids: 2, 4, 6, and 8. We were having a great time at 11: am and at 2:00 in the afternoon And at 4:00 But now, at 8:p.m., I am ready to … Continue reading

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Gifts for all the nieces

I have been busy stuffing bird after bird as I have taken inspiration from a project from another upcoming book from C&T which is called Little Birds.  I am particularly proud of this book because I invited all of the … Continue reading

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Weekend project

This Saturday night I finished a fun little banner for our photo shelves: I made these alphabets earlier in the year for my youngest and they were so fun and see so much use from him, that I have made … Continue reading

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Advent Calendar Scraps

I had some leftover scraps from the advent calendar I made for the boys And I picked up a load of wooden embroidery hoops at a garage sale a few weeks ago because I recently saw a photo on Casa … Continue reading

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Work workshop

One of the perks of my job is that we hold some workshops from time to time where we make projects from some of our books.  I taught one class (which I will show you the results of later in … Continue reading

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