Lina on December 8th, 2009

One of the things I hate buying at the grocery store are crackers.  So much packaging, so expensive and so few actual crackers in the box.  But on the flip side, they are a fabulous go-to quick snack with peanut butter or cheese or hummus or even just plain, so I always buy them.  And [...]

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Lina on November 25th, 2009

We are slowly getting our library/work room set up and I’m rediscovering all my long-packed away craft supplies.  All that’s old is new again and its so fun (and way cheaper than buying more).  I found this very simple pattern (Simplicity 2613), Zoe and Tommy picked fabric from my stash, and away I went.

I’m just [...]

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David on November 15th, 2009

We’ve done a lot of work around the house: new floors, new doors, new trim, new paint… lots of new, and lots of work.  The kids have been champs through it all, and today we took a day to work on a project of their choosing.  The origin of this project was a doll house [...]

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Lina on July 7th, 2009

I made this bear for Zoe awhile ago but am just getting around to posting her.  I used the Simplicity pattern 9524 – its  a very simple, very fast 2-piece pattern and Zoe picked the corduroy fabric.   Zoe loves her (talk about warming my heart!) and sleeps with her every night.  She named her Laura [...]

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Lina on June 16th, 2009

First, the Cute.  This is a set of cloth napkins I did for one of my best friends and her family.  My kids love having their name on something so I figured hers do too and who doesn’t love porcupines?

And now the Creepy.  One doesn’t often think of embroidery as something that could be disturbing [...]

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