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Crafty Supermarket: Photo #206

Posted in Crafty on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today was the Crafty Supermarket and it was a bigger success than anyone involved could have imagined. More than 1000 people came out to shop from the 19 indie craft vendors. There was a line around the block to get in when we opened, and there was rarely a time when we didn’t have people [...]

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Freestyle: Photo #205

Posted in Crafty, Sewin' on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I think I like deadlines a little too much. There is nothing like a deadline to motivate me and get me energized. So for better or worse, I decided yesterday to start a baby quilt to have in time to take to the opening of Fabricate tonight. It was down to the wire, but I [...]

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Argyle: Photo #204

Posted in Crafty, Eye Candy on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I bought this today at Hobby Lobby. I think it might be some of the most perfect fabric ever. I’ll probably use it to make a baby quilt to sell, but I’m tempted to make something for me to keep.

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Gobbles: Photo # 203

Posted in Crafty, Yum on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Eeee! Turkey cookies! When I saw this idea on BettyCrocker.com I knew I HAD to do it. I wish I could say I came up with the idea on my own, but I’ll take the creative help where I can get it.

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Heart-Felt: Photo #202

Posted in Crafty, Knitting on November 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Though I haven’t been knitting much lately I did finish a project today! This bag is for my sister’s mother-in-law – a wonderful woman going through some really rough health situations right now. I hope she likes it – I’m quite fond of it myself! It was fun to finish a knitting project after such [...]

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Fabrications: Photo #197

Posted in Crafty on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Big happenings in the craft world! I barely have time to write about them because I’m so busy preparing. So I’ll update in bullet format.

Chris from The Boiled Peanut is opening an art/craft gallery/store in Northside next week and some of my creations will be featured there! It is called Fabricate and it will be located at 4012 [...]

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Studio Time: Photo #193

Posted in Crafty on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Spending a lot of time in and around my craft studio these days.

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Crafter’s Block: Photo #189

Posted in Crafty on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Why is it that I am super motivated to craft when I know I can’t – like when I’m at work? And when I have a whole day set aside for it I’m not in the mood and become crippled with performance anxiety? I did manage to get a little work done, but not nearly [...]

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