Chunky Necklace

I am really loving these necklaces at J Crew right now (here and here), but jewelry is one of those things that is pretty hard to afford…especially if its from J Crew :-D.  I think I saw the idea of making necklaces like this for cheap floating around the internet about a year ago, and I [...]

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Spring Top Week – Lei Neckline

This week is Spring Top Week over at Made by Rae.  This week she is posting images of her Spring top creations, as well as those of other people who are participating.  She is also hosting a Flickr group where you can see all the submissions and share your comments.  She also posted a free [...]

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Finally, A Hat!

Sorry for the late post today, everyone!  I have been struggling with this hat project for a couple weeks now.  I don’t even want to admit how many times I had to de- and re-construct this little thing.  The pattern sounded so easy (and those of you who try it will probably find it to [...]

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Bread Linen and Cloth Napkins

My mom’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago.  It is emberrasing to say, but remember me making everyone’s gifts for Christmas?  Well, my mom’s is still not finished.  It is going to be a blanket, but has proved to be a much more time consuming project than I originally thought.  So, for her birthday, [...]

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Life, Death, and Old Newspapers

I spent the weekend with my family, sorting through my grandparents’ odds and ends.  They actually passed away in Spring 2007…it has been 2 years.  At the time, they lived in Palm Springs, CA and we had already spent months with them, caring and supporting them in the last few months of life.  It was [...]

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Taking off Early this Week

Hello All,  I am taking off early this week for a small trip to see my family.  I’ll be back on Monday!  In the mean time, enjoy this links as I have throughout the week…
Spring Cleaning Party Because we all need to do it, at Simple Mom
The Weeds Come First  A mindful reflection on gardening and [...]

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A Work-in-Progress

Often when I start projects, things come together much easier than I anticipated.  Everything just seems to fall into place.  Sometimes, however, I’ll work on a project in which everything seems to go wrong.  I feel like the prince in Sleeping Beauty.  Everytime I fight my way through the thicket, more seems to grow back [...]

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Build Your Wardrobe – Plaid Linen Skirt

Happy Monday!  Sorry I’m a bit late in posting today…I am still trying to recover from yesterday’s festivities.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter/Passover weekend.  Mike and I had a few friends over for Easter dinner yesterday.  Yummy!  I was also able to get some sewing done for my summer wardrobe.  I put together [...]

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A New Spring Bag, Five Senses Friday

I mentioned on Wednesday that my next project for Build Your Wardrobe was the Buttercup Bag, Made by Rae.  Well, I made it last night, and I LOVE it!!!  I highly recommend this pattern.  It came together in about 2 hours, the directions were really easy to follow, and it looks so cute!
I have been dying [...]

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Build Your Wardrobe – Some Awesome Resources

First off, a huge thanks goes to those of you who were interested in participating in this!  I thought I would kick it off with some really great resources for you to get started with.  I formed a flickr group for us where we can post pictures of what we are working on.  I have [...]

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