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Sucked into Sewing

I’ll post in the morning. I just realized it was past midnight when infomercials clicked on – no workout needed! flat abs in 15 minutes a day! The plan was to post pictures of what I was sewing once finished, but time just got away from me. I’m happy to […]

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Coffee Sweater :: Free Knitting Pattern!

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I was pretty put off by all the leather sleeves on my coffee mugs and at one point I had finally just had enough. I just didn’t like the idea of it. So I knit a new cozy for my coffee mug from the no kill alternative – wool. And best of all, you can also use this sleeve on those paper coffee cups instead of using the card board ones or double cupping. Perfect!

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Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to pop in and say “hello” and that I was thinking of all of you today (and last night). I actually got some ideas hashed out for next week and can’t wait to get started! I had a great Christmas Eve dinner last night with my family […]

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The Weekend Before Christmas…

…and all through the house, there were piles of craft supplies and disenchanted sighs… ‘oh why, oh why did I not start these projects in July!?’ Here are some of my Favorite Craft Leftovers Patterns that can all be made up in a snap and would be great gifts to […]

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This Week at the Library

I work just a block away from the library, so I go there pretty often. I shuffle through craft books pretty quickly, about 10 or so a week. I pick up 4, return 3, that sort of thing. So I decided that I should show you my favorites and that […]

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Craft Leftovers Monthly! Seeing Clearly!

I am happy to say that I reshot all the pictures for the listing of Craft Leftovers Monthly and it looks a millllion times better! And you know what I found (which I knew all along): I don’t really need to worry about taking it during the day, I just […]

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Feltstorm!

Well, brain storm with felt! So I sat down after work with a bunch of felty sweater scraps and was planning on making a cute little easy project for all to love and enjoy and became totally inspired and now I realize it’s 11:30 and I need to go to […]

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January Craft Leftovers Monthly Preview

Last month a strange thing happened at the printers and although I’m still not sure how it happened, I ended up with 60 extra copies of the Holiday issue. So I put it up in the shop for the first time by itself. It did really well! I enjoyed selling […]

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Wet Felted Ornament Experimentation

It’s been quite awhile since I played with wet felting and things, so I thought it would be a good idea for me to get the kinks worked out of my memory before possibly teaching a workshop on it next weekend.  I grabbed cookie cutters of all shapes and sizes, […]

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Bad Egg

Well eggs really. I’m down for the count. I should really learn to check the expiration dates on eggs that I can’t remember when I bought them. I had such an awesome post for tonight, it was going to make your mind explode with the genius of it (well, most […]

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Calling in Sick

It’s just the way these things work I suppose. I’m looking forward to a little Thanksgiving break with the family and what happens, I totally get sick. I think I’m going to call it a night and go to bed. It’s one of those can’t talk and feeling exhausted things. […]

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Post Election Crafting!

For this month’s e-newsletter giveaway, I asked subscribers to email me their favorite election crafts. It was the day after the election and I just couldn’t resist. These were my favorites: Obama Bean Portrait – Love this! Legumes in Action! Hallmark Magazine’s Hartford Election Cake – I really like this […]

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Pushing things around

Well, you all know about the tire issue, so no need for explaining why clm getting into the shop got pushed back. But what I failed to see was that I from the delay last night (not getting home until after midnight compared to the 4pm I was planning) everything […]

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Flat tire Hold up!

So I got into the car, was pulling out into the road and “thump thump thump” I had a flat tire. Thankfully Farm and Fleet was open still and my Dad helped me take it down there. It is fixed and I’m finally heading back home to Ames. The good […]

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Making Craft Leftovers Monthly :: Holiday Issue Preview

Craft Leftovers Monthly will be on sale from Sunday Evening, November 9th, 2008 – Wednesday, November 12th and all subscriptions will be sent out Monday, November 17th. And it will be in the etsy shop! That’s right, I’m moving it back to etsy! I guess the same reason why I […]