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Easter Adventures

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

12 hours in the car with a toddler isn’t so bad.  Maybe it’s just my amazing trooper of a kid but I’m tempted to even  say that the drive from Portland to the Bay Area was fun.  I realize that sounds crazy but crayons, knitting and books on CD go a long way- 600 miles [...]

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Bits and Pieces

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This is a Valentine’s Day snowflake that I made last year.  Now that you know how to make snowflakes with messages in them, you can make some this year too!

Also, don’t forget about the templates I have for these Valentine’s Day papercuts.
I’ve been knitting a ton but I still only have little pictures to show [...]

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Handmade Gifts Rock!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Our tree has been down for a while, the decorations dismantled and the 12 days of Christmas ended yesterday so why am I still blogging about it?  Well, I got some fabulous handmade gifts and want to share them with you and give a little shout out to their super talented makers.
I was a vendor [...]

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Secret Message Snowflakes

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I love making paper snowflakes and was excited to learn a fancy new (to me) technique from a co-worker 2 Christmases ago.  She and I made so many snowflakes that year (while we should have been working) that I actually got sore spots on my thumb and finger from the scissors!
These snowflakes have words in [...]

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Peppermint Marshmallows= Heaven

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I made peppermint marshmallows last night and they turned out better than I even imagined!  Dense but light at the same time, squishy and chewy and so much better than those at the store!  I read a lot of different recipes and blog posts about marshmallow making and I want to put all the good [...]

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Dia de los Muertos- Portland Style

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Mike and I didn’t really get into Halloween this year.  Oh sure, we dressed sesame up as a batbaby and went to the Kennedy School where she got some candy and we got beer and then ate her candy.   We didn’t put up decorations or even carve pumpkins and I usually love pumpkin carving!
If the [...]

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