Happy Valentines Day – Pretty Cursive Letters

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Hello dear readers: Happy Valentines Day to you all !  What I have for you here are gorgeous cursive letters ::     Print ‘m and Modpodge ‘m onto some card stock and voila. Instant card that’s just perfect. Now would it not be nice if you could add your own private message on the inside [...]

Sweater Dresses.. the beginning of a series…

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  2013 is my year or doing things in series. Here’s yet another series… of sweater dresses. While Spring is already in my mind, it sure is still chilly out there. If I read the newspaper, snowstorms and freezing temperatures still soar. We need to stay warm. Therefore, I’m going to share my new fashion [...]

Party 52

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Wednesday. Time for a Party. Party #52. We are now over 100 party guest strong, so hopefully we all get a lot more inspiration, and a wee bit more traffic from it all each week. Benefits are for the taking. Are you tired of me telling you yet that visiting all 100 of you is [...]

Free Knitting Pattern Hermes Sweater Dresses

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Some days I want to be romantic. Most days I wear something artsy. Once in a while, I want to be preppy. I’m fortunate enough to have all these styles already in my wardrobe. However, one of these amazing Hermes tennis-themed sweater dresses would make a great addition. Way too nice to actually wear on [...]

Twig Heart

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Stop what you’re doing and make this: a Super-cute Valentine Decorating. One anyone who owns a pair of scissors and a lill’ bit of rope can pull off.  Go out and cut some branches now. Out of your own garden or pick them up at your friend’s home or the local park… Happy Valentines’ everyone.  [...]

Chic Cable Bag :: Free Knitting Pattern

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Instant love for this sophisticated knit cable bag design. Not the easiest knitting pattern with all those cables and angles, but I think we can handle it. What do you think? I love that lotus flower center of the bag. It’s really unique. In grey-silver, this bag is a stunner!   When I played around [...]

Rooting Roses

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The Gift of Roses. Last year, I simply asked my husband for an entire rose bush instead of a bunch of roses for Valentines’ Day. I enjoy having roses year-round rather than just 1-2 weeks in the middle of winter. And sure enough, I had roses from my bush for a long time and can’t [...]

Love Quilt Pattern

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Oh, I fell in love… with this quilting, that is.  This love mini – quilt is moderately easy to make but I can see extensive joy coming from having it. photo credit : Cindy Sharp | get your free pattern here: : ModaBakeShop   I love the cross stitches in cherry red around the striped [...]

Dr Seuss Valentines

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Dare I say this is a cute Valentines greeting card aka large candy tag featuring Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat. It will result in some winning gift giving. Perfect Valentines for a boy to give away, although I do know some husbands who still like Dr. Seuss. As you know, I also personally quite [...]

DIY Detachable Collars

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Is it just my imagination or is the fashion just so much more creative these days?  I guess with the DIY / refashioning craze, we collectively have sprung out of the box. And look what we’ve come up with today: a uber-cool detachable collar. Party perfect. Something to wear going out. Different models, variations on [...]