Monthly Archives: December 2010

Is it December already?!

This month has flown by. I’ve been insanely busy, and I expect it’s not going to slow down anytime soon. On the 3rd, I went to the Festival of Trees, a little charity show put on by an organization that promotes healthy parenting skills and helps low income and at-risk parents and their children thrive.… more

Two little birds

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    I made these from a pattern from Spool. I think they will perch nicely in my tree this year! Speaking of the tree, I drug in all my holiday decoration last night. it’s still in tubs, except for a few things. I didn’t find my lights. Still need to search for them, I… more

Machine Embroidery

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Meet my machine. ” Five years ago, my mother bought a new sewing/embroidery machine, and passed her old one on to me to replace the aging 1980s style machine I’d been using. She’s a Babylock Ellure, a hardworking sewing/embroidery combo unit with a history of sewing well despite a few maddening quirks and irritations. As… more

An Earthy Angel

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    A new ornament this year. A new photo for the Photo-a-Day Flickr Christmas Countdown thing I linked to yesterday. You can participate too! Just take a photo a day and upload it to this flickr group. (For anyone wanting to know, my crappy chocolate advent calendar is really crappy fake chocolate. Booooo.) more

Advent

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      Anyone who knows me knows I love Advent. Advent is technically a Christian thing, and while I’m not Christian, I think there’s a lot to be said for anticipation and countdowns to something important. Important things like… Christmas. My favorite time of the year. There’s nothing about it I don’t like, except… more

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