From the monthly archives:

April 2010

One Crafty Product = A Permanent Thing

April 29, 2010

I like making things – crafty things, decorating things, pretty things, wearable things, and most of all thrifty things. Sometimes I make things as a temporary “fix” thing, until I can afford to buy the “real” thing. A few times, I have actually wasted my money on a “fix” thing or did some-thing I should [...]

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Style Notes – Leslie at a Creative Mint

April 26, 2010

Is this not the most gorgeous photograph you have ever seen? The colors so vivid and clear. I truly aspire to be as talented a photographer as Leslie at A Creative Mint. I found her site when I first started reading blogs. Her posts are just delicious and her photographs are making my blog look [...]

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How-To make a Fashionable Tassel

April 22, 2010

When I was a little girl, Barbie - who would be a vintage Barbie today was my favorite toy. My twin sister, Carol and I usually played with her with our neighborhood girlfriends. Off we would go many a morning to their house with our packed Barbie cases in hand, not returning until our mom called us home for dinner. [...]

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Patience and Persistence = SUCCESS

April 21, 2010

Were you beginning to wonder what I was up to? Thanks for being so patient with me, but I knew I was close to coming up with a hip and trendy idea that stemmed from an old time craft. I couldn’t give up. I just ran out of time. Today, I finally got the necklace [...]

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Working On a New Project

April 18, 2010

I have been working on a re-purposing project over the weekend that I wanted to post tonight. I thought I had it all figured out, but I keep running into small glitches. I was about to throw it all into the trash and just forget about it, but couldn’t because I feel so close to getting it right. In my frustration [...]

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Leave that 9-5 Upon the Shelf

April 16, 2010

Photo by Craig Cutler; Screen Saver Design by Alan Dye Real Simple Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Use them wisely – each hour in the day. You don’t get them back they are lost forever. T, G, I, and F are the happiest letters in the alphabet. I am very glad it’s Friday and that this week [...]

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Things I Have Learned: Online

April 13, 2010

Working overtime in my day job has taken over my blogging schedule the past few days. Hopefully, everything will get back to normal tomorrow. I am a bit tired, its chilly, dark, and rainy. I am stretched out on my sofa with my laptop - all snuggly with a furry leopard throw blanket. My mind is mush right now from [...]

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How-To Decorate a Frame with a Vintage Necklace

April 8, 2010

At work today ( I am a display designer in a department store) I put up Mother’s Day decor. One of my co-workers asked- “ Why are you putting all that up so early, Mother’s Day is a long way off”. My answer was because I got a directive from corporate to do it today, [...]

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The Backyard in My Head

April 6, 2010

Oh! the weather outside is frightful delightful… which makes it hard to be inside working on my computer. I tried taking it outside to write a post, but the glare on the screen made it impossible. Sorry, but the sunshine won. I know any northern dwelling reader understands this outside tug… drawing me out into the [...]

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