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Fabulous Friday: 9 Crafts for the Garden

YAY! Spring is here. The past couple of weeks have been so warm and beautiful I can hardly stand it. I’ve changed my exercise routine so that it’s treadmill Monday, Wednesday and Friday and yard/garden work on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sunday I play like a dead opossum until late afternoon! To celebrate the return [...]

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10 Gifts Teens Can Make for Mother's Day

10 Gifts Teens Can Make for Mother’s Day

    It’s not easy to find a craft to make for Mother’s Day when you are a teen. Most of the crafts you will find are for little ones to make. You want to show your mom that you care but the last thing you want to give her is a craft made of [...]

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Fabulous Friday – 10 Last Minute Easter Ideas

If you are like me Easter is about to bite you in the butt. I knew it was early this year. I knew it was the end of March. Yet, here I sit on the 28th and I haven’t done a darn thing to prepare. It’s not like my kids are little and I’m depriving [...]

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Photo Sunday – Ravenna, Ohio

  Yesterday Warren and I drove out to Tractor Supply for a tool he needed. I love going to Tractor Supply, Home Improvement Stores and Hardware Stores with him. My favorites are the old hardware stores. The ones with wooden floors and old signage, but they are hard to come by these days. Anyway, we’ve [...]

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Letter tiles and glass jars

Quick Home Decor: Words on Shelves

  Yesterday I was scrambling around, tidying and rearranging things in a corner of my studio to set up the area for the video I made in this post:  Jewelry Making: How to Make Beaded Hoop Earrings. I had dusted off an old shelf that the Mister and I had put corrugated metal roofing on the [...]

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The NE Ohio Snow Machine

Photo Sunday: The NE Ohio Snow Machine

  The North East Ohio snow machine has started up again. I took this photo yesterday as the white stuff was just starting to pile up. It makes me glad that I work from home. The older I get the less I like driving in snow covered streets. At my age, I know enough to [...]

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My Husband Hijacked My Silhouette Cameo

I’ve wanted a Silhouette Cameo for AGES now. I’ve gone around to dozens of blogs where one was being given away trying to win one. No luck! I have a Slice, I have a Cricut (actually I had TWO Cricut machines at one time), a CuttleBug and a Sizzix Big Kick … but what I [...]

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CHA 2013 Winter Conference and Trade Show

  I’m heading out today to CHA 2013 Winter Conference and Trade Show. I can’t wait to see all of my creative and crafty friends. I’ve just got a few last things to pack up and I’m headed out the door. My pal Jenny posted Craft Test Dummies Guide: How to Pack and Prepare For [...]

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