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Category Archives: crafts
Reindeer Mittens!
Oh, I suppose you think it’s too late in the season to be knitting mittens. Well, this all started last fall when one of our little granddaughters asked me to knit her some mittens—some purple mittens . . .
Posted in crafts, knitting
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The Frog, The Frog
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Am finishing up Froggy. As you’ll see from the photos . . .
Stuffed Frog for Christmas, continued
Froggy continues . . . and to tell you the truth it’s OK that he’s not quite done because he’s for my friend’s January 8th birthday . . .
Posted in crafts, sewing
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Stuffed Frog for Christmas
We’re nearly there! One week to go and working on the plans. It’s fun to remember the old get-togethers, and to look forward to the new. This year we’ll have a mixed family—no, not the type you might think of, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, crafts, sewing
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Christmas Buttons for Fun
Take a break from baking and buying and wrapping and decorating and . . . and just take a break for a minute or two to look at some new Christmas buttons—
Posted in buttons, Christmas, crafts
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Titusville NJ Button Show Sept 12, 2015
It’s Saturday and today was the Titusville Button Show–didn’t see you there so I’ll let you catch up with some photos.
Posted in antiques, buttons, crafts
Tagged Buster Brown button, enamel buttons, fish hook button, Loïc Allio, poke box
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Elmer’s Glue
Glue and I go back a long way. Recently I started sending out ebay items using the ebay shipping labels. Navigating that process is daunting and time consuming, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. But, because I’m … Continue reading
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Clutter and a Surprise
I was looking for a piece of felt for . . .well, never mind why . . . and I figured that the felt was in the basement somewhere—oh, Nurse! And I knew it was in the old Kilworth’s bag … Continue reading
Back from Vacation!
Well, we didn’t actually go anywhere, but I feel like I had a nice week’s vacation . . . our fourteen year old granddaughter came to visit for four days and we really packed . . .
Posted in crafts, fashion, sewing
Tagged 15 minute skirt, Butterick 5466, circle skirt, good movies, McCalls 6101, pencil skirt, Simplicity 2286
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