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New Addition

Or should I say new Edition? In early August  one of my nieces' will be welcoming a new baby boy to the family. It has been a busy couple of months, so I have fallen behind on making the usual handmade welcome package. But all is not lost, last weekend I came across a few items I made 'back in the day' - about 16 years ago - I made them for my son's room. [caption id="attachment_380" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Yepee"][/caption] I remember working on them on the train ride in to NY city where I was taking PASCAL classes @...

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Happy Father's Day

I lost my dad a few years ago, but each Father's day I honor his memory by making him a gift. [caption id="attachment_337" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Happy Father's Day"][/caption] My brother served as the model for the arm. You may download this image by right clicking on it and saving it to your computer. [caption id="attachment_338" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Feel Free to Download this Image"][/caption] I searched the web for a copyright free tattoo, (my dad did not have a tattoo, but I thought it would add interest) I made a few adjustments and then printed the tattoo on the fabric. [caption...

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The Way My Mind Works

Psst, I have a secret. I am going to reveal my design process for the pillow pictured below. Here goes... Create your characters as a separate file - that way you can use them over and over. [caption id="attachment_316" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Summer Fun"][/caption] I was washing my car and my son kept getting in the way, so I turned the hose on him. My niece found it hilarious, so she grabbed the hose and joined in on the  fun. [caption id="attachment_315" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Water War"][/caption] My son was having a blast, [caption id="attachment_318" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Yeah, Scream, Yell"][/caption] he called...

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My Summer Project

Each summer I create something new for my home. This summer, in anticipation of numerous outdoor picnics and  barbecues, I decided to make some table cloth weights. These gems are functional and beautiful - they look perfect dangling from the end of my table cloth while keeping it in place. [caption id="attachment_239" align="alignnone" width="358" caption="Heart table cloth weight"][/caption] I got a bit carried away - the ideas just kept flowing, so I made quite a few.... [caption id="attachment_243" align="alignnone" width="354" caption="3 More T/C weights"][/caption] I figured I would make some for my friends as well [caption id="attachment_244" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Cobalt...

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He's sleeping, lets craft

I was blog hopping and I hopped over to "Just Lu's" blog where she posted a beautiful embroidery project. I suddenly remembered that I had a quilt that my mom and I did for my son when he was a baby (15 years ago). I sketched my son while he was sleeping - that was the only time he was still - Then I... well take a look at the images. [caption id="attachment_226" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Baby Matthew"][/caption] I out lined the image using stem stitch. The eye lashes was done using satin stitch. The hair was the most fun, it...

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