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Stuffed Fabric Eggs

by Marie March 14, 2008

Stuffed fabric eggs are fun to decorate the house with or hide for the kiddies to find. Last year I saw this pattern for Stuffed Eggies over at Olive Juice and Co. and I finally tried my hand at a few. They are pretty easy to do. Mine are a little smaller, the size of [...]

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Felt Sugar Cookies

by Marie March 1, 2008

These dainty little treats are a hit in the kitchen, a play kitchen that is. My kids puts these on a small tray I bought at the dollar store and bring them to us to taste. Follow my how-to for these fun Felt Sugar Cookies. First, you will need felt, embroidery thread, needle, and batting. [...]

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Here Comes the Sun Quilt

by Marie February 19, 2008

It’s finished! I am done with the quilt that I started almost a month ago. Here were the quilt colors from a previous post. Now they are put all together in a fun pattern that was easy and fun. I love it and think it turned out great, all vintage looking. I am naming it [...]

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Quilting Bug

by Marie January 19, 2008

I have got the quilting bug and I’m ready to make a new quilt. As a self-taught quilter and sewer, I picked up a few things from Mom and I have taken a quilting class at one point, but mostly just giving it a try. I know fabric from a good quilt shop is much [...]

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Primitive Stitchery

by Marie November 9, 2007

When I became pregnant with child number one, I developed more of my craftiness. That motherly bug really got nestled in. I soon wanted to learn how to cross-stitch with my stitching hoop, needle, and thread. I bought one of those $1 kits at the dollar store, cross-stitching a Dinosaur. I kept it for a [...]

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Two Holidays in One

by Marie November 7, 2007

I have had my kitchen table for too long, but it is not quite time to replace it. So I needed to cover it and give it a little color. I wanted to make a fall placemat, but I also wanted to make a Christmas placemat for the next month. I decided to combine the [...]

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I Was Running!

by Marie August 29, 2007

I was running and running and running. I really felt like Forrest this last weekend as my family and I ran the Hood to Coast relay race in Oregon. We ran 197 miles in the most beautiful areas of Oregon. From Mount Hood, through Portland, country roads, and finishing at the beach. It was so [...]

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The Shop Around the Corner

by Marie August 13, 2007

I love the movie You’ve Got Mail. Meg Ryan is at her best in romantic comedy fashion. My favorite parts are the scenes in the Shop Around the Corner. I love those little specialty shops. They are all about their charm. I just want to eat up all the children’s books on the shelves. And [...]

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Little Girl’s Nursery

by Marie August 10, 2007

When I was first pregnant with my first daughter, almost 2 years ago, I thought she was going to be the color yellow. But as it goes, all I had were pink clothes and she is a girl. So I changed my thinking and picked a Pink and Green room for her nursery. I got busy [...]

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Fun Felt Letter Pillows

by Marie July 12, 2007

This is probably one of my favorite projects. (Again inspired from Martha.) The kids love to spell their name with these fun felt letters. You can even make extra letters to make new words, even the whole alphabet. I have done this project in my church with the 10-11 year old girls and they learned how to [...]

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