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It’s been a year…

3 Apr

Hi friends...I apologize in advance but this is not a crafting related post at all but something I've been needing to write about just to get my thoughts down somewhere.  I'll be back tomorrow with a fun blog hop but I hope you'll excuse me today.  A year ago today I lost a big piece of my heart ... View Post

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Happy 1st Birthday Rogue!

17 Apr

With a houseful of rescued pets we tend to celebrate adoption days rather than pet birthdays...but that's primarily because we don't actually know the birthdays of our dogs or rabbit.  We still don't know the exact date for Rogue but we've got a much firmer idea.  We adopted her on June 20th and was ... View Post

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avery elle, kuretake gansai tambi, mft stamps, rogue

Jessica Lynn Original: Shelties!

24 Feb
Jessica Lynn Original sheltie www.allthesparkle.com

Last summer I was up late one night and started searching online for sheltie stamps...it led me to Jessica Lynn Original!  I love her AKC dog series and was so excited to see that she was releasing a new sheltie stamp set.  I have a few more cards to complete but I wanted to share this ... View Post

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Snow Day!

21 Feb
tricolor sheltie www.allthesparkle.com

Happy snow day! Well, I always hope for one REALLY good snow each year (...then I'm totally ready for spring) and I think today was it for this winter!  They were forecasting anywhere from an inch to 10 inches the past few days and we've definitely got close to 9 and it's still coming down. ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #4: Anything Goes

28 Dec

Well I'm back after a technical hiatus...I didn't get to post my card last week but I really enjoyed seeing all of your cards!  This week the Christmas Card Challenge was "Anything Goes" and I'm sharing the Christmas card I created for our local veterinarian.  We (and our pets) love the staff at ... View Post

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Rogue update and eventual bathroom art…

9 Aug

Rogue has officially been a member of our home for about 6 weeks!  She quickly took command of our canine family members but remains quite afraid of the rabbit.  It's been amusing watching her integrate into our normal routine...although she's in for a bit of a shock when Steve starts the school ... View Post

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600 miles in 36 hours…

28 Jul

This weekend was quite jam-packed; we headed to Pittsburgh Friday morning, came home Saturday morning, and then drove two hours down Skyline Drive for a wedding gig Saturday afternoon.  That's the short version... Steve and I have been trying to plan a trip out to the Pittsburgh area to visit ... View Post

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cooking, gigs, pets, summer, travel

I’m famous!?!!?!! (no, not really…)

16 Jul

Well, it's almost 9:00 AM and I've officially been up for 21 hours.  For those doing the math, yes, I didn't wake up until noon yesterday...blame it on our Game of Thrones marathon Monday night.  Then add in Tuesday's trip to the drive-in until 1:15 AM (and we left early...Transformers 4 was NOT a ... View Post

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