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Weekly Dinner Recap #8

13 Nov

Maybe someday I'll post this before half of the next week is over...yeah, it's been a little crazy around here.  Anyway, here goes: Sunday - Lasagna We were on our way home from visiting Heather and Richard and stopped at my in-laws to pick up our pets and have a quick dinner.  My mother-in-law ... View Post

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Oops…

13 Nov

So I'm definitely still learning my way around Wordpress and my blog.  I actually purchased a new url for my blog a few weeks ago but royally screwed up trying to switch it; so now I'm just waiting until I can get assistance to do it correctly.  But apparently during that whole snafu I managed to ... View Post

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Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop 2014, day 3 – take 2

5 Nov

I'm just having way too much fun in this class...finished teaching this evening and went back into my craft room for a few hours.  The first card uses embossing resist and is based on a tutorial taught by Kristina Werner.  I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and snowflakes from stamp sets by ... View Post

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Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop 2014, day 3

5 Nov

I was really looking forward to today's Online Card Class topic and the teachers definitely didn't let me down!  The topic was watercoloring and we got three fabulous tutorials.  I'll probably revisit day 3 on Thursday and do the other techniques but I wanted to share my first attempt at Dawn ... View Post

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Better late than never!

5 Nov

Oops, well I had intended to enter this in the last Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge but I just didn't get it uploaded in time.  However, I really like the way it turned out and I wanted to share it!  The challenge was Partial Die Stamping and it involved stamping an image onto a piece of ... View Post

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Weekly Dinner Recap #7

4 Nov

We were out of town this week so I'm a bit behind... Sunday - Buttermilk Waffles So we're a little addicted to Alton Brown's waffle recipe...Steve likes his plain but I like to add chopped apple, cinnamon, toasted walnuts, and a little chopped sausage to the batter.  After it's cooked I pour a ... View Post

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Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop 2014, day 1 and 2

4 Nov

As usual, I'm having a fabulous time in the newest Online Card Class: Holiday Card Workshop 2014.  Over the summer I actually made about 30 Christmas cards but there's so many wonderful ideas in class that I'm making more!  I HIGHLY recommend checking them out!  Here are my day one cards: ... View Post

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Happy Halloween!

31 Oct

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!  We're looking forward to celebrating Halloween (and last year's Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) with Heather and Richard this weekend!  But first I wanted to share our pets' costume for this year.  I couldn't resist buying these Yoda ears for ... View Post

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