Jennifer of Feathers in the Nest is having an amazing Christmas giveaway on her blog. There is a gorgeous photo music box, a couple of beautiful stacking boxes that would be lovely for stash and/or stitching tools, a couple of strawberry pin cushions, and the On Travel with Jane Austen sampler chart from Tanya [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, we actually do get a bit of Autumn here in southern California. ;) I snapped a few pics of the tree outside my home. By this time next week, I’m sure the last of the leaves will be gone. The first of these photos will satisfy PhotoHunt #177 [...]

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Since we are going to be heading into our chilly/rainy season soon, I decided to head down to the beach today. There was a bit of a Pacific storm off-shore, so the surf was supposed to be a bit larger than normal this weekend. I figured this would be a good opportunity to [...]

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In my high school and college years, I was a bit of a photography buff. I took photos for my high school and college student newspapers, and even won an award at an amateur photography contest once.
Recently, I’ve been very inspired in seeing the photos Anne and Dani have been posting on her blogs [...]

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I hope everyone here in the US had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday yesterday. I had a nice day and got to spend some time with the outlaws (my former father-in-law and sister-in-law) which was really nice. We went out to Mimi’s Cafe for a traditional turkey meal, so no one had to do [...]

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For those of us in the United States, today is Thanksgiving Day. I know it can become so easy to get caught up in all the craziness of the day in prepping the big meal, watching all the football games, etc. However, it seems only fitting to really stop and take a [...]

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So the saga continues … this is part two of my new stash acquisitions of late. Given how much I now realized that I’ve picked up in the past month, I’m not sure I really saved anything while on my stash “diet”. ;)

Design: It’s Never Too Late
Designer: Primrose Needleworks

Design: One of Those Days
Designer: [...]

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Ok, so when I started collecting the photos of the new stash I’ve gotten in the past month, I realized there was so much I needed to break it up into two posts. When I fall off the no stash buying wagon, I clearly do it in a big way. [...]

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Before I get to the RAK, let me start by apologizing for not blogging much lately. I was down for a couple of weeks with a severe staph infection in one of my eyes. Since that cleared up, I’ve been caught up in a new book series I’m reading, but more on that [...]

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I posted about this last month, but thought I would post a reminder since there is still time to enter. If you like to cross stitch, the folks over at Janlynn are having a really cool contest. They have paired up with Joey, creator of the Dolly Mamas line, to let a lucky [...]

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