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Christmas Wishes
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN Wishing all of our Christian friends and their families a most blessed and joyous Christmas and for all of our other friends, hoping the joy of the season…
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Miles to Go Before I Sleep
I must admit as a young child I did not read much poetry. Oh, sure, I had learned most of the nursery rhymes by heart and marveled at lines like “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” and…
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Layered Peppermint Bark with Salt
One of my family’s favorite treats at Christmas is Peppermint Bark. It is very easy to make, festive looking, and happily for Fairy-girl… gluten free. It also makes a nice gift to share with teachers…
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Hugs and Kisses Baby Quilt
Soon after my DIL Raewyn found out she was pregnant, she called and asked if I would do her a favor. “Sure”, I said. “Want me to climb a mountain, swim a sea?” I’d do…
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Gingerbread Tree Applique Block
Here is the fourth and final applique from the December Applique Blocks Collection. As always, the Gingerbread Tree Applique was designed to fit on a 6″ x 6″ block, but it can be reduced…
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Nutcracker 2014
We had a very busy but fun weekend. Fairy and Pixie both did a wonderful job in this year’s production of The Nutcracker. It has been a wonderful, jolly sort of chaos the past few…
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Simple Wooden Bead & Felt Christmas Garland
Over the last few years my holiday décor has strayed from the traditional Christmas green and red and has instead incorporated more and more rainbows. The rainbows make me happy, no matter what the season…
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Advent Nativity
No Advent celebration is complete without a Nativity. Here, wooden peg people are turned into simple Joseph, Mary and Jesus figures. Although this is really a craft for 10 year olds and up, even the…
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Fuzzy Boa Scarf
A few years ago I wrote a post called The Song of a Scarf in which I showed how I spun, dyed, and knit a scarf from beginning to end. It included a pattern…
Patterns & Crafts
