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First Impressions
Several years ago Michelle encouraged me to start a blog. Actually, encouraged is a very nice way of saying she was hounding me to start writing. "Mom, I know you’ll love it. It will get you…
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Fleece Applique Blanket
We get tons of emails from our readers. Sometimes they have questions, sometimes their kind words make us blush, and sometimes they simply WOW us! This falls into the category of WOWing us! I got this email…
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Time for a Change
On the surface, Michelle and I are as different as night and day. (Think Gilmore Girls!) By the time Michelle was 5 years old, she always held onto motel keys for me, because I was…
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My Vacation Project – Fireplace Redo
NOTE: If you were looking for some guidelines for painting brick, scroll down to the bottom of the blog. Michelle added the technique she used! Amidst all the holiday cheer we took some time to finish…
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Beginning Winter Wonderland
Ahhh, today is our first day getting back into our normal routines. We had a joyful holiday season but as I so often am, I am sooo ready to get into our normal pattern of…
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Happy New Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing everyone a wonderful 2011 full of love, peace and a generous helping of crafty goodness! See everyone back here next week! Fondly, Kimara and Michelle
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Christmas Blessings
Luckily for us our holiday visitors came early. We picked up our son Adam at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and Drew, Meghan and the Little Lady, joined us at noon on Wednesday. Needless to say,…
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Christmas Coffee Cake
In my kids’ minds, you don’t get to claim a new age on your birthday until you blow out the candles on your cake. Apparently, it is the actual act of blowing out the candles…
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Living Crafts Magazine Give Away Winner
WOW! Judging by how many people entered this give away, it’s easy to see that you share our love of Living Crafts Magazine. It is obvious the moment you pick up a copy and start leafing through…
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Advent Week 4 – Room for a Little One
WEEK 4 – Birth of Baby Jesus The book: Room for A Little One The craft: Nativity with Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus (using 2 large people bodies and 1 boy peg with assorted fabric…
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Paper Poinsettia Wreath Directions Kids Craft
Any child that can hold a pair of scissors can help make this Paper Poinsettia Wreath. Even younger children can help with the gluing. The end result is lovely and would make a special…
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Living Crafts Magazine Give Away
The Give Away is now closed to new entries. The winner will be announced tomorrow, Tuesday, December 21 🙂 For subscription info for Living Crafts click HERE! Okay… are you ready for the bestest give…
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Log Cabin Coloring Page
Here’s another coloring page for the wee ones. Print out our Log Cabin Coloring Page on regular or water color paper. Instructions for water coloring can be find HERE. The Log Cabin Coloring Page can be found HERE. Enjoy!…
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Nativity Coloring Page
Click here to download the Nativity Coloring page.
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Log Cabin Applique Block
Whether you live in an apartment, condo, or house, the place we call “home” is often an alias for “family”. Our home is where we gather with our family at the end of the day.…
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Gingerbread House
This week’s project was building a gingerbread house. My kids were very excited to get started on this one. We braved the bitter cold and went out to buy a gingerbread form kit (ie the…
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Pancake Men
Every family has their favorite traditional foods they make for Christmas. In Michelle’s house, Christmas breakfast always includes a birthday cake for Baby Jesus. Although pancake men are not a part of our holiday celebration,…
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Gnome Love Tote Give Away Winner
We drew a name at random for the Gnome Love Tote Bag Give Away and the winner is… Submitted by Lindsey on Sat, 12/11/2010 – 01:43. I love this design! We love gnomes at our…
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Advent Week 3 – Christmas in the Big Woods
WEEK 3 – Celebrating With Family The book: Christmas in the Big Woods The craft: A Gingerbread House The recipe: Pancake men The applique: a log cabin Over the years I’ve made this observation… the…
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Gnome Love Tote Give Away!
EDIT: This give away is now closed. Thanks to everyone that entered. We will announce the winner shortly. Good luck to all! This is a spur of the moment give away!!! The other day…
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Poinsettia Coloring Page
Print out our Poinsettia Coloring Page on regular or water color paper. Instructions for water coloring can be find HERE. The Poinsettia Coloring Page can be found HERE. Enjoy! Check out our complete collection of…
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Mock Sopapillas Recipe Dessert
For this week’s Advent Activities we made this Mock Sopapillas Recipe. Yum! In the book, The Legend of the Poinsettia, by Tomie dePaola… “At home Lucida helped Mama clean their casita-their little house-and pat out the…
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Wear Your Gnome Love
My mom made a request, actually it was more of a passing comment… she wanted a Wee Folk Art tote bag to carry around some of her crafty supplies. So I went off and designed…
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Advent Poinsettia Applique Block
I realize that I shared a Poinsettia Applique Block a few weeks ago. Basically, for that block I simply took the poinsettia I made for the Christmas Poinsettia Garland and “flattened” it. I think I would…
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