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In the garden, nature time for yard work

We had a very productive weekend.  Saturday morning Victoria and I worked in the front yard moving dirt that the gophers moved while creating their ...
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Nature’s Colored Eggs Decorating Easter Eggs

What is your favorite way to decorate eggs for Easter baskets?  Do you hard boil them or do you prefer to hollow them out and ...
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Handmade Easter Cards

I love flowers!  Though as I have mentioned in previous posts, I do not bring them indoors or get too close to them for very ...
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Tolkien Reading Day

It is almost Tolkien Reading Day!  Which ones are your favorite? Do you have a preferred way to use and display book quotes? I chose ...
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Printing Block for National Panda Day

We always enjoyed watching the pandas at the zoo.  Sometimes they would be sleeping in the oddest position in the trees, it’s a wonder that ...
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Celebrate International Women’s Day

Time to celebrate our day!!!!!  This rubber stamp in an oldie (so is the card I made) but a goodie.  I love the exuberance of ...
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Recycling Deli Sandwich Bags

Over the last few months I have found myself with an abundance of deli sandwich bags.  I tell myself it is because we are doing ...
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Compass Adventures

I had an adventure this week going from my eye doctor appointment to a place I have never been to.  I am one those that ...
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Mixed Media Techniques – An Artist Date

The Joy of Messy Hands! One way to get new ideas flowing is to have an “art time” meeting with myself.  Of course adding family ...
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Lunar New Year Bookmarks

I enjoy distributing small red envelopes to friends and co-workers for the Lunar New Year. They are a fun way to add to the celebration.  ...
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Quick and Easy Craft – Collage Valentine Pocket

This is a great project that children also enjoy making. It is also a recycling project using old magazines and scrap packing cardboard or poster ...
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Journal for Organizing Art and Craft Projects

I found this journal at my local bookstore. I renamed it “project planner” and I adjusted some of the categories to fit my organizing style, ...
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