Friday, September 10, 2010

Pillowcase grocery totes as a gift

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I seemed to be in a real pillowcase mode with my Christmas gifts for 2009... I made vintage style ones and also embroidered and cross-stitch...

Some crafting from last Christmas

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Okay, I guess I posted these on my regular blog back in January, but I really should have put them here, too. First, here is a train quilt ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Adding labels...

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Quite some time ago my daughter suggested I label the posts here on my Christmas blog so that people could find recipes and crafts more eas...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Most recent crocheted stocking

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I neglected to post this picture before Christmas 2009. I have been making these for my grandchildren for several years now as the new babi...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Some Christmas gift ideas

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Over at the crafters' corner on my favorite Christmas forum, we were brainstorming some ideas that would make use of the items we were c...
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Friday, July 09, 2010

Christmas shopping trip ... in late June

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A couple of weeks ago, Mr. T got out of work early on a Friday. It just so happened that earlier that week I had received an email announci...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Another pretty, practical gift

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Here's a second handmade gift which my daughter Carrie gave me this past Christmas. Again, I am not sure where she found the pattern, b...
Friday, June 18, 2010

A lovely, useful Christmas gift

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Thought I would show, rather belatedly, one of my handmade Christmas gifts from my daughter Carrie. I really need to get the link from her ...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Repurposing a small cross stitch sampler

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Here is sort of an unusual gift I just made. This stitchery piece, originally intended to be a birth sampler, had been languishing in my st...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

A pretty Christmas pin

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This beautiful pin (sorry the photo is slightly blurry) was cross-stitched by my friend Ruth. I don't know what size Aida she used, but...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Fresh-cut pine

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Here is one of my newer Christmas decorations, and one of my favorites. I found it for a bargain price a few years ago at Jo-Ann Fabrics af...

A dish towel gift idea

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Recently I made another set of those fabric-trimmed dish towels for a gift. I decided to post about it here, because of the "gift pack...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Vintage paper bell

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Years ago, my grandmother, who has now passed on, gave me a box of vintage paper goods -- place mats, table cloths, centerpieces, cardboard...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Over the river and through the wood

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Here is one of my very favorite ornaments. It was painted by my friend Marilyn many years ago. The pattern was from a Country Handcrafts ...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Hot Chocolate gift idea

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Found this picture in my "Blog Posts in Progress" folder and thought I would share. It's a couple of jars of my homemade hot ...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Holly Leaf Cookies

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I decided to share this recipe (not sure if I've posted it before or not) because it is the same basic cookie recipe as the one picture...

Decorating my kitchen island for Christmas

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My kitchen "island" -- actually a repurposed shaker-style (but formica-topped) desk made for me by my dad -- is one of my favorite...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Better late than never

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I came across some photos of our 2009 Christmas tree in my "blog posts in progress" folder. Since today is Rudolph Day (the 25th ...

Christmas fabric napkins

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I've been going through my folder of "blog posts in progress" and found these pretty fabric napkins I had made for one of my ...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

A vintage card

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I've been sorting through some old boxes of photos. Every now and then a vintage card will surface among them. Here is the most adorab...
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