Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A Christmas tea towel

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I made this for my friend Fuchsia for the Christmas in July swap.  It's from the Twelve Days of Christmas pattern set from Crabapple ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A "Christmas caravan" ornament

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Our Canadian and British friends call this a "caravan".  Here in the states we are more likely to call it a camper  or camping t...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Rudolph Day for July

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From the parcel ... handmade magnets by Fuchsia Rudolph Day for July was uneventful as far as doing any Christmas crafting went, but i...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Christmas tea wallet

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One Christmas my daughter Carrie made me a lovely little tea wallet. I have enjoyed it so much. One day I was looking at it and thought tha...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Christmas in July!

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Today is July 25, Christmas in July! This year I was blessed to be able to take part in a Christmas in July gift exchange at a Christmas cra...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Quote of the day

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I was just browsing through one of my favorite Gooseberry Patch books, Good for You! It's a summery book full of all kinds of fun and...

A little repurposing project

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I am taking a chance posting this, but I doubt that either my 3-year-old or 5-year old granddaughter looks at my Christmas blog very often. ...

The Rudolph Day that wasn't

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Yes, Rudolph Day for June -- the 25th, of course -- was on the calendar all right, but I just didn't manage to accomplish anything Chris...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

May 25 ~ Rudolph Day

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Rudolph Day for May was somewhat underwhelming. Wednesdays are always a really busy day for me, with quite a bit of time spent out of the h...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

April 2011 ~ Rudolph Day

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Rudolph Day for April was yesterday. Mondays are always very busy days for me, but I planned ahead and made sure Rudolph Day was special an...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Quote for the day

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"No matter what the calendar tells us, somehow in a crafter's heart and hands it is ever 'a little bit of Christmas'."...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

March 2011 ~ Rudolph Day

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Yesterday, the 25th, was "Rudolph Day" for March. At the Christmas craft forum I frequent, we are encouraged to plan ahead and cr...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Pattern for crocheted chocolate doughnut!

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Debbie asked if I would be willing to share the pattern for the crocheted doughnut which can be seen in the post "More Fun With Felt Fo...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

A few more details from vintage cards

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Here are just a very few more of the vignettes and greetings from my vintage Christmas card collection: This was the cover to a 1960s photo ...