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8. February 2010

And Now, It’s A Sewing Table!

Oh, was there a football game yesterday? We had a nice day lazing around the house. Later in the day we headed out to do errands. The world was a ghost town! I took a walk through Anthropologie and saw the cutest butter dish - ever. Ever! I decided to move some stuff around in my home office. Low & behold, I found [...]

6. February 2010

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Sidewalk Treasures!

I hopped out of bed this morning (at 10AM…) and headed out to an estate sale. Rang the bell 3 times. Nobody home. Grrr. I shook my fist at the sky! Hate when that happens. They must have canceled due to the Snowapocolypse (that hasn’t happened here). We got a light dusting of snow, that’s [...]

4. February 2010

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Crafty Swap (and Beer!)

Last night I went out for beers with a bunch of suppa-creative girls from the world of Publishing & Television. We were out quite late (ouchie, my head). Everyone brought a bag of crafty supplies that they nolonger wanted. You know, scraps of fabric, ribbon, yarn, fancy papers, trim, books, etc. and we sorted through [...]

2. February 2010

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My Swoon Choose.

I love the way little kids say “shoes”. It always comes out choose. Choose indeed! As threatened, I can’t stop taking pictures of those gold shoes. Sigh. They make me swoon. My Swoon Choose. I did contact 2 custom footwear places. OMG. So expensive. I’m sure their craftsmanship is worth every penny, but I can’t personally justify $850+ for a [...]

1. February 2010

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And…I’m Back.

Who’s the crappy blogger? Well, me. Am super excited about a few personal book projects – but they are sucking my evenings and weekends dry. I haven’t had time to work on Renovation Therapy or any of my usual crafty projects. Yeah, I know, world’s smallest violin… LOL! Today. Today. Today. The kitties and I took the [...]

25. January 2010

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Mom’s Haul o’ Hall.

I’m taking credit for this. Mom and I walked into our favorite junk store on Saturday and I spied it immediately. I made that quiet-yell of “MOM! MOM! MOM!”. She knows that sound and slid over to me. I struck gold. Hall gold. Hall’s Autumn Leaf coffee pot and water pitcher was just sitting on the shelf. I [...]

24. January 2010

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Put A Cork In It!

Mom and I went to our favorite junk store this weekend. Mom scored big. Pictures of her big score tomorrow. I found four more of those retro-cool bottle stoppers! That brings me up to a total of 5. Yay!

21. January 2010

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Tiffany & Co. Score @ The GoodWill!

We ran away from home Wednesday and went to Pennsylvania. I don’t know what it says about me that I had nearly enough clothes & toiletries in my office to hop in the car and zoom off. I really should clean out of my office one of these days. Or, take more last minute trips! Today [...]

18. January 2010

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Molasses Cookies! Hurrah!

My Mom makes the best molasses cookies. The best. How good? My nephew Josh insisted that he did not want cake or cupcakes or anything other than Grandma’s molasses cookies for every elementary school birthday party. That good. They’re not very cookie-like to be honest, they are cakey and muffin toppy. I finally wrestled the recipe [...]

17. January 2010

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Cannelle Patisserie

Cannelle Patisserie. Heaven. Love. Butter. Macaron. Napoleon. Croissant. Chocolate. Baguette. Choux Chantilly. I had the chocolate croissant and a macaron. We bought a baguette for later. Yum! Next time, I’m all about the choux chantilly…or the napoleon…or…well. You know. Another chocolate croissant. For lunch I’m going to use their baguette to try and recreate the sandwich I had at Le Grenier de Felix in Paris. Roast chicken, [...]

16. January 2010

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Fairy Light Hijink.

I love good tote bags. I bet I own 15. Really. It’s bad. Perhaps I need a 12 step program? Penny too. She especially loves the LL Bean totes I have. The minute one of the bags is empty – or slight empty – she hops in. LL Bean should just stop manufacturing & marketing pet beds. What discriminating cats [...]

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