Designed for Compost, Engineered to Last

Today’s title courtesy of: http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=compost  It is a fun site where you put in a word and it will spit out all sorts of phrases.  Check it out, it’s fun and funny.
We began our compost pile’s makeover today.  We’re probably going to build at least one more bin, maybe two for it, but it is [...]

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The Beach Dress!

Sewing has slowed down because I have been working on L3’s birthday sweater (front and back done as of this afternoon!) and have been designing a pattern for L4, inspired by this dress from miniBoden.  Designing the pattern took a while (because I was procrastinating about it), but I finally have a finished product. 
 
It’s my [...]

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Treats for me!

Since being a small child, I’ve always loved when the mail comes, and especially the UPS truck.  Today I received not one, but three lovely packages in the mail.

Package number 1: Amy Butler fabric in the form of 5″ x 5″ quilt squares.  They will be going toward all sorts of vague projects floating around [...]

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For the Love of Gaia . . .

We rode our bikes, trailing kids, to BJs this morning to get some of our groceries for the week.  If you’re counting, that’s two things to reduce our carbon footprint.

We rode about 10 miles rather than driving.
We’re buying in bulk to reduce the amount of packaging for the products we purchase.

And, of course, we got [...]

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Love at First Stitch

Last night I tried my hand at a new craft, embroidery.  I have always loved embroidered objects, have done some cross-stitch and some wonky embroidery on a grocery bag that we used to have, and sadly, lost.  Anyway, I’ve been thinking about it for weeks now, and have even had two books on embroidery from [...]

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Tagged as a Thinker!

I got my first tag and meme!  KABs tagged me for the Thinking Blogger Award and things to get to know me better.  Here I go!
Five Blogs that Make me think, in alphabetical order from my blogroll:
1.  Going Crunchy: I love seeing what others are doing to be more environmentally conscious.
2. SouleMama: Her creative energy [...]

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A Cursed Sock (and some other noncursed things, too)

Three times was not a charm. Turning the heel for the second time on this sock, and getting through the gusset before realizing that 1) I didn’t do enough decreases for the gusset, 2) The yarn was beginning to pool, and 3) I was not happy with how the pattern was coming out all [...]

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Simple Pleasures

Finished objects! (Tuscany and Weekend Getaway Satchel)
Garage sales as treasure hunts (even if you don’t fine what you were looking for)
Reducing your carbon footprint and exercising at the same time (we rode bikes to pick up the kids from daycare one afternoon this past week)
Drying laundry on the line–yeah free solar power!!
Watching and hearing the [...]

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Refashion Debut

It’s my first time changing one item into something else. I’m calling it the Good Will shirt because that’s where I bought it (for about 1-1.50).
From this:

To this:

Ta-da!
Update: Because I was in a hurry/excited about this I didn’t post enough information earlier.  This was made for L4 using Simplicity 5118 pattern.  I can’t take [...]

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Wishing for a Pensieve

For those HP fans out there, have you ever wished for a pensieve, that magical bowl where you can store your thoughts?  After reading your comments, I felt as though I needed one so that I could hold and think about all that people had said.

If I can make some of my concepts come to [...]

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