May 2013
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The Last Person I'd Want to Learn Anything From
The Last Person I’d Want to Learn Anything From: A rant. In response to a rant. Just now on Facebook, I discovered a link because my friend and crafts author Susan Beal commented about it: The Dumbing Down of the Quilting and Sewing Industry « LoveBug Studios.
I seriously, passionately, and wholeheartedly disagree with almosteverythi… View Post
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Time to build a fort!
[Owen spent the night at his grandparents' yesterday.] This morning, in our quiet house –
Greg: This peace? We should try to create this when Owen's actually here.
Me: Mmm. Yes. Let's build him a reading fort!
Right now Greg's wrangling some PVC pipe. Later this afternoon we'll figure out how to cover it in fabric, which Owen can help us do.
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Where the Trees' Eyes Came From
Remember when I posted photos of the trees in the woods near my house that had been given ceramic eyes? Rachael found out who did it! Peek-A-Boo, Eye See You | OpenCity Projects. View Post
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Maureen Johnson: COVERFLIP: WHAT NOW? →
Everything about this makes me happy.
maureenjohnsonbooks:
Remember Coverflip? I hope so, because it just happened. But if you don’t know what I’m talking about, click the link or Google it or just make something up in your head.
It got a lot of coverage. First in the United States, the article went slightly supernova on HuffPo, becoming one of…
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A Note About Feed Readers and RSS
Sewing designer Abby Glassenberg recently described RSS* readers as, “the best magazine you could ever imagine. You tailor it to your particular interests, it’s constantly refreshed with new content, and it’s free.“
RSS has been around for a very long… View Post
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So this really bugged the crap out of me...
So this really bugged the crap out of me yesterday. #bewarned #breastisnotalwaysbest First, I was surprised by how utterly nauseating this breast-milk jewelry write-up is. I mean, I’ve got nothing against making bodily fluids into jewelry if that’s your thing — it’s the write-up that got me. A medal for breastfeeding, eh? We once had to… View Post
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Link Love: Thrifted blankets, Comment Trolls and...
Link Love: Thrifted blankets, Comment Trolls, Twin Peaks and more that made me happy over the last week: Things over the last week that made me smile, think and be a better human:
No commentary needed: Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark’s pinboard for Twin Peaks
I bought some vintage Sesame Street bed sheets to make Owen a blanket for the camper(exactly like the ones…
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