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December 31, 2010

Pillows

From my personal bookmarked to-do list - 

A few pillows - -


Roadtrip pillowcases from Amazing Mae:
Felt Circle Pillows from Someday Crafts via Diary of a Quilter:



ZigZag Pillow at Ucreate from Make It Do - you've got to see how they iron and sew those zigzags - who knew!


And all the pillows over on Make It and Love It!!
     
   




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Quilts

From my personal bookmarked to-do list -

I haven't made a quilt but I really want to get into quilting - - some that have caught my eye:

Puff Quilt from HoneyBear Lane - wow!

How to Stipple on quilts from Little Birdie Secrets:


Whirlygig Quilt from Quilting on Turtle Hill - I already bought fabric for this one:


Selvedge Quilt from Pleasant Home (how many years would it take to save all those selvedges?!?)
2010 Scrappy Quilt

Quilting a Table Runner at Sew Mama Sew:

And a blanket (not quilt) - faux chenille technique at MADE:




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December 30, 2010

Braided Barrettes

From my personal bookmarked to-do list - 

Braided Ribbon Barrettes from A Girl in Paradise


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Temple Block

From my personal bookmarked to-do list -

Temple Block at Lil' Luna:


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Casserole Dish Carrier

From my personal bookmarked to-do list -

Casserole Dish Carrier shown on Little Birdie Secrets by 2 Little Hooligans:



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December 29, 2010

Crayon Holder

From my personal bookmarked to-do list -

Such an inviting Crayon Holder from Mom's Crafty Space:




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New Years Stuff

If you have a few minutes for something crafty for New Years, you should see the various hat ideas at Tatertots and Jello - worth checking out!

 Also, as you're preparing for 2011, you'll want to print off this cute calendar over at Switcheroom -
(obviously, there's all months - here's just a teaser....)




And if you want more, there's a whole list of free printable calendars over at Skip To My Lou - so cute!


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Showing Off

 Let's jump right into the fun of Showing Off from the link-up yesterday:

Simply Designing has a cute ball for New Year's - love it!:

At Second Street made bags with upholstry fabric - nice and sturdy:


Home Hinges tell us we can get rid of the decor we didn't use (seriously, I'm just like her - half my boxes are still filled with stuff I didn't put out this year - why do I think I need to keep it!?!?)
Stacks of boxes

Yum, Taco dip over at Between 3 Sisters - we make this a lot and call it "Page 30 Dip" because years ago that's page it was in my mom's new recipe book:


Little Eme whipped up a cute monster softie - great job!

Potholes and Pantyhose made an arsenal of rubberband guns:

 Welcome Sunshine Home showed off these yummy chocolates - I like to make bon bons and now I need to!

Of course I had to show off these greeting snowmen over at Keeping It Simple because Kaysi was inspired by the ones I showed on this blog a couple of weeks ago - aren't hers cute?!? (check out her tutorial - the hats are made of gloves!)


Rae Gun Ramblings made this heart dress for a special little girl - love the details:

And since I started with a New Year's idea, let's end with one - - a banging drum, shown over at Sassy Sites:


Most Viewed link??? - there are 6 tied for the top spot - weird!!  Congrats to you all!!


etcetorize.blogspot.com/201...New Years Fascinator



twininspiration.blogspot.co...Starbucks Cozy Tutorial



thesewingdivaandherreluctan...quilting on the go bag



welcomesunshinehome.blogspo...Simple Handmade Chocolates



thequickunpick.blogspot.com...Stitched Photo Canvas Tutorial



plumslife.blogspot.com/2010...Ideas for Next Year




Thanks for linking everyone!!  If you were featured feel free to grab the button:






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December 28, 2010

Testing, Testing

Hello out there - - I've been tweaking my blog sizes so I can fit the pictures on as "x-large" if I want (have you noticed - there's such a jump from "large" to "x-large" - I wish there was a "mid-large" option - anyone want to relay that message to blogger for me??  while you're at it, I have the same issue with the text sizes "normal" and "large" - such a jump!)

Here's an extra-large picture (we eat breakfast Christmas morning upstairs in our bedroom to prolong the Santa anticipation - love it!) - I got it to fit, but I had to stretch all the white space on my blog.

So, can you tell me, am I cutting any of you off??  I still see plenty of the turquoise dot background, but I know on my mom's computer she sees less than me -  is there anyone out there who's screen can't view the whole main-area (where I write the posts, with a white background) on my blog??  thanks in advance for the input - - -


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