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Oil tanned laptop bag

By on May 29, 2019

Well, it happened. I got a job. No more sleeping in, drinking coffee and checking Facebook for the first half of the day. 😉 No…now I have to actually use my brain again! It should be interesting and challenging, which is something my last job wasn’t for several years. I’m looking forward to it! Now, […]

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April in Review

By on May 7, 2019

Well, April just flew by. We had some out of town shenanigans, lots of snow, the big melt, and running around. The boy started high school boys volleyball, so two volleyball kids meant lots of games and tournaments. I am also still looking for gainful employment, so that has been tons of fun. 😉 Here […]

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Momentary Ink tattoo

By on April 26, 2019

I saw an ad on Instagram for some different temporary tattoos from a company called Momentary Ink. These are like your normal temporary tattoos that you give the kids, only it has a “de-glossing” liquid you put over the top of them. They also are “sticky” when you put them on your skin, so they […]

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Hip/Crossbody Bag DIY

By on April 25, 2019

There are times when I am just not interested in lugging my purse around.  In these moments, it is nice to have a hip bag that I can put my phone, keys, etc. into and free up my shoulder from the burden of my overstuffed purse. There are TONS of inspiration and ideas on Pinterest […]

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Wear-all-the-blacks weekend wardrobe capsule

By on April 19, 2019

When I was deciding what I wanted to pack for my weekend trip to Cincinnati for our friends’ bar opening, I started to go through my closet. I am definitely in a “black phase”, so I decided to steer myself in that direction. The weather there was a bit warmer than here, so I opted […]

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Bathroom update

By on April 3, 2019

After about 15 years, it is time to repaint a bathroom right? This was a long time in coming. I was actually thinking that I had painted the bathroom this year, but it was in October. How time does fly. This was what it looked like before: I painted the room in two colors. One […]

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Skulls, skulls, skulls

By on March 22, 2019

I seem to have a bit of an affinity for fabrics with skulls on them. Last year Twisted Needle Textiles had the perfect round for me, too! Lots of skulls, so I purchased several different fabrics in different bases and even ordered more when they had a rerun round. This fabric was from the first […]

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New laptop bag

By on March 17, 2019

After going to a job interview downtown, and wanting to bring my laptop over some downtime, I realized that my laptop bag had seen better days. The straps were ripping off the pleather…which happens with pleather. I decided to make myself a new laptop bag out of a white calfhide side I purchased last year […]

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New design and pillows

By on March 6, 2019

I had another set of pillows on my “to do” list, and that was for our sectional.  It kind of needs pillows to lean against and all the pillows we have are small.  I made them several years ago.  I decided to design a pattern for them, and ended up making 4 different patterns.  One […]

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New pillows

By on February 24, 2019

I have a list of things I have wanted to get sewn up over the time I am on hiatus from working (i.e. unemployed).  One thing on the list was some big pillows for the 1.5 chair in the basement by the fire.  It is a deep chair and really needs to have some pillows. […]

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