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Upcycled Holiday Crafts You Can Make From What You Found in the Couch Cushions
Green or eco-friendly crafts for children using recycled or upcycled (repurposing a waste material into a product of higher quality materials) are plentiful this holiday season. In addition to being...
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It was cold last night, yet I was warm while I slept because my dog Jake curled up right next to me. Today, the dogs will greet my every return to the house (even if I just went out to the mail),...
View ArticleAnd thus, I begin.
And here I begin, my first post on BlogHer.I am a happily single woman who is uncomfortably close to middle age, living in the suburbs with my aging parents. I have no children, and that's by...
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Gather the Family for Some Handmade Christmas Ornament Fun
It's days before Christmas, a major snow storm has hit the US Eastern coast, H1N1 is still ravaging its way around the world. For a number of reason families are spending time at home with all this...
View ArticleCrafting and Gardening Goals: Looking Back and Forward
I've spent the last week alternating between looking backward at '09 searching for the highlights of this year and trying to look forward searching out events to anticipate. It's an exercise as...
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5 Steps to ROCKING Your Resolution in 2010!
Asking "What's your New Year's resolution?" is so 2009. We're asking you a more relevant and important question: How will you keep it? Let this not be a resolution that goes in one year and out the...
View ArticleFour Years of Crafting and Gardening at BlogHer: My Favorite Posts
We are celebrating five years of BlogHer (and have you contributed to #blogher5 yet?) As one of the original contributing editors, I've been writing here since January, 2006. In a reflective mood, I...
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February Is National Embroidery Month
Along with hearts, groundhogs and dead presidents, February is a month to celebrate embroidery. Here are some pointers to tempt you into picking up needle and thread and making your mark on...
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Knitting for charities with author Debbie Macomber
Ever wonder how you and fellow knitters can raise funds for a charity by knitting? Avid knitter and bestselling author Debbie Macomber's book Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Charity Guide for...
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Tissue Paper Pom-Poms
Last June I threw a bridal shower for my best friend, and I wanted it to be all things pretty and girly. This was also going to be the only bridal shower for her wedding, and it was going to be big,...
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