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This is my next attempt using 2″ long fabric strips with the rug canvas. I think I prefer this length. Now I’m going to make a color plan. I want to make concentric rectangles....

So I got my big piece of rug canvas – it’s 60″ x 36″ and I have to do something with it. I want to try locker hooking (see my earlier post) but I...

Our neighborhood has a Halloween Phantom that roams around, rings your doorbell, and leaves goodies on the doorstep. I love this “new” Halloween fad.  I get the biggest kick out of seeing the treats...

I’d read really good reviews about the book “Pride and Prejudice and  Zombies” by Seth Grahame-Smith, and it is pretty hilarious.  Of course, it’s more funny if you know the story of P&P first...

I finished Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” and I was very, very impressed. Of course, it was a thrilling, page-turning story. But it was the meticulous research that’s mind-blowing to me. While I was...

In the Creative Home Arts club magazine, there were some craft projects using memory wire to make bracelets.  I thought that looked like fun and wanted to try it (granted, I think alot of...

I bought this book through my crafting book club, and I can’t wait to try it.  Locker hooking is kinda the reverse of latch hooking (which I did as a teenager and I still...

Today I’m doing Fall cleaning on my websites. I have to check all the “shops” on my Favorite Online Shops blog and website. Some have changed shopping carts so the current links don’t work....

As I said in an earlier post, I’m a snackoholic, and I graze all through the day.  I tend to eat a smaller lunch, then have a snack in the afternoon to hold me...

My sister gave me this as a gift last Christmas, and I’ve just finished reading it now. It’s such fun – riddles within riddles. The descendants of John Dee pass down a secret from...