July 26th, 2010 by Karen in Crafty Thoughts on Life, Other/Not Craft Related, Reviews and Recommendations | 1 Comment »
I recently went on a “spending spree” in my neighborhood thrift stores. Our little corner of DC is lucky enough to have three right along the same street within 4 blocks or four-tenths of a mile of each other (I will list them at the end of the post)
So here is my haul:
And here is [...]
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March 7th, 2010 by Karen in Healthy Food Thursdays - Recipes | No Comments »
Should have posted this a few days ago for Healthy Foods Thursday. Oh well…
Here are a few tips that I’ve started employing. I don’t think they’re new, as nothing is new under the sun, but I like them and I want to remind people to use them.
1. Buy frozen orange juice concentrate instead of bottled [...]
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March 5th, 2010 by Karen in Fabric Crafts | No Comments »
Things have been crazy around my house, in good and bad ways, and if I’ve had time to make and work, my projects have been mundane with a lot of assembly line production. But this swatch booklet caught my eye as I was working and I thought I’d share it with you.
I took small index [...]
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January 14th, 2010 by Karen in Crafty Thoughts on Life, Fabric Crafts | No Comments »
I know I have too much fabric already – see this post for proof – but I was faced with some rock-bottom prices in New York this week. I paid about $2.50 for some lovely shirting cottons, and that’s including tax. So I bought 11 yards.
You’ll probably see them in future projects and blog posts, [...]
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