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being me. sippin tea.: July 2014
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Kick in the pants. Still loving the sunrise on our back porch! Maybe i have been missing from blog world for a while. it is hard to know sometimes what i want to do. i have actually been busy with projects and family. Really, i have. There are times i just can't decide which direction to go. and,. Most of the time, this causes me to get little done. *sigh*. Yesterday, a friend reminded me that she hasn't seen any updates on my blog. thus, she gave me that 'kick in the pants' i needed. :). A Spoonful of S...
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being me. sippin tea.: the washington post...
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Something exciting has happened! Yesterday, i was featured in an article about floorcloths. that, in and of itself, is exciting no matter when or where it is. but, i was so surprised when it first came in. the washington post online! I don't know what i was expecting. but this is pretty cool. This floorcloth is included in the article. Take a peek at the article here. I even found where it was in an international paper this morning! Today is going to be a great day, don't you think? A Spoonful of Sugar.
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being me. sippin tea.: November 2013
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I am not a native ohioan. but, i have lived here for about 20 years now! Time flies. but, i digress. after living here for that long, it is amazing how much i do NOT know about this state. and one of them was the artwork of charley harper (read about him here. That is until a week ago when fabric based on his artwork arrive in our shop. I wasn't sure if i would like it or not based on pictures. but, it is lovely. and fun! Ok, that bear just looks great with the charley harper pillow, right? Back into the...
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being me. sippin tea.: September 2012
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The new adventure begins. Soooo i mentioned in my last post that we had decided to sell our house, right? Little did i know that we would put our house on the market on thursday, september 13. at noon on friday, september 14th. we sold our house! We figured our home would sell, but we figured it would take a month or two. Sooooo. we have been busy looking for our new place. our new adventure. the place we will cultivate new dreams (and hopefully bees with honey and hens with eggs)! So in one month's time...
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being me. sippin tea.: July 2012
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Whiteside design. and salvage part II. My friend, susie, is quite talented! I had a chance to visit her at her shop located in the black dog salvage shop last week when we were at home (roanoke, va). her interior design business is. This is susie's business! She has such a beautiful selection of furniture coverings, carpet, rugs, and sooo many great misc. accesories! Isn't this furniture amazing? And then. here are some more photos from the Black Dog Salvage Store, too. More stain glass loveliness. At on...
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being me. sippin tea.: kantha quilting
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I discovered a fabulous quilt while surfing on etsy one day. it was not a patchworked quilt, but a simple quilt with one fabric on the back and a different fabric on the front. i fell in love. i needed to make one of these! Soooo for christmas i decided to make my daughter one. A modern twist on a kantha quilt. I really liked the fun colors of the fabrics i picked out. she loves orange, so that needed to be a prominent color in the quilt. i used fabrics from the 'oh, deer' collection by momo. My quilt is...
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being me. sippin tea.: November 2012
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Beautiful envelopes. and our move. Sorry about not posting in so long. here is my story, and i am sticking to it. On september 13, we put our house on the market. time for a new adventure. On september 14, we sold our house. on september 18, we put an offer on a house. On october 19, we closed on the house we were selling. On october 26, we closed on our new house, packed a uhaul, and moved. Raspberry bushes through paper art. Bunting is always cute, right? Well i think so :-). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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being me. sippin tea.: April 2013
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Farming update, etc. The girls enjoying more room and fresh air in their new abode! So, this week, i will post updates to what has been going on in our little part of the world. Today, i will give a follow up on our chickens (ruby, amelia, henrietta, emma, and olive oyl). they are doing great and have now moved out of our basement into their finished coop! Here is the beginning. frame work and putting in hardware cloth (tough wire screen). Homemade windows by my husband! We used reclaimed wood from the.
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