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scavenger: funky pinecone My neighbor brought me a pine cone he found while walking his dog. Isn’t it cool? I’m not sure what kind of tree it could have come from; my neighbor said there were no other...
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home tour: our new home
Last night, after much nail-biting, we reached “mutual acceptance” on our condo, which means we sold our condo and bought our new home! We get our keys August 31. Without further ado, here’s a tour of...
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stash-bust: placemats and coasters from remnants
More small remnants from my fabric stash have been turned into coasters. I also had some larger remnants to make two placemats. What baffles me is that I bought this fabric ages ago to make placemats,...
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cool home decor idea
I love this! Hubby and I spotted this at West Elm in South Lake Union. It’s in the hall outside their bathroom, which means somebody went to the effort to decorate a hallway most customers aren’t going...
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DIY scrap garland
I made a very long scrap garland, and hung it from the pipe in my classroom! It was quite simple: 1. Cut or rip scraps into strips about 5″ x 1″. 2. Scrunch a few scraps under the presser foot of your...
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books to check out
By Holly Becker By Shane Powers Hubby and I walked into the South Lake Union West Elm last week to poke around, and I found these books, which I’m going to check out from the library. I‘ll let you guys...
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what kind of paper snowflakes would celeste cooning make?
I first met Celeste Cooning at the Gay Wedding Expo last year. She was standing in front of this huge, stunning piece of paper that had cut designs all over it. I asked her if the paper was laser-cut....
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get your chic on
Added three new books to my library queue! These were spotted at a home decor boutique in Gastown (Vancouver, BC). I gotta say, Vancouver’s home boutiques are way more trendy and glitzy than Seattle’s!...
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- –– fringed napkin –– -
I had a remnant of Amy Butler’s Cameo fabric left over and made a napkin. I love the fabric too much not to put it to good use. This is the first blue napkin I’ve added to our dining room collection...
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lladybird made me do it!
I re-upholstered our dining room chairs! I went for blue, stormy, ocean. I saved a lot of money by purchasing remnant pieces instead of by-the-yard, which means they’re all mis-matched. All the same...
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