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Last night we had a great local get-together to play with the February kit from Cocoa Daisy (a really fun collection of products put together by CD...

Going through my entire collection of scrapbook layouts a couple weeks back ( read here for details ) was quite an experience. Now that things have...

Working this morning and came across this: and this: Both from last summer. Both totally imperfect pictures. Both make me really, really happy.

One of my favorite places for finding crafty goods online is etsy. It's kinda like going into Goodwill or a thrift store - you never really know wh...

Inspiring me lately (from my Flickr favorites): 1. IMG_1230.jpg, 2. Day 181 - Summer needs to hurry up., 3. i always liked these seats, 4. Obama co...

We are having another local (western Oregon) get-together this Thursday night @ 6:30pm. Playing with the February Cocoa Daisy kit. Check out Emily'...

Here's what's good right now: 1. Just being at home. 2. Listening to Simon sound out words as he learns to read. 3. Chris orienting a new employee....

yoga self portrait : camera sitting on floor using the timer Hello mid-February, what have you done with m y word? This morning I decided to go loo...

CHA Experience 2008 The Craft + Hobby Association trade show is a BIG show. It literally takes days to walk through and it is completely possible t...

Just returned home from the Craft + Hobby Association trade show in Anaheim. Look for a show update later today.

1. Fiskars fingertip kraft knife. Have been using this for awhile now + am loving the precision I am getting from this tool - especially around the...

This weekend's project is inspired by Margaret's heart collage (just right for Valentine's Day) and Australian artist Catherine Swan's beautiful pa...

This is what it looks like when you remove all of your layouts from the hodge-podge of albums holding them: This is all of them. All of my layouts ...

Introducing a new weekly Tuesday feature: Three Things. Three new products that have caught my attention this week: 1. American Crafts Detailed Lay...

Today, in our quarantined little house (Simon has definitely joined Chris with the flu - I am still hanging on to health), we are definitely paying...

Spent some time with Chris at Urgent Care yesterday - after chest x-rays, blood work, strep test, etc...he has the flu (his fever spiked over 104)....

A couple weeks ago I read a post by Andrea over at Hula Seventy where she detailed 36 things that happened to her over the last year (she has a tra...

A new edition of the AEzine/Life Art newsletter went out yesterday. If you are not receiving it by email you can check it out here in the archives....