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Tutorial: life skills for journal keeping

How to make keeping a journal fun: 1. Keep good art and writing supplies handy- having assorted colors and types of writing utensils will make you look forward to filling those empty pages. There is nothing as boring as a entire book filled with text in black ink from a Bic Ultra round stic grip […]

food, kitchen, projects

Tomato Soup, straight from the garden

I’ll just start out by saying- it’s shameful indeed when a recipe calls for canned tomatoes (canned anything if you ask me) unless you live at a South Pole research station or in an underground shelter, you can just as easily pick up fresh ingredients at the store as a can off the grocery story […]

design, fabric, fashion, projects, sewing

A vintage dress for Homecoming

My daughter picked out this pattern from my collection for her homecoming dress, just fine as I’ve been interested in giving it a try. Blue taffeta for the fabric, pretty easy to work with and washable too. The tough part- getting those scallops to work and lay flat with no puckers when all is turned […]