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Category Archives: Making Things
~:: Things Made ::~
Finding gifts for grownups. Tough. While you may still be able to slip in a Matchbook car, trying to figure out which video camera accessory or computer component or even sweater or Sephora product is going to do the job … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Making Things
Tagged Chaz, deer, fox, Gin, making things, muslin, paint, sheep, treasure chest
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~:: On Making Things ::~
I wonder, sometimes, how many stupid things I say in a day. How many things that make total sense to me, but that can be, and will probably be, construed differently by the people I say them to? Considering the … Continue reading
~:: 2014 Ornament Bash ::~
okay. I can’t remember when we started this party. I think it was probably 1979. I may have explained explained the origins of this crazy n0w-tradition in other posts; my father and mother (I really I have to say this surprises me; … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Christmas, Events, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Stuffed things, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas party, friends, ornaments
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~:: What is the Grandmother Doing? ::~
Yeah – it’s been an age since I entered anything here. But then, it’s been an age since I started doing genealogy again. I finished a long-time dream: the book of my darling mother’s life. Turned out to be some … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Doing Things, Family, Fun Stuff, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The g-kids
Tagged Andy, Cammon, dresses, fall, Gigi, Guy, Halloween, Lorri, Scooter, sewing
30 Comments
~:: December Making ::~
More evening light in the middle of the afternoon. This is what my studio looks like at Christmas. Sewing machine, organic bits of this and that, inorganic bits of this and that – Here is a little deer. I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Fun Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons
Tagged deer, dress, fabric, fish, paint, presents, robes, sewing, snowflakes, stools, wood
16 Comments
~:: Christmas Fête 2013 ::~
I didn’t shoot a lot of images of anything this year. But I did remember to ask to borrow one of Cam’s photo lights so that I could shoot the Christmas Party ornaments – so you guys could see them … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Events, friends, Fun Stuff, holidays, Making Things, The kids
Tagged Christmas party, crafts, friends, ornaments
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~:: Odd Gifts by Hand ::~
For those who choose to live in far-away places (even not so very far-away is far), gifts have to be chosen or made and wrapped and in some way conveyed across space long before the Great Holiday happens. I really … Continue reading
Posted in Felt stuff, holidays, Making Things, Stuffed things, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged Christmas, fish, Gin, Perry, presents
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~:: Inversion ::~
A day late, and in this economy – lucky to be a dollar short. But here is my traditional Valentine’s greeting, to all who have been kind and patient with me – my dear friends, my lovely valentines! Finally: the … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, dumb stuff, holidays, Light, Making Things, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids, whining
Tagged Christmas lights, dogs, fog, ice, sledding, smog, snow, Valentine
29 Comments
~:: The Ornament Bash ::~
Here it is: an account of one raucous night in the company of greedy pirates and unprincipled chess players. ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and all through the place. All the children were scrambling, with wire and with lace . … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Events, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Making Things, photo games, The kids
Tagged food, friends, fun, ornaments, party
39 Comments
~:: The Christmas Projects ::~
Okay, so I decided to make some handmade presents this year. You remember the camels. And the dress I made for Andy? And there are a few other things that will show up in the Party post. I swore years … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Family, friends, holidays, Making Things, Pics of Made Things
Tagged Hobbs, ornaments, painted furniture, reed deer, stools, stuffed ponies, Sultan, tags, woven deer
40 Comments