The fragrance of paper whites blooming in my kitchen put the final touch on my pre-Christmas week. This is my favorite time of year. Finishing up handmade presents, playing board games with the girls (every man, woman and child for themselves around here), baking cookies, working on Christmas crafts (I’m on Day 21!), […]

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I’m really embarrassed to be writing about this.
I just discovered the ISO speed setting on my digital SLR. It didn’t occur to me that I could set my ‘film speed’ on a digital camera. I made this discovery while surfing Flickr the other day. In the photographer’s comments he mentioned setting his […]

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Gifts were photographed, wrapped and packaged for the mail yesterday. Cheshire, Connecticut. Housatonic, Massachusett. Ironton, Missouri. Atwater, California. Now it’s time to wait and cross my fingers that they make it to their destinations before the big day.
The girls and I made these gift tags for the presents. I found […]

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Let me first qualify this post with a disclosure about the subject matter. What follows may be akin to being forced to watch your neighbor’s vacation pictures with narration. Please feel free to skip out. I promise not to hold it against you.
If you’ve been watching the news you’re already aware that […]

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Several years ago I typed up my Mom’s all-time classic Christmas cookie recipes. The ones she made EVERY year. The ones that Christmas is just not complete without. I printed them on card stock and sealed them inside clear contact paper. Along with some of my own cookie recipes I bundled […]

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One down.

Twenty Three to go.
This is the moment where I’m really happy that I chose to use 24 days for the countdown vs. 25. The decorated side of the ornament will hang from the vintage red buttons sewn to the tree. The number side will hang from a small white button sewn above the […]

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I finished this up last week. Just in time for the big snow. Leil loves it. I love it. Following the lead of some of my knitting inspiration (Ashley, Claudine, Daphne & Siow Chin), I think I’m supposed to share this:
Pattern: “Soft Kid” Ruffled Scarf, Designed by Kit Hutchin for […]

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I’m going to have to start making a date with my camera. Daylight hours only. I took this set around 4:15 today. I’m still getting used to being up here in the corner.
As you can see, I’ve been working slow and steady like the tortoise. Too much life going on […]

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