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I went to NYC again last month - this time for vacation. As always, it was delightful. Here are a few pictures. I also made some nice polaroids but haven't scanned them yet. Perhaps I'll share them later ( Read more... )

My o my. It has been a long time. April slipped by very quickly ( Read more... )

Thanks to our friends at Detroit Urban Craft Fair, our lovely mitten shaped state will have a neat crafty fair in August. Weeeeeeee!

Some time ago, someone on my friends list posted a link or an image or maybe just some words about a book that lists and describes really neat hotels in the US. Can anyone point me in the direction of that book or magazine or whatever it was? Way to be vague, huh?

Thanks!!!

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My day started out great b/c I got to have breakfast with Susanne. My day ended well because I went to an evening yoga class. The bulk of the middle of my day was spent sewing and getting a bunch of stuff done - yay! I took a break for lunch and topped it off with a giant homemade mocha.

Here are a few things I came up with today:


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I'm in the process of updating the shop with Spring/Summer items and it is oh so tempting to take the remaining sale items down. You know, to make it look fresh and clean. I've decided to leave the sale items up until my Spring updates are mostly done. If you've had your eye on a sale item, you have a day or two make your final decision ( Read more... )

Last week I went to Frankenmuth (home of the worlds largest Christmas store...no I did not go there) on some business. It just so happened that my chocolate sensitive nose sniffed out a candy shop that sold giant non pareils! I bought 6 and gave one to my sister and one to my mom. I still have one left. Giant non pareils make me very very happy ( Read more... )

After a few years of banging my head against book keeping and accounting and tax filing awfulness, I think I finally GET IT. Thank goodness. Thoughts of going through this again next year were stressing me out enough that for a second I entertained the thought of closing up shop to avoid the swarming numbers and forms. My dad is such a good ( Read more... )