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Alicia P.
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Rain, rain. In the early mornings, before it is light, we all lay in the big bed with the windows wide open and the heated mattress pad turned on. The rain falls on the leaves, a constant tip-tapping. The breeze... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Posie Gets Cozy
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* T H A N K Y O U * to every single person who ordered Maggie or her clothes or her supplies in the last few days!!! Thank you very, very much! The sale was wonderful and I couldn't... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Posie Gets Cozy
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I have such a soft spot in my heart for your girls. I don't know what it is about them both. Just such beauty and sweetness and inspiration to me. Happy Birthday dear, sweet, lovely Annabel. xoxo
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Remember Mags? Yep, she's back! You can find her in kit form right HERE! She has one previously available dress fabric and four new ones. There's Betsy: And Danjo (interesting name, but no, I didn't make it up — Liberty... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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The weekend was truly wonderful. In every way. It was a dream come true. I'm continuously overwhelmed by not only the incredible beauty of motherhood but of adoptive motherhood. My life is so full now. It's filled not only with... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Thank you for all of the bowl food suggestions! This thing is going really well for me. A few people suggested the book Bowl Food: Comfort Food for People on the Move and I was going to go get it... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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The weather has been unbelievably gorgeous. This is perfect weather: Sunny, smooth, in the seventies, a bit of a breeze but only in lovely, dress-fluttering way. Mellow-yellow days. This has been the best spring weather I can ever remember. We... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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We're all fighting colds here. :( Waaaaah! Oh well. I got some power sewing done over the weekend! It was a blast. I haven't sewn much at all lately. The lovely Amanda linked to this baby bib tutorial and I... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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I couldn't sleep last night. Irony! Because I'm super tired! Damn you, Irony. Who invented you, anyway. Anyway, around 3 a.m. I finished the book I've been reading for a couple of weeks: Bilgewater by Jane Gardam (suggested by Lily... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Just, thank you for making the effort to speak this. I truly appreciate it.
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My best friend lives in Boston. We've been friends for over twenty-five years. We text or talk almost every day. We happened to be texting on Tuesday, just at the moment that local news was breaking on her end. Martha,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Honestly. The sweetest ever. ***The facial oils and perfumes that I love are from my dear Amy Karol. I made the knitted bunners a couple of years ago from a pattern by Barbara Prime. Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Oh, it's been a busy week here. I don't know where the time goes. Amelia is a busy lady these days! Not too interested in napping today. I personally would like nothing better than for someone to zip me into... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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I really can't say enough about spring in Oregon. It's a fairyland. The first time I ever came to Oregon, I came in the spring. Almost twenty years ago now. I took the train from Whitefish, Montana, to Eugene to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Cherry blossoms. We were walking up to get groceries and admiring a huge flowering tree when this guy came walking out with a pair of pruners and cut us these big branches. Then we found a stuffed hedgehog on the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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They say there is snow covering 50% of the country right now. Eeeesh. Here in northwest Oregon, I think we're having classic spring weather: one day warm, one day sunny, one day sunny and cold, one day cloudy and warm,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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I made some big bubble pants yesterday. I thought they came out pretty cute. I used this pattern but added 3" to the top and 4" (total; 2" to the edge of the pattern piece that goes on the fold)... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Mimi (that's what we call her at home) is five months old. Five big, beautiful, blessed, extraordinary, wonderful months. Oh how I love this girl, her smiles and her moods, her dimples and chubby hands and chunky thighs, her open-mouthed... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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When our plum tree blooms, there's no mistaking: Spring! It's here. We cleaned up the yard. We went for walks past other peoples' yards. We got frozen yogurt. We bought daffodils. We scheduled the window-washer dude. He'll also de-mossify the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Spring sunshine. It's so nice. We had such a nice weekend! Short but very sweet. Amelia adores her grandparents who held and played with her non-stop for three days straight. So sweet. Andy made corned beef and cabbage for us.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Sunshine! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! It's the sun!!! That's exciting. I think we will go for a walk this morning. Things are blooming out there and we are missing them. I think we need to get out there and see some spring, stat!... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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Whew! Hello! How are you? It's a cold, rainy morning, so dark in the house I need all my little lamps on to see. Andy has the day off and is at the park with Clover Meadow and Miss Amelia.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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I thought of you this morning when I stumbled on this painting. http://www.encore-editions.com/american-ethnic-folk-art-painting-by-horace-pippin-maple-sugar-season-1941-11-x-14-approximate-original-size-in-inches
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***UPDATE, 3/1/13 at 6:53 p.m.: I am so sorry but the kits have just sold out. I know people are going to be really disappointed and I sincerely apologize. They went faster than I ever anticipated and I just really... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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We had a busy weekend here! Greta and I spent most of it assembling kits and things are moving along really well. Right now my plan is to put the bunny kits on sale in my web shop on Friday.We... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at Posie Gets Cozy
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