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Alicia P.

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And Still Partying!

Oh, guys! Birthday stamina! This kid has it, I tell you. Happy birthday to you, my sweet, sassy, spectacular seven-year-old darling girl. Your birthday was really beautiful. And I'm sure you're actually relieved to be back at school today, eating... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Posie Gets Cozy

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The party was just awesome. I want to do it over again and have it be exactly the same. The kids were all so excited and so sweet and so giggly and had so much fun. Amelia was in her... Continue reading

Posted Oct 8, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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***T H A N K Y O U so, so much for your kind words and the Dovegray Doll orders!*** I am so excited about these and we are working to get everything organized and starting to assemble the parts... Continue reading

Posted Sep 30, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Dovegray Doll Kits (and Supplies to Make Them) Now Available for Pre-Order!

Allow me to introduce the Dovegray Dolls, whose kits are now available for pre-ordering! These little dolls are entirely stitched by hand and made of wool-blend felt with wool or mohair-wool yarn hair (fiber content depends on which color you... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Dovegray Dolls Coming Soon

Well, hello there! How are you? It is raining here this morning and I am well. It's been a busy, exciting, intense couple of weeks since school started. All is well and we are each getting used to our new... Continue reading

Posted Sep 17, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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The Leaves by Hundreds Came Kits Still Available

I just wanted to pop in quickly because I was just looking at the inventory for this kit and realizing that I wanted to let you know that there are still 24 kits for this design left in my inventory.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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The end of summer is so bittersweet, even for a winter-lover like me. Dahlias, these exquisite state-fair square-dancing skirts, are the perfect finale. We went to their festival on a red-hot blue-sky day a few weeks ago. I'd never been... Continue reading

Posted Sep 6, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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River days and river ways. They're slow and steady and golden, like the river. The river rolls past the house like a shimmering ribbon, day and night, night and day. At night, the crickets come out and it's loud. The... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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A Revelation, of Sorts

The summer days roll on by, an ice-cream swirl of open swim and lazy mornings, library books and watering the flowers, Ikea trips and riverside afternoons. It's already August, and time is about to enter super-speed. At night, I knit,... Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Fireworks and Flowers

Slow day, today. Meems and I have decided to just stay home, which we don't often do. I think it can be stressful to stay home all day. I'm not sure why, exactly. It always surprises me. Parenting an only... Continue reading

Posted Jul 17, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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I had a backlog of photos on my camera that I needed to upload this morning, and the timing was perfect because it appears I have a whole entire day to myself, which doesn't happen very often. I'm up in... Continue reading

Posted Jul 2, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Studio Re-Do 2019

Look how cleeeeeean! I feel proud! We repainted, got new curtains, new office chairs, more baskets, and labels. What do you think? Pretty much all of the major pieces in here are exactly the same as they were in 2010... Continue reading

Posted Jun 27, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Well, hello! How are you? We are well! School's out! Cue angels singing. You know I don't like summer but this year, oh this year . . . this year . . . summer I've longed for you. I'm sitting... Continue reading

Posted Jun 14, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Summertime Starts!

It's Andy Paulson's birthday today! Unfortunately he has to work! We went to Oaks Park on Saturday instead and had such a nice time. The weather was absolutely perfect — I think every other memory I have of Oaks Park... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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I'm fighting a horrideous cold that laid me out flat yesterday. I didn't even feel like walking across the room. Blah. I'm feeling a lot better today, but I don't know how. Well, I did go to be at 8:00... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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The lovely, tentative first blush of spring with its chilly mornings and brave daffodils has given way to very warm weather, and everything is suddenly exploding in a froth of greens. You know how that happens. It's sudden and irreversible.... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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We're packing and shipping . . .

Deep in the throes of the homestretch of this big Secret Garden project, we're packing up the apothecary boxes here this week and the place is a tip. I'm very confident that we will have everything in the mail by... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Showers of Flowers

There's a mysterious, melancholy beauty that is so specific and to this time of year in the Pacific Northwest. The skies are dark and flat, matte gray, or like a frosted light box, glowing and opaque. The wind is cold,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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The Work of Spring

My baby girl is growing up. She frequently would like me to make her a cup of chamomile tea. She sets her little table with a tablecloth and the good china and wants to sit there by herself for dinner.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Early, Early Spring

I absolutely love this time of year. I was thinking today as I passed a winter garden that had been cleaned up and was starting to sprout daffodils and tulip spears how much I love this time of year —... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Keep It Together

Hello! Guys!!! Thank you thank you for all of the Secret Garden orders! I'm so grateful — seriously, thank you. I've been here for the past week and a half, watching them roll in and now we are getting organized,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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The Secret Garden Collection Now Available for Pre-Order

Hello! Is it snowing where you are? We're having sunshine today. Andy and Amelia are working in the front yard, lifting muck off of the borders and uncovering tender daffodil shoots and tulip leaves. It seems like the perfect day... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Sweet Mimi at her Valentine's Day store, 6:00 a.m. I was going to have all of my Secret Garden things ready to go this week but I'm not quite finished getting the web pages up. I forgot about Valentine's Day,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 16, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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My Secret Garden Inspiration

I'm literally aghast at how quickly the days seem to be going right now. I'm not sure why; not sure why they seem to be going so fast and not sure why that leaves me feeling shocked. Amelia's been in... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Oh, the days of January, I love them so. I love that the weather is cold, the garden is sleeping, the skies are gray. I love that. I love hibernating, and flannel sheets, and flannel nightgowns, and hot tea, and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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