Jemellia’s Favorites
You may recall, back in August, I purchased a new Rowenta Steam Station to replace the one I'd had since 2009. While the first one lasted at least 2 years before it started acting up I only got 4 months...
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Blog: A Beautiful Mess
Today Katrina of Pugly Pixel is going to share six content style tips for bloggers: In 10 Blog Layout Tips, we shared ten ideas you can use to optimize your blog's overall layout. In this article, we're going to share six tips for presenting the images in your blog posts. Although our point of reference will be smaller (a single post versus the entire blog page), many of the concepts...
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Blog: A Beautiful Mess
Self portraits can be a little intimidating, especially if you need to get a new photo for a certain occasion or deadline. Over the years, I've taken hundreds of self portraits (yikes!) for blog posts, craft projects and to entertain myself, of course! When you don't have a camera savvy friend available it can be fun to take your own portraits. Here are five easy tips for getting the best...
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Blog: A Beautiful Mess
Photography is one of my favorite hobbies in the world! I receive questions about my equipment, toy cameras and photoshop techniques almost daily. I thought it would be lots of fun to create a gigantic informational post for you about my favorite cameras, some tips and tricks and lots of links.... This post may be a tiny bit nerdy, but hopefully super helpful to my camera shopping pals. Enjoy! My...
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Blog: oh shoot
I cannot believe the last time I did an Oh Snap post was March 4, 2011. Life has been busy and I have not taken very many photos this year; I mean I have, but not nearly enough. I want to bring Oh Snap back as a weekly feature and...
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Blog: LizzyHouse
My honesty and sincerity are often times alienating and embarrassing to others. My sister told me that once, that my sincerity was embarrassing to her, and at first as I was really hurt by that. How could telling the truth...
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Blog: Notes from the Patch
Here's a quick project to make for someone who loves to sew. With our easy to follow measuring instructions a custom fitting cozy can be easily sewn in an evening. This formula will work on anything you need to cover,...
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Blog: ruby star rising
I grew up in an unkind household. This is not an ideal way to grow up; I don't recommend it. Unkind could mean a number of things here, but without going into sordid details, I'll say it wasn't just an absence of kindness, but an atmosphere of verbal and emotional abuse. These things were kept fairly well-hidden. I did not learn that the world was a safe place. Of all my memories and all my recollections, the moments that have stood out in sharpest contrast in my life were when people went out of their way to be kind to...
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Blog: Dollybelle's Peepshow
My Darling Beloved, When I think about all the things that a wife is supposed to do or be, I get a little panicky. What does it really mean to be a wife? Being a wife seems hard. The expectations...
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Blog: makelifesweet
Picnic Blanket - Perfect Lap Quilt - Perfect project for you to work on this summer!! I just LOVE this cute quilt that we have just came out with. My favorite part - the frilly in the center of the block! We have just placed the kits on etsy - find them here! Hoping you are enjoying your summer day!
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Blog: Rebecca Sower
Close your eyes and breathe that word like a sigh. Water. We really have no clue how fortunate we are to have water at our every turn. It is a beautiful gift we have been given. (Photo from Haiti...Elcy and...
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Blog: LizzyHouse
For those of you coming to Market, I'd like to announce my School House! So to give you a chance to win a whole fat quarter stack of Castle Peeps, I am taking a bit of a survey. Answer me...
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Blog: A Beautiful Mess
My name is Lori Marie and I like to make pretty things. Elsie asked me to come up with a simple DIY to share for her 12 days of Tricks & Treats. Yay! I thought it would be fun to restyle something you already had in your wardrobe to give it new life for the season. I mean, who doesn't love a little free style, right? Supplies List: You'll need...
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Blog: Good Grief Girdie's blog
Here are a few more of my Valentine goodies I have been making. As you can see I have saved all of my little tiny scraps of ribbon, lace, trim paper and whatever you think will go through the sewing machine needle. Easy to do. Trace a heart on your tag, then set your machine needle on the point of the heart and start adding pieces while you sew around the traced heart. I used red thread. Another fun and easy Valentine project you can do pretty quick and you do not have to be a seamstress.
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