Irons in the Fire

I’m thinking that in January I’d like to start a block of the month quilt, where each block represents a different month.  Kind of like that 3D Sunbonnet Sue quilt I showed a couple posts back from the quilt show.  Does anyone know of any quilt patterns like that?
Yesterday I decided to finally bite the [...]

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Cooking Magic…

***Nope, no pictures on the new computer yet, but this was written before  “The Big Switchover”***
…is the name of another cookbook I got at the same estate sale of the other vintage-y cookbooks.  This one I was fascinated with.  It was a very thick hardcover book, and inside, it had all these smaller paperback cookbooks.  [...]

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Manners

Have you seen the swap and giveaway posts?
I recently got this book at an estate sale, “Manners to Grow On”, copyright 1955.

It’s hilarious.  A very fun read.  So I thought I’d share some with you.  This is from the chapter, “Introductions”.  Not the whole thing, but some of the basics. 
“Do you feel tongue-tied and confused [...]

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Emersion Excursion

I’ve read through the first part of the Crafting a Buisness book.  It’s the interviews of other women who have rocked it in the crafting business, and it’s actually the first 2/3 of the entire book.  It’s very inspiring, and causes quite a bit of jealousy.  These women have worked very hard, and are very [...]

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