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Month: July 2009

  • Bj made delicious panini for dinner last night. I wanted to tell him job well done: Me: "Bj these are so good, I would have never thought to put cabbage on here." Bj: "I didn't use cabbage this is your organic lettuce." Me: "I'm pretty sure this is cabbage." Bj takes a bite, "Well where did I put the lettuce?" No wonder he kept telling me that my organic lettuce was a waste of money because it was weird. 

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  • This morning was going to be a sweet sleep in day today, but it just did not happen, so I rang up Sciarrino and we went thrifting. First we walked to a sale I had been to earlier in the week, on day two of the sale (I missed day one because they added Thursday at the last minute – I was so bummed!), and got a piece of cool fabric, but I knew today was going to be half price day and I wanted to go back for a couple of things. Tuesday and I…

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  • I have been meaning to do this for a while. I saw this idea on another blog, I think inspireco, but I'm not sure.  It was really easy to make. I just took a 12" wreath frame, spray painted it white and then tied ribbon on in various lengths. (Ribbon is all from my shop: The Ribbon Jar). I made sure I tied the ribbon on super tight, and warmed a few of the ends that I thought would fray.  The ties that are hanging onto the cup hook are made from this ribbon. Now looking…

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