tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313708052024-03-07T15:29:49.358-08:00just add more sprinklesramblings of a crafty momma.Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310210034719922176noreply@blogger.comBlogger967125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31370805.post-86748067207335539362014-05-26T11:47:00.000-07:002014-05-26T11:47:00.222-07:00I feel like a traitorI've turned to the dark side.<br />
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I've started drinking coffee in the mornings.<br />
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Tea, I'm sorry. You didn't cut it always, and I'm such a slug some mornings. It was time to correct this.<br />
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The coffee maker has a timer settings.<br />
It wakes up and brews by the time the kids are awake. It tastes ok, obviously tea tastes better.<br />
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Tea, you are more work now. I'm sorry, but we need a break, just for the mornings. I'll always come to you in the afternoons and evenings.<br />
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The traitor.Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310210034719922176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31370805.post-15402286320694350802014-05-25T11:11:00.001-07:002014-05-25T11:11:18.146-07:00Sadie's 4th Birthday Party Having children old enough to help a little with their own birthday party is super cool. I mean, last year I was cutting out a million tiny pieces of paper to turn them into monkeys for Lucas' second birthday. It was tedious and boring doing it all alone. <div>
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This year I asked Sadie, what kind of party do you want? She really didn't get it because she kept saying "Cake and BALLOONS!" So when I asked if she wanted a bug party, she was ecstatic. She's been into bugs for the last year or so. She picks up wood bugs (pill bugs) and lets them crawl all over her hands and feet. She makes homes for them and always puts them back in the grass when she's done. She really isn't scared of any creepy crawly thing unless its a big spider. </div>
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So, bug party it was. No princesses, no barbies (forbidden until she's at least 5). Pinterest has been the best source of party ideas for me. My party board is <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/jamesblonde85/par-tay/">here</a> if you're interested in some cute party ideas. </div>
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So, I saw some preschool crafts that I used as decor. Here kids, here is paint and some paper plates, please paint them this colour all over. I used child labour to get all the paper bugs painted and once dry, we glued googly eyes on them (bought googly eyes months ago from walmart and boy do they come in handy) and taped them to the walls. </div>
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The tissue paper flowers were strictly my thing, but I had little helpers throwing scraps of tissue in the garbage for me while they watched. $6 bucks for a few different colours of tissue paper that I didn't have already at home was the best money spent on party decor. </div>
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Last minute birthday bunting made with construction paper and a sad dying felt that I should have tested first....<br />
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The kids also made the caterpillars for the food labels. They were told to count out 5 pompoms per bug, and a big one for the head. I did the glue so they had to place them on, and then finished them with googly eyes. Googly eyes are the best. </div>
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Pinterest again had good party food ideas for bug birthdays. A few plastic bugs were thrown into the punch for bug juice, and my favourite were the lady bug bites. The chives as antennas really put it over the top. Its good to grow plants some days. I made macarons because it was last minute and I realized I hadn't made any in months. Green apple liquorice was used on their legs, but was a royal pain in the rear because I had to cut it in half length ways with scissors. Sticky stupid mess. It worked, but I'll find better leg candy next time. </div>
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This juice dispenser has been the best investment ever. Costco had them a few years ago. The base has a spot to put ice in so your drink doesn't get diluted when the ice melts. I use it for every party. Walmart has smaller ones and cheaper ones, but I like the base for the ice that mine has.<br />
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Other than fiddly macarons (which are always fiddly), everything was really easy. Hotdogs, (caterpillars on a bun) chips + dip, blue punch, butterfly pasta salad (mom brought) and worms and dirt. Worms and dirt was dead easy and the adults loved them. </div>
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It was a family party, no other kids other than my own. Its nice that way, no other tiny children to entertain for hours. They were entertained just with balloons and those curly noise makers and with all the attention. Lucas did well, but everyone was kind enough in getting him small gifts as well. A few weeks prior to the party, Sadie got some presents in the mail from far away relatives. I was excited and told her "look, it has your name on it!" Lucas burst into tears while sadie was jumping around, and he said "MY NAME!" He knew his name was not on those presents. </div>
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We hung out and talked and ate food, and watched the kids. I scheduled the party at 2pm, so it was during their nap time. By 5, everyone left and then at 6 there were tired fights over new toys and such. Lucas had a bath alone to get away from the grump, and by 8:30 they were out for the night. This morning, Sadie was up at 8:30 and Lucas at 9:30 respectively. The signs of a good party. </div>
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I'm totally going to make the kids make their own decor for birthdays after this. Good entertainment during the day. Really good party in my opinion. I think I'll let sadie keep some flowers for her room for a while. They're too pretty to throw out. </div>
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<b>Read </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4667024-the-help">The Help</a>. Why didn't I read this sooner? I love these ladies</div>
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<b>Drinking</b> Coffee thats a tad too strong</div>
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<b>Anticipating</b> the new episode of <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/orphan-black/">Orphan Black</a></div>
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<b>Delighted that </b>Sadie is doing so well with swimming lessons. </div>
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<b>Ecstatic</b> about finding the <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Follow-the-Curly-Girl-Method-for-Curly-Hair">Curly Girl method</a> and how nice my hair looks and feels. I want all the curly girls to know about this. It looks a little intense, but its really easy. I'll probably talk more about this later.</div>
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I've had a stash of blue fabrics sitting around for a while and I haven't found the right project to use for them. Couple days ago I decided to just use a little bit to practice HST's. The last time I did those blasted half square triangles was for Lucas' quilt, and they were such a pain. Since that quilt, I read more about better ways to cut them, and it has really helped. I still need to trim them up a bit, and thats tedious and frustrating, but I'm getting better. <br />
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So, instead of doing a quilt with these (cause it'd drive me mental) I made a mini one to hang in my kitchen. One day I'm sure I'll try these as a quilt, but this is all I can take for now. The colours remind me of the movie "Frozen" (one of the only two academy award winning movies I saw this year).<br />
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I had the need to do a smaller project. The cat quilt is big and fiddly, plus, its black and white. Its really boring doing just black and white. This is probably why I headed down the road of vibrant colour with this one.<br />
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I should really go measure it, I think its 55 x 63, but I cant remember. Its a nice size for one or two people to cuddle under on the couch. I really wanted this one finished before the snow melted. These colours really pop against the melty snow.<br />
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I went with the grey as a backing and a splash of red. I really like figuring out the backing of a quilt. Using up scraps and leftovers to make something a little random.<br />
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Surprisingly enough, we got some snow here. Its the second snowfall this year.<br />
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Recently, I've taken to loitering at the McDonalds near our place. I've found that the secret to Sadie napping is that she NEEDS to run off a ton of energy. If she doesn't get out all the energy, that means no nap, and then after 5 pm she turns into a "threenager" - see <a href="http://justaddmoresprinkles.blogspot.ca/2014/02/this-is-why-my-three-year-old-still.html">this is why my three year old still needs naps</a> if you need any more proof. I don't care if she's almost 4, this girl gets in a foul place without her naps, and without being able to be outside 24/7. So, the kids and I walk down to McDonalds, I buy my obligatory large double double, and then they play.<br />
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Oh, and this one time, I saw one ridiculous grandparent try and make a business call on his phone while sitting in the play place. Foolish man. Theres no way you'll hear anything when the children get to the slide. I was secretly laughing at him in my head. Usually I'll be on<a href="https://twitter.com/jamesblonde85"> twitter</a>, tweeting these types of things, so check that out if you want live entertainment. </div>
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Late again. I'm still going to stick with it though. We were having a bad day, so I filled the sinks and threw towels on the floor to mop up the swamp. They had a grand time. It allowed for me to finish this blog post and get dinner going.<br />
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More black and white ideas are whirling around in my head. Sadly, I've only done 3 rows of my cat quilt. Its not getting finished as quickly as I'd like, but I've got other things coming up.<br />
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My sister in law and her husband are moving to Saskatchewan in a couple weeks, and so we're having our last games night here. I'm trying to clean things up a bit more, and get stuff baked. I'm hoping to bake a chocolate cake with salted caramel filling inside and then some lemon macarons.<br />
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Today I need to bake the cake and throw it in the freezer, and then measure out the macaron components. I find I'm less freaked out about making macarons if I measure out the ingredients by weight the day before. Doing it by weight is better apparently, and since I've had such success, I'll stick with it. Maybe I'll do the caramel filling for the cake and pop it in the fridge. It all depends on if the kids play nice today, or have a decent nap.<br />
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I found out that cleaning ahead of time is futile. A couple days ago I mopped the bathroom floor so I wouldn't have to the day before the games night. Well, that evening Lucas had an accident and peed all over my beautifully clean floor. He then trucked it all over the bathroom in effort to try and make it to the toilet. So yay for more mopping and clorox wipes.<br />
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So thats that. I bet I'll do more cat quilt after the weekend.Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310210034719922176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31370805.post-21309688883560123392014-02-11T08:28:00.000-08:002014-02-11T08:28:22.280-08:00This is why my three year old still needs napsTwo days ago, Sadie was getting put down for a nap. She overheard that I was going shopping while she would be napping. That did not sit well with her. She started to cry, and then freak out, and because I just put Lucas to bed and was terrified that he'd wake up too (and I'd totally miss out on hitting the thrift store), I gave in. Yup, the start of my downfall. <div>
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Sadie was surprisingly well behaved for the thrift store up until the end. I understood, and we headed home. She never rested on the couch, and instead tormented her brother and sassed us with bad attitude all evening. I was so grateful for bedtime when it came. She threw fits, and didn't want to go to bed. She stalled for half an hour. Longest half an hour EVER. </div>
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Crafts for Valentines day. Glue sticks were the highlight that day. They were purple, so whats not to love?Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310210034719922176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31370805.post-8314963422920831852014-02-05T07:00:00.000-08:002014-02-05T07:00:06.094-08:00Started this yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've got a few projects in the works. Theres a certain yellow quilt that I am half way done hand quilting. I really have procrastinated on that one, but hopefully this week I'll get a chunk more done. I also wanted to do a twin sized quilt, and I've got 2 ideas for it. This is also very good because have 2 twin sized battings waiting to be used. Flying Geese quilt for one. It will drive me mad, but I'll love it. The other will be black and white. That I'll do first. Might start this in a couple weeks, I've got a party to plan soon, and the house needs a good clean. Like, really needs to be super cleaned. It also means I'll need to put away all my excess quilting stuff that takes over the dining room. There are many rubbermaid bins and batting that are stacked beside my shelves. It all needs to be hidden in my room next week. So, until then, you'll get pictures of the kids until I start doing the twin quilts.<br />
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I thought it would be raining today, but it was really beautiful outside. We did one of our Valentines day crafts anyways since I had prepped the hearts last night.<br />
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I cut hearts out of cereal boxes and cut out the middles. Then I used clear contact paper in the middle so they could stick tissue paper to it. Sealed it with more contact paper and then we hung them in the windows as sun catchers. They loved them.<br />
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We went to the park to check out the beaver dam and birds. Today we were lucky and saw a big heron and some pretty ducks, and look similar to buffleheads. I could totally be off on that one. They were so pretty.<br />
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The kids were happy to be outside.<br />
1. Sadie jumping in the field<br />
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Better late than never. On one of our walks the other day we were talking about the birds we heard and where they lived. Sadie wanted to build them a nest, but I explained how we could ask papa to build a bird house instead. Well, she was so excited, she asked him as soon as she could.<br />
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Papa delivered the houses asap so they could paint them. They really love painting. I would do this more often if it weren't such a lot of work. They had to bathe afterwards and everything. It was a good day.<br />
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Two crib quilts finished this last month. The grey one was a quickie done in less than a week. Its got a solid very pale blue backing.<br />
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This one took a bit longer, ahem, a lot longer, but its so pretty. I used anything and everything with this sucker, and I like how it turned out. The back is white with yellow roses cut from a vintage sheet. I also like how I got a nice shot of this one in the fog. It wasn't foggy enough when I shot the grey one.<br />
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So these guys are new. I might have a home for the grey one, and if not, it will be up for sale. The bunting one is for sale $60.<br />
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I'm behind, I know. I'll be posting more soon.<br />
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1. Sadie was getting ready to dig in the dirt again<br />
2. Lucas was chucking ice on the pavement watching it with glee.<br />
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1.Lucas actually holding still long enough for me to get a beautiful picture of him<br />
2. Sadie grinning at her brother<br />
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Inspired by the bleubird blog's 52 week portrait project.<br />
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Finally finished. Its my first hand quilted baby quilt. It was so relaxing to sit and watch some mindless tv in the evenings and quilt away on the couch. This is far better than sitting hunched at the table over the machine.<br />
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I wasn't sure if I had enough fabric to bind it, but luckily enough I found some in my shelf that had fallen behind some books. Huzzah!<br />
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This one, like <a href="http://justaddmoresprinkles.blogspot.ca/2013/10/the-pink-scrappy-baby-lap-quilt.html">the other</a>, is also for sale. $60. You can email me at jamesblonde85 at gmail. Also you can follow my instagram jamesblonde85 #mirandaquilts to see more works in progress.<br />
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This morning we started out with only the library in mind. There were brand new books we had put on hold that were ready. We grabbed a couple more since we were there, while waiting for a bus home, I realized it was a perfect day to visit Tony in Vancouver and grab lunch.<br />
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We turned around and caught the skytrain downtown. Mr Sassypants decided to sit beside me on the not so crowded train and then turn around and shout SKYTRAIN at the people behind us. Letting them know what we were riding, check!<br />
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This one wanted to stand and hold the bar like big people. She was thrilled that I let her. Bus pass tucked in her pocket and everything.<br />
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We met up with Tony near his work and headed to a vietnamese place for lunch.<br />
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They both had to try eating with chopsticks. Might even get them some childrens ones to learn on.<br />
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This one was starving and ate Tonys bean sprouts.<br />
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Our trip meant that nap time was skipped. They were content to watch a new Max and Ruby DVD from the library and relax on the couch.<br />
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Its now 7:41 pm and they are exhausted and grumpy. I think Lucas might be asleep on the couch already.<br />
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Oh, and I have to show you all the pot holder I finished.<br />
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Since I'll be hand quilting Mikaela's chevron quilt, I need to practice. This batting was not easy, its not fluffy and thick, its weird and metallic and has fuzz on it. I hope it goes through the wash ok. I like these wonky stars. I foresee a quilt in them definitely.<br />
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Im terrible at keeping this stuff up, but I should. I've been tempted to start a new blog. Need a change and all that.<br />
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1. What have we been up to lately? Well, besides the pink quilt, I've been working on 2 other small baby quilts and my sisters quilt. Its too big for me to use my machine on, so I'm going to hand quilt it. Waiting on supplies so I can test it out on one of my small ones. The site I ordered from said it was shipped. Ya, I ordered my quilting thread and stuff online. It was a pain in the rear to try and colour match my fabric to the tiny swatch on my screen. Never do that. I'm hoping I got colours I can use. Give me some credit though, I did try a quilt shop in Abbotsford, and they looked at me like I was nuts when I asked them about the size of quilting thread that I wanted. The sweet old lady told me to hit up the yarn store. I had no time, so that was out. Oh well.<br />
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2. Sadie had a speech therapy follow up appointment. It went really well. She's caught up now. Just needs to work on adding to her sentences, and saying "I" or "me" instead of third person.<br />
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3. We are going trick or treating again this year. Sadie will be an owl, and Lucas will be a teddy bear. Their costumes were really easy to make. Bought the teddy bear hood from superstore, added a bowtie to it and am going to paint his nose. Sadie has her owl wings and a toque from last winter that has an owl face on it. I'll give her rosy pink cheeks and or glitter too. Not doing extensive trick or treating though, just our street and a couple cul-de-sacs near us.<br />
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4. Got a bunch of fillings done. Ativan was really the best. I was so calm and relaxed. Tranquil even. I'm not as terrified anymore, and thats the best. I have a crown to do soon and a few more fillings. After the appointment, I walked like a astronaut on the moon, my knees felt really bendy. I took double the prescribed dosage though. Maybe that did the trick. I haven't been to the dentist in a few years, well, since I got married in 2007. Yeah..........I'm bad. I promise to go back now that we have decent dental coverage. Don't go and make your teeth so bad that you need a crown, just saying, they be expensive, even with coverage. It makes me sad.<br />
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5. We are trying to be better at using less heat this winter, so Tony found the window plastic kits at the place he volunteers at. They were really cheap. So after we did one together, I brought Beth up so she could help Tony with the rest. Why, because WWIII would have hit. We will never be a DIY couple, its not in the cards. The kits weren't the greatest (should have realized thats why they were so cheap). Ended up using extra packing tape to seal the deal yesterday after the kids rammed into the plastic and broke the tape seal. I hope this plastic crap helps.<br />
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So that's it for now. I'm gonna go make dinner. Good night :DMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310210034719922176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31370805.post-6281461816985880872013-10-18T15:27:00.002-07:002013-12-04T13:36:41.268-08:00The pink scrappy baby / lap quilt<br />
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For the last little while I was determined not to buy new fabric for the little quilts I'd be making. I had yet to make a quilt like this, and it was exciting. Scraps of vintage sheets mixed in with some pink and white cottons I had laying around make up this little quilt.<br />
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Its a crib sized or lap sized. It turned out better than I expected, probably due to the fact that my walking foot came in the mail while I was working on piecing the top together. Its going to be up for sale.<br />
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I'm asking for $60. If you're interested in purchasing, email me at jamesblonde85 at gmail.com<br />
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If you're curious about what else I'm working on, I post my works in progress on Instagram under jamesblonde85 #mirandaquilts<br />
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<br />Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310210034719922176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31370805.post-19134056810131815622013-09-24T13:22:00.001-07:002013-09-24T13:22:30.251-07:00latelyIts fall! Finally! Bring out the soups and stews and all things delicious that are baked in an oven.<br />
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I wish there were more thunder storms. We've had one really nice long one, and it was fantastic.<br />
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We've been baking bread and all things yeasty, and its been a delicious journey. I am no longer afraid of yeast recipes.<br />
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We've been reading a ton, even Lucas. The library is our friend.<br />
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I've been drinking through my tea collection. Quite proud of myself. I haven't bought any since spring, so its time for some warm spiced fall teas, and eventually the winter teas! I will be getting a tea advent calendar again, it was just too much fun last year. <br />
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Potty training Lucas was a big fail, but we still had a good weekend together just him and us. Sadie was at Nana and Papa's house having a blast and being spoiled.<br />
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I've almost finished 2 baby girl quilt tops. One will be hand quilted, the other will be done when my walking foot arrives and when I pick up some batting.<br />
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It got cold enough to pull out the feather duvet last night. I missed that thing, cause its totally like sleeping in a cloud.<br />
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