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Deer Quilt Complete
Tweet This quilt was for my dad’s neighbor who helped build the screened-in porch. When I started it (about 5 months ago) I didn’t realize how Christmasy it was! Now I wish I had made the deer’s nose...
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Jedi Party
Tweet We had a very successful birthday party last weekend. Here are some photo highlights. Invites made in MS Word using a free star wars font and bootlegged star wars lego images found all over...
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Micah’s quilt
Tweet Micah’s quilt, originally uploaded by Beaty Family Fun. Both nephew quilts are quilted. Nathaniel’s binding is almost done, and Micah’s is next! My original post about how I came up with this...
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So pretty
Tweet IMG_3874, originally uploaded by Beaty Family Fun. I’m pretty sure our plants are all confused around here…my hibiscus are still budding, the trees are just now losing their leaves. Warm winters...
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In my excitement…
Tweet In my excitement to put a button about QuiltCon on my blog, I somehow have deleted half my sidebar. BUMMER. Anyway, look what’s coming…to Austin! Be there or be square! Very, very exciting news....
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pillow case dresses and matching t’s
Tweet I got to do some sewing this weekend (thanks, honey!). My neighbor has four of the cutest kids you’ve ever seen – two boys, two girls. She asked me if I could make them some coordinating outfits...
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Mad Men House Party!
Tweet I’ll be hosting a Mad Men Premiere House Party right here on Snippets and Blabbery. Join us March 25 at 7 pm CT for drinks and socializing, and season five kicks of at 8 pm CT. To get the fun...
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Summer Reading: Ready Player One
Tweet I just finished Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and I’m giving it 5 stars out of 5. I listened to the unabridged audiobook, narrated by Wil Wheaton. Here are the pros – it’s a wonderfully...
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Back to school…for a few weeks now.
Tweet We’re finally hitting a groove around here. My boy has been in first grade for a few weeks now – our schedules are starting to mellow out and become common place. I’ve been working out!...
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Happy Handmade Halloween!
Tweet We had a great Halloween party with the neighbors. Flat-bed trailer with hay, Thriller on the stereo, at least 20 kids and 1000′s of pieces of candy! Here’s this year’s handmade costume. I took...
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Skylanders party
Tweet Working on some goodies for my son’s 8th birthday. He wanted skylanders, but we’re doing a party at a place that provides everything (food, plates, napkins, etc.), so there aren’t so many...
View Article8th Birthday Celebration
Tweet For his 8th birthday, my sweet son wanted to have a food drive. So we sent out invites asking friends to bring a few bucks for a present and a food item for the food pantry. I wasn’t sure how he...
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Custom Framing Your Kids Art – 3-D Art in Acrylic
Tweet The following is a guest post from Laura Jajko, VP of Marketing at American Frame. The latest custom framing project that we took on was an interesting one, which required a three dimensional...
View Article10 Tips for Healthy Homemade Pet Food
Tweet The companies that produce commercial pet food use many clever advertising tactics, but it’s hard to know for sure the quality of the ingredients going into the food you buy off the shelf....
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Refinishing my deck
Tweet I hate that I haven’t been sewing lately, but I have been accomplishing other projects. My mother in law has transformed her backyard into an oasis of fun in the very short time she’s been in...
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So pretty
Tweet IMG_3874, originally uploaded by Beaty Family Fun. I’m pretty sure our plants are all confused around here…my hibiscus are still budding, the trees are just now losing their leaves. Warm winters...
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In my excitement…
Tweet In my excitement to put a button about QuiltCon on my blog, I somehow have deleted half my sidebar. BUMMER. Anyway, look what’s coming…to Austin! Be there or be square! Very, very exciting news....
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