Anna on February 22nd, 2010

The whole of 2010 so far has been a wheel barrow load of self-searching and evaluation for me. Not all bad. Some pain. Some stuff I already knew, some new discoveries, some reminders. Most important of all, I’ve gained some personal clarity. Which feels really really good.
The clarity really happened just within the last week [...]

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Anna on January 25th, 2010

OK so things have been a bit crazy in the TGL household… but I suppose, when are they not?
These 2 weeks have not been the most productive 2 weeks in terms of physical products, but I was able to figure some things out. I scrambled around an awful lot the first week trying to decide [...]

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Anna on January 11th, 2010

OK, so in case you didn’t catch it last week, I’ve decided to participate in Craft or Bust. This my Week 1 Summary, but you can find the total Craft Or Bust summary here.
I felt like a lot of what I did this week was preparatory. Which I don’t mind… Prep today to craft more [...]

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Anna on January 7th, 2010

Today I experimented a bit with felting. I’ve read this tutorial by Knitty.com about how to felt a knitted item in the washer, and also this tutorial about hand felting beads. I did a little bit of my own experimenting, and came up with my own rough little bit of felt!

I don’t know [...]

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Anna on January 5th, 2010

My friend from work gave me the greatest present! She copied her worksheets and resources from her Japanese class for me. Totally made my day!

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Anna on January 4th, 2010

Pinto beans, okra, cilantro, chicken, chive onions, and some spices.

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Anna on January 4th, 2010

When I saw @Impstar and @velmalikevelvet chatting about #craftorbust it got my cogs turning… hmmm crafts… 52 weeks of crafting. I should do that! Can I do that? I can do that! But how? What do I do? @Impstar explains it all here and invites us all to join in and sign up to be [...]

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