My Favorite Things: CVS Body Wash

It has been so long since the last time I’ve done a Favorite Things post.  And there are so many favorite things I need to share too.  But lets stick with one at a time. This time it’s body wash.  I find body wash works better for me than bar soap and is less likely to contain ingredients I would rather not put on my body, like animal fat. I love the body washes at CVS, and I’m not saying this just because...

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Wordless Wednesday: Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

Taken at Main and Center in Mesa.  The construction is near completion!...

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5 a Week: Tank Tops for Dolls

It’s Sunday, so it’s time for week 4 of… …The Five a Week Pledge. If you haven’t been around here, it’s where you pledge to do five things each week of your choice (see the first week for more info).  I pledged to make five small crafts each week.  Feel free to grab a button and join me.  If you already have, post a comment or a link to share what you accomplished. This week’s craft: Tank tops....

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Wordless Wednesday: Favorite Non-exhibit

Taken at the Arizona Museum of Natural History.  I wish they would put it on display....

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5 a Week: Skirts for Dolls

It’s Sunday, so it’s time for week 3 of… …The Five a Week Pledge. If you haven’t been around here, it’s where you pledge to do five things each week of your choice (see the first week for more info).  I pledged to make five small crafts each week.  Feel free to grab a button and join me.  If you already have, post a comment or a link to share what you accomplished. This week’s craft: Skirts! Doll sized...

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Lace Applique Brooches: A Tutorial

This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!   It’s ready. As promised, I successfully created a video tutorial showing how to make these lovely lace brooches.  It was a bit of a challenge since I had never made a video tutorial before.  I also have made fairly few tutorials in general.  One of the biggest challenges, besides actually working...

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Wordless Wednesday: Isn’t it Beautiful?

From the window display of an antique store downtown....

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5 a Week: Brooches

It’s Sunday, so it’s time for week 2 of… …The Five a Week Pledge. If you missed last week, it’s where you pledge to do five things each week of your choice.  I pledged to make five small crafts each week.  Feel free to grab a button and join me.  If you already have, post a comment or a link to share what you accomplished. This week’s craft: Brooches! I made five different brooches using lace and other...

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Happy 6th Birthday!!

It's my blog's birthday!  Six years really fly by.  Like in previous years I decided to make a video to commemorate this occasion.  And since I kind of forgot last year, I worked extra hard on this video.  It was a bit of a pain.  I couldn't quite decide what music to use.  And I had trouble embedding it here.  Plus my internet connection kind of stinks, so it took forever to upload the video.  Over 2 hours.  But now all is well and good.   I now pre...

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Wordless Wednesday: My, What Big Feet You Have

Taken at the AZ Museum of Natural History. ...

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Five a Week: Bracelets

It occurred to me that lately I haven’t been making things as much as I would like.  I’ve done a few larger projects over the space of a few months, but it’s nice to have some nice smaller one to work on throughout the week.  So I came up with something, the Five a Week Pledge.  My goal is to make five small small crafts each week.  My original thought was seven, but I think five is a more manageable...

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Celebrating Freedom

Happy Independence Day.  I just got home.  I went to the AZ Celebration of Freedom in downtown Mesa with my friends.  It started out a little strange.  We had to wait in line for what seemed like forever to have our bags checked for security, and that’s not usually the case for practically anything in Mesa.  But it was still super fun. Here’s a few highlights. The Revolutionary War Reenactment....

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Saturday Shuffle #1!!

That’s right, I’m starting new blog hop.  This one will be a little different from the previous one since it will start on Saturday instead of Friday.  Plus something else that’s different, less rules. Here’s the deal: Keep all links family friendly. It helps to follow me or leave a nice happy comment, but only if you want. Link whatever you want and as much as you want. Older links are welcome. Please...

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Pinterest Rebooted

Things have been a little slow for me since “summer” started, so I’ve had a little more time on my hands.  Means more time to work on the things I’ve been neglecting, like my pinterest account.  I did a major over haul on it.  Cleared out unnecessary boards and pins.  It’s now all clean and sparkling with a few new fresh boards. The For My BJD board is obviously for stuff I find to use for my ball...

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