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If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you know that I am proud of my Cajun French roots and I love Louisiana and the Louisiana people. Mix all that up and you have a jambalaya of fun. We speak in English. Almost always. But we express ourselves in Cajun French. I have […]
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I’m not sure when Dr. Seuss Day actually is, but Meme’s school is celebrating tomorrow. Of course, Dusti enlisted me to make a Sneetch costume. I did not even know there’s a book! Happily, Dusti is current on Dr. Seuss and picked up everything we needed. A yellow shirt and yellow pants and yellow shoes.
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Say hello to Rebecca Budde, one of our new quilty followers, who has a board just for string quilts. Yes, some of these will soon be on my “heart, quilts” board! A surprise for me, this board is almost at 14,000 pins. Though I imagine a few are duplicates. Next, these modern quilts are from
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Don’t we all have that one friend? You know, the one who brings great joy and laughter into your life. But that same one has well defined reasons for everything. Imagine quilting for that one will tell you in a second where to get off, how to go and what to do when you get
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Welcome back to PIW! It’s time to say “hello” to a few followers. Shelly has a board titled “Scenes of Inspiration.” Oh wow! Great title! Georgia Messer is all ready for Valentine’s Day. Take a look at some of her pins. Camille J. has a board about camping that has several sections, a rabbit hole
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Tiered trays are all the rage right now, but what do you do when all the cute little Christmas items are put away? Of course, you can always put the tray in with the rest of the Christmas decor. But why? The empty tray could also become a year-round decor addition. To that end, you
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In my last post I told you about crafting Christmas ornaments for our tree. It’s something I do every year. The goal is to use as many handmade ornaments as purchased ones. I may even one day have enough to use only the handmade ornaments. If so, it will be a few more years. I
Christmas Ornaments Crafting (I may have a problem) Read More »
Back in 2016 I wrote a Fleur de Lis SQI post on chevrons. It’s time to update that post. Back then chevrons were just finding their comeback. Although, we don’t call them zig zags any longer. Now, five years later, Pinterest is inundated with chevron pins. Also, I’ve added a chevron section to the “heart,
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Don’t you love blue skies? Who wouldn’t? Firstly, there’s the perfect weather. Secondly, sunshine. Thirdly, stunning shades of blue. Originally I intended the color of blue skies to be the inspiration, so when I discovered these gorgeous peonies in the just-right color, I couldn’t resist. Oh how I wish peonies could survive here! Then these
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I spent entirely too much time on Pinterest. I’ll just put that information out there. It’s probably not news to most people. Anyhoo. Lately I’ve been looking at Christmas crafts and posting them to my Christmas ideas section in the “diy craft make” board. These recycled jewelry trees caught my eye. Between projects last week,
Christmas in September? Well, sure! Read More »
