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Christmas Elves Were Busy

We recently decided to renovate our basement den to be used a more of a sewing room (and a potting shed, and a secondary living room, and an auxiliary pantry, and Boomer’s mudroom; it’s going to be a mega-multi-purpose room!) … Continue reading

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Using A Muffin Tin To Change Our Lives

So the other day I was poking around the New York Times online, killing time, and for some reason, I decided to check out an article in the food section about Thanksgiving side dish recipes. I already knew what I … Continue reading

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How Does the Garden Grow Now?

July of 2009 is now finally in the rear-view mirror, never to show its ugly, rainy face ever again, thank goodness! So how does the garden look now that it’s August? Pretty darn awesome! In our last garden update we … Continue reading

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25 Days Of Maple Hoo Christmas: Day 23

Ahh, Bucilla. The cornerstone of all our Christmas aesthetic. Where would we be without their felt-and-sequin ornaments? All of our childhood memories of decorating Christmas trees revolve around hanging up the ones that Boomer stitched either before we were born … Continue reading

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Voyage To The Center Of The Stash

A few months ago we decided it was high time we take a spin out to Mesa, AZ to visit our stitching friends at the Attic Needlework shop (and swing by some of our old Scottsdale haunts, like The Roaring … Continue reading

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The Great Tomato Transplanting

The traditional time for planting one’s tomatoes around here is after Mother’s Day. But we like to thumb our nose at tradition and we’re overeager to get our garden going, so after studying the ten-day forecasts, we decided the temperatures … Continue reading

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