Well, I had intended to do another book giveaway today, but time is not my friend and I will have to write that post later this week. The weather was beautiful, upper 70s—a great day to take a walk on the greenway behind my house that meanders along a creek. But as I said, time …
I don’t usually shop at garage sales, not because I’m not interested, but usually because my timing is off or I simply don’t have time. But today I took advantage of the last day of a three-day garage sale held at one of my local scrapbook stores, Memory Bound Scrapbook Store in Ankeny, Iowa. The …
Yesterday it was 89 degrees and humid—weather that would never make you guess it is autumn. Today, on the other hand, it rained during the morning hours, the temperature dropped to 58 degrees, and the leaves on the trees are beginning to shrivel and drift to the ground. A potter I know, Pearl of Fehu …
Congratulations to Beth Ham, who is the winner of Special Techniques and Stitches in Crochet, by Judy Crow. The book is now on its way to Texas. “My very first crochet project was a granny square baby blanket back in 1976. I was 11 years old,” says Beth. “I really want this book for the …
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You wouldn’t think the tiny books I make create such a mess, but they do. My paper crafting studio is not really big enough to do more than store supplies and write blog posts, or enable me to complete one very contained task at a time. And if my husband and I didn’t already use …
One of my husband’s best managers used to tell John that he should set aside one day each week to analyze his business. (My husband’s background is professional sales.) “Identify what’s going well,†his manager told him, “capitalize on it, and eliminate or change what’s not going well.†Sounds like a formula for success, doesn’t …