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reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:59 -0600

I'm thinking of having the three kiddos go out and bring back some colorful items they can find in the nearby greenbelt. In Washington state here and the leaves are beautiful right now!

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

You're welcome

debra roby — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:43 -0600

Glad you liked it Renee. Will you be using any of these ideas?

Debra A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

Great ideas!

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:32 -0600

Thanks so much for writing this! I'm always looking for ideas on table centerpieces.

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

happy swapping!

greenlagirl — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:27:04 -0500

If none's in your area, remember you can organize your own! Good luck :)

green LA girl

naked ladies!

greenlagirl — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:18:31 -0500

Ha! I hope the nudity isn't so over the top as to confuse the kids! :P Glad to hear non-official swap-o-rama-rama events are doing well :)

green LA girl

You are a dream come true to read

prophetlady — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:14:49 -0500

Girl you are like a dream come true for me, I am a freecycler, I wrote an article about swapping, never knew it even existed

Hope canada is on the list, going to check

thanks for this tip

Interesting to Know

prophetlady — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:02:06 -0500

I must have missed that one, I never knew september was sewing month, I tend to only sew SQUARES such as pillows, bags, bible cases, etc..

Oh, JOY.

Kelly Wickham — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:10:54 -0500

Ladies, I continue to be inspired by the response to this project. And yes! Sassymonkey sent the project some dolla dolla bills so we could purchase more purses. Thank you for that!

I think the community of readers responded with some of the best ideas. Each time I would write about it someone would suggest something that was so great for the project that I added to it. A few friends have told me that they can no longer go shopping without checking out the small purses so they can donate them to my school. People really are incredibly generous.

Mocha Momma

If only you lived closer...

debra roby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:46:37 -0500

Too bad you are about 2000 miles and a country away. I'd zip over there and show you how to use your machine. The knot bags are a great learning to sew project.

Given the cost of shipping from Canada, it's probably better, though, for you to send money instead.

Debra A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

I'm so glad you posted about this

sassymonkey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:29:51 -0500

And those Japanese Knot Purses? OMG love. I have a sewing machine sitting here that I don't really know how to use. If I did I'd zip up a bunch of those puppies.

I tend to be a big purse person so I didn't have any to send her. I sent her some cash via paypal instead.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

You are too kind!

moonfever0 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:45:44 -0500

Thank you!

Angela at mommy bytes BlogHer Contributing Editor in Mommy & Family Cribsheet

Silly boys. Why can't they

myturtledove — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:43:38 -0500

Silly boys. Why can't they understand its actually very sexy!

I've been trying to get the fake husband to try

sassymonkey — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:11 -0500

But he's firmly decided that he lacks the coordination he needs to do it (or knitting). I keep telling him that's all the more reason to do but he's rather stubborn. My friend's husband knits...but he doesn't want anyone to know. (sigh)

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Adjusting our view..

debra roby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:07:25 -0500

Clueless,

I bet we all tend to begin a crafting project intrigued with the possibilities of excellence in it. Somewhere in the middle, we realize that maybe our vision was tinted just a little rosy. Then by the time we finish (if our discouragement does not put us off the project completely) we wonder why we were so enthralled when we began.

While this is typical - I wonder if the "mystique" of creating the item takes some of the shine off it- it rarely diminishes the joy in the gift to the recipient. Maybe we as creators just have to adjust our views...

Debra A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

Lollipop ghosts

thetwistingkaleidoscope — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:10:05 -0500

I wanted to post another simple Hallowe'en craft I wrote about it in a guest post on BurbMom:

http://www.burbmom.net/tricky-treats/

Enjoy!

Christina @ TheTwistingKaleidoscope

http://thetwistingkaleidoscope.wordpress.com

-Because there's a rhyme and reason...and it's usually funny-