A Place Like This

Category: crafts

  • Blogher Handmade and The Creative Connection

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    Valarie Budayr
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      After four and half years of blogging, countless comments and emails, and a few hundred memories shared, it was time to finally meet a bevy of my blogging friends. There was no better place to do that than in St. Paul Minnesota during the Blogher Handmade and The Creative Connection conference. 700 of us…

  • Blogher The Creative Connection

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    Valarie Budayr
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      Greetings everyone,  I'm in St. Paul Minnesota for the rest of the week and weekend enjoying my time at The Creative Connection put on by Blogher. I'm looking so forward to meeting so many of the bloggers I've come to know over the last four years. Along with our love of blogging we will…

  • The Hacket

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I woke up Saturday to a changing season. The air was cool and smelled of the damp cool earth. The insect chatter is quickly twindling, and the encroaching feeling of needing to be surrounded by wool is descending upon me. As I stared at my quilt laden boy sitting in his morning reverie, I didn't…

  • A Crafted Summer

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I just have to start by saying that all of my friends on the East coast have been greatly on my mind. Though I know many of you are save, the damage is extensive. I'll be checking in with all of you to see what we can do and how we can help. So where…

  • KAL and the 19 Book Elsa Beskow Giveaway

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I haven't shown you my KAL that I'm doing over at Linda's for a couple of weeks because my cardi became attached and it started looking like a straight jacket. After frogging that mess back I ended up knitting in the wrong direction for a really long while. See what happens when you talk and…

  • Right Now I Am and KAL

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Right now I am enjoying the thrill of power washing. I love watching the dirt roll away and the pristine beauty it leaves behind. Everything has been washed from driveways, to the house, patio and pool deck. I just can't seem to quit. Would you like me to come over and power wash for you?…

  • A Day With Imene and KAL

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    Valarie Budayr
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    My time in NYC last week was fantastic. I saw three Broadway shows, ate till my hearts content, walked in central park, was surrounded by more books than one could imagine, and I got to meet a very special friend. Imene and I have been blogging friends for a couple of years now. We share…

  • KAL with Natural Suburbia

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Finally I've found 5 seconds to pick up the sticks and string again. Happily I'm participating in Linda's knit a long. This time it's the Shalom Cardi. I've wanted to knit this for years and now I've found the perfect occasion.  Here's how far I've gotten. So far so good. No big hic-ups yet. My…

  • Squish Painting Tutorial

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    Valarie Budayr
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        It's not as messy as it sounds but it is fun. My Tivo/dvr is all programmed to catch those important shows I won't be watching this week like Deadliest Catch. It's TV turn off week and I have plans chocked full of fun projects and events to get me away from the TV…

  • Giveaway from Little Acorn Learning

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    Valarie Budayr
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     A little over a year ago I virtually met Eileen Straiton from Little Acorn Learning. The moment I received her e-newsletter, I immediately felt nurtured by her daily creative caring. As the year has progressed I've had the honor and pleasure of collaborating with Eileen on her newsletter and working as a contributing author for the Little Acorn…