A Place Like This

Category: crafts

  • The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

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    Valarie Budayr
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        The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying,dying,dying.     O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther…

  • A Felting Party

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    Valarie Budayr
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    While we were on summer vacation this year we had the most glorious weather. The last day of our vacation brought some very much needed rain and the inspiration along with it to craft till our hearts desired. My little heart was desiring to learn how to felt and good friend Lotta made sure this…

  • Wash Wednesday and A T-Shirt Market Bag

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    Valarie Budayr
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      For a couple of weeks now the blogosphere has been filled with the beautiful photographs of everyone's clean laundry thanks to Gardenmama. As time went on I realized that I had this beautiful old drying rack in my laundry room which was given to me by my friend Ruth. One day I had called…

  • Bows & Arrows

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    Valarie Budayr
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    One young man I know has been trying all winter and early spring to make a bow and arrow that actually works. He's consulted our neighborly boy scouts, guides, and on-line sources, but nothing seemed to work. One night as this young man was complaining to his mother that this is an impossible task, someone's…

  • A Little Love Goes A Long Way

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Honestly, it's been just crazy around here. We are busily getting ready for Mimi's graduation party this weekend. Along with the last days of school, graduation ceremony preparations, and party preparations, Mimi has been playing a lot of piano in a variety of competitions and events. At times all of us are feeling a little…

  • A re-bag String A-long

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    Valarie Budayr
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       First let me say a big thank you to everyone who stopped by last week. It's been so great reading your comments and visiting your blogs. Our blogging community is just terrific and I'm so thankful for all of you. Last week I started working on a market bag made out of plastic grocery sacks.…

  • All Buttoned Up

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    Valarie Budayr
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    What lies in this box is verging on a miracle. And the story can only be told while having tea and eating some Irish soda bread. Ok, with that said, I can now continue. A couple of weeks ago I was reading some of my favorite Swedish crafting blogs.Elin  from Feeling Stitchy (all blogposts are in…

  • The Sunny Weekend that Wasn’t

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Isn't it amazing when the first spring sun comes out it feels like it will be out forever? The sun of Thursday and Friday completely ditched us for clouds and rain on Saturday and Sunday. Today it's even snowing. How Rude! We had planned an entire outdoor weekend with tours of Vanderbilt for dad, walking around Nashville, going to…

  • Growing Diamonds

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Whats in that pot over there? Would you believe diamonds? Pipe- cleaners fold in half and twisted down to make a heart. 3 tbsp of borax per 1 cup water. Boil water, add borax, take off heat, add pipe-cleaner hearts, and let it set over night, to pull out these beauties. and now we have…

  • A Little Bit Clippy

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    Valarie Budayr
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    The mess above on my dining room table is because of the cat.  Yes that cat. How many times can one woman cut out a heart without the cat getting jealous? The answer of course is simple…….3, yes 3 times. As you remember, I received the most beautiful paper cutting from Emily and I wanted…