A Place Like This

Category: crafts

  • Clip,Snip, and a surprise

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    Valarie Budayr
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    It has been a long time, like since I was a child, that I had a Valentine's Day this special. My mom use to give each one of us a little heart shaped box of chocolates and a handmade card with a special message. My dad would always make one of two things, either red pancakes…

  • Creative Book Exchange

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Happy Monday everyone! It was the perfect weekend to get a lot of crafting done. It was raining, windy, dark, and gray. Along with crafting I took occasional breaks to see a couple of movies. Leap Year was so sweet and the film shots in Ireland left me wanting to get on the next plane.…

  • Gnome Week,Day 1: “Make Magic”

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    Valarie Budayr
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    It is not an uncommon practice in Scandinavian countries to talk about the "gnomes" around us. These tales are usually propagated by loving and doting grand-parents. Mine were no exception, and so it was that we would hear of our very own house gnome taking care of the horses,helping in the garden,cleaning up the kitchen…

  • Merry Making Business

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    Valarie Budayr
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    When all is dark it's time to make some magic. May you have a weekend of togetherness and creativity. See you Monday.

  • Crafty

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Today I will be away…..up in the mountains…..at my friend Susie's crafting cabin. There I will sit by a fire where I will knit and sew but most importantly, help Susie pick out the stones and tiles for her sink countertop. Have a great day wherever you find yourself.

  • The Naked Umbrella

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I've been stashing my yarn in a very large suitcase, just waiting for the day I had time to wind it all and start my various dreamed of projects. Once wound, I could beautifully display my stash within my wooden cabinet. There's just one problem…….where's my swift? It has been in the same place for…

  • Bending the Rules

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I had heard mention over at "The Angry Chicken" that Amy Karol's new book was out. As we were making our weekly trip to the library I saw it sitting there in the new book section. I immediately grabbed it for myself to check it out,…literally.   I have found so many reasons to like…

  • Sailing Away………..

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    Valarie Budayr
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                              It all started over a love of Toast. Before I knew it, I was discovering new friends in far off places. It was an immediate response to a heartfelt invitation. No not an invitation of words but the pulling of heart strings. …..and so it began, the journey to embrace my inner child. The rest…

  • Unraveled……..

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    Valarie Budayr
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             She knew that her mother was a knitter. Though they had carpooled to the library because inclement weather didn't allow her to ride her bike, she had no way of knowing that her mother was there under "false" pretenses. While she labored on her physics project, a few feet behind her many women were…

  • With Love………..

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    Valarie Budayr
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                       I always look at Valentine's Day as a week of perpetual baking.I love baking so it isn't a problem. We have the class parties at school which of course needs my grandmother's chocolate drop cookies. We have little O's birthday which requires cupcakes for snack at school, the themed birthday cake, which was Dr.…