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I’m finally getting caught-up on my blog following the holiday and Hawaii craziness! First up, some snaps from the Christmas Craft Party and Cookie Exchange. I invited over 16 lovely ladies for a festive workday. They brought their sewing, knitting, greeting cards, gifts to wrap, and even papers to grade, and we all worked away [...]
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I love giving gifts, and I love wrapping them. It’s just so fun and special presenting someone with a beautiful package put together with lots of love and care. On some Christmases past, I spent much more money (and time!) than I should have—nearly as much as the gift itself. One year, I followed a [...]
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It’s been a fun 2010 on Art Faith Love. I started this blog a year and a half ago as a place to post things that inspired me creatively, to share photos of my projects with family and friends, and to push myself to continue pursuing my hobbies of scrapbooking, crafting, and painting (even when [...]
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This holiday season, I was one of 500 people who signed up for a Handmade Gift Exchange through the Craftaholics Anonymous blog. I don’t craft for a living though I would like it to be a more frequent hobby, so these kinds external prompts are super helpful. Plus, I’d get to meet another crafter/blogger and [...]
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I confess I’m not big on Halloween. I think the kids dressing up is cute, and I certainly love the candy, but I could do without the skeletons and ghouls and blood and haunted houses and twentysomethings dressed like prostitutes. It kinda creeps me out. But, anyway, this post is really about my mad pumpkin [...]
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Hello from Safeway. I say “yes” to grocery stores with delis and sushi bars and tables and free wi-fi. It makes posting to the blog from lunch possible. And some days, that’s the only free time I have. So anyway, I just wanted to show you all what I put together for the Bo Bunny [...]
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This weekend was my sister-in-law Ashlee’s baby shower. Another sister-in-law, Megan, and I were teamed up to provide dessert. After scoping out the local bakery offerings, we decided to make something ourselves. Megan baked vanilla and strawberry cupcakes in cute striped pink baking cups. And, I decided to try my hand at legitimate cake decorating. [...]
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Of course, after I finished the card that I previewed for you last week, I decided it wasn’t really working, and I wanted to make another in a completely different style. So, abandoned the very rigid, geometric design and went for something softer, which worked better with the patterns of Bo Bunny’s Peacock Lane collection. [...]
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My friend Vicky sells beautiful handmade scarves, mittens, and pins on her Etsy shop, and I especially love all the crocheted flowers she uses. So, I asked her if she’d teach me how to make one. She invited Paul and I over for dinner, and while Paul and Vicky’s husband, Shaun, played Heroes of Newerth [...]
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I’ve been meaning to try some fabric and paper combinations, so I thought I’d start with something really simple and functional. My friend Jennifer recently completed her master’s degree at my alma mater. We met in the Bay Area years after I graduated from APU; I love those little coincidences. I wanted to make her [...]
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