Right Angle Weave: My New Favorite Stitch!

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So, I spent a few hours today finishing up some beading projects from The Bead&Button Show. Both of them use right angle weave, which isn't a stitch that I've used a lot. I mostly use peyote stitch for my bead......

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3 for Miss Crow

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I just realized that I forgot to post these layouts I did for the Murder of Crow's Creative Team last month. Her kits are so lovely (and *huge*) which is so great. Here are two I did with her Midsummer......

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What I Like About You! (online class)

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I'm going to be teaching some online classes for My Kits & Pieces. They're going to start offering classes that are both kit-based and non-kit-based. My first class is available now and it's this fabulous mini album: As always, with......

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Good News All Around! And Bask with K&P!

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I'm excited to share that Shakira from Scrapbook Takeout randomly e-mailed me and said that they love the stamp designs I've been doing for My Kits & Pieces and want me to design some stamps for them! How cool! I......

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Design Team Call!

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My Kits and Pieces is having a Design Team call! I will just say that I love the message board over there. It's tiny and so it always feels like having a personal conversation. No cliques. No drama. Just a......

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Just Let Me Scrapbook: June

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Yesterday, I had a scrappy day and finished up my June projects for the fabulous store, Just Let Me Scrapbook. MaryBeth (the owner) is the nicest woman ever and she is always running amazing sales. And let me just say......

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Oh yay! Some *great* news! And two layouts.

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I just had to share! In what must be the quickest reply time ever for a magazine submission, I sent a layout (just a general submission) to Creating Keepsakes at 8:04pm and they picked it up the next day at......

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Heidi Swapp Mirror Album

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I can hardly believe it. I never finish class projects. Ever. Generally, I don't like something about them or they're not my style or it just feels weird to copy someone else. Well, I went to a crop (with the......

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SISiversary 2008 - Online Crop

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I spent most of Saturday and several hours on Sunday at SIStv's online crop. They had a bajillion really interesting challenges that ran around the clock! SIS has a lot of international SISters, so for someone like me who keeps......

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Fun Mail!

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My mailbox has been an endless source of joy in the past few days! 1. Got my copy of the July/August Memory Makers and found my layout on page 46! 2. I opened up a big airmail package and found......

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