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Living in the moment

Living in the moment

Okay so it may sound silly but I am trying this new thing. Just taking things a day at a time. Mellowing out I should say.  It’s not really going that great so far because I am in bed with a migraine right now because I definetly seized the moment last night. Movies, popcorn, beer, the works!  I even took 2 whole days off this week! I don’t even know who I am anymore.     My boyfriend and I took…

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Knittin Queen 

So things have been a teensy bit slow getting started at the salon. So, hey! I still make myself useful! Have been knitting like crazy.  Made a cowl!  Started making a hat!        Finished said hat. Things will pick up, BUT until then. I have started up my little Fox Hollow Co project once again…   I started selling my goods again and accepting custom orders. Mostly just hats and scarves right…

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Picot Edging-Cable Cast-On

Working on Lousia Harding sweater and came across an opportunity for a lil tutorial. I always forget about the Cable Cast-On but it is one of the best ways to add on stitches in the middle of the project or to complete a picot edging.  1. Insert the right needle between the first and second stitches your left needle.   2. Wrap the yarn, like you are going to knit a stitch, pulling the yarn…

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Frump

My lawd. I am down in the dumps lately.  I never thought for once that my new life would be easy but damn. Mama could use a break! Been keeping myself busy and the negative thoughts at bay the best I can. Remembering my awesome family and my beautiful son keeps me on track.  I’ve been let down by people close to me but I am not trying to take it to heart. These weeks have been an emotional roller…

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DIY Wintertime Terranium 

Thought I’d do a crafty post since it’s been so long. Made some of these for decorations last year but I wanted to more…    Materials: -Bottlebrush Trees -Buffalo Snow (or any fake snow) -Moss or other dried greenery -Little plastic animals, gnomes, mushrooms or whatever -Glass/Plastic container-decorative enough to be a Terranium -Glue Gun or Quick Grip Glue -Tweezers (if you don’t get a…

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Growing Pains

Who would’ve known that co-owning a small business would eat up so much of my blogging time? HAHA I am super proud with our progress however! Look! My partners station       The last photo is my treatment room. I absolute love it. Can’t wait to do all the Esthetician stuff in it.  My partners husband and their family did so much work! I did my own room but the rest of the salon would’ve not been…

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A New Hope

The salon biz is really coming together. We still have a lot to do but I am really proud of my business partner and her family for working so hard while I was getting my ducks in a row. Now that I have more time to focus on this, I am getting even more excited.     Here’s a little preview of the salon. I still have to do my treatment room but it’s coming together!! We don’t have an opening date…

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A New Hope

The salon biz is really coming together. We still have a lot to do but I am really proud of my business partner and her family for working so hard while I was getting my ducks in a row. Now that I have more time to focus on this, I am getting even more excited.     Here’s a little preview of the salon. I still have to do my treatment room but it’s coming together!! We don’t have an opening date…

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Pathways

   I quit my job. Yes, I am finished working on Pacific Fabrics & Crafts. I am sure that I will still be involved in little projects, I may even work remotely or at the Bremerton location if my schedule allows me to do so. To be 100% honest, I really wanted to do it all but my energy ran out. I am burned out, used up and ready for a new life. I have worked at Pacific Fabrics all of my adult life…

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Toppers

Todays post is about things that go on inside and on the outside of my head.  So this new yarn from DMC goes against everything that I believe in but it has a cat on it!!!! It’s called Top This. There’s many more little animals but for sure the cat is the cutest. Not sure what the purpose it and the small adult size is really really small but shit. CAT HAT. Really these are for toddlers or…

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Seattle is Quirky

Rain soaks through shoes into socks when waiting at bus stop Every once and a while someone will say “good morning”  You’re stunned and the poor, cheery fellow slumps in their seat Homeless man pisses in his pants Jesus, lord please don’t look me in the eyes  Hoards of people traveling like cattle Why does this girl need wheels on her backpack?!?!? Bus smells Feel like a bus wanker Person with…

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Paper Piecing on the Fly, Yo

Paper Piecing on the Fly, Yo

So my work does this strange ritualistic gift exchange around Christmas time where we all bring about a yard of fabric then each bring a finished crafted gift back. This is what I did last year. I got a yard of Riley Blake British Invasion fabric with some lovely British flag ribbon. So I decided to make this Union Jack pillow and thats how I found out that this house doesn’t have a printer that…

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A Return to Crafting

A Return to Crafting

So I’ve let my crafting go quite a bit… I don’t think I’ve knitted anything or had any time to sew since a couple weekends off in the summer. Well, I just moved back to Kitsap and I have a ferry ride now to work.   Day 1 Over  Yesterday was my first day back to work and the rain and cold briskly greeted me to commuter life.  Besides getting lost and drenched, it was a good enough day. I got to…

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Annnnd its gone... (A post where I remember summer)

Annnnd its gone… (A post where I remember summer)

Had an eventful end-of-summer. Been going out like crazy, went camping, got my car broken into (lost all my knitting stuff-that’s it, I wish I was kidding), became super smitten with this dude and finally got to go swimming in the Columbia River.  Road Trippen to the North    So basically I spent 24 hours out at Salt Creek near Port Angeles Washington. I gotta tell ya, I am not really a…

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Sustain

  Today I am making moves to change my life. I am giving up my almost perfect surburban dream and trading it in for a more familiar homestead.  I am giving up my privacy, my space and my very own bathroom with the best water pressure. I am giving up on walks along the Green River with my pup and the largest dog park in King County.  I am giving up a short commute to Seattle for a short commute to…

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Sweet Summer Time

Only 3 more days to color I can’t believe my vacation is already ending as quick as it has begun. This time away from work has made me realize how much I miss being back in Kitsap. I miss my friends, my family, my sewing room… It has made me think a lot about what I’m doing in my life and why. A wise man once told me “You’ll never look back on your life and wish you would’ve worked more” (or…

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Spicy Mustard

So my vacation has been coming along swimmingly. I am so happy.  I am really really really dreading the day I have to return to reality but let’s just talk about good things today.  Recently tried another Sew House Seven Pattern called the Mississippi Avenue Dress. I really love this pattern and had picked fabric ages ago.       These patterns are really well made and have great ways to do things…

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