T is for Valentine Inchies and A Vintage Farbarware Coffee Percolator

.Reading time 7 minutes.

I got the idea to pull out my inherited treasure from Mae’s Food Blog last week where she shared some history on coffee makers. I found my model HERE that sold last April on Etsy: Kat of KoolKatMidCentury writes: “Amazing find! This is the GRAND DAME of mid century coffee percolators as can be noted […]

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Puppy Love, Photo Tag

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At Tag Tuesday the current challenge is to use a photo on a tag, and the current Allsorts challenge is requesting “four legged friends”. The first pet pictures I came across were of our childhood Lhasa Apso puppy named Caesar. My sister was learning about Julius Caesar in school at the time and that’s how […]

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WOYWW, Christmas Inchie Card and Valentine Inchies

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It’s Wednesday, and that means I can join in with other crafty people at the stamping ground and show what I’m currently working on as well as the state of my work surface. I pulled out the Valentine’s/Wedding & Anniversary bucket full of embellishments with the idea of making Valentine’s this week. Here you will […]

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T is for Tulsi, Trader Joes Flower Arranging, and Valentine Pockets

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I’m sharing my Tulsi Tea in my Old fashioned Winnie The Pooh Valentine’s mug with you and the folks over at the Altered Book Lover this T day. This past Thursday I made a flower arrangement for my friends birthday that I’ll be sharing as well. A similar arrangement from a local florist would be […]

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WOYWW, Altered Journal Cards

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What’s NOT on my desk today~!~ The Stamping Ground is where you can share the current state of your workspace with others, and mine is a happy mess at the moment. I have my colorful drawers of bits out as well as stacks of paper, glue, punches, twine etc. My daughters desk has a pile […]

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For the Birds

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It’s Thursday’s art date at Rain’s Garden, and the theme today is birds. I’m always so impressed by how some bloggers find and share some of their older art examples as well as current makes, so this week I did the same. I made this new card for Hubby for Valentine’s day using an old […]

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WOYWW, Fairy Tags, Owl Inchie

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I’m joining in today with the Stamping Ground group to share what’s on my work desk today. As you can see, I worked on making fairy tags for the bi-weekly challenge at Tag Tuesday. Both stamps called out to be played with so I made two sweet fairies and colored them in with colored pencils, […]

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T stands for Toast, and Trio Pocket

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Happy T day to you and all the followers at the Altered Book Lover. Today I share my mug of green tea and my Gluten Free toasted muffin with butter and almond butter. I asked Hubby to pick this up for me, and while it has good texture and taste it’s high in sugar and […]

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Happy 13th, Boy, Tag,bookmark, card

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At Tag Tuesday the theme is numbers. I combined that idea with the design at Freshly Made Sketches, and the color challenge at Color Throwdown to create tag/bookmark birthday card for a 13yr old boy. I wanted the tag to be removable so I created a pocket out of acetate and attached with washi tape […]

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WOYWW, CAS, Embossed, Black and Gold, Male Birthday Card

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My Nephew is turning 25 (how did that happen!) As he is a young male executive, I wanted a slightly trendy/classy masculine birthday card to send to him. With the help of a few card challenges, I came up with a black and gold theme that I think will fit the bill. The “New” item […]

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