Category Archives: Challenges and Contests

Paws || Walk On – 3.29 – 4.11

Posted on April 5, 2015 by gracieed

A glorious Happy Easter to everyone.  May your day be blessed and spent with those you love. Every now and then when I’m walking dogs, I will just stop, ask them to sit for about 30 seconds and then I … Continue reading →

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Saturday Snippets | April 4, 2015

Posted on April 4, 2015 by gracieed

Welcome to Saturday Snippets.  This is where I share links and odd bits of info from the past week. 1.  Discovered a new blog.  Make do and mend-able.  This is a gal after my own heart. 2. If you’re a … Continue reading →

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Day 31 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – DIY Dishtowels

Posted on March 31, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 31 of Make Madness – DIY Dishtowels   I started by cutting the summer dress into the largest pieces of fabric possible and kept the hem intact.  This gave me only three sides to hem. I used an … Continue reading →

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Day 31 {Make Madness} – DIY Dishtowels

Posted on March 31, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 31 of Make Madness – DIY Dishtowels   I’ve been on a Spring Cleaning kick at the moment and noticed, while decluttering my kitchen, that our dishtowels are SUPER old.  They work great, but they’ve seen better days. … Continue reading →

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Day 30 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – Organizing Embroidery Floss

Posted on March 30, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 30 of Make Madness – Organizing Embroidery Floss   I am so in love with this way of organizing and storing my embroidery floss. First, it’s so neat and tidy and second, you end up with a beautiful … Continue reading →

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Day 30 {Make Madness} – Organizing Embroidery Floss

Posted on March 30, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 30 of Make Madness – Organizing Embroidery Floss   When we were married about a year, Mike bought me all the colors of DMC embroidery floss for my birthday.  I cross stitched back then and embroidery floss was … Continue reading →

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Day 29 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – Painted Pine Cones

Posted on March 29, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 29 of Make Madness – Painted Pine Cones   I love the multi-colored pine cones, but I thought I’d paint mine two colors to go with our decor.  We have white walls with sage green accent walls so … Continue reading →

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Paws || Walk On – 3.22 – 4.4

Posted on March 29, 2015 by gracieed

Every now and then when I’m walking dogs, I will just stop, ask them to sit for about 30 seconds and then I will say “walk on”. That is there cue to start walking again. I do this for a … Continue reading →

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Day 29 {Make Madness} – Painted Pine Cones

Posted on March 29, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 29 of Make Madness – Painted Pine Cones   There are a couple of houses in our neighborhood that have trees that drop pine cones.  Some of the cones are tiny and adorable, others are medium-sized and then … Continue reading →

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Day 28 {Make Madness} – Part 2- Sequin Storage

Posted on March 28, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 28 of Make Madness – Sequin Storage   So this is one of those projects that I’m really glad I decided to do, but really wonder when I’ll actually be finished.  I learned a valuable lesson about sequins … Continue reading →

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