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A Crafty Life
http://www.mkjn.blogspot.com
This is a blog about my experiences creating crafts for my children, myself, and my shop. It is also about the little things in my life that inspire me to create, including cooking, gardening and just being with my family.
Recent Posts
My New Address
I am switching over to my new blog starting today. Come say Hi!The Nesting Magpie...
Change
When I first started blogging, I hadn't put that much thought into my blog name. I just knew that I wanted to join this wonderful blogging community. Well, after months of thought and deliberation, I have come up with a name that I love and am swit...
Craft ADD
After having trouble writing down the pattern for the star block, I decided to take a break and work on something else for a bit. I started a number of different projects and then decided I should really work on Easter items for my kids. I want to ma...
A Peek at Spring and Writing Patterns
Yesterday was just beautiful here in Connecticut. It was a nice warm-ish 60 degrees and sunny. It felt necessary to take advantage of the beautiful weather and head outdoors. So we went on a family walk on a local walking trail. It wasn't much of a t...
Star Squares
After staring at my beautiful orange tablecloth for a couple of days, I just couldn't take it anymore. I got out some cotton yarn and a hook and proceeded to decipher the pattern from the tablecloth. And wouldn't you know, it wasn't that hard! I just...
The Orange Tablecloth
This beautiful tablecloth was made by my Mother. I have a lot of memories of her crocheting over the years. I remember one year she crocheted a very beautiful and intricate tablecloth for a co-worker. He paid her a couple hundred dollars for it. I r...
Conversational blog with meditations on daily life, crafty explorations (mostly crochet and softies), and oodles of project photos. Also, there is a free softie pattern for an elephant. Awesome!
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