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    on my desk… august 27, 2008

    In honor of the upcoming holiday on Monday, I decided to gussy up some Target bargains (hello $1.75 canvas tote bag!) with the perfect accessories: Bruins! Did you know that you can use your ink jet printer to print DIRECTLY…

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    time for some early scares…

    I’m going to assume that September marks the start of the “get crafting for Halloween” season, as October is the unofficial start of holiday crafting time as well. In honor of such an occassion, One Pretty Thing compiled a great…

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    so adorable and easy!

    How simply perfect is this garland from The Small Object. While triangles are easy to make and sew in a straight line, I’m sure that every other fun shape could find its way into this pattern![thanks to Mary via Kirtsy]

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    and now for a fun little twist…

    Just because the labels I provided earlier are truly blank slates, I thought it would be fun to throw in a version I quickly modified using patterns (by Sashiko) in Illustrator. One click on the background box, and suddenly the…

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    an easy way to dress up water

    Last year, for our wedding, we decided to prepare “Welcome” bags for all of our out-of-town guests. In doing so, we rounded up bunches of goodies for their weekend stays in Monterey, and stopped by Costco for most of the…