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Thank you for kind words yesterday, it is heartwarming to hear your concern and encouragement. I wanted to talk more about what I mean by refining aspirations . Refining your goals doesn’t mean making them less or lowering your standards or expectations
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Refining Possibilities: Making the Best Use of Your Time
Hello peeps! Just a quick note to let you know the winter sale has started in my shop here Up to 50% reduction on selected one-of-a-kind items… I am throwing in a special offer for you blog readers…
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Winter sale – handmade designer clothing and accessories
This week seems to be the busiest for holiday preparations as people cross things off their lists before they settle into vacation mode next week. No matter how simple your holiday plans, it can still feel rushed, and there are lots of chances for things to go wrong. * When the package tracking says “Delivered,” but the delivery truck never showed up.
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Survival Guide to the Holiday Hustle & Bustle
When I was in college I made a photo album, and I actually used a computer to print some of the descriptions, because I thought it would look better than my own handwriting. People used to care about penmanship, but now we’re used to texting “how r u?” Any handwriting is nice to see now, no matter how messy.
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Put Down the Label Maker and Write with a Pen
CAKE INGREDIENTS: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed 3 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon powdered ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cups diced dried cranberries 6 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks LEMON FROSTING: 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 cups powdered sugar 4 teaspoons lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup diced dried cranberries DRIZZLED ICING: 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon milk 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 F. Make the cake by beating the softened butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth.
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77. Mock Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
MATERIALS Long stemmed herbs: For Chicken Soup choose 6 of the following: Rosemary Small lovage leaves Thyme Parsley Celeriac leaves Lavender Garlic chives Lemongrass Garlic leaves Winter savory Sweet marjoram Lemon basil For Beef or Pork based soups choose 6 of the following: Rosemary Tarragon Chervil Oregano Thyme Basil Savory Hyssop Onion leaves Bay Chives Small hot peppers Garlic chives For Vegetarian based soups, pick from either list INSTRUCTIONS To begin the wreath, gather your ingredients. You will need about 6 sprigs of herbs in varying lengths. Longer pieces can be woven into the wreath more easily than shorter ones.
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71. Soup Wreaths
MATERIALS: writing or drawing paper (20-30 uniform sheets) thick decorative paper or cardstock (for the cover) a Binder clip large enough to hold all of your paper in place Ruler Pencil waxed linen thread (can be found in the jewelry section of craft stores) Bookbinders needle (or a curved needle, found in the sewing section of most craft stores) a non-tapering awl, or needle tool (to pierce holes in the paper) INSTRUCTIONS: Stack your paper, with the covers on the top and bottom of the stack, just as you would like your book to appear. Using a ruler, draw a line from top to bottom of the front cover, about 1/4″from the spine
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60. Japanese Bound Handmade Books