From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Fun in UT: Savers

by This is Carrie on January 11, 2009

I almost forgot one of the “funnest” things about UT–a trip to Savers to load up on old sheets and pillowcases. It’s got me dreaming of Spring Refashioning.

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Crafted by Grandpa or Why My Dad is Totally Awesome

by This is Carrie on January 9, 2009

A while back I e-mailed my dad this photo from a popular catalog. A few weeks later we got these: I finally got them hung on the wall over each girl’s bed and the floor is much cleaner because of it. Thanks Dad.

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Making Stuff: I Heart Chickens

by This is Carrie on January 9, 2009

A mod podge gift for my favorite crazy chicken lady.

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Making Stuff: Fancy Flip Flop Gift

by This is Carrie on January 8, 2009

With a little velvet ribbon, lace and bling, Princess and I turned some hand-me-down Havaianas into some serious Southern California “holiday footwear” for Pumpkin.

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Crazy or Calculated

by This is Carrie on January 8, 2009

Since I haven’t biked since the beginning of December, run since the Turkey Trot, or swam a real lap since that one day in Junior High when I thought it would be fun to be on the swim team, I can’t tell if signing up for my first Xterra Triathlon is a brilliant and calculated […]

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Making Stuff: Dress-up Skirts

by This is Carrie on January 8, 2009

Made from the stash–a couple dress-up skirts for the cousins Christmas gift exchange. What? You don’t have purple sparkle fabric in your stash? Use the Easy, Peasy, Whirly, Twirly Skirt Tutorial

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Gift from Mom

by This is Carrie on January 7, 2009

My mom always give the BEST gifts. This is the hand crocheted angel that sat atop our Christmas tree for as long as I can remember. It is something I have coveted since the day I received my own set of crocheted snowflakes.

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Making Stuff: Poor Man’s Screenprinting

by This is Carrie on January 7, 2009

I tried my hand at this new “screen printing” process I read about, hoping my friends wouldn’t mind being the recipients of my first not-so-perfect attempts to make them some personalized tees.

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Making Stuff: More and More Art Cases

by This is Carrie on January 7, 2009

For Simon and a robot lover. tutorial here

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White Elephant Gift Exchange

by This is Carrie on January 6, 2009

For the first time in as long as I can remember, I ended up with something totally awesome at the end of our family’s gift exchange (which is truly white elephant–no gift card cop outs–mostly stuff that would make you groan with a few highly prized things (like homemade olallieberry jam and family heirlooms) thrown […]

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