On the long drive from California to Utah, I finished one scarf for The Love Scarf Project and started another. Pattern: Ruffle Scarf by Caron Yarn: from my stash, missing label.
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If you would like to crochet/knit a scarf or cap for The Love Scarf Project, you can find the details here. The delivery to City of Hope (here in California) will take place on February 14th. After getting the chance to help with last year’s delivery of scarves and caps, I can’t put into …
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I’ve always wondered what to do with my running medals. After reading about Medals of Courage, my Disneyland Half Marathon medal is on it’s way to Loma Linda Children’s Hospital. It’s such an easy thing that could mean a lot to a little one battling cancer. I ran faster in that half marathon than I [...]
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I am often overwhelmed by the amount of good people are doing in this world. Just the other night, I met a group of dedicated volunteers from The Joyful Foundation located here in Orange Country. The Joyful Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides quality, hand-made blankets to individuals in their time of illness or [...]
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As has become the tradition in our family, guests were asked to bring donations in lieu of traditional party gifts. When Pumpkin found a flyer for Operation Blankets of Love on our doorstep a few weeks before the party, we knew it was the perfect charity work with for her Dog & Cat party. Operation [...]
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Today I gathered together some thrifted fancy dresses and some fancy fabrics that have been sitting in my stash for years & shipped them off to Jane, an amazing Kenyan woman who has literally sewn her way out of poverty. Not only is she a sister sewist, she is a refashioner! She struggles though, to [...]
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Armed with a few fabric markers, the girls had a great time making turning their plain black TOMS shoes into one-of-kind wearable art. As letter-obsessed kindergartener, Pumpkin loved the idea of having the entire alphabet on each shoe. And Princess, my “peace and love” girl, knew exactly how to make her shoes her own. If [...]
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While some people want to shield their children from the tragedies of the world, I feel it is so important to let them know what is happening (in an age appropriate way), teach compassion, then empower them to make difference. When we heard the heartbreaking news of the destruction in Japan, the girls immediately remembered [...]
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I’m thrilled to help spread the word about an event that incorporates so many of my favorite things: kids, art, design & giving back. If you live in the vicinity of Orange County , gather the family and check out “Milk & Cookies”, the collaborative art of 9 World Renowned Artists and their kids, [...]
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In the four years I have worked with and donated to The Love Scarf project, I have never been able to make it to City of Hope for delivery day. That changed on Monday. The stars aligned. I wasn’t sick and the babysitter didn’t cancel. The delivery was quite a labor intensive process requiring crazy [...]
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