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I scored a deal on ebay a while back, and got Donna Downey's Decorative Journals (and all the rest of the books in the series) at a great price... and I finally read it and created this journal... it will make a great present for someone, and was so simple to make from scratch!
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inside
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I found these cute candles (they're only about an inch and a half high) for $2 in the junk shop yesterday - they'll make an awesome gift, now I've jazzed them up with Kaisercraft fozz felt, for Douglas' teacher at the end of the year.
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Soule Mama made this skirt for her little one recently, and I had just bought material I wanted to use the day before, so it was a simple step to hunting out the pattern, and dreaming about making it... well, I finally got around to pulling out the sewing machine last night, and finishing it off this afternoon... I also bought more material this morning, to make a skirt for the big girl!
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Wandering around the newsagents the other evening, I spotted this business card holder, and immediately had thoughts of decorating and filling it with photos for grandparents for Christmas.
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Stacey Julian had a post a couple of weeks ago about being present with your life, and creating an album of photos from the present... she even had a giveaway to the first 50 comments, and I was lucky enough to win a bazzill mono mini album!! And it actually arrived (unlike a blog win from the end of August that I'm STILL waiting for)
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I used some scraps of paper (MME, sassafras lass, kaisercraft and 3 bugs in a rug) and stuck the photos in with a bit of journaling on the photos {PS American Crafts slick writers are awesome!!}
A productive week all round,
but I'm still behind with my Christmas cards!!
but I'm still behind with my Christmas cards!!
The skirt looks good - can't wait to see it on!
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