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christmas craft recap

by Janice on 12/23/2012

In my post from over a month ago, I summarized my rather lofty ambitions for a handmade Christmas. I fell a bit short, but the girls didn’t seem to mind as they have been super excited to play with the resulting accessories and their new vet, boarding, and other pet sets for their American Girl […]

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fairytale dresses for Santa photos

by Janice on 11/28/2012

I love this cotton lawn fabric, part of the Hello Kitty series by Liberty of London. Boy, has it been a while since I have done fussy sewing! Lawn is also not the best fabric for Canadian Winters, but the toy drums and trains in the print, were hard to resist! I ended up knitting a few cardigans to go […]

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handmade plan for christmas – 40 days to go

by Janice on 11/15/2012

We have a moratorium on any new 18″ dolls. Each of the girls have 1 American Girl doll and 1 Maplelea doll, and also have several pets that go with them and lots of outfits. After our big purge of toys this summer, and a re-org of their play areas, I challenged them to choose […]

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quilts for girlie girls (and their not so girlie Mom)

by Janice on 09/29/2012

A good friend, C, recently moved to Ontario with her husband, two little girls and a veritable menagerie of pets. C and I met when we both moved to Deep Cove, late in 2008. She lived next door to my sister, and her little girls were virtually the same number of months apart as mine, […]

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