The One when the Boss Was Gone

Courtney (+) guitar I had to re-make for Simply Handmade (look for it in the June/July issue!) (+) absent boss (=) priceless goofing off pictures PS - I would have taken these pictures whether or not David was here :) It just so happened he was gone so it makes for a good tit...

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The One with the Scenic Route

When we came out of the theater last night I couldn't help taking pictures all the way home - the sunset was so pretty....

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The One with Art's Birthday

Chris' friend Art drove here from California to celebrate his 1/4 century birthday. We went to his parent's house at lunch for homemade burritos. Mmmmmm.The best part about Art's house besides the burritos? His dogs! All three of them combined wouldn't equal one of Chris' poodles. But I love tiny dogs. This is a face only a mother could love. Poor Kobe (as in Kobe Bryant). I hope this picture makes...

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The One with the Valuable Book

I attended a book enthusiasts conference yesterday with my grandpa John Taylor. It's tradition! This is my third year in a row going with him. The last two years we learned some bookbinding techniques:This year, we went to an illuminated manuscript workshop first and I learned how to gild and add gold foil to hand painted letters, among other things. After lunch we went to a workshop focused on recognizing...

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The One with Eightysomething

My eightysomething-year-old Grandma Doris has a blog - that's gotta be some kind of record right? (Nope - I just googled it and I guess the oldest blogger just died. She was 108. Read the story here.) If my grandma can blog, anyone can! And I mean that in the nicest way possible :) She says of her blog: "I will write about growing up in the south, some family background with an attempt to make it...

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The One with Art-Turned-Tattoo

Recycled post #2 for the week. So sue me. (But don't really.)We received an email the other morning from a woman who loved the new Craft Fair line so much that she got a tattoo of the sewing machine Richard designed for the line.Here's her email:"Hi American Crafts,I LOVE your products SO much! When I saw "Craft Fair" I fell in love... so much so, that I just got a fabulous tattoo of your sewing machine...

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The One with New Color

I haven't dyed my hair since April of last year and I was itching for a change. So last week I went to the hair school Bon Losee and asked them to dye my hair as red as they could without bleaching it. They kept calling it "virgin hair" because it was my natural color. Weird. But I like it, it's something new that I've never done befo...

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The One with the Twilight Partay

My friend Katie, whom I first met when we worked at Pebbles in My Pocket back in 2003 and who is Marlene's BFF (small world), threw the BEST Twilight partay EVAH last night. These are the deets:I had to dine and dash (sorry!) at my cousin's 6th birthday dinner at Brick Oven in order to make it to the party by 6. We were supposed to dress in our favorite Twilight gear or as a character from the book...

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