During this troubled economic time, everywhere you look there are articles about people going “back to the basics” – meaning doing their own gardening and canning, digging out their sewing machines or buying a used sewing machine so they can learn the basics of sewing to help save money. This where you and your sewing […]
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The Five Best Sellers Are………..
How many emails have you gotten lately that lists that particular company’s best selling products? If you subscribe to emails from JoAnn.com, Fabric.com or any of the notion companies, you’ve probably gotten quite a few emails along this line. And, if you’re like me, I like to know what others are buying to see if […]
Saving Money Is Equal To Making Money
Isn’t it amazing how, with the economy in the dumps and unemployment is skyhigh, prices everywhere are going up, up, up! Gas prices keep going up, groceries are on a steady rise, and even at our favorite fabric shop just three weeks ago, one of our main fabrics that we constantly buy jumped up $2.00 a […]
Have You Set Goals For The New Year?
Everywhere I look I see articles, blog posts and stories about “organizing for the new year” or “clean out the cupboard”. I am SO inspired to do both of those this year! I always thought I wanted to belong to the “she who has the biggest fabric stash when she dies is the winner” club […]
How Does YOUR Creative Mind Work?
Because this is a brand new year, I think it’s a good time to stop and think about HOW we use our creative mind — are we actually being creative and coming up with new ideas and approaches to old ideas or just seeing things through a foggy window. My best illustration for this very […]
Does Your Website Or Blog Have To Be Perfect?
A couple weeks ago I posed a question about “Why do you have a website or blog“? We have gotten quite a few responses to that question which brings up another question — does your website or blog have to be perfect? The term “perfect” means different things to different people! To some people it […]