do you know about creativebug? creativebug offers online workshops for making loads of great crafts as close as your computer. i always love the idea of making handmade gifts, and they’ve got some really great ideas for crafting your own hostess gifts. or perhaps you have the idea of making lovely treats for summer house guests. whatever you’ve been dreaming of,... 
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i am not crafty. i wish i were but apparently i haven’t got that gene. i like making things, but i think i lack the patience to follow through. i like buying handmade items though, and i admire the handywork that goes into a good DIY immensely. there’s several blogs out there that excel at DIY — i am not one of them. okay, every once in a while, but it’s... 
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bitohoney. you may have noticed a lot of oval-egg-shaped things interrupting your internet airwaves the past few weeks. bunny rabbits, too — they’re simply everywhere! oh yeah, it’s easter. so for this thoughts for a friday i am putting my own twist on those silly wabbits, and on the incredible edible and in this case more-often than not, inedible egg. i... 
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martha stewart’s DIY Precious Diamonds Family Tree. you know me. i love all things photo-related. from high-tech apps like instagram and after light to a twin lens reflex — i am smitten. i actually learned to take photos in high school on a twin lens reflex, developing the film and making prints in the classroom darkroom. talk about old school. but i loved the... 
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japanese floral artist takaya-hanayuishi. slowly but surely it’s beginning to feel like spring around here. i know the rest of the country has got some thawing out and catching up to do, and i think if you happen to be in australia, it’s already summer, right? but my thoughts for a friday are turning to all things springtime. lazy days, pretty blooms, all those... 
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