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The Creative Box {SNAP! Swap}

Hello crafty ones!  A few weeks ago my girl Johnnie and I organized a fun little Thrift Store/Stash Swap as a fun “Get to Know you Exercise” before the SNAP! Conference.  What’s SNAP! you ask?   It’s a conference designed with Creatives and DIY’ers in mind!  In one week I will be attending SNAP! and

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Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? {and other silly stories} | @PluckingDaisy

I may be a day late and a dollar short (or three) for “April Fool’s Day” but I’m pretty much late for everything.  What can I say?  I fear change…so don’t throw quarters at me (hardee har har!).  Today I have a silly project to share with you.  The way this project came to be

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Thrift Store Finds | @PluckingDaisy

Hello my lovelies!   Here we are, half-way through the first month of 2013 and I’m stuck in a creative rut…BIG time!  What do I do when I’m stuck in a rut and my creative get up and go seems to have “Got up and went” ?  I visit my local thrift store.  Sure I

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Chicken Soup for the Crafty Soul | @PluckingDaisy

  Hello dear readers and friends!  As 2012 comes to a close I’d like to share what I’ve been “cooking” up for the past year.  The weather outside IS frightful today but don’t worry I have a nice pot of “Chicken Soup” ready to feed your crafty soul! 2012 was a year filled with new

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Sandy Hook Memorial Tree of Life

Today was a sad day here in Connecticut.  It has been one week since the tragic shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School that has left 26 families, the community of Newtown, Connecticut and our nation forever changed.  Not a day has gone by that I haven’t cried.  My heart hurts for these families who

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Five Miles…

by Amy Bowerman

I just want to forewarn you before you read this that this is going to be a heavy post.  The entire nation is aware of the tragedy that took place here in Connecticut yesterday.  I am writing this with a heavy heart which is breaking for my neighboring community who has lost so much.  

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Message in a Bottle

by Amy Bowerman

Message in a Bottle | @PluckingDaisy #WeddingDIY #Favors #Invitations

Hello friends!  Me and DH celebrated our anniversary this week.  We were married in St. Lucia at Anse Chastanet and I love to reminisce about the clear blue waters and tropical hills of St. Lucia on our anniversary.  In the middle of my yearly daydream I realized I had never posted about the Message in

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Hush Puppy Lamp

Hello friends!  Yesterday I took a trip to one of my favorite places on earth.  No, NOT Disney World…the thrift store!  My local thrift is conveniently located just around the corner from my home.  I could walk there if I needed to.  However, I usually need a vehicle to tote home my wares/treasures.  I visit

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Rosie Rose Tree and Me

It has been a week and a half since I last posted.  I apologize for my silence.  Don’t worry I haven’t run away to mime college.  Nor have I stopped making “stuff”.  I’ve been in a bit of a creative rut.  I keep comparing myself to other much more successful Bloggers/crafters and feeling like I

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