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Virtual Planetoid Hat: A New Pattern!

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November 15, 2011
Virtual Planetoid Hat: A New Pattern!

I don't much like designing craft patterns. My passion for craft manifests more as a desire to curate, to pontificate, to advocate. I usually either follow other people's patterns or just wing it. I decide a couple of weeks ago to do an experiment, though. The weather was getting colder, and I realized Owen's going...
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Toothiness

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August 2, 2011
Toothiness

Work-parenting balance is unbalanced! Babysitter's on holiday this week! So today, blogging = short storytelling in pictures. The End
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Vancouver Mini Maker Faire

July 15, 2011
Vancouver Mini Maker Faire

There's so much I want to say about Vancouver's first Maker Faire that I've put off writing this post for nearly three weeks. In the interest of getting over this block, I've decided to write a series of posts about it. To sum up, Maker Faire blew my mind. It was the most fun I've...
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Finding Creative Satisfaction in Constraint: Project Spectrum

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May 20, 2011
Finding Creative Satisfaction in Constraint: Project Spectrum

You know Project Spectrum, yes? Organized by Lolly for several rounds over the last few years, it's a colour-based creativity project. Though I've known about it for a long time, I haven't participated in the project until the round that started this month (it runs through November). The focus is on the colour wheel...
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Craft for the Animals Campaign and Free Crochet Pet Mat Pattern

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April 14, 2011
Craft for the Animals Campaign and Free Crochet Pet Mat Pattern

Last November my friend Lisa and I spent a few days volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southwest Utah. I'd volunteered at animal shelters before, and I've supported the SPCA for many years, but this place blew my mind. Founded a couple of decades ago by friends – best friends – with a...
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Hank Vest, Finished!

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March 24, 2011
Hank Vest, Finished!

I finally made Owen some clothing. It was killing me not to have made him clothing. So now I won't keel over! I blogged about the project over at CrochetMe.com, so I'll just nudge you on over there.
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Basement Remodel Sneak Peek & Newspaper Story

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February 11, 2011
Basement Remodel Sneak Peek & Newspaper Story

Last week I spent a lovely afternoon with Claudia Kwan, a journalist who was working on a story for the Vancouver Sun about people reconsidering how they use their basement. And today the story came out! We (where by "we" I mean Greg and some volunteer and professional friends) have been feverishly working on the...
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Oh look, crafts!

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January 23, 2011
Oh look, crafts!

Owen's 30th day is this coming week, and there's a chance the paperwork will be a bit delayed. No cause for panic, but we're going to continue to lay low. While we do that, and I master the art of blogging one-handed and praise the Kobo app on my iPhone that provides effortless one-handed reading,...
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Happy New Baby Year

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January 7, 2011
Fist Bump

I have only a few minutes to write this, so I'll dispense with my inclination to properly introduce the topic and jump right to the point. Last Thursday afternoon we learned we'd been chosen to adopt a baby the next day. I'm sure you can imagine the frenzy of the following twenty hours. I'll tell...
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I fell in love with this guy.

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December 13, 2010
I fell in love with this guy.

His name is Braxon and we're adopting him. Because of our plans for the holidays we won't be able to welcome him home till the new year. January 7th, to be exact. That's when Best Friends Animal Sanctuary will fly him up. I wish we didn't have to wait so long, but it's the...
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