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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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Yearly Archives: 2010

it’s like apron palooza over here

Another kitchen-licious creation for under the tree… Another reversible cafe style apron, similar to this one.  Will picked out the elephant side, and I got to choose the forks.  Both from metrocafe by Robert Kaufman.  I really adore the forks!

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ruffle apron

In the war between me and the shipping deadlines, the shipping deadlines seem to be winning.  I am getting my behind kicked by Christmas gifts!  Oh well, it’s hard not to want to make gifts for everyone when you can make stuff this cute!  Check out all the ruffles on this little number: I based […]

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a farmhouse cafe apron

I love this fabric line from Timeless Treasures–it appeals perfectly to my inner farmwife!  This apron is based on this free apron pattern (I love that it uses a fat quarter and a half yard of fabric–it’s a great way to use up any cute-but-don’t-know-what-to-do-with-them fat quarters).  I don’t like unlined aprons, though, so I […]

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christmas music a la will

Each year Will seems to misunderstand the lyrics of whatever song he wanders around singing the most.  Last year it was “almost fun, it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh.”  This year he’s all about “he’s making a list, he’s checking things out…” We love it.

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best mail day in the history of forever.

Yesterday I got not one, but TWO amazing packages in the mail.  From the Pillow Talk Swap, Kirsten at Three Dancing Magpies sent me this gorgeous linen and velveteen pillow and a whole mess of goodies (button kits to make huge gorgeous fabric buttons, a Starbucks gift card, a Christmas charm pack, the pillow form […]

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