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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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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Flannel nightgowns

I love the $2 flannel sales at Joann’s.  They are impossible to resist with all the cute prints, and I always have the perfect use for them–with a yard and a half Ellie can have a nightgown! One of the patterns I have absolutely gotten my money’s worth from is the Sweet Little Dress pattern–I […]

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REI Anniversary Sale Favorite Things

(This post contains affiliate links.  If you purchase something based on my recommendation, I would love it if you used these links–thanks!) Hurray!  It’s time for my second favorite sale of all!  (Favorite sale of all: the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, which conveniently coincides with my birthday.) As I debate how to use our 20% coupons […]

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Great Sand Dunes Visit 2016

(For my full review of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, see this link.) On our annual trip to the Sand Dunes we saw worse weather than we have before (Saturday’s winds kept us from getting to the top of the High Dune), but Nic and I both noticed that the campground just gets more […]

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Sarah Jane Out to Sea Pirate Baby Quilt

One of my closest friends is having a baby boy next month, so this baby makes the cut–I dug into my precious Sarah Jane stash for his quilt! I love the Out to Sea line, and used it for the majority of this patchwork quilt, adding in another favorite, the yellow paper hats fabric from […]

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