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  • Welcome to my blog!

    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 .

    I've created a map that shows links to our camping/hiking/general family fun review posts that you can find here. It's pretty much the coolest thing on this site. Thanks, Google!

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Category Archives: building

DIY Closet Shelves

Sunday, January 3, 2021 Posted in building, DIY, home improvement

I’m kicking 2021 off with this post about my biggest 2019 project! In 2019 I stepped back from sewing and got to work learning carpentry, something I’d wanted to learn for years. My biggest project? A remodel of our office closet shelves. I wanted floating shelves that would span the 7 foot wall that would […]

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2020 Make Nine Wrap-Up

Friday, January 1, 2021 Posted in building, clothing, personal, WIPs

Happy 2021! While 2020 didn’t go as planned, I was surprised to learn I actually finished eight of the nine projects I’d set as a goal for in those naive early days of pre-pandemic 2020! I failed to pick up knitting needles even once in 2020, but the rest of the projects, even the massive […]

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