Category Archives: Crafting

An Easter Project

Posted on April 9, 2018 by civilwarrose5

It all started with a picture similar to this: Brandon, our choir director and church environment extraordinaire, decided that he wanted to do something similar for Easter. Could we (meaning me) do it? It didn’t look too hard so I … Continue reading →

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How To: Easter Wreath

Posted on March 12, 2018 by civilwarrose5

Every time I opened my front door to get the mail I would see the very wilted Christmas wreath hanging on it and think, “I need to do something with that.” Then after shutting the door I would forget about … Continue reading →

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Homemade Christmas Gifts

Posted on February 12, 2018 by civilwarrose5

Jay and I are incredibly lucky to know a lot of talented people. I showed you some of the homemade gifts that we received in a post a few days ago. One of the gifts that we were given were … Continue reading →

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Remote Control Holders

Posted on January 19, 2018 by civilwarrose5

Jay loves making stuff in his workshop. He spends a LOT of time in it and he’s always wanting more ideas of things he can make. Every Christmas we try to come up with things that we can make for … Continue reading →

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Patty Paints

Posted on July 27, 2017 by civilwarrose5

Yesterday I had lunch with a good friend. She is one of the kindest, gentlest, and most gracious people I’ve ever met. If I was allowed to nominate a person for sainthood she would be the one who comes to … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I, for one, am glad to see 2016 in the rear view mirror. I know a lot of people who feel that way. It just seems like 2016 was extra hard. I sure hope that 2017 is a lot kinder … Continue reading →

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Quilt Show – Part 3 – NSM

Posted on September 26, 2016 by civilwarrose5

This will be my last post about the quilt show that my mom and I attended. I apologize if it gets really long. I have a few more random quilts to show, plus a technique that I find to be … Continue reading →

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Quilt Show – Part 1 – NSM

Posted on September 20, 2016 by civilwarrose5

This past weekend my mom and I attended a quilt show. My mom is an avid quilter and I’m an avid user of quilts so we thought it would be a good time. And it was. I took a lot … Continue reading →

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Care Wear – Charity Sewing – NSM

Posted on September 7, 2016 by civilwarrose5

Since it’s National Sewing Month I wanted to once again highlight one of the reasons why I sew: charity projects. For the most part I’ve just been sewing dresses for my Dresses for Missions ministry through my church. The dresses … Continue reading →

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Working On A Train Gang…

Posted on August 30, 2016 by civilwarrose5

Summer has been busy. We’ve had our front porch fixed and replaced our shed. Despite those projects (plus others that I’ll blog about later) Jay has managed to fit in some time here and there to work on the train … Continue reading →

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