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Holiday cheer & new traditions

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by Liz on December 11, 2011

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This is my first Christmas away from home. While I haven’t lived with my parents for many years, this is the first time I’ve been more than an hour away from my family. It’s a little weird living in Chicago with snow on the ground while they are in California enjoying the warm winter sun [...]

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Tiny kittens

November 27, 2011

My life has exploded a little this weekend. It’s less of this: And more of this: It’s all because of this gremlin (don’t let the photo fool you): And this precious angel: The gremlin is Lucy. She is 13 weeks old and has more energy than a 2 year old hopped up on pixie sticks. [...]

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Joy in the small yarnie things

November 19, 2011
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I’m making some baby booties for a coworker. His lovely girlfriend is due to have a baby girl in January. They’ve decided – much to my joy – to deck her out in purple, rather than pink. I’ve spent hours prowling baby patterns, but stuck with an old favorite: Saartjes bootees. I’ve only made 1 [...]

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52 Book Challenge: 2011 (so far)

November 15, 2011

I read a lot. Quite a lot, actually. The scary thing is that I used to read more. When I was on my summer break during grad school, I would devour a novel a day.  I read a lot of different books – stuff ranging from science fiction and fantasy to classic literature, trashy mysteries, [...]

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It’s officially fall.

November 13, 2011
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I realize that I may be a bit behind on the news here, but it’s fall. It’s actually really weird for me that it’s so fall-like here in Chicago, because we don’t really get fall in California – at least not where I’m from. It’s a shame really, because fall has always been one of [...]

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Staying organized with DIY project notebooks

November 9, 2011
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I used to be obsessive when it came to using my Ravelry notebook. I would catalog every step, every mistake, and every note about a project. Part of me did it because it helped me to stay organized, and the other part of me did it because I love helping people. It’s still my dream [...]

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Back! Sort of.

November 3, 2011

I have returned safely from my trip to Europe and am posting this from my iPhone in my bed in Chicago. Yay! Unfortunately, in their attempt to make my life difficult after returning from a lovely trip, Comcast has decided that I should still not be able to access the Internet. I will have some [...]

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Leaving! Back in November

October 19, 2011

So here’s the scoop: I am outta here until November. I will be in Europe for the next two weeks. While I was able to generate all of the discount codes for the remaining days of the birthday specials, I can’t actually post them because Comcast fucked up my Internet. Posting 10 days worth of [...]

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Birthday month of specials, day 18

October 18, 2011

Today you can get $3 off the Traveling Woman collection with the coupon code 18andknitting. Add the Traveling Woman collection to your cart and apply the code at checkout.

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Bad movie & Halloween costume winners

October 18, 2011

Winners from the bad movie contest are: Meredith, with: Grease 2 fo’ shizzle. Dreadful on so many levels, yet I watch it at least once per year. And I LOVE it! And Kristina with: Mystic Pizza, Julia Roberts “breakout” movie. It’s pretty hokey, but I’m a sucker for romantic chick flicks and this one keeps [...]

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Birthday month of specials, day 17

October 17, 2011

I had an awesome Halloween party this weekend. I got to wear a blue wig – it was pretty amazing. Inspired by my early Halloween festivities, I’m doing another contest. Tomorrow I’ll get back to the promos :) What was your favorite Halloween costume and why? You have until 10 p.m. CST tonight to enter [...]

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Birthday month specials, days 14 & 15

October 14, 2011

I’ll be posting the winners from Day 13 tomorrow, but I wanted to get today’s discount code up for you. I know it’s a little later than usual, so today’s code will be good today and tomorrow. Use 12pointspert at checkout and get 12% off all patterns!

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Birthday month specials, day 13

October 13, 2011

I had SO much fun doing a contest the other day that I decided to do another. This one is totally inspired by the Little Red Bicycle Help! I’m trapped in a bad movie! yarn club… and because I watched Revenge of the Bridesmaids yesterday. What is your favorite bad movie and why? 3 winners will [...]

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