We LOVE the awesome mitten ideas that Suede designed for the Mitten Commitment.http://youtu.be/A-kSPzXOSSAThese patterns will be available soon! Please join us and Simplicity Creative Group in making a handmade difference this holiday season. We appreciate your support and feedback!
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This week I’m delighted to bring you a guest blog from my dear friend and fabulous foodie, Peggy Paul. Peggy has been a cookbook editor for 3 years, a foodie since she could hold a spatula, and a wonderful writer for nearly just as long.To me, fall means rich colors and striking contrast--deep ridges in the smooth, round curves of a pumpkin; crisp, bowl-of-soup, casserole-bubbling-in-the-oven weekends with the occasional Waldorf-salad-in-the-park afternoon. While summer giggles with sweetness,
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Here’s a super-easy pumpkin craft from Kaboose. I love these little exclamatory pumpkins. They’re easy to make and look adorable. What a great way to decorate your house for Halloween!What you'll need:6 mini pumpkins (add more if you'd like)Pins, metal brads, or 3-dimensional stickersGreen floral foam or scrap newspaperBlack craft or spray paint How to make it:Decide whether you'd like to use pins, brads, or stickers for this pumpkin project.If the pins or brads you are using are not black on
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Here's a great sewing pattern from our friends at Simplicity for a pair of toasty fleece mittens with streamer and confetti embellishments !You Will Need: 3/8 Yard of Purple Fleece 1/4 Yard of Orange Fleece 1/2 Yard of 3/8" Elastic Rotary Cutter Embroidery Floss Matching Thread Assorted Buttons Fray Check Solution or Fabric Glue Felting machine Cut 2 mitten body pieces from the felt, 2 mitten thumbs, and cut two binding pieces.HINT: For added interest cut the thumb and binding in contrasting
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Welcome to the Mitten Commitment! We’re delighted that you’ve decided to join us in making a difference in the lives of others. It’s easy and fun…all you have to do is knit, sew, or crochet a pair of mittens. If you’re like us, you already love to craft—now you can craft for a cause! To get the yarn ball rolling, we’ve adapted this super-simple knitted mittens pattern from Suite 101. MaterialsSet of 4 Size 7 Double Pointed NeedlesAlpaca Yarn (2 Skeins)Stitch HolderYarn NeedleAbbreviations Used
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This month, it's all about pumpkins. I was searching the Internet for some great pumpkin-related crafts, when I found this one from Martha Stewart. DIY Fabric Pumpkins so easy even a beginning sewer can make them. And they look great! Of course they do--who does it better than Martha?DIY Fabric PumpkinStep 1 Cut out a fabric rectangle on the bias that's twice as long as it is wide. (We used 5-by-10-inch, 8-by-16-inch, and 11-by-22-inch pieces for our three pumpkin sizes.)Step 2 Fold rectangle,
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Did you know that eighty percent of all the pumpkins sold in the United States are bought in October? Pumpkins are synonymous with the fall harvest, the month of October, and, of course, with Halloween!You may already know one version or another of the story of devious Jack and his carved jack o’ lantern, but here are some things you may not know about the giant orange fruit (pumpkins are fruit, I checked), the Native Americans called isquotersquash….Pumpkins are part of the squash family, along
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Running lowers your cholesterol, increases cardiovascular health, and reduces body fat. But I run for exactly none of these reasons. I run because I stink at meditating.Allow me this quick demonstration:The entire class sits comfortably in Lotus position. Except me, because apparently I’m about as flexible as Han Solo frozen in carbonite. In front of each of us is a tea candle in a pretty glass candleholder. Concentrate on the flame, our instructor says. Clear your mind of everything but it’s
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Fall is easy to spot in places like the Northeast, where the leaves are suddenly painted in scarlet and chartreuse. Even the Southwest has beautiful golden Aspen trees in the fall. But in Florida, fall is more subtle. The only leaves that change are the poison ivy--a beautiful shade of red, but somehow less awe-inspiring than the maples, elms, and birch trees of the Northeast.To spot fall in Florida, you have to be paying attention. Roll down your window during your commute to or from work, and
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At OttLite, from our products to our building we strive to be as earth friendly and energy efficient as possible. This year we took our commitment to the next level by moving into a new LEED certified HQ in beautiful Tampa, Florida. We all love this building and it really has made a huge difference in the workplace atmosphere. We call it the "Home of Sunny Goodness."Some OttLite HQ Behind the Scenes Facts-All materials used in the building come from within 500 miles of it.-Green, Vegitated
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