Monthly Archives: December 2011

31
Dec, 2011

gifts report, part 1

i’m so excited about a few of the gifts from this christmas that i just had to share them with you!  i’ll start with a gift mr. happy stuff and i gave the happy baby:  an art cabinet!  granted, this … Continue reading →

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19
Dec, 2011

bonus movie monday: holiday edition!

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19
Dec, 2011

movie monday: bubba and the boots

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18
Dec, 2011

baked potato soup

a few weeks ago, i read about baked potato soup on mb’s blog and she mentioned that she’d shared the soup with a family who’d just had a baby and she still had plenty of leftovers for her own family.  … Continue reading →

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13
Dec, 2011

christmas books chosen by a (thrifty) librarian

okay, so some of these books were chosen simply because they were available at the frugal muse or at better world books and they looked good to me.  some we haven’t opened yet, so i can’t say whether or not … Continue reading →

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10
Dec, 2011

christmas books for advent calendar (with bonus tutorial)

(this is a continuation of my previous post.  you can read there what i am doing for the rest of my advent calendar spots.) sooooo….. as a librarian, i was very attracted to the idea of a book-advent-calendar.  the idea … Continue reading →

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08
Dec, 2011

our advent calendar

the first year that mr. happy stuff and i were married, i sewed 24 of these little felt mini-stockings and we each filled 12 for the other person to celebrate the 12 days of christmas.  we carried on the tradition … Continue reading →

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03
Dec, 2011

circle pocket shirt

ages and ages ago, i saw this very inspiring photo in a flickr pool or on someone’s blog and ever since then, i’ve been wanting to make a circle pocket shirt.  when spoonflowers “free swatch” day came around, i thought … Continue reading →

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