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As an incentive and since we are participating in the fall online quilt festival at Park City Girl, we are going to have a week of giveaways at Film and Thread starting [...]
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October 7, 2009
Giveaway!!!!
July 27, 2009
“Sis” block for Snip.Sew.Send
“Sis” block for Snip.Sew.Send, originally uploaded by anonymousinalabama.
It’s not quite August yet, but I couldn’t wait to go ahead and make Zonnah’s block for Snip.Sew.Send. Her requests were a 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch block with curves and circles, floral fabric predominant, and the red as a little accent. She had mentioned that she was [...]
April 18, 2009
Online Quilt Festival!
Park City Girl is hosting an online quilt festival. Quilters are invited to submit their favorite quilt. It has been a blast to be introduced to a lot of other blogs that include quilting, so I figured, why not join in?
As a new quilter, I don’t have that many quilts to choose from, but I [...]
December 15, 2008
Free fabric sample
In the search for fabric that is more modern and unique that what we have in Huntsville, I stumbled upon the website, Saffron Craig. (via The Princess and the Monkey)
Saffron is an Australian designer whose fabrics are hand-printed! She is offering a free fabric sample to those who sign up for her newsletter. Check out [...]
November 26, 2008
A Recipe to Be Thankful For
Earlier today, I finished baking an absolutely stunning desert for Thanksgiving. It is called Caramel Pumpkin Gingersnap Cheesecake. I am not a fan of pumpkin, but this recipe looked like a must for Thanksgiving.
The recipe makes enough filling that I had a little extra that I baked in a separate dish. That allowed a sample [...]
November 20, 2008
Free Christmas Cheer!
Need something to help get you in the holiday crafting mood? Amazon.com has a free Holiday Sampler album of some great Christmas music. Artists include Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, The Beach Boys, and the Roger Wagner Chorale.
October 5, 2008
Aperture Nature Photography Workshop – Contest
Want a chance to spend a few days in beautiful settings with 3 other “amateurs” and 4 pros teaching you the finer points of nature photography and Aperture use? Enter the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop Contest. Along with the chance to work one on one with the pros, there are a slew of other prizes [...]
August 5, 2008
Noise Ninja
Noise Ninja was just released as a plug-in for Aperture 2. From what I can see, it requires purchasing the $79.95 pro bundle in order to use it as an Aperture plug-in. This bundle also licenses it as a Photoshop plug-in and stand alone. I’m eager to try it out, especially the “Noise Brush” which [...]
July 28, 2008
Worldwide Photo Walk
I just ran across information for the 1st Worldwide Photo Walk being held August 23, 2008. What is a Photo Walk? It’s getting together a group of photographers for a couple of hours to take photos of what interests them in their city. It is not meant to be an instructional session, [...]
