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 I’m a commercial canned food snob. My mother is an amazing canner/preserver and I was fortunate to grow up with most my food handmade.  We lived on a 1/4 acre suburban lot, a lot in which my Italian parents had most of it as garden, labyrinths of beans, tomatoes, zucchini and peas provided me with…

Only one week left to Win a Doll..please check September 10th post for details! Today we went into Victoria to check out the Sunday Market on Government Street to see if it could be a potential vending spot for Bamboletta next summer. I’ve been checking out all the different markets to see where I might…

This tip really helped me quicken my doll making process and I only figured it out about 2 years ago. It’s so simple but I’ve never seen it in any dollmaking how-to’s. Anyways, it only works if you use a type of pattern like mine which is the arms attached to the ‘muff’ of the…

My cricket post has disappeared. Not sure what happened there, I think I may have flipped between Firefox and Safari..who knows? Anyways, I have to show you guys my first ever tie dye experiment on Jasper..                       I will blog tonight.. I’m so bummed about my missing post! Where did it go?

First of THANK YOU to all of you for the amazing comments and emails. You don’t know how much each and everyone one of them mean to me (and John, he’s been reading them too and is blown away how wicked awesome my readers are!) I wish each of you the best of luck! I’m…

               I LOVE doing Win a Doll contests! This time it’s Jeanette that is looking for a new home. All you have to do is sign up for my newsletter ( I send maybe 3 newsletters out a year- really. No spam, of course!) if you are already signed…