• Surviving Abuse: Some Symptoms

    Surviving Abuse: Some Symptoms

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    One of the hard things about surviving abuse, be it mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, or a combination of those, is that it will shape the way you think and feel as you grow into adulthood. It will effect the way you have relationships, how you see others, and how you perceive others see you. You…

  • Changing yarn stock

    Changing yarn stock

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    I’ve been attempting to use up a lot of my yarn stash recently. When I was designing and writing crochet patterns to sell I accumulated a lot of different yarn colors. Having a lot of different colors has been fun but I haven’t been keeping my colors organized as well as I’d like them to…

  • Finishing projects

    Finishing projects

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    I was going through my yarn after finishing Randy, attempting to gather it all into a tote and away from our living space, when I came across some unfinished snugglers. The pink and purple bears just need eyes while the red, grey, and white bear is still missing a head. After that I found some…

  • Dande-Lions

    Dande-Lions

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    I’ve been trying to get better photos of the stuffed animals that are done. Here are the small dande-lions with the large one. I had a lot of fun making these and I’m always up for trying to crochet puns. I’ve made corn dogs as well but we gave those away in town so I…

  • New Big Dog Style

    New Big Dog Style

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    I’m not sure why it took me so long to finish this particular dog but she’s done! I made the body last night and put it all together then quickly made a little bow headband that can come off as well. I’m still debating putting a tail on this one now that I know these…

  • Grief and Narcissists

    Grief and Narcissists

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    I’ve noticed over the years that there is a rising number of people coming out and speaking about cutting ties with narcissists whether they were friends, romantic relationships, or relatives.One of the things I don’t see talked about very often is the grief that can come with cutting those ties. Not a grief that misses…

  • Storybook Characters

    Storybook Characters

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    I’ve finally finished adding the Character Animals segment to my portfolio on the website. Each character has their own little story that we’ve been working on. If you’d like to read their introductions you can find them here. Some of the characters are more developed than others but we at least have their background story…

  • Big dogs for big hugs

    Big dogs for big hugs

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    I’ve been working my big dogs (I don’t have a name for them yet), trying to work out the final designs and my daughter figured out baby clothes fit on them.

  • Hibiscus and Chamomile

    Hibiscus and Chamomile

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    Hibiscus and chamomile are pretty much a staple in our house now. Both have antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties (along with plenty of other good things) and a little seems to go a long way.

  • Goldenrod

    Goldenrod

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    The goldenrod here in East Texas is getting ready to bloom. I think this will be the year that I finally manage to go out and harvest some to use in tinctures and teas.