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Home / 2014 / January

Month: January 2014

Posted on January 31, 2014January 30, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Is it spring yet? Get used to this question. I intend to ask it for the next two months at least. P.S. There be links and photos here.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 28, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

Good mail day

Guess who is in the latest issue of Artful Blogging 🙂

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Category: blogging
Tags: artful blogging, magazines
Posted on January 27, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

Let’s talk about meat substitutes

What’s your favorite meatless hot dog alternative?

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Categories: food, health beauty and fashion
Tags: hot dogs, meat substitutes, vegetarian
Posted on January 26, 2014January 26, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Picture this

This weekend I busted my laptop and did a lot of knitting. Here’s a little update on both.

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Categories: knitting, photography
Posted on January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Weekend Favorites

Some weeks, the only things you manage to accomplish (other than dishes, laundry, and keeping everyone alive) are the collecting of links and pretty pictures. This was one of those weeks, and these are those links and pictures.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 12 Comments

Let’s knit a cardigan!

Would you like to knit your own cardigan? Need a little hand-holding? Join me over the next month or two, and we’ll work on knitting my Everyday Cardigan pattern together!

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Category: knitting
Tags: cardigans, everyday cardigan, knit along, sweaters
Posted on January 17, 2014January 16, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Weekend Favorites

More winter imagery in this week’s favorites, a bunch of crafty links, and a little chat about changing plans.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 15, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

The first half of January, and following me on Facebook

Want to see my 365 photos for the first half of January? Also, want to know why you never see Polka Dot Cottage posts in your Facebook feed (and how to solve the problem)? Read on!

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Category: photography
Tag: facebook
Posted on January 13, 2014April 25, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Beach planets

I turned last year’s vacation photos into my own personal funky beach planets. Check them out!

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Category: photography
Tags: beautiful jersey, photoshop
Posted on January 10, 2014January 9, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

This week, the news was all about the weather. Winter links and cozy images abound.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites

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