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Month: October 2014

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Upgrades

I redesigned the Download Shop today – everything should be bright, happy, and easy to find. Check it out!

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Category: downloadables
Posted on October 18, 2014December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

TWiP: Still Orange

This Week in Pictures, Week 42, 2014

What else can I say about this week’s mosaic? Or the next two after this, for that matter? I’m spending the month of October capturing fall, so you’re going to be seeing lots of gold and orange.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on October 17, 2014October 16, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

This week: spiffy links in fabric, yarn, paint, and point-and-shoot cameras. Plus, I thank you for being nice.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 16, 2014June 15, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Rhinebeck Road Trip Tunes

My 14-year-old raided my music collection and made a playlist for us to listen to together on our road trip this weekend. Check out his picks, as well as my own favorite Fall mixes.

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Categories: playlists, Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, mix tape, rhinebeck
Posted on October 16, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

Black and White

Earlier this week a Facebook friend invited me to join a 5-day black and white photography challenge. Black and white is, indeed, a challenge for me because I am so in love with color!

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Category: photography
Tags: black and white, lightroom, monochrome
Posted on October 12, 2014October 24, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 11 Comments

Striped Yoke Cardigan

I’ve been designing sweaters again. This time, there are stripes

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Category: knitting
Tags: cardigans, stripey sweater, sweaters
Posted on October 11, 2014October 23, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Purple is a Fall Color

This Week in Pictures, Week 41, 2014

Red, orange, brown gold. Those are the colors I would have named as “fall colors” if you had asked me in the past. But more and more, I am feeling like purple belongs in there, too.

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Categories: excursions, this week in pictures
Tags: beautiful jersey, great swamp national wildlife refuge, instagram, project 365
Posted on October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Enjoy some Autumnal images and a couple of sewing/photography links for your Friday.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 4, 2014December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: it’s girly in here

This Week in Pictures, Week 40, 2014

Most of my creative energy this week has gone into first preparing for our 4-year-old friends to visit, and then entertaining them when they’re here.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on October 3, 2014October 2, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

Weekend Favorites

I’m battling a cold tonight, and the cold seems to be winning. I can’t be relied upon to say anything clever here.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites

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