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Home / 2015 / January

Month: January 2015

Posted on January 31, 2015August 21, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Summer in Winter

You realize just how worth-the-effort it is to squirrel away summer fruit, when you are breathing in the smell of a June farmer’s market on the last day of January.

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Categories: domesticity, food
Tags: fruit crisps, summer, wineberries, winter
Posted on January 31, 2015February 2, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: Winter

This Week in Pictures, Week 5, 2015

Well, looking at this week’s pictures, it would be hard to deny that it’s winter.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on January 30, 2015January 29, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Lots of pretty winter photos this week, and a trio of cool links: creativity, upcycling, and makeunders (oh my!)

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, instagram likes
Posted on January 27, 2015March 7, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Sewing, take three

This new shirt falls right back into my comfort zone, with the elbow-length sleeves I’ve done before, and the same lightweight fabric I’ve used in the past.

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Categories: sewing, show and tell
Tags: shirts, simplicity 3835
Posted on January 24, 2015January 26, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

TWiP: Repurposed content

This Week in Pictures, Week 4, 2015

Sometimes repeating yourself is a good idea.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on January 23, 2015January 22, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

We had Monday off this week, so Friday feels like it has come very quickly!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 31 Comments

Watching water boil

My tea kettle sprung a leak, and now I am dithering over how to replace it. Help, please?

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Category: domesticity
Tags: coffee, tea, tea kettles
Posted on January 17, 2015January 19, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

TWiP: Stitching

This Week in Pictures, Week 3, 2015

Some weeks I don’t seem to get anything creative done. This is not one of those weeks.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on January 16, 2015January 15, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Maybe including my favorite Instagram photos from the week isn’t such a great idea. Unless, of course, you *like* mosaics with 120 images in them. (Oops)

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 15, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 16 Comments

Sewing outside of the comfort zone

Part two of yesterday’s sewing adventure: aka too much gingham, too much frump.

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Categories: sewing, show and tell
Tags: shirts, simplicity 3835

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