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Year: 2023

Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Spring Maker’s Market 2023

Spring Maker's Market 2023 at Urban Sewciety

I’ll be at Urban Sewciety in Westfield, NJ this Saturday (April 29th) to participate in the Spring Maker’s Market! Read on to learn more about that.

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Category: polka dot cottage
Tags: craft shows, makers market
Posted on April 25, 2023July 14, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Climbing out of my rut

LomoChrome Purple

I don’t know if it’s the Spring air or what, but I feel enthusiastic again about picking up the camera. I’ve signed up for a prompt-based flower photography class for May, and I’ve picked up a roll of LomoChrome Purple film to play with.

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Category: photography
Tags: 35mm film, film, lomochrome purple, lomography, minolta xg-m, tracey clark
Posted on April 7, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Friday Night Blogging

My squirrel friend tapping on the front door

In this post, I start off talking about how I like to spend my Friday nights, but by the end, I’m showing you trail camera footage of the creatures I share my yard with, some of which I would be happy never to actually see with my own eyes.

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Category: chit chat
Tags: bears, birds, foxes, possums, raccoons, squirrels, trail camera
Posted on March 31, 2023July 17, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

What I do on Saturday

Thoughts about Steve Burns, Glen Phillips, spring playlists, and the things that go unsaid when you leave a yawning three-month chasm between blog posts.

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Categories: playlists, Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, glen phillips, mix tape, spring, steve burns
Posted on January 3, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Owligan Show-and-Tell

The last knit of 2022: Owligan, a super bulky cardigan sweater with cabled owls in the yoke. It was a fast and easy enough knit, but there was button drama.

Read More: Owligan Show-and-Tell
Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: buttons, kate davies, owligan, sweaters

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