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Monday, November 16, 2009

Welcome SITStas!

Hello all my fellow SITStas! I am so excited to have you all over for a visit!

Around here, I like things to be pretty and practical. I believe there is joy in using beauty and art in everyday life and that everyone has creativity of some sort (yes, that means YOU!) I mostly write about my family and all sorts of crafty projects I have going. I like to quilt, knit, crochet, scrapbook, and I'll try just about any crafty thing at least once! I like to make art and craft for good causes and I'd love to get in touch with others who do too! It seems I am always finding a new project :)

I grew up 11 miles down a dusty road from a tiny country town in Colorado. I became a "jane of all trades, master of none" while in the Navy, college, graduate school, and being a high school teacher in the public school system. I am now blessed to be a stay at home mom and wife to a pastor in central Florida. I am in my first year of homeschooling our two elementary age kids (gratuitous photos follow!) Welcome!


Here are a few links to some of my favorite posts:


 

142 comments:

  1. cute kids!! I love that knit stocking down below too! One day I swear Im going to learn how!

    Happy SITS day :)

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  2. happy SITS day fellow Jane of all trades!

    Enjoy your day and be sure to find yourself a moment to sit and be crafty everyday!

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  3. Happy SITS day! Love the knitted handbag :)

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  4. i agree that everyone has creativity!

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  5. Good morning and Congratulations on your SITS Day in the sun!

    Your children's expressions are beautiful.

    Enjoy the spotlight!

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  6. I am more of a morning person myself and I too don't like doing dishes. I love to cook but the dishes, that's another story.

    Enjoy your SITS Day!

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  7. Congrats on your SITS Day! Sounds like you've had an interesting life! I always enjoy meeting other Christians through blogging. Off to read your posts now.

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  8. Congrats on your SITS day!! I can't wait to look around and see more. :)

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  9. I'm so inspired by your knitting projects! I keep wanting to try it, but I'm usually not very good at that kind of thing and I'm afraid I'd fail miserably lol.

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  10. Congrats on your SITS day, I look forward to poking around. I'm always in awe of crafty people like yourself, given that I don't have a crafty bone in my body! I tried knitting once, was able to knit a little coaster, and that's about as far as I got before I gave up. It was harder than I thought it would be!

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  11. happy sits day! nice blog;)
    wish you a great week,
    justyna

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  12. Congrats on your Sits day! I wish I could knit. I have had multiple people attempt to teach me over the years to no avail. You make some cute stuff girl! :)

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  13. Good Morning SITS star! Congrats on your day as the FB:)
    I really enjoyed looking through your posts and I just want to say that the one that stuck out the most was the one that showed the photo of your grandparents looking so lovingly at each other. Priceless!
    Wishing you a wonderful day!

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  14. Hi Rebecca! Congratulations on your special SITS Day!!!! Enjoy all the bloggy love! It sounds like you've done many cool things....off to read...

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  15. Congrats on being featured at SITS today!! I hope it is a wonderful day :)

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  16. Congratulation on being featured! Your kids look sweet!
    I am in Central Florida too, two kids (boys) and was a high school teacher bc but I can't say I was ever in the Navy:)
    Have a great day!
    Cindy

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  17. LOL at the Jane of all Trades; Master of None comment! That describes me!

    Have a wonderful day!

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  18. Your children are beautiful...and you seem very creative. I'm envious! Writing is my only creative talent, unfortunately.

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  19. Happy SITS day. You've got some cute kiddos.

    Leigh

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  20. Congrats on your special day SITSta!

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  21. Good Morning, stopping by from SITS!

    I would love to learn to knit or crochet but can not find the time to take a class and I am not one who can teach myself these kinds of things.

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  22. Well, you sound adorable! Can't wait to get into your posts. Quite a jump from CO to FL!! Hope the transition was smooth. And from one pastor's wife to another, have a great day SITSta!

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  23. Congratulations on your SITS day! I am loving the skirt that you made with the littlest pet shop piece on it!!

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  24. I like you!!! I'm an Army wife, I homeschool, and I'm in Florida... I lvoe meeting new firends!

    {Happy SITS day!}

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  25. Happy SITS day and congrats on your feature. Your kids are adorable. I am off to read some of your other posts and look around. Hope you have a great week!!

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  26. Happy Sits Day! I'm a knitter and homeschooler too!

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  27. Congrats on YOUR DAY in SITSdom!
    A fellow Florida Girl? Yaaa-aaay! Im in (west) Central Florida too.

    sweetjeanette.blogspot.com

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  28. Congrats on being the featured blogger! Your son and daughter are precious. Have a great day!

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  29. Hi Rebecca! Happy SITS!!

    I'm NOT a knitter & a homeschooler!! You knitters & homeschoolers--organized. Me--not!

    I'm looking forward to getting to know you ...maybe I can learn some tips.

    Enjoy your day!

    http://youmusttakeyourchance.blogspot.com/

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  30. Oh, they are adorable!!!

    Jane of all trades? Really? Are you handy with a hammer and fixin stuff too?
    I always wanted to be "that" girl, but I'm more likely to hurt myself. HA.

    I've got some creative genes from my mom, so that is awesome!

    Happy SITS Day!!

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  31. Happy SITS day! Thanks for sharing the webkinz sweater pattern. My girls have a bunch of webkinz that need clothes for the winter. :)

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  32. Happy sits day girl! I love it when I see familuar people as the feature of the day! Its AWASOME!!!! Your kids are beautiful.....Hope you have a great sits day.

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  33. Yeay! I am so glad that you are the FB today! I love reading your blog:-)

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  34. Looking forward to perusing your blog!
    :) Your kids are darling!!

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  35. Congrats on being today's Feature blogger!! What a great way to start a new week!! I look forward to reading more about you!! I am also going to check out your knitting! I am new to knitting so anything help or ideas I can get all the better!!

    Enjoy your special day!!!

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  36. Oh Beautiful Children!! Congrat's on your SITS Day!! I am off to read your 3 posts!! Have a great day!!

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  37. Great blog! Happy SITS Day to you!

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  38. You sound like you've certainly have had an interesting life! Congrats on your SITS day. =)

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  39. Hey...Happy SITS day!!!

    You have such a lovely blog...Have a great day!! :)

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  40. Ahh...a crafty mama after my own heart. My family is all from Colorado, still visit Canon City every year to see my Grandma and Pueblo for the rest of the crew : )
    I'm working my butt off over here trying to get my craft on before Christmas -- homemade gifts are both fun and stress-inducing for me at this time of year!!

    Happy SITS day!!

    Fondly,
    pink and green mama
    MaryLea

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  41. I love all things crafty, too...especially scrapbooking!

    Happy SITS Day!!

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  42. I'm a crocheter... so it's always fun to meet a fellow crafty person. :)

    Happy SITS day!

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  43. happy SITS day! Looks like fun stuff. I'll have to browse around. ;)

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  44. "Pretty and practical" - sounds like my kinda gal! Congrats on your SITS Day and looking forward to checking out your blog!

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  45. Happy SITS Day. I'm trying to pull out the crafty side in moi. Nice blog! Enjoyed it so much this morning:) Have a beautiful day muh sitsta!!

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  46. Well I hope you have lots of fun today being the Featured Blogger! Thank you for letting us look around!

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  47. Happy SITS Day!!

    Cute kids!

    I wish I had the patience to learn to knit or do scrapbooking.

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  48. Great pics of your kids. Congrats on your SITS Feature Blogger day.

    I also believe that everyone has a crafty gene in them, they just have to find it. I wish that I had learned how to quilt from my grandmother, but I was "too busy" at the time and I missed my chance.

    Have a wonderful day.

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  49. Congratulations on your SITS feature! I hope you enjoy your day in the sun:-)

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  50. Super cute little stocking! Happy SITs day!

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  51. Happy SIts day... your kids are cuties and I am wanting to begin quilting HELPPPP oh wise one of the art lol..

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  52. Your kids are adorable!

    Congratulations on your SITS Day! :)

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  53. Your kids are beautiful - congrats on your SITS day!

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  54. Happy SITS day! Please tell me how to follow your blog, I must know. I'm a homeschooling mom and a quilter and a writer.

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  55. Impressed with "Jane of all trades"! :)

    What made you decide to start homeschooling, just curious.

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  56. Happy SITS Day! Enjoy the company. Your children are beautiful and it sounds like you have a wonderful life.

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  57. Hi and congratulations on your day today! I sure wish you could come to my house and help me find my creativity!!!=)
    Hope you have a wonderful day today.

    Stopping by from SITS

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  58. Enjoy your SITS day!

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  59. Congratulations on your saucy day in the SITS sun. You have a great looking family.

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  60. Hello Rebecca, Congrats on your SITS feature. Your blog is very nice, and your family great looking. Looks like some people have all the luck, like you. Take care, come and see me at

    www.samwich365.com

    Keri

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  61. What a beautiful family! Congratulations on your SITS day! I love your creativity and generosity of spirit!

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  62. Happy SITS day.
    I am so impressed with your craftiness.....your projects look fantastic. Thanks for letting me have a look around your blog. Hope you have a great day.

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  63. Oh how lovely - I am blessed with dear friends in Florida, and it's suck a gorgeous place to go to visit people. Happy sits day!

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  64. I grew up in Colorado, too. Beautiful place! Happy SITS DAY!

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  65. Happy, Happy SITS Day! I hope your day is wonderful!

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  66. Happy SITS day!

    I so wish I could knit...I tried to lear once with disastorous results!

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  67. Congrats on your SITS Day! Have A Great Day.

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  68. Happy SITS Day! I hope you really enjoy it. Your children are very cute!

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  69. Mu mother is very crafty, she crochets and is quite good. I however am not so much anymore but today is all about you. Cute children, love the denim skirt. Good job on your SITS featured blogger day.

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  70. Happy SITS day! I talked my parents into homeschooling me for high school. Have you posted about why you decided to homeschool? I'd love to read about it.

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  71. Happy SITS Day!

    I don't think I could ever homeschool our kids...I just don't have that kind of patience! ;)

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  72. Congrats on being the featured blogger. What a wonderful family you have!

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  73. Happy SITS Day! I love how you incorporate you family into your projects. I don't have kids yet, but I try to do that too. I find it so much more refreshing to make things for someone else. I'm also really excited about the homemade holidays by Sew, Mama, Sew!

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  74. I think homeschooling is wonderful. Most of my college students who were homeschooled were well-educated.
    Mary

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  75. Congrats on your SITS day! I look forward to checking out your blog. I too am a creative "Jane of all trades!"

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  76. Love the crafty ideas!
    enjoy your day in the sun!

    Cameron
    www.conquerthemonkey.com

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  77. Cute, cute kids. Happy SITS day!

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  78. hello hello - Happy SITS day!!

    tiarastantrums.com

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  79. Happy SITS day! I am a scrapper and get lost in it--I especially love my scrappin' girls getaway weekends--scrappin' all night long, yummy food, massages and nothing to think about--have you ever done one??
    Enjoy your time in the sun

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  80. I am so not crafty, but I hope you might be able to inspire me. You have a lovely family, by the way.

    Have a happy SITS day!

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  81. Congrats on your SITS day! I love to do crafty things but don't have much time for it nowadays. I'm hoping as my kids get older I've have the time to do more!

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  82. Nice to "meet" you via blogland! Congrats on the homeschooling venture...I am a big fan of homeschooling! Happy Monday!

    -Grace

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  83. Happy SITS day happy to meet you! You have a lovely blog here!

    Hugs,
    Brandy

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  84. Happy SITS day to you! I'm in school right now to become a high school teacher (social studies). Just curious to know what subject you taught. Have a fabulous, comment-filled day!

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  85. Your children are adorable. I am sure they will follow in your crafty footsteps!

    Happy SITS day.

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  86. Happy SITS day!! New follower here:) Your kids look like sweetiepies!

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  87. Congrats. on your SITS Day!!!Your kids are gorgeous!!! I am in Central Fl. too!Stop by!

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  88. Wow what cute kiddies. I can't imagine homeschooling. We battle over homework. Schooling would not be good. Will go have a look around. xx

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  89. Happy SITS Day!! Love the little stocking in your last post!

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  90. Happy SITS Day.

    You have a wonderful family and a great blog. I love to do crafty things I just wish I had more time these days.

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  91. whew! just a little yarn project? I'd love, love the stocking pattern--so cute and I may be able to do it--although I'm only a scarf girl....

    :*)

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  92. Love the stocking!

    And your kiddos are adorable!

    I once thought of homeschooling many moons ago (my kids are now 25 and 22) and the thought quickly passed. I applaud the parents that can and do homeschool. (I would have ended up in prison...love my girls, but we're all a bit on the stubborn side)

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  93. Happy SITS day! You've got some good lookin' kids! :)

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  94. Very cute kids! It looks like y'all have a lot of fun!

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  95. Nice job. Do you have a tutorial for the little purse/bag? Happy SITS day.

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  96. You have a great family!! Congrats on being FB today. I hope you have a great SITS day!!!

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  97. Oh how I wish I could knit...but alas I will have to settle for sewing beause I do not have time to learn another hobby!

    Visiting from SITS, happy FB day!

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  98. Congratulations on your SITS day. What cuties your kids are...I'm off to see your quilts.

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  99. Happy Sits day!!! Look forward to reading more from you...

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  100. Cute kids! I used to think that I was a craft reject. Everyone would make fun of me when I tried. And while I don't have much raw artistic ability and I hate any kind of crafts with fabric or needles, I have learned that I am quite creative. I love doing paper crafts and online design. So I agree with you!

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  101. Congrats on your SITS day! Cutie kids....

    Have a great one!

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  102. Happy SITS day. I homeschool in Colorado now. We will have to compare 'where did you live' notes at some point.

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  103. "Jane of all trades, master of none"? Rebecca, you've described me to a T! I know exactly how you feel. Now I have an expression to call myself. Love it!

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  104. Happy SITS day! :-)

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  105. P.S. -- I'm snagging your Christmas Countdown widget!! WOOHOO!!

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  106. Love the Christmas Countdown widget. It totally motivates me to start making some lists. Stopping by from SITS!!! I hope you have a fantastic week!

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  107. What have I missed?!!! What is SITS day? Dare I ask? Your children are just the sweetest!

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  108. Happy SITS Day from a fellow crazy busy mommy....

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  109. Happy SITS day! Love your blog and all the craftiness.

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  110. Happy SITS day ... I would love to learn to knit and be more crafty now after perusing your blog ... :-)

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  111. Those kids are adorable! I love your little denim skirt too. I am trying to learn how to knit again. I learned in 5th grade but for some reason after growing up and having a family now the steps have gotten lost in the day to day shuffle.

    My best, Lynn

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  112. Congratulations on your SITSday!

    I, too, am a Christian, a homeschool mom, and a quilter. Your children are adorable and your projects delightful! Thanks for sharing today :)

    Lani

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  113. Your kids are beautiful! Hope your having fun on your SITS day!

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  114. Happy SITS Day! Enjoy your day in the spotlight. And I think I might be the first person you will "meet" who is truly not creative - at all. I'm not kidding.

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  115. Happy SITSday!!

    Your children are darling--such adorable pictures!

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  116. Your children are beautiful! Happy SITS Day, crafty lady.

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  117. Great pics! Happy SITS day!

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  118. Happy happy SITS day!!!
    I am like you, I love all kinds of crafting and your kids are adorable.
    Hope your day is great!

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  119. Aww your kids are cute. ;)

    Just visiting from SITS :D And grats on being featured. That is awesome!!

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  120. Hello We home school too! Mine are 13, 8 and three weeks old.

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  121. Oh I forgot to leave my home school blog address

    http://homeschoolblast.blogspot.com

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  122. Cheers to you today, sitsta... and congrats on being the FB!

    You've got a beautiful corner of the world over here! ;)

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  123. What beautiful kids. Congrats on your SITS FB day (although I'm a little late!)

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  124. I hope you enjoyed your SITS Day! I love the booties down below! Great work!

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