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I started knitting these yoga socks [on the left] a year ago, but didn’t finish,  never quite satisfied with how they were turning out.  Returning to them this winter, I ripped out the whole project and started on these leg warmers [on the right] instead.  I love them, and have absolutely never been happier ripping out, tearing up, or deleting a project.  Sometimes, you just have to start over.

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Lavender lotion making, using this recipe.

Lavender lotion making, using this recipe.

how to: suitcase revamp

I didn’t get a before picture of this suitcase, and the fun the previous child owner had with it.  Thankfully the drawings and writing were left to the front and back, not the sides, making it pretty easy to recover.  Another unplanned savior was that this suitcase has a plastic lip around the edges where I was able to hide the edge of the wallpaper.

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