tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20170340151670017382024-02-20T12:41:05.094-05:00Linda Ruthie's ApronsLinda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-78383587764254690752014-01-06T20:09:00.001-05:002014-01-06T20:09:46.592-05:00A Little Bit of Christmas Crafting<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been spending more time over on </span><a href="http://www.swap-bot.com/user:LindaRuthie" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">swap-bot</span></a><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> lately. Swap-bot is jam packed with people who are creative in so many different ways it can be overwhelming. I like it because I can find swaps that inspire me to create and try new craft ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One fun new craft I made is a Mini Book with Pockets. It only takes one sheet of 12"x12" double-sided scrapbook paper. Here's the cover of the one I made.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I filled the inside pockets with little tags, stickers and other flat goodies and sent it off to my swap partner in Canada. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYHiSLU7iA4&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's</span></a><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"> </span>one of the tutorials on YouTube for making these cute books. (Sorry about having to watch the ad first.) Now I wish I had taken more pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana;">I have shown some of my Dotee Dolls before. These little needle art dolls are so much fun to create. I hosted this swap for a Christmas Fairy Dotee Doll. Here's my Christmas Holly Fairy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also made 2 Christmas Button Fairies. I love that I get to mix buttons, paper, trims, wire and anything else I can find to create these little art dolls. Unfortunately, I only took pictures of one of them. But here's my Santa Fairy sent along with a notecard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One last Christmas swap and this pincushion seemed to take me forever to come together. I had seen some similar on </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/170056788/pincushion-christmas-pixie-centerpiece?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Etsy</span></a><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and I had a bag a vintage Christmas mini decorations, the perfect fabric and all the materials but I did struggle to create something I was happy with in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you liked seeing my Christmas crafts. If you decide to check out swap-bot, please let me know and we could do some one-on-one swaps to get you going. If you happen to already be a swap-bot member, I'd love to meet up with you over there.</span> </div>
Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-13332426104418107672013-12-30T19:54:00.000-05:002013-12-30T19:54:44.560-05:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose this adorable image for my New Year's greeting because I plan to be in my jammies before midnight too. Most years my family gets together for dinner but we all head home by about 9PM. It gets earlier every year. The one exception I remember was New Year's Eve 1999. We had food, drinks and games and stayed up at Mom & Dad's until midnight. My son was 3 at the time and he was the only one of the kids that actually stayed awake. We were pretty sure that the world wouldn't crash when we rang in 2000 and we were right. Do you remember all the hype about the computers crashing because they weren't set up to recognize a year that didn't start with 19? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you'd like more New Year's images, check out my latest Pinterest board </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lindaruthie/paper-new-year/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Wishing each of you God's blessings in 2014.</span></div>
<br />Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-76793667173992242232013-08-04T23:08:00.001-04:002013-08-04T23:08:38.842-04:00V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N in the Summer Sun!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just back from a week of vacation in Maine and New Hampshire.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both pictures above were taken by my son, the bottom pic was taken from a seaplane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We enjoyed a few days visiting with friends we haven't seen in about five years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Next, we headed to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And enjoyed a cruise aboard the MS Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesauke.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I haven't gotten my new sewing machine yet. Between our week away and the shop owner's vacation, I've got another week to wait. That's OK, because I can spend the time doing some more cleaning/organizing in my sewing room. </span></div>
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Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-52531873910650653182013-07-16T12:49:00.001-04:002013-07-16T13:01:53.662-04:00I'm Just a Lucky Sew-and-Sew<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the time I learned to sew at the age of 11 until I graduated from high school, I sewed on my mom's Singer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my HS graduation, my parents bought me a brand new Singer sewing machine from the Singer store in the mall. Do you remember Singer having their own stores? They sold vacuums, sewing machines and fabric, patterns and notions. In fact, at the time, our new little mall had two stores selling fabric. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were things that machine did that I still wish for today like winding the bobbin right in the bobbin case, just push the button and press the pedal. So easy! And the buttonhole attachment was the best. You put the button onto the attachment and slid the gauge down to fit and it automatically made a perfect sized buttonhole! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to </span><a href="http://tonyassewingroom.blogspot.com/2010/12/singer-futura-ii-920questions.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonya's Sewing Room</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for this pic.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But... it also had its problems, like the tension was never right and big globs of thread would bunch up on the underside of the fabric. It made sewing a nightmare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So a few years later, with my nearly new Singer for trade and money my grandmother left to me, I went shopping for a new machine. What I bought was a Viking 6690. It was top of the line and the first Viking to be partly computerized. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That machine has sewn everything from my first nephew's baptism outfit to a canvas awning for our deck. From theater costumes to my wedding gown. From hemming jeans to hundreds of yards of bias tape onto aprons. In all these years it required repair only once. When I purchased it, the store owner promised it would last me 35 years. Well, that 35 years is up and the machine is telling me it's tired. It's time for a new machine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After months of researching and shopping around, I finally made it official last Friday. I paid a deposit on a brand new Pfaff Expression 3.2. Yeah!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't she pretty? My machine had to be ordered but it should be set up in my sewing room in less than a week.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so excited!!! My favorite feature on this machine (and it's on all the new machines) is the light over the needle. It gives my eyes a much better view of what I'm doing. Now to decide what lovely project I'll make to christen my new machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Onto something from my past...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My cousin and his wife have a son and a daughter. Their son was married last Spring and their daughter was married last October. By Christmas they were both expecting babies! So this Spring I had two baby shower gifts to come up with. Of course that's the perfect excuse to make quilts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks to browsing on Pinterest, I had become enamored of I Spy Quilts. Here's the first one I made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a Snowball pattern and a checkerboard border.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the back... The fabric I wanted to back it with was too narrow so I pieced it. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And the second one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I like the design of this one better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">They were both fun to make. More than half of the different fabrics were in my stash. My sewing buddy shared some of her cute fabrics with me and I shopped for the rest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I made a list of about 100 things to spy, had it laminated and tied one onto the corner of each quilt with ribbon. I'm sure the parents will have just as much fun playing with these as their little ones. And speaking of those little ones, I must share a photo of the two baby girls that were born a month apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I'm thinking these two will be more like sisters than cousins. Such a sweet new branch on the family tree.</span></div>
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Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-65233726014220321382013-07-12T15:47:00.000-04:002013-07-12T15:47:48.188-04:00Something Old, Something New<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought the best way to catch up here is to show something new and something that I meant to post months ago.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe you remember about a year ago, some of us blog buddies decided to swap Blog Banner Triangles. Well, I did make mine and sent them out (not until September, but I did get them sent) and I received lovely triangles for my Friendship Banner. I just never got around to posting the results on here. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What fun I had making these. I started with gingham fabric. I added a glitter edge to white crepe paper ruffles. I embroidered the rick rack and layered the yo-yos. The part that I spent the most time on was choosing just the right little girl in an apron to match each color. </span><br />
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Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-72761109547356613732013-07-07T16:15:00.000-04:002013-07-07T16:15:30.134-04:00The Reader's Digest Condensed Version<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since my last post, I've missed Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, my birthday, Memorial Day, Father's Day and Independence Day! I have been sewing, knitting, crocheting, paper-crafting, Pinning, collecting and swapping. I've been to baby showers, wedding showers and birthday parties. (No graduations this year) I've been helping my parents out as my dad has suffered with health issues for the last 6 months. (He's doing better now) I'm shopping for a new sewing machine and we're trying to plan a week long vacation for later this summer.</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that you're all caught up, I'll see what photos I have to share. Oh, wait, I'm on the wrong computer! All my pics are on the other computer. Well, rather than saving this post and adding the pictures to it at<span style="color: #351c75;"> a later time, (we know how <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">long that can take) I'm just putting this out there to say HI! to all my buddies.</span></span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I hope you're enjoying your summer and all that comes with it. <span style="font-size: large;">♥♥♥</span></span>Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-39982000197253179762013-01-11T21:11:00.000-05:002013-01-11T21:11:39.186-05:00What's For Dinner?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're anything like me, you have too many days when it's nearly 5 PM and the question has to be asked...What's for dinner? Lots of times it ends up being take-out and that sure can get expensive. The only way to avoid this situation is to know what's for dinner ahead of time and to have all the ingredients in the house. I always enjoy my day much more if dinner is planned. </span><br />
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Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-504686732384500842013-01-08T13:24:00.002-05:002013-01-09T19:29:47.450-05:00Having Picture ProblemsI've tried for two days now and when I choose the 'add a picture' icon, it doesn't give me the <em>browse</em> button to search the pictures in my computer. Did they change something and I'm just too clueless to see what I'm doing wrong? Blogging's no fun without pictures. :-(<br />
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Next day...As I'm reading through some blogs, I see that I'm not the only one having this problem. When I got to <a href="http://cozyblanket.blogspot.com/2013/01/heart-swap_8.html">Debbie at Cozy Blanket's post</a>, I'm trying what she did. Click on the HTML button and choose the picture icon. That screen lets you browse you photos. After uploading the picture, I click back on COMPOSE. So let's give it a try.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't resist joining </span><a href="http://vivs-whimsy.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Viv's</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Halloween Swap. Each swapper made a decorated witch's hat and filled it with Halloween goodies to send to our swap partner. As it turned out, my swap partner, <a href="http://yarnigras.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Val</span></a>, is a lovely lady I 'met' years ago on </span><a href="http://www.swap-bot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">swap-bot.</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Our love of aprons brought us together back then and it was such a nice surprise to meet up again for this swap.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the witch hat I made for Val. I started with a paper mache hat and made a cover from black velvet. I covered the inside brim in black / orange dot fabric and trimmed it out with ribbons, feathers, a fabric yoyo, buttons and a glittery spider.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here's the fabulous witch hat that Val made for me. Can you believe we both used black velvet, feathers, a spider and some bling. Val and I are definitely crafting sisters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is the whole WOW!!! package that I received from Val. She made so many great goodies for me. The Frankenstein pin cushion and the skully pin are just too cute. I have had my coffe wrapped in the cup cozy ever since I took this picture. The 'EEK' wand and the 'SPOOKY' banner are now decorating my living room. There were yummy goodies too. Hot choclate and apple cider K-cups, soup mix and Tootsie Rolls. And, yes there's more, a cute little snow globe, a Moon Magic book and some Halloween napkins. I just kept unwrapping and unwrapping... What a fun swap this was.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, Autumn is my most wonderful time of the year. We still have warm days here in Massachusetts but the nights are starting to get chilly and a few of the trees are showing some lovely color. I love it all, the cooler weather, the smells, the brilliant colors, pumpkins, apple picking, leaves crunching under my feet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course Autumn also means back to school for my son. He's always been a night owl, so it's not easy to get him moving in the morning. There's much grumbling and 'just 5 more minutes' but he gets up and gets to school. Now he really knows how lucky he was to be homeschooled for 7 years. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One good thing about having to be on a school schedule is that I seem to get more done around the house. I am jumping back on the </span><a href="http://www.flylady.net/"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fly Lady</span></a><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> wagon and getting my house cleaned and uncluttered, 15 minutes at a time. I love her 'Cruising Through the Holidays' because it means I'm cleaned and organized and ready to party by the end of November.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And my favorite holiday is coming up. Halloween is all about having fun. I will try to wait until October 1st before I put out the decorations. For now, I have surrounded my family with bright leaves, pumpkins and scarecrows.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a very busy Summer with weekend trips to Rhode Island and New Hampshire as well as my family's annual day trip to Rockport, MA. We also spent a lot of time getting estimates and insurance inspections as we realized we have roof damage from the hail we had with the 2011 tornado.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been out of the blogging loop for quite a few weeks. I will try to take time to pop over for a visit with you. I have missed all of you but I know how time flies by when I start blog hopping. I will just have to do as Fly Lady says and set my timer for 15 minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana;">P.S. One more thing I love about Autumn is Pumpkin Coffee at Dunkin' Donuts is back. YUM!</span> </div>
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<br />Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-82316027137120625922012-07-26T14:35:00.000-04:002012-07-26T14:41:19.321-04:00More Childhood Pastimes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was so nice to see that many of you have happy memories of times spent with coloring books and crayons. Thanks so much for all of your lovely comments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another favorite childhood pastime of mine, also involved paper. And a little pair of silver safety scissors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I loved playing with my paper dolls! All kept together in a shoe box, to be taken out on a rainy day, quietly playing in my room. Stop for a visit at </span><a href="http://www.papergoodies.com/scripts/default.asp"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paper Goodies</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for a look at tons of beautifully restored vintage paper dolls.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always looked forward to getting the Betsy McCall page from my mom's magazine. This </span><a href="http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/pd_scans/betsy_mccall/index.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wonderful site</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has 10 years of Betsy's pages. The page above is from the month I was born.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On special occasions, I might have been lucky enough to receive a whole book of paper dolls. Nice, new, glossy, chipboard dolls, whose necks always seemed to end up getting bent. Pages of gorgeous, colorful clothes to spend hours cutting. Remember how hard it was to cut out the middle of a hood or hat (like the wedding gown below) for the face? I remember having one book with a bridesmaid and wedding gown. They were so beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I browse through paper dolls online, I see that it was very popular for movie stars to have their own paper dolls. Here are a few of my favorites:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I saw this Pat Boone set, I remember I had one or two books with pockets like this. I was always digging the small accessories out of the bottom of those storage pockets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also found </span><a href="http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/me_table/table1.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this site</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with paper dolls from Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazines. I've never seen ME's magazine, so I loved looking through these sweet images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't keep any of my paper dolls from childhood and for now, I won't be starting a collection, except for on my </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/lindaruthie/paper-dolls/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pinterest board</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So did you play with paper dolls as a girl? What were your favorites? Perhaps you still have your paper dolls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's no wonder that we still love to play with paper and scissors. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">♥</span></span>Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-9393249911977403852012-07-18T11:48:00.000-04:002012-07-18T11:48:03.948-04:00Childhood Pastimes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favorite childhood pastimes certainly were a sign that I would grow up to love crafting. What is it about a new box of Crayolas that I find so hard to resist? I love the rows of colorful points.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still describe colors by their Crayola name. I loved those descriptive names. Most of my favorites were pastels: sky blue, sea green, lavender, carnation pink, periwinkle. And how many shades of brown were in that box of 64 crayons? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I remember a summer day when I took my coloring books and my coffee can of crayons to the picnic table in the front yard. After coloring for a while, I left my crayons and books on the table and went off to play. I forgot about picking up my things until late in the day. When I went to get them, I found a coffee can half full of melted, colorful wax! I was so sad. I truly treasured my crayons.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From 1941 to 1963, according to <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names"><span style="color: #351c75;">this site</span></a>, Linda was one of the top 5 girls names. The year I was born, Linda was #3. That's a lot of Lindas! From 1st grade on, I was never the only Linda in the room. Now this has its good points and bad points. The bad side is that it causes a lot of confusion. Can you imagine living in George Foreman's house, with his 5 sons all named George? Having a popular name can sometimes make you feel less unique as a person. Pick a Linda, any Linda will do.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the good side, you hear your name used in the popular culture. I was thrilled to watch <em>Make Room For Daddy</em> with Angela Cartwright's character named Linda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">If you're wondering, as I was, about the Linda in the video, you can read</span> </span><a href="http://www.jacklawrencesongwriter.com/songs/linda.html"><span style="color: #351c75;">The Story Behind The Song.</span></a></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #134f5c;">While you're there, check out the other songs written by Jack Lawrence. Some of my favorites are <em>Beyond the Sea, Tenderly and If I Didn't Care</em>. <em>Linda</em> has been recorded by 19 different artist including Perry Como and Jan and Dean (didn't care for their version.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The slow version was the one originally released but I like this upbeat version even better.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does it matter that the Linda in this song isn't especially nice? Not when it's being sung by Davy Jones. Davy had a sister named Linda and it was also his first wife's name. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <em>Andy Griffith Show</em> has been my favorite TV series from the very first time I watched.</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps the reason I loved the show was that I grew up in an environment that was similar to Mayberry. As a child, I knew everyone in my neighborhood and they knew me. We lived on a small private lake that was surrounded with summer cottages, many, including ours, had been adapted for year round living. Moms were at home raising children and keeping house, wearing house dresses and aprons. Nice weather would find me playing outdoors, riding my bike in the street or out for a walk around the lake with my mom, brothers and neighbors. On these frequent walks, Moms would gossip, kids would run ahead and chase each other back and babies slept as they were rolled along. The occasional car would have to wait as baby carriages and kids were safely pulled over to line the side of the road. Everyone waved to the driver as the car crept past, fearing a loose kid would run out into the street. This was my life at the time the <em>Andy Griffith Show</em> was originally made.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">My blog buddy, Elizabeth over at Creative Breathing has come up with another fun idea for a swap. She has asked her friends to create a papercrafted triangle, decorated to represent their blog in a one-on-one swap. I was honored to be on E's list of friends.</span> </span><br />
<a href="http://creativebreathing.blogspot.com/2012/06/friendship-garland.html"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following Elizabeth's lead</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, I have asked a few buddies to swap triangles with me so that I may create a friendship garland for my craft room. So far, I am swapping with:</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elizabeth...</span><a href="http://creativebreathing.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creative Breathing</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sandy........</span><a href="http://521lakestreet-sandy.blogspot.com/2012/06/wonderful-swap-and-cakewalk-just-for.html"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">521 Lake Street</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shirley......</span><a href="http://zettasaprons.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zetta's Aprons</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tammy.....</span><a href="http://tammysloves.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tammy's In Love</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Lynn.......</span><a href="http://lifeonthewieneeranch.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Life on the Wienee Ranch</span></a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I am planning my triangles I know there will be gingham, rick-rack, buttons and of course aprons. Now to get it all onto a 8"x9" triangle. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you love this idea, I hope you will swap friendship triangles with your blog buddies and link up on Creative Breathing's post. It will be great fun to see all of these creations. And if you would like to swap with me, please just ask. I would love to swap with you. (I will have a limit as to how many I will make but I'm not sure what that is yet.)</span>Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-72955817736230633952012-06-20T22:21:00.000-04:002012-06-20T22:21:10.231-04:00Cats in Hats<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kittens on my baby quilt were so cute! I have a few kittens in my vintage greeting card collection I wanted to share. So let's have a kitty party. Here's one cat in a hat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why <em>do</em> I keep getting these songs stuck in my head? Well this time I know where it came from. My new friend Tammy and </span><a href="http://tammysloves.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">her blog</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are to blame. Yes, in the past few days since discovering another kindred spirit, <em>Tammy's In Love</em> keeps running through my mind. So, let's all sing along...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Debbie has her own </span><a href="http://www.debbiereynolds.com/"><span style="color: #674ea7;">website</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> with lots of information on her life and career. Guess what song you'll hear when you click Debbie's site. Oh, yes, out of all of Debbie's work, it's Tammy that greets you there. Don't be surprised if Debbie shows up here on my blog another time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, no sooner had my last post got one song out of my head, when in popped another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been a Doris Day fan since I was about 6 years old. My parents had this album in their collection and I played it over and over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ours was just about this same color, the top lifted open to use the turntable, the center front had sliding doors for record storage and gold cloth with metallic thread covered the speakers on each side. My mother didn't have to worry about me for hours when she gave me permission to play records in the living room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later in life I discovered that Doris Day had made movies! What fun!!! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In searching out info for this post, I see that there are quite a few Doris Day movies I've never seen. (I guess I can start that bucket list now.) Of the ones I have seen my favorite is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The movie is from the Broadway show with tons of great musical numbers like this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And do you remember from 1968 to 1972 watching the </span><a href="http://timvp.com/dorisday.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doris Day Show</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a young woman, I searched out more music from my parent's era and discovered Big Band and Swing. And there was Doris Day again! Absolutely sensational!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And one more song that I hadn't heard until today but fell in love with instantly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I was excited to find this recent </span><a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/04/02/149392321/doris-day-a-hollywood-legend-reflects-on-life"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">interview</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with Doris that was just wonderful. What a beautiful, down-to-earth person. And a crafter as you can see her working on some knitting in this pic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well, I feel like I've spent my morning with Doris and it was so much fun. Do you have a favorite Doris Day movie or song? <span style="color: #e06666;">♥</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We live only a 2-3 hours drive from this enchanting place. I've spent vacations on Cape Cod a couple of times in my life and it's lovely. Unfortunately, so many people love it that the in-season traffic is unbearable. That, combined with my hubby's total lack of enthusiasm for spending time at the beach means I haven't been here in years. </span> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps a day trip could be pleaded for sometime soon.</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">♥</span></div>
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<br /></div>Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017034015167001738.post-28433060399777721272012-05-19T00:30:00.000-04:002012-05-19T00:30:00.675-04:00Happy Birthday...<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very cute sentiment inside.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now for the deer. How sweet is this little card? Look at the pink flower on the ear! Too cute!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here's the inside. Love the font on this one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, feel free to use these images for your crafting pleasure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card unfolds into this. I love the ducks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And another cowboy couple with cute animals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like to share the inside sentiment and images. This card went to 'Bunny' on her birthday. Does anyone get nicknamed Bunny anymore? Too cute.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And even the backside of this card has adorable artwork.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So maybe the cowboy life is not exciting enough for you. Then you would probably prefer to blast into space...with your pup! Wonderful red flocking on this one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This die-cut card has full artwork, front and back. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here's the inside of this one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed these and I'd love to see anything you make with these images.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wishing you a happy day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm linking up with Sue at </span><a href="http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a Very CherryWorld</span></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">!</span> Happy Rednesday!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I was away from my blog, I managed to get a bit of sewing done. Would you like to see?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These fresh new aprons and more are now available at my </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheOuthouse"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Etsy store</span></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Yeah!</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Found this wonderful red Mother's Day card among those saved by my MIL. I took some time to change the girl's hot pink knee socks to red. Much better. </span><br />
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Happy Mother's Day!</div>Linda Ruthiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262131386645244447noreply@blogger.com6