Archive for September, 2009

September 30, 2009
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Gearing up for my favorite month, October! Here’s a sneak peak at a witch in progress that will be for sale and one of the gorgeous frames my sister Brooke Baker is making for http://www.cupcakealamode.com:

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September 29, 2009
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Here’s another chance to win one of my cut paper prizes: Just be the next person to follow me at http://Twitter.com/WriteMinded! In the future I will also be twittering more contest opportunities, cut paper works in progress and uncommon quotes from what I’m currently reading…

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September 28, 2009
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For Nanny’s 89th birthday party…Happy Birthday, Nan, we love you!

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September 24, 2009
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…and His Amazing Collections” by my very talented friend Brooke Bessesen and illustrated by Jenny Campbell:

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This book achieves the near impossible by getting Superbaby to sit quietly for long periods of time! We both love the humorous rhyming text and Superbaby likes when Zachary dusts his collection of “poos.”
September 18, 2009
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Use your scrapbook paper scraps to make a pretty present bow:

1.Cut long strips (You can experiment with thin or fat strips or put both together!)
2. Curl with scissors the same way you would poly ribbon or curl by wrapping paper around a pencil
3. Tape together and arrange

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all images and text © Mindi Leatham 2012

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