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Crafts at the Fair; (Come Stroll the Fair Series)

This may be the shortest blog post from me ever. I don’t think I have a whole lot to say. But sometimes once I get going, more just comes out, so I guess we’ll see! : )

One of my favorite part of fairs, is walking around to look at the crafts. As a creative person myself, I can just appreciate the time, skill and handiwork that I know artists invested.

This time at the fair, we had limited time for viewing crafts, and we didn’t come across much more than what was in this building anyway. There was lots of little things, artwork by kids (I remember those days….I always had my work in the fairs), and lots of QUILTS.… Read More

More of MIL's / Grandma's Crafty-Christmas Giving.

I already shared the beautiful Advent Calendar Michael’s mother gave us for Christmas, and mentioned in that thread there were a couple of other hand-made gifts she sent us as well.

One is this apron she made for {A}. When {A} talked to Grandma on the phone on Christmas Day, {A} said, that Grandma said, that she was inspired by our gifts to them last year, including their aprons. She rather enjoyed making gifts too! We rather enjoyed receiving them, and they mean a lot to us.