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Author: michelle

Hi, I'm Michelle and this is my so-called handmade life.
film | garden | knitting | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo

Everyday Assortment

Bymichelle August 20, 2011July 27, 2022

Some of the more regular moments of my summer captured and dumped here:  My son and I did our bit to help decorate for Vacation Bible School.  Did you ever…

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craft | knitting | photography

Matilda

Bymichelle August 20, 2011July 27, 2022

I’ve been wanting to knit this hat for some time.  The pattern, by M.K. Carroll, was written with Peace Fleece yarn in mind and I just happened to buy a…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | linkage | new to me | parenting | phoneography

Sharpied Saddle Shoes

Bymichelle August 17, 2011July 27, 2022

It’s like I have my own pair of back to school shoes. (Sharpied saddle shoes, day 218) I tried a fairly quick diy that I’d seen on Bleubird Vintage :…

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bicycle | garden | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Phoneography

Bymichelle August 15, 2011July 27, 2022

This has been the summer of phone pictures.  I knew finally getting an iphone, or even a phone that worked right, would be great for spur of the moment videos of…

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cheap stuff | craft | knitting | linkage | photography

Rockefeller Sweater

Bymichelle August 8, 2011July 27, 2022

Disclaimer Well, I’ve been working away at my destash or die project, plus trying to knit all those patterns I’ve saved for years.  Thus, the Rockefeller Cardigan is complete and…

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film | photography | thinking out loud | travel

Vacation Film

Bymichelle August 5, 2011July 27, 2022

I always liked getting a stack of prints in a drugstore envelope, negatives stashed in the little front pocket.  Remember checking store flyers for coupons that you’d rip out in…

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lensbaby | photography | travel

Nature Concentrate

Bymichelle August 4, 2011July 27, 2022

I really don’t mean for these posts on my vacation to drag out like some epic, because it wasn’t.  It was only two weeks, but these were the photographic highs…

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family | photography | polaroid | travel

Steinbeck’s California

Bymichelle July 30, 2011July 27, 2022

I’ve discovered several personal camping truths- – I need my wide brimmed hiking hat, caps just don’t cut it.-I like bottles over camelbaks.-I’m never spinning in circles around some little…

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camping | family | photography | polaroid | travel

Yosemite

Bymichelle July 30, 2011July 27, 2022

I read that Yosemite is a zoo in the summer.   It was, but it was a zoo we needed to see.  I mean, we were so close that it…

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camping | photography | travel | ttv photo

Ttv Trees, California Pt.4

Bymichelle July 22, 2011July 27, 2022

These are some of my ttvs of the Sequoia National Forest.  (General Sherman- the largest living thing in the world, day 167)  (Sequoia cross section)  (Gen. Sherman from a distance)…

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