Ornamented Lonzenge
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The Ornamented Lozenge Pattern by Virginia L Harvey

Red beads contrast against the white rayon lasting cord to make an interesting and distinctive diamond or lozenge pattern. The beads must be selected very carefully because the over-all size must fit the space they fill in the pattern and they must have holes large enough to take two strands of the knotting material. Each […]

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How to Make Fire Starters from Egg Cartons, Dryer Lint, and old candles

Back in the before times one thing we did a fair amount of was camping. The best part of camping was always the campfire. Getting the fire lit though could be a problem- hence the need for fire starters. I could always buy fire starters but we always have dryer lint, have a back stock […]

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Vintage Bits & Baubles for scrapbooking or mixed media collage

Back in March/ April (before it hit 94º in July, in the 716) I was up in the attic doing some purging of stuff (mainly #deadnancystuff). I found an envelope of these pretties. I don’t know if they came like this, were part of cards that someone (#deadBeatrice maybe) cut off of vintage cards? I […]