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  I'm Sam, a college student, seamstress, crafter, & entrepreneur. Enjoy perusing photos of my sewing and craft-related adventures. I hope my blog can bring some inspiration and happiness to your day!

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August · 9 · 2009

Super Back-to-School Sale!

elliot the whale! octavia the mini mousie!Be sure to head over to Fluffyland this week for the closeout clearance back-to-school sale! I’d rather not haul all of my plush up the interstate, so by helping me out you can get a great deal…

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August · 2 · 2009

thar be narwhals!

productivity
enhanced by bland surroundings
and drippy gray skies.

narwhals on the playground

Last night, although I had officially given up on photographing narwhals for the day, after dinner I was keen for a walk and some…

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July · 28 · 2009

bits of inspiration

flutter, hummingbird,
from flower to flower, give
what they need to bloom.

arthur sage!

This morning I whipped up the latest Arthur, Arthur Sage. He’s made from a finicky woven fabric; the weave is so…

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July · 22 · 2009

meet the arthurs!

creativity:
if it feels right, go with it.
love it, learn from it.

meet the arthurs!

meet the arthurs!

Something possessed me to make these little bunnies out of all the heavy fabric I had around. “Delightfully handmade”…

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June · 3 · 2009

lots of flat whales

even with eyeballs,
flat whales don’t do much swimming.
they’re really just… flat.

pile of flat whales

A quite daunting pile of flat whales. They’ve all got eyeballs now, so they’re ready to be stuffed and stitched…

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June · 2 · 2009

i’m whaling away

nothing beats watching
shapeless fabric transform by
work of one’s own hands.

sewing through one of many whales

Today I’ve been sewing away at little whales, chugging along at the machine and watching them turn from flat pieces of…

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May · 27 · 2009

dolly is here!

silliness, giggles,
who says you have to grow up?
don’t lose the laughter.

Well, the cloudy skies have not dissipated, but I tried my best to get a decent picture of my dolly… here…

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May · 26 · 2009

cloudy day projects

mornings give choices.
make your own misery, or
embrace the new day.

It’s wet outside and very cloudy, chilly inside and quite dark. It’s a day with a choice: Be A Sloth Day (just…

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December · 30 · 2008

i just like to make things.

As 2008 is drawing to a close, I have been quite reflective, reminiscing but also planning for the future. Today was a self-proclaimed Sewing Day, and I continued working on all the presents for my friends at school. makeup organizer pocket close-upI still have miscellaneous WIPs scattered throughout the sewing room, and as I worked I found many of these projects, half finished and rather wrinkled. I finished a bathroom organizer that I had started awhile back; it’s just a basic strip of fabric with pockets for my makeup accessories and such, so that I could hang them on the wall. It just needed a backing, and I added some ribbon strips so it can hold bobby pins. I’m an expert at finishing things much later than I would actually have use for them. But still, I think it’s cute.

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November · 14 · 2008

abuzz with activity

alyssa’s sock monkey! Obligations have been keeping me from what I love. I mean sure, physics homework and calculus tests are lots of fun, but I would so much rather be sewing… the creative side of my brain has started breaking through…

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