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Wise Words

February 2, 2010 No comments yet

Edit to add: AHHH sorry!!! I “posted” this on Tuesday but the way this wordpress blog is set up I have to remember to categorize the post as “blog” or it doesn’t show up in the blog. Annoying, indeed. Anyway sorry sorry sorry! I’ll be posting the Valentine’s today (Friday Feb. 5) so check back [...]

Whew!

April 21, 2009 2 comments

Yesterday was more like a “grueling landscaping day” as opposed to an “any wedding or paper-related day” so bear with me.

And hopefully the waaaay “after” pictures will be something like these:

(image from How Stuff Works Deck Ideas)

(image from www.remodeldesign.com/construction)
So that was yesterday. Today I’ve been working on some designs for the latest Minted contest for [...]



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