Primrose Design
10.23.2012

busted

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Well, the show I did this past Saturday was not a good one for me. After an hour of no one stopping into my booth I had a bad feeling that t...
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10.08.2011

eat your veggies

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Don't you just love this fabric? I spotted it on eBay and thought it would be perfect for the pot holders I seem to be making a lot of...
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9.27.2011

fly away

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There's a scene at the end of the pilot episode of the new ABC show Pan Am with a little girl watching the stewardesses walking down the...
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9.23.2011

this could be dangerous

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You might ask where I've been all this time, but I've just discovered treasuries on Etsy. I mean, I knew what they were and I've...
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9.17.2011

soup's on

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You know it's fall when your thoughts turn to soup when planning dinner. It's been very cold here—38 degrees yesterday morning—so so...
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9.14.2011

local find

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Although I haven't had very good luck this summer with flea markets, I am still finding great stuff on Ebay and in local shops. Like th...
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9.10.2011

and they called it puppy love...

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Who doesn't love puppies, or any small animals for that matter? I especially love the cute embroidered kind that you find on vintage li...
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8.08.2011

summer's going fast

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You're probably wondering why I haven't reported back about my flea market trip last month. It's because the day was a huge disa...
7.14.2011

it's war

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...against the woodchucks who've taken up residence in my yard. First they ate the last picking of peas, then they munched the tops of m...
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4.14.2011

unwelcome visitor

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I realize this isn't the best photo. It was starting to get dark and he'd just knocked over our bird feeders. We were more concern...
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4.06.2011

on a mission

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I've been searching forever (OK, at least a year) for a small bookcase that's 16-18 inches wide that I can use upstairs, either next...
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3.27.2011

cuteness overload

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I spent yesterday treasure hunting in Quakertown, Pennsylvania and it was a whirlwind trip because I went to four different antique malls an...
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3.26.2011

the immense edifice of memory

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I knew someone in college who had no sense of smell (the condition is called anosmia), and hence no sense of taste either, since the two are...
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3.21.2011

color is subjective

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When I heard that Pantone's choice for color of the year was Honeysuckle , I immediately thought of the honeysuckle vine that climbed th...
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1.28.2011

a kitchen failure

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I never ate macaroni and cheese when I was growing up. My father didn't like it so my mother never made it. So, I don't have any his...
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1.14.2011

liquid damage

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or, why water and laptops don't mix. Two days into the new year and I'm working on the coffee table because it's cold upstairs i...
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12.30.2010

winding down

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I don't know where this holiday season went - or this entire year for that matter - I just know that it happened much too quickly. We sp...
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11.15.2010

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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The Christmas issue of Amy Powers' Inspired Ideas is out and you can view it here . There's a Primrose Design project for an embell...
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11.04.2010

luck

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Last Saturday we drove about 2 hours to an antique mall, one we've been to before with mixed results. As you know, hunting for vintage t...
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9.16.2010

inspired indeed

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I'd like to direct you to a new online publication called Amy Powers' Inspired Ideas —it's truly gorgeous. You may know Amy alr...
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janet
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Freelance graphic designer, crafter, small business owner, recycler of vintage materials into accessories and home decor, reseller of vintage treasures, lover of flea markets and antique shops.
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