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St. Patrick’s Day Cat Gnome Freebie
This post was supposed to hit the blog a few weeks ago so you’d have enough time to make a St. Patrick’s cat gnome before the 17th but we at McKay Manor Musers put the “pro” in “procrastinate.” Well, that and we greatly overestimated what we would be able to get done...
Getting Creative … Mermaid Tails
Kira saw a really cute sleeping bag that looked like a Mermaid and wanted to know if I could make one for each of her three girls for Christmas so I headed to her craft room and pulled out some cuddle fabric. I found three coordinating designs and started to work. I...
Valentine’s Day Decorations
It’s Valentine’s week! We typically keep Valentine’s Day pretty low-key at the Conrad house. Kevin is usually working, and this year is no exception. I’ve never decorated for Valentine’s Day before and this year I decided that was going to change. By that, I mean I...
Happy New Year
Seems like every year I look back and think – what a great year – I am so blessed! And I also wonder how I could have packed so much into one year – I still work full time for HP as a product manager and run our little business with the best partners ever - my two...
Polar Blankets for Cold Winter Nights
Why does it always take me so long to get the house ready for Christmas? I'm always doing new projects so it feels like it takes half the month before I'm finally ready! It doesn't help that I have 7 boxes of Christmas decorations because I decorate pretty much every...
Giving Thanks and Lighting the World
I just got to spend a fabulous week out at Kira’s house for the Thanksgiving Holiday – so once again I am reminded of how incredibly blessed we are and how many reasons we have to be thankful. When Kira and Kayla were growing up, each Thanksgiving we got...
Teaching & Attending Pinners Conference
Kayla and Sheila had attended Pinners Conference 2 years ago, but this was our first time all going together, and our first time teaching a class! We didn't even know they did sewing classes at Pinners but a friend told us about it and recommend us, and we got in at...
For the Love of Cats! Free downloadable pattern if you read to the end of this crazy post
Cats have been a part of my life for as log as I can remember – growing up we always had cats and kittens. That's me and my little brother David with our siamese cat ... We grew up in Logan, Utah where we had a half and acre lot and seems like we had kittens pretty...
Seahorse Stuffed Animal Pattern
I’ve followed in my father’s footsteps in many ways. I think my love of photographing nature comes from him. My first photography love is flowers. My husband and children have endured hours and hours of me photographing flowers over the years. My second love is...
Valentine Critter Corner Banner
Today we are featuring a guest on our blog! We have mentioned Leona a few times. Sheila and Leona get together to sew and visit as often as possible, which ends up being at least once a month and more if we have a quilt show coming up. Some of you may have met her at...
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