No wishing or hoping necessary.

I just got back from Charlottesville a few hours ago after spending the day visiting my beautiful daughter in her new home. Such a lovely little house and wonderful roommates. The cats and “wrong puppy” are a little on the crazy side and they will be adding another puppy to the mix in [...]

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Prepping for NaNoWriMo: Creating my Writing Space

Writing Studio & Creative Procrastination Station

NaNoWriMo provides me with so much more than thirty days of intense writing.  Pre-planning for NaNo is great becuase I get to do things that I put off throughout the year.  This year I am focused on creating my own personal writing space. For some reason I have always put [...]

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NaNoWriMo Relaunch = Success!

For those of you who didn’t stay up all night waiting for the relaunch, it is official! We are up and running once again! Check out the shiny new features at NaNoWriMo!

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NaNoWriMo Relaunch

Look for the relaunch of the National Novel Writing Month website to take place TODAY in the late afternoon west coast time. So I’ll be watching around 5:00 p.m. my time. The relaunch is to feature a new masthead and exciting new video content. This year there will also be NaNo Q&As and a complete [...]

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Oh Hi Lucy on Twitter

Connect with the Oh Hi Lucy shop on Twitter! Oh Hi Lucy on Twitter
Also, only one day left to view my first treasury on Etsy. I selected items from shops new in 2009 with fewer than 25 sales.
Three cheers for new! For who? For you!

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Welcome to Lucyville

I wanted to experiment with creating felt miniatures decided on a village of quaint cottages, tiny chapels, little bell towers, Main Street boutiques and even a traveling circus. The hamlet of Lucyville will be featured on my Etsy shop Oh Hi Lucy.
The first listing is The House of Asha. This single story cottage in [...]

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“Oh Hi Lucy” Makes First Sale!

Oh Hi Lucy on Etsy made its first sale this afternoon!
The clever little blue and brown felt owl key chain was featured in I’ve got the blues…and browns treasury by enchantedmemories.
The owl stuffie was created with eco-felt made from recycled plastic bottles, gently stuffed with bamboo filling, and hand stitched with embroidery floss. A [...]

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Featured Item: Needle Felted Jack Russell Terrier

One of the featured items on the Oh Hi Lucy Etsy shop is this cute little Needle Felted Jack Russell Terrier.
Inspired by one of Lucy’s brothers, this little Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) is needle felted in white merino wool and brown and black llama wool. He has black seed bead eyes and wire frame body. [...]

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New Etsy Shop Open for Business!

Hello all! So I have been absent for a month now as I have been busy setting up shop on Etsy. This has given new meaning to my blog title “Creative Procrastination!” How much fun have I been having? Take a look for yourself!
Oh Hi Lucy named for my muse features handmade fluff & [...]

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Needle Felting Basics

I have recently taken up needle felting as a new hobby. Most of what I have learned has come from a book I came across while my daughter and I were out browsing craft materials for inspiration. Little Felted Animals by Marie Noelle Horvath features directions to make 16 cute little creatures. [...]

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