<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411</id><updated>2011-07-08T06:40:20.028-04:00</updated><category term='paper'/><category term='stuffed objects'/><category term='taxi'/><category term='baby owlbears'/><category term='DnD ephemera'/><category term='escort cards'/><category term='wedding'/><category term='vintage'/><title type='text'>Four Sisters Crafting</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-8744194328163057300</id><published>2009-09-16T12:06:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T12:26:31.143-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obsessed with Hair Thingies</title><content type='html'>So I tried on the dress!!!!  It was really fun.  But none of the hair things I brought looked right.  So the hunt is on anew! I found this amazing hair vine by Sara Gabriel at a bridal shop downtown.  It's flexible and can be bent in any way you want it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.saragabriel.com/collection/headpieces/products/136-corissa-hairvine"&gt;Corissa Hair Vine&lt;/a&gt; It's a serious contender based on flexibility and looks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SrEOOsO2NMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/RQxNAgh1RjA/s1600-h/Corisaa_Hairvine_little.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SrEOOsO2NMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/RQxNAgh1RjA/s320/Corisaa_Hairvine_little.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382098675238843586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've also heard a lot of great things about &lt;a href="http://bridesheadrevisited.net/#/designs"&gt;Brideshead Revisited&lt;/a&gt;.  Besides having the coolest name ever - they have a great selection of combs, headbands and veils.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vtO8EZ_GzCY/R4WCT0KbyEI/AAAAAAAACfI/bTWunxzU_WM/s400/brideshead2%2Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vtO8EZ_GzCY/R4WCT0KbyEI/AAAAAAAACfI/bTWunxzU_WM/s400/brideshead2%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are their gorgeous feather hair pins.  Also a serious contender based on versatility!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally here is a headband I saw featured in Martha Stewart. It's from Christina Garcia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/01/05/picture_19.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 423px; height: 194px;" src="http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/01/05/picture_19.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Major points for pure gorgeousness!!! Her website is INTENSE.  They have videos of the artisans actually making the designs...and they work HARD.  Check it out here&lt;a href="http://www.christinagarciabridal.com/v2/"&gt;Christina Garcia Designs&lt;/a&gt; though based on the website I have a feeling her hair pieces may cost more than my dress.  Oh well, a girl can dream right?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-8744194328163057300?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/8744194328163057300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/obsessed-with-hair-thingies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/8744194328163057300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/8744194328163057300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/obsessed-with-hair-thingies.html' title='Obsessed with Hair Thingies'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SrEOOsO2NMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/RQxNAgh1RjA/s72-c/Corisaa_Hairvine_little.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-656305800674267305</id><published>2009-09-14T11:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T11:58:07.461-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stamps!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SrELC0fSzVI/AAAAAAAAAIw/vKPI1NRgfOo/s1600-h/stamps.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SrELC0fSzVI/AAAAAAAAAIw/vKPI1NRgfOo/s320/stamps.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382095172761996626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have always been obsessed with stamps!  When I was a little kid I had bear and bird stamps that I still have to this day.  I recently had a chance to go to a store in the East Village that I've heard a lot about...&lt;a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/casey-rubber-stamps-new-york"&gt;Casey's Rubber Stamps!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a place unlike any other.  It's tiny, crowded and dusty filled with books of stamps.  It is run by an older Irish man and he's obsessed with stamps! He spends his days making them by hand and his nights drinking with customers who stop by to talk about stamps.  He's been looking for a good line drawing of The Flatiron Building to make a stamp out of...if anyone has one he'd like you to let him know! I was able to get a beautiful Chrysler Building stamp...for EIGHT DOLLARS.&lt;br /&gt;I plan to use it on my invitations...have you met any characters planning your wedding?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stampfrancisco.com/Images/Thumbs2/38-010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 54px; height: 150px;" src="http://www.stampfrancisco.com/Images/Thumbs2/38-010.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-656305800674267305?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/656305800674267305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/stamps.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/656305800674267305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/656305800674267305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/stamps.html' title='Stamps!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SrELC0fSzVI/AAAAAAAAAIw/vKPI1NRgfOo/s72-c/stamps.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-1416518626673029917</id><published>2009-09-10T10:46:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T10:54:38.542-04:00</updated><title type='text'>D Day!</title><content type='html'>I'm so excited!  I am trying on my dress (and seeing it) for the first time since February! I'm ridiculously nervous...what if I hate it?  What if it doesn't fit?  What if it's been stolen?!?!  I brought all my accessories with me to work.  I've got my shoes, jewelery and gloves.  I brought a couple options for my hair.  I brought a fascinator I bought from ban.do a year ago. I felt super guilty when I bought it, they were $75 back then.  Now I think it's one of the best purchases I ever made...I get constant comments on it.  Now ban.do has gotten so popular that the same one I bought way back when is twice the price! Mine looks exactly like this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqkSa8uhpII/AAAAAAAAAIg/Vn4DwuUYH7g/s1600-h/fascinator.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqkSa8uhpII/AAAAAAAAAIg/Vn4DwuUYH7g/s200/fascinator.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379851484057937026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They have amazing things.  The full line can be found &lt;a href="http://www.shopbando.com/Home.aspx#"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-1416518626673029917?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/1416518626673029917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/d-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1416518626673029917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1416518626673029917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/d-day.html' title='D Day!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqkSa8uhpII/AAAAAAAAAIg/Vn4DwuUYH7g/s72-c/fascinator.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-203545445546649398</id><published>2009-09-09T09:03:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T09:23:25.747-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I'm sitting here with a million work things to accomplish and I'm thinking about my hair!  Yes, my hair.  I am trying my dress on tomorrow and I really want to experiment with something hair wise.  I love the look of the low buns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqeozEGNaKI/AAAAAAAAAIA/5Y0hLJTQVlE/s1600-h/carrie-01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqeozEGNaKI/AAAAAAAAAIA/5Y0hLJTQVlE/s200/carrie-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379453875143927970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carrie!  Looking awesome.  Now for some reason I've always hated how my hair looks in pictures when it's up.  It seems like I should avoid feeling like that about the wedding pictures. So perhaps down?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqepfY1zkeI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/g2wOni68z6I/s1600-h/hair-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqepfY1zkeI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/g2wOni68z6I/s200/hair-5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379454636626514402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this style but I'm not sure if it will look right with my dress. Also I'm worried about having my hair get stuck in my face when I dance like crazy woman.  Ok so how about half up/half down?  This was always my fall back style for middle school productions. I'm loving Penelope's look here.  It's simple and elegant. But honestly, I'm not sure if I have enough hair for this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqepPzwR44I/AAAAAAAAAII/vNj6lW7zAkM/s1600-h/hair-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqepPzwR44I/AAAAAAAAAII/vNj6lW7zAkM/s200/hair-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379454368973185922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally (and I think this is the winner) is this kinda messy vintagey style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqeqwxLLepI/AAAAAAAAAIY/7Uufg45BOEs/s1600-h/messybun.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqeqwxLLepI/AAAAAAAAAIY/7Uufg45BOEs/s200/messybun.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379456034728016530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could be being influenced by how gorgeous that dress is!  I think this style might work.  I'm not sure about the ribbon though. I think I need something a little more sophisticated and by sophisticated I mean....SPARKLY.  And as someone who wears tiaras, I think people really expect that from me.  But man, it's soooo hard to decide!!!  Any opinions?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-203545445546649398?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/203545445546649398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-sitting-here-with-million-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/203545445546649398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/203545445546649398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-sitting-here-with-million-work.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SqeozEGNaKI/AAAAAAAAAIA/5Y0hLJTQVlE/s72-c/carrie-01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-356630975327718931</id><published>2009-09-08T12:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T12:36:29.418-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Be-Labored!</title><content type='html'>Did you have fun last weekend? We didn't go anywhere.  But I got to spend some quality time with family and friends which was nice.  My FSIL was staying at the hotel where we're thinking of putting some wedding guests.  It's very close to our venue, has a nice vibe, and is less than $200 a night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mustseenewyork.com/images/washington-square-hotel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.mustseenewyork.com/images/washington-square-hotel.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm worried though, that people will want more variety.  Like will this be too expensive for some?  Or not expensive enough for others? I don't know what to do because New York has SO MANY HOTELS.  It's really hard to narrow things down.  And because it's NY everything is harder than it needs to be...for example when I tried to reserve a block of rooms at a fancy hotel they told me that &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;no matter what&lt;/span&gt; I would have to pay for the FULL COST of the rooms.  Even if none of our guests stayed there.  Maddening.&lt;br /&gt;I think I am just going to email all the out of town folks and ask them to let me know if they'd like us to book blocks of rooms for them and what kind of hotel they'd prefer.  &lt;br /&gt;How are you booking your rooms and informing guests of their options?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-356630975327718931?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/356630975327718931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/be-labored.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/356630975327718931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/356630975327718931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/be-labored.html' title='Be-Labored!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-2945135852162155917</id><published>2009-09-02T10:09:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T10:18:38.503-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tokens Only, Please</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.transitmuseumeducation.org/images/vocab/photo_token.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 361px; height: 408px;" src="http://www.transitmuseumeducation.org/images/vocab/photo_token.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm working on the escort cards today!  Does anyone BEFORE they get married actually know what an escort card is?  I sure didn't.  Here is a helpful explanation from &lt;a href="http://www.weddingbeepro.com/2009/05/01/more-on-the-place-card-vs-escort-card-conundrum/"&gt;WeddingBee PRO Laura Hooper!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Clients and wedding guests sometimes wonder about the difference between escort cards and place cards, but it is very simple. Escort cards send your guests to their correct table, while place cards tell them which seat is theirs at the table. It is important to at least have assigned tables, so there is a smooth transition from your ceremony to your reception, without guests wondering where they should sit or with whom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am thinking of using the mini taxis as PLACE cards (as I think they'll look really cute with the buildings) and using something else for ESCORT cards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Sp5-C13EZKI/AAAAAAAAAH4/NSQNNZA6E_g/s1600-h/metrocardescortcards.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Sp5-C13EZKI/AAAAAAAAAH4/NSQNNZA6E_g/s200/metrocardescortcards.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376873592409842850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is that awesome or what???  Metrocards would be cool but they're too modern - so both Andy and I really want tokens.  Since Andy wants everything to be like a ride at Disneyworld he joked about having people put their tokens in an actual turnstile to get from the cocktail hour into the reception.  WHAT?!  He is insane. Actual tokens and turnstiles are NOT an option for this wedding...but I would love to use the image of a token on paper in some way.  I'm thinking of trying to blur out the "Good for One Fare" and put peoples names and the table numbers there.  I am however completely inept at photoshop stuff.  Perhaps this is an assignment for the groom? What do you think?  Good idea or cheesy weird?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-2945135852162155917?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/2945135852162155917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/tokens-only-please.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/2945135852162155917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/2945135852162155917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/09/tokens-only-please.html' title='Tokens Only, Please'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Sp5-C13EZKI/AAAAAAAAAH4/NSQNNZA6E_g/s72-c/metrocardescortcards.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-339629271093945045</id><published>2009-08-31T11:10:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T11:56:30.887-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Stop Till You Get Enough...</title><content type='html'>Last night I was talking to a friend about my wedding ENSEMBLE.  I still haven't decided if I want to wear a veil.  My dress has beautiful details on the top that I don't want to cover up. But I feel like, when ELSE will I wear a veil? I've found a couple on Etsy that I like...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.58922348.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.58922348.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5287560"&gt;VeiledBeauty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one is kind of crazy but I love how lush and bold it is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.74741458.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.74741458.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5280505"&gt;BatCakes Couture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or do I go completely Deco with a Flapper Headband?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.84815942.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.84815942.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5553702"&gt;BaroqueandRoll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or do I go with the classic hair flower...deconstructed a bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.75929742.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.75929742.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5138345"&gt;House of Telsa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HOW DO I CHOOSE???? HELP!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-339629271093945045?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/339629271093945045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/dont-stop-till-you-get-enough.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/339629271093945045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/339629271093945045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/dont-stop-till-you-get-enough.html' title='Don&apos;t Stop Till You Get Enough...'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5335330706916829</id><published>2009-08-30T10:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T10:29:40.417-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Accessories!</title><content type='html'>Ok - it took me an embarrassingly long time to spell that title! SO I've posted about my love for ebay and now it's time for my REAL love...&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com"&gt;ETSY!&lt;/a&gt;  Both the vintage and handmade sections are filled with awesome finds.  I wrote about finding my Save the Dates through the Handmade section...but I was also able to find some accessories for the wedding through the vintage section! What did I get you ask?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.68923129.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 430px; height: 322px;" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.68923129.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These were a find - they're in really good condition and they're realllllllly soft.  So soft that when I showed them to one of my BM's (a vegan)...she said sadly "These are made from a really cute baby animal aren't they?" Yes. Yes. They are. They're kid leather.  Made from (GULP) baby goats. However they are over 50 years old and while I wouldn't buy these new I think they'll add a great vintage vibe to my ensemble! In the olden days, kid leather was considered more fashionable and stylish than satin - and they'll be really warm in January. What do you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5335330706916829?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5335330706916829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/accessories.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5335330706916829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5335330706916829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/accessories.html' title='Accessories!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-6876677768210712684</id><published>2009-08-28T11:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T11:44:25.295-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Rehearsal Dinner</title><content type='html'>We are getting married in Greenwich Village.  This is a neighborhood I've always loved - the architecture and the restaurants and parks always make me feel like I've been transported back in time a bit.  It means a lot to my fiance too - it's where he grew up, learned to ride a bike, went to school, etc...  I'll post more about our venue later BUT I wanted to talk about our rehearsal dinner a bit.  My fiances dad is a professor at NYU and he has access to the Alumni Club, appropriately called &lt;a href="http://www.nyu.edu/torch.club/index.html"&gt;The Torch Club&lt;/a&gt;. He recently had a birthday party and both my FIL's were impressed with the service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kicksparkyourcareer.com/images/torch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.kicksparkyourcareer.com/images/torch.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's located in an old building owned by NYU and it definitely has that "old" vibe I'm looking for.  The building dates back to 1891 and used to be a chocolate factory (awesome!) However, I am worried about a couple of things though. Should I decorate at all?  I've heard of people bringing in flower arrangements and linens for their rehearsal dinners however I really haven't budgeted for that.  To be perfectly honest I kind of want it to be a  "No Muss No Fuss" kind of eventbut what do you think? Should I add a more personal touch or do you think it will be all right on its own?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-6876677768210712684?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/6876677768210712684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/our-rehearsal-dinner.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6876677768210712684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6876677768210712684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/our-rehearsal-dinner.html' title='Our Rehearsal Dinner'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-6689142459415976153</id><published>2009-08-27T11:39:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T12:01:38.180-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Save the Date for Kate!</title><content type='html'>I am SO EXCITED to reveal my Save the Dates.  They were really a labor of love, but honestly there was no labor involved because the vendors I used were totally AWESOME.  &lt;br /&gt;I had toyed around with doing a telegram announcing our wedding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cardcow.com/images/wedding-telegram-romance-love-marriage-wedding-26404.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 372px;" src="http://www.cardcow.com/images/wedding-telegram-romance-love-marriage-wedding-26404.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We loved the idea and I was pretty much ready to go, when Fate somehow steered me to &lt;a href="http://www.luckyduckletterpress.com/"&gt;LuckyDuck Letterpress on Etsy&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;He's on a break now to plan his wedding but he was sooo easy to work with. We were able to get 150 cards and envelopes for less than $185...and they're LETTERPRESSED.&lt;br /&gt;Here we go...drool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpaqQH1E-LI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ef_Nm4MZS_Y/s1600-h/3610680757_59d9cac59d.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpaqQH1E-LI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ef_Nm4MZS_Y/s320/3610680757_59d9cac59d.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374670399269566642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andy and I wrote the "copy"  He insisted on being referred to as "Industry's Andrew" and I am a Seattle socialite.  Far from it in reality...but it makes the whole thing a little more fun.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may be wondering why it says May 20th as the date in the corner.  Well - we procrastinated.  And I developed an addiction. It started with just one...and then I couldn't stop.  Yes - I cannot avoid telling you. I am addicted to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4569745/2/istockphoto_4569745-new-york-world-s-fair-stamp-1939.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 380px;" src="http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4569745/2/istockphoto_4569745-new-york-world-s-fair-stamp-1939.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VINTAGE STAMPS!&lt;br /&gt;It took a while to collect all the ones I wanted.  I got so many gorgeous ones.  All with a New York theme. I totally loved licking them and placing them on the envelopes.  It was super fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now for the final fun piece of the Save the Date.  I ordered a custom stamp from &lt;br /&gt;Paperwink. They were also very responsive and professional and I think the finished product is so fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DaOdhoo7WrI/Sb3E7j8o5fI/AAAAAAAAAk4/KARCSoezXUg/s320/Stamp_Telegram_medium.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DaOdhoo7WrI/Sb3E7j8o5fI/AAAAAAAAAk4/KARCSoezXUg/s320/Stamp_Telegram_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I got some distressed ink in blue and here is how it all came together!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpatvSBpFtI/AAAAAAAAAG4/oThyoaimxCE/s1600-h/addressblur.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpatvSBpFtI/AAAAAAAAAG4/oThyoaimxCE/s320/addressblur.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374674233117447890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-6689142459415976153?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/6689142459415976153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/save-date-for-kate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6689142459415976153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6689142459415976153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/save-date-for-kate.html' title='Save the Date for Kate!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpaqQH1E-LI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ef_Nm4MZS_Y/s72-c/3610680757_59d9cac59d.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-2893057242945698692</id><published>2009-08-25T12:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:06:46.886-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='escort cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper'/><title type='text'>Mini Taxis</title><content type='html'>I thought I would somehow incorporate subway taxis into the place/escort cards.  Turns out tokens are HARD to find and kind of expensive for what they are (uh useless!).  So then I came up with an idea to use taxis for Escort Cards.  A quick search of the internet revealed...this was not an original idea....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/ShLbLidgXxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/VrT_FbCYayA/s1600-h/toytaxi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/ShLbLidgXxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/VrT_FbCYayA/s200/toytaxi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337569499663064850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;These are adorable...but pricey.  They cost $48 for 12 at &lt;a href="http://www.plumparty.com/partysupply/merchant.mvc?Search=taxis&amp;amp;Store_Code=100200&amp;amp;Screen=PROD&amp;amp;Product_Code=18367"&gt;plumparty&lt;/a&gt; ...hmmm....I still really liked the idea &amp;amp;  I've been playing around with paper a bit (it is easier to hide while working at my office heh) and I thought maybe I could just print out a picture.... But THEN I found this!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/ShLbx7YfTyI/AAAAAAAAAFo/CmBWmq_K_q0/s1600-h/m_78723.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 184px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/ShLbx7YfTyI/AAAAAAAAAFo/CmBWmq_K_q0/s200/m_78723.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337570159187939106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Make%20City%20Postcard%20Set:%20New%20York_10451_10001_58011_-1_11524_11631_null_shop_"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Make%20City%20Postcard%20Set:%20New%20York_10451_10001_58011_-1_11524_11631_null_shop_"&gt;Source: moma.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Perfect!  I picked up a few and started folding.  Here is what I have so far....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3545583703_4ca30c2bc2_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 166px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3545583703_4ca30c2bc2_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Cute right?  i played around with making them bigger and smaller on the xerox machine but I really like the original size best.  I didn't put the taxi label on the top because I think I want to put the actual cards with names on them to the top of the taxi.  Like this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3546395344_656b9869b7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 265px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3546395344_656b9869b7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I printed these out and cut a tab in the bottom along with a slit in the taxi for it to go through.  Now I only have to make 100 more of these bad boys.  I'd like to find a nicer card to attach to the taxi - something that brings together the New York theme and formality of the event.  Any ideas?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-2893057242945698692?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/2893057242945698692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/2893057242945698692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/05/mini-taxis.html' title='Mini Taxis'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/ShLbLidgXxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/VrT_FbCYayA/s72-c/toytaxi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-4030175164946802416</id><published>2009-08-24T11:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T13:04:41.684-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paper Flowers - Subway Style</title><content type='html'>We have the wire buildings in place... but I wanted to find something to surround them.  I went into Anthropologie the other day and they had some paper garlands made from a subway map and I thought "CENTERPIECE IDEA" So here's what I came up with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First I printed out this IRT map from 1939.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SnHCGdk1ecI/AAAAAAAAAGg/vumxl9uRJDg/s1600-h/irt_1939_small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SnHCGdk1ecI/AAAAAAAAAGg/vumxl9uRJDg/s320/irt_1939_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364282047449102786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEN - I cut put a bunch of circles using my morning yogurt (delicious and functional!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/3772576476_2df0801815_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/3772576476_2df0801815_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using the directions in &lt;a href="http://www.craftstylish.com/item/7515/how-to-make-simple-white-paper-flowers"&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; from Craftstylish I created the flowers. I actually used scissors and tape on these cause I'm lazy but a craft knife glue would probably look better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59584544@N00/3772590728/" title="photo.jpg by auro877, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/3772590728_7bc1269b40_o.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="photo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I then poked a paperclip through the middle as a totally improvised stem.  I'll probably use green wire for the real thing.  and VOILA! (Sorry for the blurry photo...I have shaky caffeine hands)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59584544@N00/3771787981/" title="photo.jpg by auro877, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3771787981_a672a2cc48_o.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="photo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think paper is such a great resource for decorating.  It's versatile and recycled or recyclable! What do you think? Are you using paper in any innovative ways at your wedding?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-4030175164946802416?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4030175164946802416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4030175164946802416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/07/paper-flowers-subway-style.html' title='Paper Flowers - Subway Style'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SnHCGdk1ecI/AAAAAAAAAGg/vumxl9uRJDg/s72-c/irt_1939_small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-4866393875874932955</id><published>2009-08-23T12:18:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T12:38:58.671-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bridesmaids...Get it On!</title><content type='html'>A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders...almost half my ladies have their dresses!  I thought about picking them out for them but after a couple stressful shopping trips to J Crew and Saks - I let it go (it's hard for me!) and asked them to pick their own dresses with these requirements:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colors:  Blue or Gray. More towards sapphire blue / royal blue / steel blue than navy.  Also pewter and silver are options as well. Like this gorgeous little color card from the brilliant &lt;a href="http://www.inspiredbride.net/2009/07/20/color-card-030-deep-wisteria-antique-rose-silver-winter-blue-pool/"&gt;Inspired Bride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpazG97lSAI/AAAAAAAAAHA/PDJcmme-6No/s1600-h/030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpazG97lSAI/AAAAAAAAAHA/PDJcmme-6No/s320/030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374680137598322690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for style - I would love it to have a 30's / 40's look but anything classic and vintage-y is fine.  I think full length is the only thing set so far.&lt;br /&gt;Let's use this for inspiration:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa0SQaNCTI/AAAAAAAAAHI/i6kxeYpwlNs/s1600-h/Gowns+03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa0SQaNCTI/AAAAAAAAAHI/i6kxeYpwlNs/s320/Gowns+03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374681431048784178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's from Elie Saabs Spring 2008 collection... I'll have one in every color please.&lt;br /&gt;Ok so anyways - we aren't models / rock stars and I want my little maids to be comfy and dancing and glowy all night.  I can't show you what my friends purchased cause they're slightly REVEALING but I'm happy to show you a dress I bought for my sister. It sells for around 200 retail but I got mine on eBay for $60 buckaroonis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa2D7juS-I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yFb8fbVbeRs/s1600-h/_5774117.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa2D7juS-I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yFb8fbVbeRs/s320/_5774117.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374683383956655074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's great quality and really fits in with the diaphanous glam of the other dresses. I also love the color - it's between blue/gray and purple.  I love it!&lt;br /&gt;Now with all these gorgeous dresses floating around I'm curious as to how to make my Maid of Honor stand out...any ideas???&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-4866393875874932955?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/4866393875874932955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/bridesmaidsget-it-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4866393875874932955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4866393875874932955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/bridesmaidsget-it-on.html' title='Bridesmaids...Get it On!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpazG97lSAI/AAAAAAAAAHA/PDJcmme-6No/s72-c/030.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-7066540037301345463</id><published>2009-08-22T15:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T12:17:08.578-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maid of Honor dress ideas</title><content type='html'>One of the "FourSistersCrafting" is getting married in October.  I am her Maid of Honor.  I've been looking for some dresses to fit in with her theme...and to complement her awesome dress. I made this little inspiration board on a great site called &lt;a href="http://www.shopstyle.com"&gt;Shopstyle&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border:1px solid #b9b9b9; background:white; width:479px; height:401px;"&gt;&lt;div style="position:relative; margin-left:2px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/viewLook?id=1041087&amp;pid=uid1225-470965-31" style="outline:none"&gt;&lt;img style="border-style:none" src="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/spreadWidgetImage?look=1041087&amp;size=Large"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Anthropologie?pid=uid1225-470965-31" style="color:#909090"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.shopstyle.com/im/widget/ShopStyleLogo_powered.png" alt="Anthropologie at ShopStyle" style="border-style:none; position:absolute; left:310px; top:385px"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have used Shopstyle to hunt for everything from clothes to desks.  It's awesome because you can search a bunch of different stores like Nordstrom and Anthropologie by Price, Sales, Color etc...You can also set up Sales Alerts to be notified when something you like lands in your price range.  Genius!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-7066540037301345463?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/7066540037301345463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/07/maid-of-honor-dress-ideas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/7066540037301345463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/7066540037301345463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/07/maid-of-honor-dress-ideas.html' title='Maid of Honor dress ideas'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5633536637218428877</id><published>2009-08-21T11:10:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:32:54.293-04:00</updated><title type='text'>City of Wire</title><content type='html'>It's really interesting how my ideas have changed over the course of crafting.  First I was all about branches and snow.  Then we had the cardboard city scape - which was awesome but also kinda looked like a Burger King crown. Then one day, I noticed my Mom had some wire buildings in her apartment....that looked pretty cool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/littlegorgeousthings_2064_169181082"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 119px; height: 125px;" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/littlegorgeousthings_2064_169181082" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I asked her where she got it from...figuring she had picked it up at an expensive art store and she said "TARGET!".  WHOA, TARGET, I LOVE YOU!!!!! We picked up ten more for about $30 each.  We are also using 14" mirrors that we are sharing with my sisters wedding in October.  She sent me a picture of what they look like...a prototype if you will. The actual mirror will be round.  I think they still need some oompf!  Maybe I'll work in the Subway Map flowers, But I'm excited about creating mini cityscapes at each table. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpajiFrXouI/AAAAAAAAAGo/8IOMim2jVYM/s1600-h/IMG_8122.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpajiFrXouI/AAAAAAAAAGo/8IOMim2jVYM/s200/IMG_8122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374663011348226786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5633536637218428877?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5633536637218428877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/city-of-wire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5633536637218428877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5633536637218428877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/city-of-wire.html' title='City of Wire'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SpajiFrXouI/AAAAAAAAAGo/8IOMim2jVYM/s72-c/IMG_8122.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-3455118128902812278</id><published>2009-08-17T12:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T13:00:12.543-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I (Heart) NY</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa7NnQ2t1I/AAAAAAAAAHY/h1bUv5vWZ_0/s1600-h/4453_183597520511_887565511_7062494_1925393_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa7NnQ2t1I/AAAAAAAAAHY/h1bUv5vWZ_0/s320/4453_183597520511_887565511_7062494_1925393_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374689047865636690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(Is) New York the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban nights are like the nights there. I have looked down across the city from high windows. It is then that the great buildings lose reality and take on magical powers. Squares and squares of flame, set and cut into the ether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ezra Pound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York means so much to both Andy and I.  He was born here, in fact we are getting married right next to the apartment he grew up in. While I'm a transplant I love it too.  It's my home, more than anywhere else I've ever lived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.css3.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/42nd_street_chrysler_building.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 487px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.css3.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/42nd_street_chrysler_building.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When I first moved to Manhattan I had an amazing view of The Chrysler Building. Now many years later I can see The Chrysler Building from our home in Brooklyn.  It is in my opinion the most beautiful building in New York - I love the Art Deco lines and the gleaming silver. &lt;br /&gt;As I thought more about it I realized how much other Art Deco New York things I loved - even the grates I walk over when I head to work!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://curiouscat.com/travels/2006/newyorkcity/images/picture_066.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 634px;" src="http://curiouscat.com/travels/2006/newyorkcity/images/picture_066.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thinking about this led me towards an Art Deco theme for the wedding. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.banquetevent.com/wedding/misc/bande/uploaded_images/Art-Deco-2-713457.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 671px; height: 700px;" src="http://www.banquetevent.com/wedding/misc/bande/uploaded_images/Art-Deco-2-713457.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;board courtesy of www.banquetevent.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not planning to go too far - I just want to celebrate old New York.  And wouldn't it be nice to feel like we've all stepped out of time a little at the wedding?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/roaring.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 587px;" src="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/roaring.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-3455118128902812278?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/3455118128902812278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-heart-ny.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/3455118128902812278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/3455118128902812278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-heart-ny.html' title='I (Heart) NY'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/Spa7NnQ2t1I/AAAAAAAAAHY/h1bUv5vWZ_0/s72-c/4453_183597520511_887565511_7062494_1925393_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-4608954177477233648</id><published>2009-08-16T11:35:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T13:02:41.646-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Call Me Smelly and Cancer Free</title><content type='html'>This is a post I did for my friend Adina at her blog - I've copied it here!&lt;br /&gt;Recently my friend and I were talking about what deodorant we use.  Is that weird? Anyways - we got into an argument about which ones were bad for us and we input some of our favorite cosmetics into this database: &lt;a href="http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1"&gt;http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1&lt;/a&gt;. It shows you the level of toxicity in each product and let me just say, the result were HORRIFYING.  I had thought my trusty old standby SPEED STICK was safe (something about no aluminum) but it turns out it is pretty nasty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients used by this brand cause:&lt;br /&gt;Cancer&lt;br /&gt;Developmental/reproductive toxicity&lt;br /&gt;Allergies/immunotoxicity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other concerns for ingredients used by this brand:&lt;br /&gt;Neurotoxicity, Endocrine disruption, Persistence and bioaccumulation, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Contamination concerns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More here… &lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/05/breast_cancer_c/"&gt;http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/05/breast_cancer_c/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Overall, exposure to mammary gland carcinogens is widespread,” the researchers wrote in a special supplement to the journal Cancer. “These compounds are widely detected in human tissues and in environments, such as homes, where women spend time.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The scientists said data were too incomplete to estimate how many breast cancer cases might be linked to chemical exposures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But because the disease is so common and the chemicals so widespread, “the public health impacts of reducing exposures would be profound even if the true relative risks are modest,” they wrote. “If even a small percentage is due to preventable environmental factors, modifying these factors would spare thousands of women.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has all prompted me to try using the CRYSTAL…available at health stores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://smallredsneakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/W5465-LRG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://smallredsneakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/W5465-LRG.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s basically like a giant piece of salt that you wet and then put in your underarms.  Do I need to say DON’T use it immediately after shaving? It hurts.  Like rubbing salt…in ah uh OPEN WOUND.  Besides that I’ve been quite happy.  I smell a LITTLE…(hey it’s summer and I’m a meat eater) but not so much that I’m particularly bothered by it.  And hey, why do we ladies all have to smell good all the time?  The fragrances in most products are extremely harmful and cause cancer.  I bet if you asked men if they’d prefer a woman smelling good or having boobs, they’d choose boobs every time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-4608954177477233648?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/4608954177477233648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/call-me-smelly-and-cancer-free.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4608954177477233648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4608954177477233648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/call-me-smelly-and-cancer-free.html' title='Call Me Smelly and Cancer Free'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-3334847208649008647</id><published>2009-08-16T11:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:05:16.706-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Looks for  Deco Wedding</title><content type='html'>After lots of travelling I've been catching up on my blog reading.  One of my favorites did a great DECO Roundup.  I basically have landed on a Art Deco NY theme based on my ring and our venue (more on that later!) These images are amazing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SltMzV6EnOI/AAAAAAAAAF4/V8KmLlOJh9o/s1600-h/decoinspiration.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SltMzV6EnOI/AAAAAAAAAF4/V8KmLlOJh9o/s320/decoinspiration.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357960626625092834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just saw this on All Things Lovely....I love it all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://all-things-lovely.blogspot.com/2009/07/darling-deco.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-3334847208649008647?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/3334847208649008647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/07/great-looks-for-deco-wedding.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/3334847208649008647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/3334847208649008647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/07/great-looks-for-deco-wedding.html' title='Great Looks for  Deco Wedding'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SltMzV6EnOI/AAAAAAAAAF4/V8KmLlOJh9o/s72-c/decoinspiration.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-1259663718702193319</id><published>2009-08-14T11:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:29:07.028-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ANOTHER centerpiece idea</title><content type='html'>I've been moving towards a more cohesive theme for the wedding.  VINTAGE NEW YORK! No more nature...(flowers are too expensive in the winter!) I can't wait to show you my Save the Dates, they're awesome! But first...CENTERPIECES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katherine and I did this last weekend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3323171350_cebf1cdf99_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3323171350_cebf1cdf99_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sorry the photo is a bit blurry but you get the idea...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We used a city scape that I purchased from MOMA and traced it onto cardstock. I then put my fake tea lights inside (no fire risk!) What do you think?  Any thoughts on making it better?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-1259663718702193319?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1259663718702193319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1259663718702193319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-centerpiece-idea.html' title='ANOTHER centerpiece idea'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-8233980173707967237</id><published>2009-08-13T12:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:30:49.132-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paper Flowers All?</title><content type='html'>With our flower bill creeping upwards of 3000 (eeeek!) my friend Katherine and I decided to experiment with the crepe paper flowers a couple nights ago.  Directions from&lt;a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/shaped-crepe-flowers?lnc=ae5c139b22b1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;amp;rsc=cf_link"&gt; Martha Stewart...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SZRdLBBhZXI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jm6mERPGoXc/s1600-h/mwa102001_bez07_paperflowers_l.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SZRdLBBhZXI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jm6mERPGoXc/s200/mwa102001_bez07_paperflowers_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301965105156679026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results were mixed...the silver paper did not work as well as the colored.  Also we used a coffee scoop instead of a styrofoam ball, but they didn't look so bad...And Katherines were much better than mine. I attached some birds my Mom and I bought.  But here are our results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3275220396_49fb16d6ca_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3275220396_49fb16d6ca_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Note: That's Omar trying to eat one of the birds in the lower left corner!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here are the options....ALL PAPER FLOWERS??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/crafted-bouquet?lnc=ae5c139b22b1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;amp;rsc=cf_link"&gt;PAPER BOUQUETS&lt;/a&gt; and REAL CENTERPIECE&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;REAL BOUQUETS and &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/50-great-centerpieces?lnc=00e72f09fba1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;amp;rsc=lpg_Homepage&amp;amp;lpgStart=1&amp;amp;currentslide=7&amp;amp;currentChapter=1"&gt;PAPER CENTERPIECES?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thoughts....?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-8233980173707967237?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/8233980173707967237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/8233980173707967237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/paper-flowers-all.html' title='Paper Flowers All?'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SZRdLBBhZXI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jm6mERPGoXc/s72-c/mwa102001_bez07_paperflowers_l.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-914510570703623605</id><published>2009-08-12T17:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:03:12.362-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Here's my second try...I bought some Instant Snow when we were visiting Connecticut.  First of all it looks totally real.  Second it's really fun to play with.  I put it in the glass vase and added some water droplet ornaments I have from Smith and Hawken.  Voila!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/3239196025_a095f937a9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/3239196025_a095f937a9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still not colorful enough for me though...perhaps I will have to spring for those tulips after all....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-914510570703623605?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/914510570703623605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/01/heres-my-second-try.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/914510570703623605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/914510570703623605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/01/heres-my-second-try.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/3239196025_a095f937a9_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-4642369907869213924</id><published>2009-07-27T10:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T10:57:02.776-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>It's actually cooled down today so let's think WINTER. This has been a surprisingly difficult aspect of planning the wedding...imagining it being cold! Today I'm thinking of the centerpeices. I want them to be low.  I would prefer not to use flowers because I am broke like everyone else in America.  So I am starting out with this idea:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6iGST8Pfzrw/R6uUtKAKiCI/AAAAAAAAAUY/D4X1B0fCjeM/s400/jewelrytree1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6iGST8Pfzrw/R6uUtKAKiCI/AAAAAAAAAUY/D4X1B0fCjeM/s400/jewelrytree1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've seen these around town and I thought they looked neat...but I also thought..."Huh I bet I can make that" So I gathered some branches from the park in front of my apartment, spray painted them silver and stuck them in a beautiful pewter vase. I put a silver ribbon around the base.   I then added some beads I had, a little bird that Nina made and some candles on the side.  This is the result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3234358130_7a88cb4989.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3234358130_7a88cb4989.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah I know...looks like a disaster.  The projector in the background doesn't help.   This is the moment when crafters say "Oh...I guess it's not going to be that easy" and you either give up and buy the damn thing OR you spend more time and more money making it perfect.  So after debating whether this is salvageable I'm going to continue.  I think the basic idea is good....the silver branches look great up close.  I want to take down the height (low centerpieces should be no higher that 12" says Colin Cowie!) use a different vase (I'm going to try a round glass one)  and figure out a different decorative option.  The first thing I'm going to try is beaded flowers or the subway paper flowers.  &lt;br /&gt;In the end...I want it to look something like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/1679288671_f25ceee8a4.jpg?v=0"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/1679288671_f25ceee8a4.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you like this idea?  Any thoughts on cleaning it up? Making it better?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Jewelry tree photo: uberpaper&lt;br /&gt; Bird and Branch Photo:  Mrs. Limestone / Flickr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-4642369907869213924?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/4642369907869213924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-thing-i-want-to-focus-on-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4642369907869213924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4642369907869213924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-thing-i-want-to-focus-on-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6iGST8Pfzrw/R6uUtKAKiCI/AAAAAAAAAUY/D4X1B0fCjeM/s72-c/jewelrytree1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5789479820239959591</id><published>2009-06-04T22:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T22:53:01.174-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Renegade Craft Fair...this Weekend!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SiiIY45ofgI/AAAAAAAAAFw/O_bV0p8_pxs/s1600-h/brooklyn3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SiiIY45ofgI/AAAAAAAAAFw/O_bV0p8_pxs/s320/brooklyn3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343670919047446018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everybody!&lt;br /&gt;A great craft fair is coming this weekend to my neighborhood! Renegade Craft Fair features some of my favorite artists.  I will probably be there on the day that is the least humid!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5789479820239959591?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5789479820239959591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/06/renegade-craft-fairthis-weekend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5789479820239959591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5789479820239959591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/06/renegade-craft-fairthis-weekend.html' title='Renegade Craft Fair...this Weekend!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SiiIY45ofgI/AAAAAAAAAFw/O_bV0p8_pxs/s72-c/brooklyn3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5105451349634012720</id><published>2009-05-20T22:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T22:12:41.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Brendan's sweater</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/ShS4KsaPxAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/C8IoNB0YAow/s1600-h/P4030040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/ShS4KsaPxAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/C8IoNB0YAow/s320/P4030040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338093952200328194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is Brendan wearing the sweater that Nina made for him. His mother has not yet succeeded in making him a sweater, so I'm glad somebody came through. This one will last for a few years--it's nice and roomy and made from a very durable tweed wool. Thanks Nina!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I should have taken a picture of him holding his gnome while wearing the sweater, but was not coordinated enough.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5105451349634012720?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5105451349634012720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/05/brendans-sweater.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5105451349634012720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5105451349634012720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/05/brendans-sweater.html' title='Brendan&apos;s sweater'/><author><name>Lory</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00614872091899907230</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SV-9QDobUiI/AAAAAAAAAAY/4jAVJdc8uL8/S220/IMG_6147.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/ShS4KsaPxAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/C8IoNB0YAow/s72-c/P4030040.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-6116603307534020826</id><published>2009-05-09T00:11:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T00:12:25.632-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cakes and Sweets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SgUCd0FM1tI/AAAAAAAAAJI/5pFM7SKPAc8/s1600-h/IMG_1803.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333672044910139090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SgUCd0FM1tI/AAAAAAAAAJI/5pFM7SKPAc8/s400/IMG_1803.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the latest Sewgumi: Cakes and Sweets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sewgumi.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sewgumi.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-6116603307534020826?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/6116603307534020826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/05/cakes-and-sweets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6116603307534020826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6116603307534020826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/05/cakes-and-sweets.html' title='Cakes and Sweets'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SgUCd0FM1tI/AAAAAAAAAJI/5pFM7SKPAc8/s72-c/IMG_1803.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-1684442346305315000</id><published>2009-04-30T00:11:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T00:13:51.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gnomes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SfklDmJX5PI/AAAAAAAAAHo/MyowfQ3vQHE/s1600-h/IMG_1634.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330332377679389938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SfklDmJX5PI/AAAAAAAAAHo/MyowfQ3vQHE/s400/IMG_1634.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check out April's softies on Sew-Gumi &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sewgumi.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.sewgumi.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-1684442346305315000?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/1684442346305315000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/04/gnomes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1684442346305315000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1684442346305315000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/04/gnomes.html' title='Gnomes!'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SfklDmJX5PI/AAAAAAAAAHo/MyowfQ3vQHE/s72-c/IMG_1634.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-1490698253071065323</id><published>2009-03-18T09:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T09:20:57.764-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweater</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/ScD1Gy6m5wI/AAAAAAAAADM/LwNBLt280Ng/s1600-h/P2210042.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/ScD1Gy6m5wI/AAAAAAAAADM/LwNBLt280Ng/s320/P2210042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314517057392797442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the sweater I have been working on since the summer. I still need to finish the front bands. I "designed" it (i.e. made it up as I went along) and knitted from the top down. It's pretty different from my original idea, which I thought would be much roomier and longer. The yarn was salvaged from a rummage sale sweater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry the photo is bad because I couldn't figure out how to use the auto feature on my camera.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-1490698253071065323?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/1490698253071065323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/sweater.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1490698253071065323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/1490698253071065323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/sweater.html' title='Sweater'/><author><name>Lory</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00614872091899907230</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SV-9QDobUiI/AAAAAAAAAAY/4jAVJdc8uL8/S220/IMG_6147.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/ScD1Gy6m5wI/AAAAAAAAADM/LwNBLt280Ng/s72-c/P2210042.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-9064919612452148046</id><published>2009-03-13T23:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T23:47:26.905-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sewgumi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsoyLaRPMI/AAAAAAAAAE4/pE_HX9sOKyw/s1600-h/header.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312885027935173826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsoyLaRPMI/AAAAAAAAAE4/pE_HX9sOKyw/s200/header.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I started a stuffie making club at work. Check out our first project! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sewgumi.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.sewgumi.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-9064919612452148046?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/9064919612452148046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/sewgumi.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/9064919612452148046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/9064919612452148046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/sewgumi.html' title='Sewgumi'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsoyLaRPMI/AAAAAAAAAE4/pE_HX9sOKyw/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-8734765847495214015</id><published>2009-03-13T23:12:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T23:17:36.117-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shoes Covers for Mom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbshiDWaQ0I/AAAAAAAAAC0/saZqPJZeYcQ/s1600-h/IMG_1450.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbshRYGa8aI/AAAAAAAAACk/WAU0q6M1nbE/s1600-h/IMG_1450.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312876767824507298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbshRYGa8aI/AAAAAAAAACk/WAU0q6M1nbE/s400/IMG_1450.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some shoe covers I made for Mom's MBT sandals. I don't know if she'll ever wear them but I think they came out pretty good. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/Sbshhzj7mOI/AAAAAAAAACs/qM_uwYReEVY/s1600-h/IMG_1454.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312877050073946338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/Sbshhzj7mOI/AAAAAAAAACs/qM_uwYReEVY/s400/IMG_1454.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-8734765847495214015?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/8734765847495214015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/shoes-covers-for-mom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/8734765847495214015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/8734765847495214015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/shoes-covers-for-mom.html' title='Shoes Covers for Mom'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbshRYGa8aI/AAAAAAAAACk/WAU0q6M1nbE/s72-c/IMG_1450.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-7111860354688505875</id><published>2009-03-09T13:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T14:09:50.069-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><title type='text'>Cool things...</title><content type='html'>Do you ever see something "crafty" and feel your heart skip a beat?  I do!&lt;br /&gt;I first saw these handmade vintage telegrams at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20047439"&gt;Lucky Duck Letterpress...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.53961830.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 430px;" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.53961830.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Aren't they COOOOOL?   Turns out, 100 would only cost $150 which is a deal in wedding land.&lt;br /&gt;However, since then I've stumbled onto this &lt;a href="http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/FreeProps.html"&gt;amazing site...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They offer free customizable downloads of vintage "props" mainly documents like vintage passports, library cards, drivers license, etc... But they have two types of telegrams.  And they're both SO COOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/SAMPLES/Telegram.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/SAMPLES/Telegram.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These would make an awesome customizable invite, decoration for a birthday party, a gift tag, or costume prop!  How about being Paul Brinkman Prohibition officer for Halloween?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/SAMPLES/ProhibitionAgentID.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 502px; height: 370px;" src="http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/SAMPLES/ProhibitionAgentID.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The possibilities for fun are endless!&lt;br /&gt;I really appreciate all the designers willing to give out their design handiwork  for all us graphically challenged people.  Thanks people....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-7111860354688505875?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/7111860354688505875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/cool-things.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/7111860354688505875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/7111860354688505875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/03/cool-things.html' title='Cool things...'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5049795433005474207</id><published>2009-02-15T13:56:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T13:58:24.439-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SZhlaRP2oNI/AAAAAAAAACU/aXmuDbSBoxk/s1600-h/P1310034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SZhlaRP2oNI/AAAAAAAAACU/aXmuDbSBoxk/s320/P1310034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303100063209660626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The hollowed books are so cool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a cozy knitting moment with Brendan...when he wasn't trying to take my needles and make "pasta" with them. Mostly I can only knit when he's asleep.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5049795433005474207?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5049795433005474207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/hollowed-books-are-so-cool-here-is-cozy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5049795433005474207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5049795433005474207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/hollowed-books-are-so-cool-here-is-cozy.html' title=''/><author><name>Lory</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00614872091899907230</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SV-9QDobUiI/AAAAAAAAAAY/4jAVJdc8uL8/S220/IMG_6147.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SZhlaRP2oNI/AAAAAAAAACU/aXmuDbSBoxk/s72-c/P1310034.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5060761766475952927</id><published>2009-02-14T08:43:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T09:53:15.532-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wedding'/><title type='text'>Secret Hollow Book project</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0b-sKdqTQYM/SZbX0jxNxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/LKBsQJ4XglU/s1600-h/IMG_0240.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0b-sKdqTQYM/SZbX0jxNxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/LKBsQJ4XglU/s320/IMG_0240.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302662909230171938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Judah and I have been working hard on a project for our wedding invites, which will be housed in hollowed books (a fun keepsake!).  Above is a preview of some of the completed books.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And below a close-up:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0b-sKdqTQYM/SZbXkiNF-rI/AAAAAAAAAAU/pF0bUiBfIyE/s1600-h/IMG_0241.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0b-sKdqTQYM/SZbXkiNF-rI/AAAAAAAAAAU/pF0bUiBfIyE/s320/IMG_0241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302662633932323506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Instructions for the process based on these, slightly modified: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://how2dostuff.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-to-make-secret-hollow-book.html"&gt;http://how2dostuff.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-to-make-secret-hollow-book.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It looks easier that it is.  Books are purchased at the Strand on the dollar racks.  We try to find ones with cool inside pages (like maps) if possible.  Not including glue-ing time, I get usually finish 1 book in under an hour.  25 down - 35 to go by June!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5060761766475952927?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5060761766475952927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/secret-hollow-book-project.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5060761766475952927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5060761766475952927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/secret-hollow-book-project.html' title='Secret Hollow Book project'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0b-sKdqTQYM/SZbX0jxNxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/LKBsQJ4XglU/s72-c/IMG_0240.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-4811707672221786491</id><published>2009-02-12T01:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T01:33:18.391-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby owlbears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DnD ephemera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuffed objects'/><title type='text'>And Now For Something Completely Different</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SZPCeGJ2Z5I/AAAAAAAAACM/gy_0PsC44cs/s1600-h/IMG_1432.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301795008648996754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SZPCeGJ2Z5I/AAAAAAAAACM/gy_0PsC44cs/s400/IMG_1432.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I made this two nights ago. It is a baby owlbear. An owlbear is a weirdo monster in Dungeons and Dragons that is ... everyone together now.... part OWL, part BEAR. Most hardcore Dungeons and Dragons gamers hate it because they think it's ridiculous. But I love it because it's ridiculous. And hey, don't hate on the owlbear. Owlbears are monsters too. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-4811707672221786491?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/4811707672221786491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/and-now-for-something-completely.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4811707672221786491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/4811707672221786491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/and-now-for-something-completely.html' title='And Now For Something Completely Different'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SZPCeGJ2Z5I/AAAAAAAAACM/gy_0PsC44cs/s72-c/IMG_1432.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-2050880113097024308</id><published>2009-02-03T11:28:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T13:13:28.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiration Boards...Let's Try It!</title><content type='html'>I really love these inspiration boards on all these &lt;a href="http://snippetandink.blogspot.com/2009/01/board-341-mustard-and-blue.html"&gt;wedding sites&lt;/a&gt;...but why should "inspiration" be relegated to weddings...it can be everywhere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYnaqqcTeoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/3Vc8QreIjcM/s1600-h/snippetandinkinspirationboard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYnaqqcTeoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/3Vc8QreIjcM/s200/snippetandinkinspirationboard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299006863060466306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(from SnippetandInk )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can create these the old fashioned way with actual magazines but let's be ecofriendly and do it onlie.  You can do these in Photoshop (which I don't have cause it's too $$$!) but there are online sites that do the same thing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/"&gt;Polyvore&lt;/a&gt; : this one is for "creating outfits" but can also be used for wedding attire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bridalcanvas.com/"&gt;Bridal Canvas&lt;/a&gt;:  need I say more?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm gonna work on one right now!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-2050880113097024308?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/2050880113097024308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/inspiration-boardslets-try-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/2050880113097024308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/2050880113097024308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/inspiration-boardslets-try-it.html' title='Inspiration Boards...Let&apos;s Try It!'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17504984962738011766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYYug5ZiPkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Qx-SDs__328/S220/KateBearParty_1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Db_yEDmJqE/SYnaqqcTeoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/3Vc8QreIjcM/s72-c/snippetandinkinspirationboard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-6537130374707264650</id><published>2009-02-01T19:45:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-01T19:46:48.341-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lory is here</title><content type='html'>I would just like to mention that I am not in Nikarah! Thanks for including me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-6537130374707264650?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/6537130374707264650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/lory-is-here.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6537130374707264650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/6537130374707264650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/02/lory-is-here.html' title='Lory is here'/><author><name>Lory</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00614872091899907230</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9QlP9NNfQ8w/SV-9QDobUiI/AAAAAAAAAAY/4jAVJdc8uL8/S220/IMG_6147.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-679392030974234712</id><published>2009-01-30T22:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T22:33:09.281-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lovebirds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SYPGLpzgSZI/AAAAAAAAABc/WXDd5e_rM1Y/s1600-h/c022fe77cca34b374d8ea02f26188f52.image.300x300.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297295490220575122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SYPGLpzgSZI/AAAAAAAAABc/WXDd5e_rM1Y/s400/c022fe77cca34b374d8ea02f26188f52.image.300x300.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Okay, these are the birds that are the "designer" birds. You could get these for $385 for your cake topper! Hah! Aren't they the cutest? You could easily make something like this. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.annwoodhandmade.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;cPath=3&amp;amp;products_id=53"&gt;http://www.annwoodhandmade.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;cPath=3&amp;amp;products_id=53&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-679392030974234712?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/679392030974234712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/01/lovebirds.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/679392030974234712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/679392030974234712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/01/lovebirds.html' title='Lovebirds'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SYPGLpzgSZI/AAAAAAAAABc/WXDd5e_rM1Y/s72-c/c022fe77cca34b374d8ea02f26188f52.image.300x300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881774549778800411.post-5590828693923056449</id><published>2009-01-30T18:37:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T18:44:37.484-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Birds on the Brain</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297236278296440450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SYOQVEMr7oI/AAAAAAAAABU/v4L6wVKHB_s/s320/birds.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SYOQKCiVZbI/AAAAAAAAABM/xaejtkDapX4/s1600-h/birds.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; These adorable little stuffed birds would make really fun favors, or centerpieces, or cake toppers. I found it at this neat DIY weddings web site: i-do-it-yourself.com. The ones pictured are some kind of designer purchase, but they have a pdf pattern for making your own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.i-do-it-yourself.com/2008/11/spools-bird-softies/"&gt;Spool’s Bird Softies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted using &lt;a href="http://sharethis.com/"&gt;ShareThis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5881774549778800411-5590828693923056449?l=fourcrafters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/feeds/5590828693923056449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/01/birds-on-brain.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5590828693923056449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5881774549778800411/posts/default/5590828693923056449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fourcrafters.blogspot.com/2009/01/birds-on-brain.html' title='Birds on the Brain'/><author><name>Nina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11594059497354958255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SbsjmYDS1sI/AAAAAAAAADo/rJ-eVjJsCNY/S220/IMG_1459.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IascV7hmguE/SYOQVEMr7oI/AAAAAAAAABU/v4L6wVKHB_s/s72-c/birds.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
