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Merry Christmas from Rake and Make!
Happy Holidays everyone! We have spent the last couple of days doing all of my favorite things; visiting with family and friends, cuddling with the dogs, cooking, baking, eating, and sharing homemade food and gifts. I couldn’t ask for a better holiday. I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday as well!
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Blithe Bazaar Recap
I just wanted to post a few photos from the Blithe Bazaar, that was a couple of weekends ago. Flower and I shared a table again and once again I sold almost everything I brought. Okay, I didn’t bring a ton of stuff, but it is encouraging nonetheless. It was so busy, that I didn’t have a chance to take many…
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Holiday Gift Idea- Handmade Pillow Tutorial
Surprisingly, I recently just made my first pillow ever. I have made clothing, all kinds of housewares, and dogs beds galore (which are very similar), but never a pillow. I found out I love sewing pillows! They are so easy and satisfying to make. And what a great gift idea! I mean, everyone needs pillows, right? I made several of…
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My 2013 “Putting the Garden to Bed” Checklist
All year, I felt like my garden wasn’t as great as it could have been, but I knew that it didn’t matter because next year I can start all over again. So it felt really good putting my garden to bed this year. I mentioned in my post from last year about putting my garden to bed, that every year…
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Blithe Bazaar
Flower and I had so much fun at Makers Market, that we are returning to Center Studio, on Saturday, December 7th, for the 4th Annual Blithe Bazaar. It’ll be some of the same stuff we had at Makers Market, and some new items as well. My hot pads went like hot cakes last time (ha!). So if you missed out on my oven mitt and potholder…
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Renewing Strawberry Beds
Since strawberries send out runners that create new plants, thinning and/or trimming down your strawberry plants every few years, will help increase yields and reduce the spread of diseases. I did this a couple of years ago for the first time, when I noticed a decline in production. The next year, I got more strawberries than I ever had before.…
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Radio Silence- Where I’ve been…
I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks and some of you may have wondered where I’ve been. If you have been reading this blog for a while, you may have read a post or two about my mom. I gotta admit, it’s been a crazy couple of years, with my mom getting sick and going into a nursing home,…
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Canning Season 2013
I realize that food can be preserved throughout the year, when it’s in season, but I feel like because of the way I can (I only can things I grow) and the things I like to can, I end up having a “canning season”. It usually runs from late Summer through early Fall. My canning season ends when I…
