Author Archives: Jenna Magee

About Jenna Magee

IT professional, needleworker, editor/proofreader, author, singer, musician.

Warning – Outage Ahead

I am going to continue bumping up this post for the next several days to make sure as many of you read it as possible: Most of you will remember this summer’s famous outage where some of you were unable … Continue reading

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SBQ – Finishing

This SBQ was suggested by Carol and is: Do you have any good internet links to tutorials for your favorite finishing techniques that you would like to share? I purposefully put off answering this question right away. Partially because I … Continue reading

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We Have Furniture!

Ahhhhhhh… that’s a happy sigh, not a scream, though it could also be a squeal. 😉 The delivery company called yesterday and said that our delivery window was sometime today between 7 AM and 11 AM. SHOCK! We didn’t go … Continue reading

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Christmas Meme

Snatched from the blog of a certain ferret lover. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper, mostly. I do recycle gift bags for odd-shaped gifts or small things that I want to combine, though. Real tree or artificial? Fake. I … Continue reading

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Short-Changing Christmas

I’m short-changing Christmas a bit this year. I just have to, in order to preserve my sanity. Because my gift-buying for family is typically done by Thanksgiving (and I even had more than half of them wrapped by then this … Continue reading

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I Hate Blogger!

You know, they really need to get their stuff together with this beta version that they are pushing everyone to use. For the past two days, I’ve been unable to log in to leave comments on beta sites. It would … Continue reading

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Cathy’s Round Robin

Okay, so I finally spilled the beans to Cathy about my surprise for her. Mostly because I am going to need more time in order to fully complete her round robin. My stitching motivation hasn’t been what it could be, … Continue reading

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Tada!

Warning! If you are prone to drooling all over your keyboard, cover it now. Presenting… my mother’s biscornu: Design is Enchantment (a Teenie Tweenie design) by Sandra Vanosdall of The Sweetheart Tree. Stitched on 28-count antique white evenweave using my … Continue reading

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Teehee!

I have a finished finish to show off, but since it’s nighttime and I want to get some serious, rocking photos of this piece, it will have to wait until tomorrow for the unveiling. 😀 I assure you, though, it … Continue reading

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One Day Finish

Yes, it’s true. I managed to start and finish a piece in just one day. Amazing for me, at least lately. I was off sick from work yesterday and received an email from my dad in Florida halfway through the … Continue reading

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