Modern Calligraphy and Copperplate: Pointed Pen Basics
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Modern Calligraphy and Copperplate: Pointed Pen Basics

Would you love to learn how to do modern calligraphy with a pointed pen and/or more traditional pointed pen calligraphy styles like Copperplate?  This post will get you started with tips on supplies, books, and more.  Pointed pen calligraphy lends itself to so many projects – letters, notes, wall art, envelope art, tags, invitations, card…

How to Groom Your Dog
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How to Groom Your Dog

This post was originally published in 2011 and updated in 2023. Although it might seem intimidating, it is possible to learn how to groom a dog. Read on for some tips about dog grooming and how to groom a Yorkie. Update: Our precious Sunny passed in September, 2022, at age 16. We miss her terribly,…

Simple Cake Decorating
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Simple Cake Decorating

Flashback many years. My daughter’s first birthday was around the corner, and I wanted a Sesame Street cake for her party.   A friend of mine suggested I decorate the cake myself. She had been decorating cakes for years, and I immediately thought she was really overestimating me. To me, the words “easy” and “cake” decorating were…

Real Mail
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Real Mail

A while back, I came across a stack of snail mail letters I had written to my parents years ago (back when the only mail was snail mail.) My mom had saved them, and when she passed away, I brought them home. Some of the letters were from my college years, from dorm room 543…