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The Week in Bentos: April 30-May 4, 2012

May 4, 2012

This week’s lunch themes: strawberries and Star Wars day! Read on to hear more. Monday Wyatt chose to eat school lunch Monday, which was just fine with me and my tired morning self. Tuesday On Tuesday, I had stars in my eyes when I packed the kids lunches. Augie had baked tofu decorated with small [...]

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An Ode to the Grill (plus a giveaway)

May 2, 2012

Grilling season has officially started at the Copley house! The weekend before last I spent a few hours scrubbing the heck out of our grill to get it ready for cooking and then this weekend we hosted friends for our first barbecue of the year. I didn’t used to like grilling very much (honestly, I [...]

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How to Make a Collaged Monogram Canvas

April 30, 2012

I’ve always loved Eric Carle’s books. I loved them as a child and now I love them as an adult. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a favorite with pretty much everyone in the world, of course, but I like some of his lesser known books as much or more. A few months ago I was [...]

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The Week in Bentos: April 23-27, 2012

April 27, 2012

Man, I was uninspired lunch-wise this week. I found myself making the same lunches over and over and over — or at least it felt that way. I’ve been doing a lot of other creative projects lately. I wonder if that’s part of it? Hmmmm…I dunno for sure. In any case, here are this week’s [...]

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How to Make a Hand Carved Name Stamp

April 25, 2012

When I was a little girl there were very few things that frustrated me more than the racks of little license plates with names on them that are found in the gift shops of touristy destinations. I wanted an awesome license plate fastened to the back of my bike that told the world my name [...]

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Project 365 2012: Week 14

April 24, 2012

I’m still feeling a little behind on my Project 365 album, but I managed to knock out week 14 over the weekend, so I’m not doing too badly. Here’s what I have: I started off with a photo I took of myself looking super fashionable with a couple of tissue paper puffs in my hair. [...]