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While the California studio was working on Tuesday, the Austin studio was having a brief brush with fame. Our house, which is a casual, kid-and-dog-friendly abode, became a hip, mid-century home for a scene in an upcoming ABC Family TV show, The Lying Game. Everyone was all a-twitter, especially Neville, our beloved mutt, who, as many of you know, is

I love attending the East Bay Modern Quilt Guild meetings.  Everyone in our guild brings inspirational show-and-tell projects, and for a few days after our monthly get together, all I want to do is play with colored cotton.  For June, Freespirit sponsored a challenge for all the Modern Quilt Guilds.  We were each given some fat quarters of Jay McCarroll’s

You know that historical section in the back of American Girl books that tells a bit about the time period in which each particular story takes place?  I always loved that part.  First, it was one of the few opportunities for you to read the end of a book first and not ruin anything.  Second, it always gave a female-centric