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LET LOVE GROW

LET LOVE GROW

January 31, 2024 By Cathy Habermann 9 Comments

Let LOVE Grow It’s that time of year again… our wedding anniversary & what has become a Hands On Design tradition – the token of love.   I present Let LOVE Grow – I was afraid it would come across a little too much ‘live, laugh, love’ (insert eye roll

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THE BERRY BASKET – A FINISHING PICTURE WALK

THE BERRY BASKET – A FINISHING PICTURE WALK

June 20, 2023 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

Welcome to my picture walk finishing tutorial for how I completed the cap on my strawberries in The Berry Basket series. I plan to finish each one in the same manner so hopefully, you will be a pro by the time I fill the fruit basket with these berries! (Yes,

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THE POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD TUTORIAL

THE POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD TUTORIAL

June 4, 2023 By Cathy Habermann 2 Comments

The Pocket Neighborhood Finishing Tutorial I just love a sweet set of finishes that are both functional & easy to complete!     Click here for the complete Finishing Tutorial for both the Pocket Neighborhood Pincushion & House Next Door Fob   For a quick reference, you will need: small

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A TIME TO CELEBRATE – PICTURE WALK

A TIME TO CELEBRATE – PICTURE WALK

May 5, 2023 By Cathy Habermann 22 Comments

I was never one of those girls that thought much about what my wedding would be like…the dress, the ceremony. Maybe I just didn’t have enough experience with weddings… maybe by the time Bill & I got married, we had lived separately (he was finishing grad school in FL &

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LOVE YOU TOO – FINISHING PICTURE WALK

LOVE YOU TOO – FINISHING PICTURE WALK

January 29, 2023 By Cathy Habermann 4 Comments

So much of the time, I have a very specific ‘finish’ in my head. Other times, I let the finish talk to me as I work through it. Yes, you read that correctly. 😉 Here, I walk you through the steps that I followed to finish this year’s anniversary token

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LOVE YOU TOO

LOVE YOU TOO

January 26, 2023 By Cathy Habermann 28 Comments

I’m not really sure which one of us said ‘love you’ 1st oh those many years ago (I think it was Bill), but I for sure remember that the response was & always has been ‘love you too’. I felt like this was the perfect theme for this year’s Anniversary

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A HANDMADE HOLIDAY

A HANDMADE HOLIDAY

January 6, 2023 By Cathy Habermann 3 Comments

It’s Picture Walk Time!! Every year – I swear that I’m going to make handmade gifts for friends and not soon after I am glad to know that I don’t have that many friends!! 😉 A few years back I bought this great tablecloth at a vintage store. It wasn’t

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HOME OF THE BRAVE – A CRAFTY BREAK

HOME OF THE BRAVE – A CRAFTY BREAK

June 16, 2022 By Cathy Habermann 2 Comments

Last May I released a chart titled ‘Home of the Brave’. I licensed this lovely piece of artwork from Lily & Val, LLC – you can read more about the design on the product page as well as FlossTube #67 where Mr. HOD & I chat about the most recent

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ARE YOU A SPRING STITCHER?

ARE YOU A SPRING STITCHER?

March 23, 2022 By Cathy Habermann 2 Comments

Are you a Spring Stitcher? I think a lot of stitchers work on their pumpkins & ornaments year round…but there seems to be a point in the year – right about now – when we put the snowmen stitches aside for something fresh! Birds, bees (we’re talking stitching remember), blooms…soft

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WEAR LOVE

WEAR LOVE

January 31, 2022 By Cathy Habermann 23 Comments

Wear Love Everywhere You Go – Colossians 3:14 October 2021 – I wasn’t thinking at all about what I would design for my annual Anniversary Token…in fact, it was probably the furthest thing from my mind. Isn’t there a comedian that does a ‘bit’ using the words…’here’s your sign’? Well,

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