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Hello! My name is Shannon Taylor. I'm a former editor living in the woods of Wisconsin with my husband, four children, and lots of pets. I created this blog as a place to gather my thoughts and share ideas as I squeeze in some writing whenever the kids aren't looking.

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Archive for December 13th, 2011

3D Cookie Tree Tutorial

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The days are flying by—only 11 to go until Christmas. So I don’t think we’ll have time to make a cool cookie tree this year. But it would be a great project for little ones. Between mixing the dough, baking and icing the cookies, and then shaping them into a [...]

St. Lucia Day, Part 2

I decided to hunker down today and sew a Santa Lucia dress for Lexie. The pattern I used was actually for an angel costume, but it’s close enough. Making the dress was challenging, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. When we got home from after-school activities, Lexie put on the [...]

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