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		<title>Gifts From The Heart ~ A Handmade Christmas #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome everyone to the third link up this year for our Gifts From The Heart ~ A Handmade Christmas blog hop.  Sorry for posting this a day latter then I normally would.  I had some computer problems, but I&#8217;m back!  I’m so looking forward to reading all your Christmas posts!  Please grab the Christmas button code <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gifts-from-the-heart/gifts-from-the-heart-a-handmade-christmas-3/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts From The Heart ~ A Handmade Christmas #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome everyone to the second link up this year for our Gifts From The Heart ~ A Handmade Christmas blog hop.  I’m so looking forward to reading all your Christmas posts!  Please grab the Christmas button code in the sidebar to link back to the blog hop, so others can join in the fun! The link <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/crafts/gifts-from-the-heart-a-handmade-christmas-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts From The Heart ~ A Handmade Christmas #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome everyone to the first link up this year for our Gifts From The Heart ~ A Handmade Christmas blog hop.  I&#8217;m so looking forward to reading all your Christmas posts!  Please grab the Christmas button code in the sidebar to link back to the blog hop, so others can join in the fun! The <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gifts-from-the-heart/gifts-from-the-heart-a-handmade-christmas-1/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Handmade Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handmade decorations and gifts have a special place in my heart.  Each year as we get our old favorites out to hang up, we remember when we made them.  The fun the children had together creating with glitter, and paint.  Yes I do have a few special store bought ornaments as well.  But they are special because of WHEN I bought them, not who <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gifts-from-the-heart/a-handmade-christmas/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Crafting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been busy crafting in between sick days.  I finished another fleece blanket and got a late Christmas New Years package sent off.  It included the other two fleece blankets, balaclava and a crochet shawl.   In my rush I forgot to take photos of the shawl and the one I made for my aunt.   Both <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/crafts/latest-crafting/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make A No Sew Fleece Blanket</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love making no sew fleece blankets for gifts.  They are so quick and easy to make, yet beautiful and useful as well.   This year I&#8217;m making smaller lap blanket size ones, 1 meter long.   Hope you enjoy the video.  To read step by step instructions see here.]]></description>
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		<title>FO Knit Balaclava</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished another knitting project and it&#8217;s a hit!  This is for my BIL for Christmas, but dh was kind to model it for  photos.  He loves it and wants one as well.  I&#8217;m hoping to start on that today. The pattern is Easy Balaclava and you can find it here on Ravelry or on <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/crafts/fo-knit-balaclava/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts From The Heart #3: Family Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family traditions are a special way to build closeness.  We all have meaningful times we look forward to each year.  As Christmas gets closer our family looks forward to our yearly light drive.  We pick a evening when the weather is nice, make lots of hot chocolate and pile into the van.  Off we go <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gifts-from-the-heart/gifts-from-the-heart-3-family-traditions/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts From The Heart #2: Crochet Snowman Ornament</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the second edition of Gifts From The Heart.  I can&#8217;t wait to see what you&#8217;ve been crafting this week!  Please add your links to the bottom of the post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I&#8217;ve had an idea in my mind for a snowman ornament.  Today I sat down and wrote it out.  These would be so <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/crafts/gifts-from-the-heart-2-crochet-snowman-ornament/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts From The Heart #1: No Sew Fleece Blankets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Gifts from the heart, a handmade Christmas.  This is the 1st of 6 weekly sharing posts.  I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing the wonderful creations you&#8217;d like to share.  Decorations, recipes, gifts, tutorials, traditions anything that makes your Christmas season special. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The best part of giving and receiving handmade gifts is the love <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/crafts/gifts-from-the-heart-1-no-sew-fleece-blankets/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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