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    Sherbet, Stars, and softbooks

    Today was a crafty day. While listening to Masterpiece Theater’s renditions of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility and then Pride & Prejudice I have been making soft books and working on some quilt projects. Upon looking at my pictures uploaded, I was unsure if I was able to share the background fabric that I chose for my Sherbet Quilt, so I have a picture here to present. This fabric was picked out with the guidance of Melisa from her fabulous shop Sweet Home Quilt Co. and I could not be more pleased with it! First projects of the day were the softbooks. You buy these anywhere they sell fabric as…

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    Sherbet, Stars, and softbooks

    Today was a crafty day. While listening to Masterpiece Theater’s renditions of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility and then Pride & Prejudice I have been making soft books and working on some quilt projects. Upon looking at my pictures uploaded, I was unsure if I was able to share the background fabric that I chose for my Sherbet Quilt, so I have a picture here to present. This fabric was picked out with the guidance of Melisa from her fabulous shop Sweet Home Quilt Co. and I could not be more pleased with it! First projects of the day were the softbooks. You buy these anywhere they sell fabric as…

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    CFBA: The Perfect Match by Susan May Warren

    This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducing The Perfect Match(Tyndale House January 1, 2009)bySusan May Warren ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Susan grew up in Wayzata, a suburb of Minneapolis, and became an avid camper from an early age. Her favorite fir-lined spot is the north shore of Minnesota is where she met her husband, honeymooned and dreamed of living. The north woods easily became the foundation for her first series, The Deep Haven series, based on a little tourist town along the shores of Lake Superior. Her first full-length book, Happily Ever After, became a Christy Award Finalist published in 2004 with Tyndale/Heartquest. As an award winning author, Susan returned home…

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    FIRST: Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent

    It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today’s Wild Card author is: Jennifer Erin Valent and the book: Fireflies in December Tyndale House Publishers (December 8, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Erin Valent is the winner of the Christian Writers Guild’s 2007 Operation First Novel contest for Fireflies in December, her first published novel.…