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It's not well known but one of the best views in Seattle is from the Observation Deck of the Columbia Tower (one of our skyscrapers). To get there you take a bank of elevators up to one floor and transfer over to another bank of elevators and, hold on, what do you find as you're walking past? A Starbucks! A Starbucks with a pretty great view. Above is one of the first views that greets you from the Observation Deck. I've circled the Space Needle in orange to show you how tiny it seems from the Columbia Tower. See? Cute. Here is the proof of the Starbucks. It's free to get up to it, by the way. To get to the observation deck you take the bank of elevators in the North Lobby to the 40th floor, pass by that Starbucks, then take those elevators to the 73rd floor. Follow the signs to the left. It's about $5 per person to get in and then you find yourself looking down at the Space Needle, which is pretty cool. The views are nearly 360 degrees and on a clear day you can see all the surroundings mountains. It's far cheaper than the Space Needle, involves a whole lot less waiting and zero souvenir photographs. (The Space Needle, though, does have glass elevators and a rotating restaurant.) It's one of my favorite places to bring visitors. And not just to show off that yes we really do have Starbucks everywhere. update: Not too long after this I found myself taking a picture of the Columbia Tower from the top of the Space Needle [1] for comparison. [1] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/07/15/one-view-from-the-space-needle/

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money gift box - The Crafts Dept. A little box made from a dollar bill, lovely!make grow gather - Posts - summercraft: coozie makeover. Turning something that is usually ugly into something lovely.past & present: pajaki chandeliers + get your own | Design*Sponge.How to make your own scratch-offs | How About Orange.True Up | All Fabric, All the Time » Kei Honeycomb Dots. Such simple and colorful fabric. I want some!poppytalk: How to Make Your Own Leather Passport Holder. This looks like a nice introduction to leather work as well.Random Recast: Corks Day 2 - DIY Life. Very simple, using corks as a place to stick all those sharp needles and razor bits in your craft room.crepe paper flowers | Hip Hip Hooray!. A how-to for a full garland, lovely!Magnetic Googly Eyes: For the Benefit of All Mankind - Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. Simple project that could add some levity to your space.diy project: solid perfume pocket watch locket | Design*Sponge.

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money gift box - The Crafts Dept. A little box made from a dollar bill, lovely!make grow gather - Posts - summercraft: coozie makeover. Turning something that is usually ugly into something lovely.past & present: pajaki chandeliers + get your own | Design*Sponge.How to make your own scratch-offs | How About Orange.True Up | All Fabric, All the Time » Kei Honeycomb Dots. Such simple and colorful fabric. I want some!poppytalk: How to Make Your Own Leather Passport Holder. This looks like a nice introduction to leather work as well.Random Recast: Corks Day 2 - DIY Life. Very simple, using corks as a place to stick all those sharp needles and razor bits in your craft room.crepe paper flowers | Hip Hip Hooray!. A how-to for a full garland, lovely!Magnetic Googly Eyes: For the Benefit of All Mankind - Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. Simple project that could add some levity to your space.diy project: solid perfume pocket watch locket | Design*Sponge.

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School House Craft is this weekend!

[1] The School House Craft [2] conference is this weekend! I'm lucky to be on a panel with Molly from Orangette [3] and Blair from Wise Craft [4]. We're speaking on Friday on Blogging 101 [5]. Will I see you at the conference? [1] http://www.schoolhousecraft.com [2] http://www.schoolhousecraft.com [3] http://orangette.blogspot.com/ [4] http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/ [5] http://www.schoolhousecraft.com/classes/blogging-101

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what I?m up to

Stuff is going on! It's very exciting. I contributed a project to 10 Simple Sunday Afternoon Crafts [1] which is published over on the shiny new Kirtsy, whose redo launched earlier this week. Lookin' good ladies. Huge thanks to Blogstar [2] for inviting me along. I showed how I use woodgrain contact paper [3] to repurpose various tins to use around the house. Yes that is a band-aid on my finger and it got there due to a paper cut unrelated to my project and the various sharp edged metal things I had been wielding for it. Make Grow Gather [4] had me on for an episode of Lazy Summer Radio [5] and I talked about how much I like to find four leaf clovers. (The one pictured above was found in my front yard just last week.) Thanks again Kelly, come back soon! For the next few weeks I'll be participating in a Project Runway [6] challenge thanks to the good people at HP, who sent me a TouchSmart [7] computer! I'll be doing my own version of the challenges the contestants are given, at least in digital format. I'm completely underqualified to do this so the results might be, well, let's just go with interesting. I'll also be keeping an eye on the Project Project Runway [8] girls (Just Crafty Enough [9] and Craftroom [10]) who recreate the challenges on dolls. I loved what they did last season and I'm glad they are doing it again. I have a list of good stuff [11] over at Supermarket [12]. Narrowing it down to 10 items was very difficult, I have about a hundred more bookmarked. Seriously. I'll be speaking at Schoolhouse Craft [13] here in Seattle. I'm doing a panel on blogging with Blair from Wise Craft [14] and Molly from Orangette [15]. We're doing Blogging 101 on Friday, Sept 23rd at 12:30. The conference will be a collection of great people talking about the business of craft. If you need a recharge this will be where to do it, I came away last year feeling more inspired than I had in a while. My husband Scott [16] has a few notable shows coming up. He is 1/2 of Kin to Stars [17], the other half is the very awesome Jerin Falkner [18]. Their very first show is coming up in over a week at Egan's [19] in Ballard (Seattle) on Saturday, August 6th at 9p.m. More details [20] on their Facebook events page. See you there? He also plays with Explone [21] and among their upcoming shows is a benefit to help cover the medical costs of a great girl who needs some help: We Heart Tracy Dart [22] at The Bridge, 7pm on Sunday, August 7th. [1] http://kirtsy.com/2011/07/27/crafts/ [2] http://sarahbrydenbrown.com/ [3] http://kirtsy.com/2011/07/25/wood-grain-tins-how-to/?kp=YToxOntzOjE6ImkiO2k6N... [4] http://www.makegrowgather.com/ [5] http://www.makegrowgather.com/posts/2011/7/20/lazy-summer-radio-visits-not-ma... [6] http://www.bravotv.com/project-runway [7] http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/touchsmart/ [8] http://www.justcraftyenough.com/2011/07/project-project-runway-2011/ [9] http://www.justcraftyenough.com [10] http://craftroom.blogspot.com/ [11] http://supermarkethq.com/blog/view/742 [12] http://supermarkethq.com/blog/ [13] http://www.schoolhousecraft.com/ [14] http://blairpeter.typepad.com/ [15] http://orangette.blogspot.com/ [16] http://www.scottandrew.com [17] http://www.scottandrew.com/wordpress/archives/2011/07/introducing_kin_to_star... [18] http://www.jerinfalkner.com/ [19] http://ballardjamhouse.com/ [20] https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106560049440567 [21] http://www.explone.com/ [22] http://www.explone.com/shows.aspx

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