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Crafting with Lotta

Happy Campers Tutorial

by Lotta Thursday, August 6, 2009
Happy Campers Tutorial

Dear Reader, Every summer my family and I go camping in Door County, Wisconsin. We meet up with my folks, and my sister and spend our days on the beach and nights sleeping in a tent. Tent camping is an adventure unto itself. It can be relaxing at times, laying on an air mattress and [...]

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DIY Propaganda

by Lotta Wednesday, July 29, 2009
DIY Propaganda

Dear Reader, The walls of my home are decorated with propaganda art. Not the “Loose Lips Sink Ships” variety though. We gravitate towards a subtle and steely push to maintain your good hygiene and manners. My particular favorite is a series called Character, Culture, and Citizenship. It’s a classroom series that came out around 1935. [...]

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Ice Cube Recipes

by Lotta Monday, June 29, 2009
Ice Cube Recipes

Dear Reader, I have a huge fondness for ice. The naughty ice cube trick my college roommate taught me. The ice the nurse wrapped up in a diaper for post-birth relief. The Ice I rubbed on my teething baby‘s gums. The half melted glass of ice I crunched loudly during my first big fight with [...]

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Darling Dioramas

by Lotta Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Darling Dioramas

Dear Reader, When I was in the third grade we were asked to create a diorama that represented a climate, or geographical setting of some kind. The tropics, perhaps a frozen tundra or a mountainous region. Honestly, I wasn’t paying all that much attention. I had just started reading A Long Winter by Laura Ingalls [...]

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Modern Lutheran Jello

by Lotta Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Modern Lutheran Jello

Dear Reader, I’m a Lutheran, and when people ask what kind of Lutheran I usually respond “The Wisconsin kind.” And if they won’t let up I just start singing the Yon Yonson song till they go away. My name is Yon Yonson I live in Wisconsin I work in a lumber mill there. All the [...]

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