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Another Valentine Party!

We can’t believe another Valentine party is here! Our friend Michele has an annual Valentine’s party and it is always a wonderful time; good food, great conversation and a cozy fire. And every year we try to make something  for … Continue reading

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Get ready, get set! It's Farmer's Market Time!

Spring seems to finally be here (although there were temp’s in the 40’s this week, yikes!). Here at city made, spring means Farmer’s Market. The Saturday downtown FM is one of our favorite events to do. We meet so many … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas-Part Two: Jeff's iphone Case

Citymade husband Jeff loves to hunt… …for the perfect product that is.  He has been hunting for the perfect iphone case for months.  He has been showing me pictures of various cases over the internet and he really liked a … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas-Part One: Caroline's Tool Set

One of the busiest and most productive times of the year for citymade is Christmas time.  We love putting on Christmas music and sewing for hours at a time.  We always say we are going to start making Christmas gifts … Continue reading

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Happy new creating!

We have had a bit of a lull in our blogging and are hoping to get back into it in 2013, so let’s get started. We begin this year with an up-cycle. We had old corduroy pants, old tweed (one … Continue reading

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When in doubt, sew a zippered purse

As Melany mentioned in our last blog, with the fall comes the work. We both are trying to juggle kids, school, home and work. It is hard to find to time to sew (and blog!) and projects to tackle. Usually, … Continue reading

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Summer Sewing

Citymade loves summer!  For us it means more sewing time, having all of our children around and….farmer’s market!  This summer we are trying a minimalist approach to the market by selling a smaller selection of items and only having a … Continue reading

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Fabric Shopping. . .again!

Recently citymade took another trip to one of our favorite places, IKEA. (Oh yeah, we went to Minneapolis Minnesota, too. ) While there we took some time to choose some fabric to inspire new projects. We also spent quite a … Continue reading

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Tote Bags…still one of our favorite sewing projects

Tote bags were one of the first projects that citymade started making. Years later, it is still one of our favorite things to sew.  The simplicity and individual creativity that goes into each bag is appealing to us.  We love … Continue reading

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Freshly picked produce bags

It’s spring and citymade is getting ready for our first Omaha Farmer’s Market of the season this Saturday, June 2, located in the Old Market in Downtown Omaha. This year we are changing it up a bit and focusing on … Continue reading

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