http://icouldsewdothat.com Spend less, live more. Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=doing-good-the-mitten-commitment http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/753#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:54:26 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=753  I received an email from the Simplicty Creative Group today and was delighted to read among their sales listings that they are helping to support a group dedicated to collecting handmade mittens for the indigent. The group is called “The Mitten Commitment“. The website reads: Handmade Difference Every year, millions of Americans face cold winter [...]

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