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Samantha Grenier

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March 29, 1983

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Hello! You're welcome to call me Sam. I'm a New Hampshire based color engineer/illustrator/graphic designer/author/macrame artist/reader. You can now follow me on YouTube, where I yammer on about books—channel name is Paper Knot Books.

I'm also the author/illustrator of three "knotty" (crafty) How-To books; the newest of which is Macrame for Home Decor. All books published with Fox Chapel Publishing. ...more

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	Macrame for Home Decor: 40 Stunning Projects for Stylish Decorating (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Instructions & Photos with Easy Projects for Knotted Mats, Wall Hangings, Plant Hangers, & More 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parachute Cord Craft: Quick & Simple Instructions for 22 Cool Projects (Design Originals) Step-by-Step Directions & Knots for Bracelets, Necklaces, Belts, Lanyards, Dog Collars, Key Fobs, & More by Samantha Grenier (Goodreads Author), Pepperell Company 3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hello! Macrame: Totally Cute Designs for Home Decor and More 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Heart Macrame: Totally Cute Designs for Fashion Accessories & Jewelry by Samantha Grenier (Goodreads Author), Pepperell Company 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.”
― Jesse Ball, The Curfew

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“If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever.”
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“They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

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“We’re all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that big, God-shaped hole in our souls. Some people use alcohol, or sex, or their children, or food, or money, or music, or heroin. A lot of people even use the concept of God itself. I could go on and on. I used to know a girl who used shoes. She had over two-hundred pairs. But it’s all the same thing, really. People, for some stupid reason, think they can escape their sorrows.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, God-Shaped Hole

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