Introducing my Limited Edition 2013 Holiday Tea Towel!! This idea of mine has been a long time coming and I'm so excited to finally share...
Limited Edition 2013 Holiday Tea Towel!
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Holiday & Seasonal
Halloweens past
It's hard to believe that Halloween is almost here...again! It's a popular and busy time of year for us, as we are very much a DIY costume...
Happy Holidays!
I'll be spending the next few days making, wrapping, packing and driving. Followed by days of eating, snuggling, relaxing, and being with...
almost there
The Advent Calendar is well underway. Some of my knitting for nieces is complete while some is still on the needles! Turtles for teachers...
Happy Easter!
Hope you're enjoying a beautiful spring weekendfilled with color and sweet things!
thankful for thankfulness
Remember my 9 yr old and his sewing kit from last summer? Well, he pulled it out this week to make Thanksgiving gifts for 2 of his...
Poinsettia Brooch: Fab Felt Holiday Crafts
When is a brooch more than a brooch? When it's used as a gift topper! Simply lace ribbon through the pin back before tying it to your...
Local workshop this weekend!
If you're in the VA, MD, DC area, I'd love it if you'd join me this Sunday, November 13th at Fibre Space in Alexandria, VA for my Felted...
Felty Fir Tree: Fab Felt Holiday Crafts
The Fab Felt Holiday Crafts Blog Tour continues this week over at Stumbles and Stitches! Jenny has taken my online Craftsy course and...
Scrappy Garland: Fab Felt Holiday Crafts
Felt scraps and pom-poms and jingle bells, oh my! It's time you know...to really start thinking about your holiday making! Please join me...
A pirate, a jellyfish and a headless guy walk into a party…
The boys and I went to a Halloween Party over the weekend so I thought I'd share our costumes! My first matey here is a swashbuckling...
a pirate in the making
We're fortunate that our kids eagerly subscribe to the make-your-own costume philosophy for Halloween. Our 9 year old son debated between...
Happy Octobrrr!
Did you slip on your slippers this weekend? It got darn nippy in a hurry around here... If you're prone to chilly toes like I am , you...
flag out
Remember...put your flag out... and remember...
what’s the story…
...old glory?
right now
Hot and humid Strawberries growing in the garden Painted toenails (and shoes to show them off) A gazillion end-of-the-school-year events...
Nom! Happy Halloween!
Cannibal Jack-o-lantern, by C.White, 10 years old Some days you are the *nommer*, some days you are the *nommed*. That's what my son's...
costume creep
In the midst of my scurry to get everything done for Quilt Market, there is costume making. We love Halloween around here and I'm afraid...
eeek!
Is it too soon for a Halloween project? Didn't think so. I've been wanting to make this since I thought of it about a year ago. I whipped...
Miscellaneous Monday
I hope you had a glorious weekend! The weather has been fantastic here...although I hope summer isn't here to stay quite yet. I love my...
goodies (albeit oldies)
With just over a week until Easter, I thought I would revive a few ideas from the past. Hopefully this will remind regular readers and...
Happy Valentines Day!
Images from the new book called Monday Hearts for Madalene, by Page Hodel.
Come and Gone
Frosty was here Out with the old, and in with the new. Here's to endings and beginnings and all of the stuff in between. Wishing you a...
message from Santa
I was looking for some vintage photos from my Christmas Past when I stumbled upon this Santagram from Western Union, dated 1970. It's one...