Archive for 2009 April
Buttons can bejewel you
Ready for another Big Button Challenge entry? This jewelry set comes to us from Beth Ackley, in collaboration with her daughter Alaina. Stones and crystals were used that would bring out the colors in the buttons. In the necklace, a square pearl was used to contrast the roundness of the button. Unique, isn’t it? The [...]
continue reading "Buttons can bejewel you"Shop update
There are new pretties in the shop today. Pens, and pendants, and earrings (oh my!). Hope you’ll “walk” on over and have a look!
continue reading "Shop update"Pink Tree Envy
Felt like summer: wearing shorts to school, enjoying morning coffee on the back patio Looked like spring: a neighbor’s pink tree at the bus stop, our budding trees in the back yard. Tomorrow? 58 degrees and rainy. I guess April is back. As an aside, I totally think I need a pink tree in my [...]
continue reading "Pink Tree Envy"Peaceful puttering
I didn’t sleep very well last night, maybe fifteen minute stretches here and there. I was too twitchy to sleep, constantly aware that at any moment the phone beside the bed could ring and startle me awake, my heart beating frantically out of my chest. The phone does that to me. It was an unusual [...]
continue reading "Peaceful puttering"Buttons can get cozy with yarn
Last week Linda Permann shared an innovative and eco-friendly way to use a 1.25-inch focal button for the Big Button Challenge. I love how she used an old pants leg for this – very clever! Check out Linda’s blog, and read all about how she put it together, and how she plans to use it. [...]
continue reading "Buttons can get cozy with yarn"Pillowcase party
I’ve been thrifting. Did remarkably well, too. I usually don’t find much, but my luck has gotten better and better since a new thrift store opened up nearby. This weekend, I found twelve pillowcases, four sheets, and two duvet covers that needed, yes, needed to belong to my fabric stash. I’m going to have to [...]
continue reading "Pillowcase party"Don’t forget to breathe
That’s what I’m doing, at the moment, while a pile of claythings is baking in the oven: breathing. And it’s a good thing, because I think it may have slipped my mind for the last six hours, amidst all of my frenzied activity. I have a little craft show to do tomorrow night, and it [...]
continue reading "Don’t forget to breathe"With all of this new jewelry, maybe I should dress up once in a while.
I miss the Hampton Inn. I miss the most comfortable mattress I’ve ever slept on, I miss the laptop power cord I accidentally left on the desk there, but most of all I miss the soap dish and lumbar pillow. I know that sounds weird, but they were my props for the photo shoot on [...]
continue reading "With all of this new jewelry, maybe I should dress up once in a while."They look like mini raging oceans
That’s what I think, anyway. Be back later or tomorrow. My computer time has been very limited this weekend. I’m off to play with more clay!
continue reading "They look like mini raging oceans"Wherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells
It all started last week, when I destroyed my new bamboo shirts and was left with nothing new to wear, despite several hours of work and even more hours of daydreaming about how nice those new bamboo shirts would have been to wear all spring and summer. That left me feeling distinctly dissatisfied, naturally, and [...]
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