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Tie one on for Christmas
Ho ho ho! Can I interest you in a splash of Peppermint Schnapps? No?? Have you ever tried this stuff? It’s like a liquid candy cane with a kick. Christmas in a bottle. Hmmm. I get the sense that you are actually here to “tie one on” in the apronish sense of the phrase, and [...]
continue reading "Tie one on for Christmas"Ode to Elsie’s Kitchen
I think I’ve formed an unnatural attachment to our Summer napkins. I don’t know if it’s the unseasonably hot weather of the past week, the eager anticipation of the summer after a particularly cold and wet winter, or just me being crazy, but I’ve been daydreaming again. I switch out our cloth kitchen napkins every [...]
continue reading "Ode to Elsie’s Kitchen"Finally. The Christmas Napkins.
Please tell me these will be our “forever napkins.” I don’t think I can spend another Late November / Early December cranking out napkin after napkin after napkin. *yawn* I do so love the results. But the actual making? of 28 napkins? Well, it’s a little boring. And that’s why it took me 2 weeks [...]
continue reading "Finally. The Christmas Napkins."Not so Secret Christmas Crafting
You may remember my totally-inappropriate-for-summer mini-flip-out over having found the perfect Christmas fabric for my seasonal napkins five months ago… Well, today I got started sewing myself a set. I’d only done one when I took this photo a few hours ago, but I’m up to seven now. “Sure, Lisa, those look like they will [...]
continue reading "Not so Secret Christmas Crafting"Good Morning, Fall!
Here in New Jersey, it’s not easy to tell that fall has arrived simply by looking around. Much of the scenery is still bathed in the verdant greenery of summer. When we walk to the bus stop in the morning, there are not yet piles of dead leaves for us to trample with a satisfying [...]
continue reading "Good Morning, Fall!"Apron OCD
We had two rainy days this week. The first made me want to do nothing but sip warm beverages and play on the computer. The second was yesterday, and it affected me differently. I found that I was most content when I was puttering around the kitchen. So, I went with it, and I whipped [...]
continue reading "Apron OCD"Fun with chalk and fabric scraps
It wasn’t brutally humid today, so we spent some time outside the afternoon, dipping our feet in the pool, playing with chalk, sharing a snack mix. Neil used the chalk to write you all a warning, which I rather hope you do not heed. (Aside: did you know that you can hover your mouse over [...]
continue reading "Fun with chalk and fabric scraps"I found Kitschy Christmas
But it’s about eight-and-a-half months too late… Last October I bought prints from Moda’s Christmas Past collection to make the above napkins. I wanted something with a fun, retro feel, and this collection was about as close as I could come. I like it well enough, and would have just lived with it, if not [...]
continue reading "I found Kitschy Christmas"See you later, comfort zone
Remember this apron I wanted to make? You may have seen this picture in my flickr photostream a few days ago. It was the fabric that I’d cut out to use on this apron. But it had two problems: The trim fabric and the cherry fabric just seemed to busy right up next to each [...]
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