We interrupt this blog to tell you the sad story of huddled masses of magazines, yearning to be free… Once upon a time, there was a girl who thought it would be really fun to offer crafty magazines for sale on her website. And it was. For the first few years. The thing about magazines […]
Read More: I’m tripping over magazinesMonth: June 2008
Heat wave
Hello, friends. You chose a hot day to drop by! Mid-nineties, and all that. Good thing I have a few chilled mugs of Strawberry-Lemonade Smoothie. Take one and have a sip – you won’t be sorry! They’re made with the farmers market strawberries that I froze last week. There’s something about knowing where your ingredients […]
Read More: Heat waveBandana Day
I ordered a bunch of bandanas off of eBay so that I could try this great tutorial from Stefani/Blue Yonder. All you need is two matching bandanas to make a pair of easy, inexpensive play shorts/pants. My boys seem to go through clothes very quickly in the summer – I’m always in search of a […]
Read More: Bandana DayPomp and Circumstance
You’ll be happy to know that when my son walked down the aisle to the sounds of Pomp and Circumstance this morning, I did not wail pitifully or throw myself on the floor, hanging on to his ankles in an effort to keep him from getting up on the stage. No, I was completely composed. […]
Read More: Pomp and CircumstanceSee 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 […]
Read More: See you later, comfort zoneHmmm, should I announce a winner?
Or should I just leave you hanging? I’ve already waited five hours longer than I planned to before posting this followup to the bag giveaway, and maybe that’s hanging enough. You think? Ok. So I asked Neil to come up with a random criteria by which to rank comments and choose a winner. The criteria […]
Read More: Hmmm, should I announce a winner?Makin’ bags and givin’ stuff away
My friends all pretty much know that I make things and sell them, so I guess it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when more than once a friend saw my new bag and said, “ooh! how much are you selling those for?” Well, I wasn’t… I was just making one for me. I’m nothing […]
Read More: Makin’ bags and givin’ stuff awayThis, that and the other thing
The verdict on the strawberries? Wash ’em, cut ’em up, freeze ’em and put off deciding what to do with ’em until some other time. Whew. There’s a load off my mind. That was “this,” and now this is “that:” Apparently all of our mothers shopped at JC Penneys for sheets when we were kids, […]
Read More: This, that and the other thingSewing, claying, and market-going
I’ve been eager for the farmers market season to start around here, but upon checking the Jersey Fresh website, I found that most local markets aren’t starting up for another few weeks at least. The one I particularly like to go to is starting at the end of the month. Since I was heading an […]
Read More: Sewing, claying, and market-going