Here’s a quick a-line skirt I made using Amy Butler’s Barcelona Skirt pattern with Echino’s Quiet Ground fabric. I saw this fabric at my LQS, Quilter’s Alley and I had no idea what I wanted to use it for, but I knew I had to buy it. So Roxanne suggested a skirt. I love the...
Category Archives: Inspiration
We’ve Moved!
We moved out of our old house on a Thursday. Stayed 4 nights with our gracious best friends. Cookie the cat had a vacation with another set of special friends. And on Monday we closed and moved in! So it’s 1 week and I’ve managed to unpack more than 75% of the house..although I still...
Inspired to sketch…
by my favorite sketch illustrator Susan Branch. I love her books, and pretty much everything she touches with her special brand of creativity. Well I get her newsletter and this time I followed the gardening link and low and behold she recommended this nifty book for the gardeners in her midst…
Who am I to question...
Library? Check. Garden? In progress..
Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing. Not sure who this quote is attributed to but it makes me feel all cozy and happy as both reading and digging in the dirt are what’s fueling me these days. That and coffee, and yarn too.
I’m still nursing seedlings into the ground and...
Cloudy skies… happy earth.
The rain is pretty crazy here in the northeast isn’t it? We’ve had 8 straight days of some form of rain here in Philly and today was a bit of a break. Cloudy and gloomy but no rain fell so I was out in the garden! I was outside for the better part of the...
The city slicker finally takes the gardening plunge..
Okay chica so I’ve lived in the country for 10 years and I have gardened a ton - lots of container gardening but never have I attempted anything as ambitious as I’m doing this spring.
So these little beauties are germinating on my kitchen counter while the squash is learning how to weather the elements...
a new virtual playground for foodies… Rouxbe!
Those amazing canadians are at it again.. I’m having a great time playing around on Rouxbe.com. Full video recipes! A community! Cooking school videos complete with quizzes. It’s fun for the foodie crowd.
The videos are all about the technique… if you’re looking for slow sultry shots of Giada washing her hands this is...
Orla Kiely items at Target
Did you hear? Sometime in February, Target will be carrying home products by Orla Kiely.
Call for entries..homemade Valentines
In this thrify economy we’re in, I’d love to be able to make valentine’s cards with dd for her classmates. I know there’s the cut out a heart out of construction paper, but I’m looking for something more creative (of course!) So, please post here in the comments section if you have an idea or...
A little wisdom for 2009…
I had wanted to put a little cross stitch freebie motif up to welcome in the New Year. I have a huge thing for owls, as many of you know and starting off the year with their sage wisdom seems right to me. I have it saying 2009 but it’s just as easy to...