Birthday

My sister’s is the first of a few coming up quickly.  Last night was dinner with her, her partner and the Banana, as well as me and my two monkeys. Much sushi was eaten and we all left quite happily stuffed.
I decided that Amy Karol’s Charming Handbag was perfect for my sister who is equally [...]

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Peasant Girl

I actually did some sewing this week, though my inspiration/model/recipient is a bit anti-camera these days

I did catch her sitting still long enough to snap this

But she really wasn’t having any of this ‘picture taking’ nonsense

Tutorials for the shirt and the skirt found on this fantastic blog; fabric is a vintage sheet.
The sheet was very [...]

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One Day At A Time

Over the last two years, I’ve thought a lot about my creative process and how it sustains me, yet how little energy I give it.  In the year or two prior to my last relationship, my creative self was fully alive.  I was drawing, writing tons, making art wherever and whenever, thinking critically about everything [...]

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BTRS Swap – Sent

Finally.  So here’s the deal… I had my fabric all cut out but I wasn’t convinced it was the ‘right’ fabric for my receiver.  Sometimes (okay often) I get stuck on details like these when I’m making stuff.  I’m getting better with going with the flow and just making, but sometimes the details make all [...]

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BTRS Swap – Received

Got my bag the other day – I waited to open it and post about it until I got mine done and sent, which happened today.  Thank you Jennifer… the bag is just lovely and another thank you for your kind words on your blog.  I’m really in love with the mushrooms!

She made hers with [...]

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Just a day

still in jammies at 10
yellow silk bought for Bub yet hardly played with until the Bean
thinking about what next

learning to cut
wielding glue sticks
placing them just so

down
down
across

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Bend The Rules

Swaps are back!  I’ve been wanting to make the Charming Handbag for my mom and sister (ssshhh, don’t tell them) and this is the little kick in the pants I needed.  I don’t know if I’m more excited about making three of these or getting a new surprise bag myself!

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Live, Laugh, Love

For  Kristen… my co-worker, my secret santa receiver, my friend.
She has these words tattooed on her foot.  We sit in the same pod in our sad little cube-farm and I tortured her all this week in return for her pestering me to tell her who had her.  I tried to throw her off the track [...]

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Boo

The offspring had specific costume requests this year.  It wasn’t so much hard as it was that I was super annoyed with myself for waiting until the last minute to throw them together.
Bub’s requested costume was “Charlotte” a la E.B. White.

Quick how to: brown sweatpants and shirt in his size, extra pair of brown sweatpants [...]

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On a whim

After I’d moved the livingroom all around today to vacuum, I decided I wanted something to cover the coffee table that currently serves as a tv stand.  It’s a lovely deep wood table, but the top has been abused over time and looks worse with months worth of dust coating it.
I drummed up this idea [...]

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