Hello? Is thing still on?
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I know...it's been quite a while since we've been around here. We have a few reasons: First we moved, then we had kids, then we moved again. All this in the space of 10 months. ... Now, that life is returning to ...
Weird spam coming from the blog
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »There seems to be some weird spam coming from the RSS feed lately. (We are trying to figure out what is going on.) While we figure this thing out, DO NOT click on any of the links! We haven't been around lately, ...
My excuse
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 Posted in crafts, knitting | No Comments »Every time I'm in the Boston area I have to stop by New England Mobile Book Fair...why? 'cause I can get craft books at great prices! For example; last time I was there I bought Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick. ...
A kid approved gift.
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 Posted in embroidery, handmade, kids, sewing, toys | 5 Comments »In this day and age, children seem to have it all: dolls that speak to them, bears that know their names, crazy cars that do back flips, robots that double as pets....amongst many other amazing toys that my generation didn't ...
Sophie’s quilt
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in crafts, general crafts, general home, sewing, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Lately "minky fabric" has been all the rage for making baby blankets. I had seen it described as extremely soft; so I was very curious to feel this fabric. I found out just how soft when i went into a ...
Hawaii Five-O
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in crafts, sewing, top | 1 Comment »Last year, in a trip to Joann's fabric I was lucky enough to find a ~1 yard piece of acetate in the remnants rack. The background color was black; but it had beautiful bright happy print of hibiscus and orchids ...
Butterflies in my bread!
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in crafts, embroidery, general crafts, general home, sewing | No Comments »Remember how I embroidered a Monarch butterfly for the Eternal Spring table runner? That I was tempted to make another one in the same table runner? Well, I liked it so much I had to make yet another one...this time the butterfly ...
Fastest baby booties ever!
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in general crafts, knitting | No Comments »... After having been left with so much yarn from Pound of Love, I decided to continue the baby-gift-making-fest. Jeannette, one of the wonderful knitting ladies in my Stitch & Bitch, was making a lot of these cute booties around the ...
Alex’s blanket
Sunday, August 16th, 2009 Posted in crafts, general crafts, knitting | 12 Comments »Having finally finished the DNA scarf, I didn't now what project to start next (I've found that since I joined the knitting group, I am more encouraged to finish projects!). I wasn't interested in knitting another scarf. Luckily for me, ...
Spring cleaning and crafting
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in crafts, general crafts, general home, knitting, sewing | No Comments »While I've been quiet around here, it hasn't been the case around my sewing machine and crafts. I've been working on a few projects that I couldn't upload right away; also known as baby shower gifts. There were also projects that ...