Husband and I spent a lot of time over the weekend setting up our online shop and getting it up and running. I designed our website on my own, which I did once before for a business we had several years ago, but technology has changed so much that I’ve had to re-learn things. Over the weekend I ran into… Read More »Setting Up Shop
I usually try to paint on Sunday evenings, but once I saw the pattern to make a little owl my hands itched to get to sewing. A rummage through my fabric scraps and I found a collection of black and white fabrics that I think were left over from when I made Zach’s quilt so many years ago. I had… Read More »First Little Owl
The other day, Emma and Sophie asked me for help to make gifts for some little friends. Honestly, the timing wasn’t great because I had so much of my own to do. They were asking for some creative help and given my distracted thoughts I had a tough time wrapping my brain around their ideas well enough to translate them… Read More »The Gift of Making
It’s no secret that I love all things miniature and fairy, and I also love all things Tasha Tudor. So when I can combine the two it’s so much better. I saw the pattern to make boxes like Tasha Tudor’s Sparrow Post on her family’s website, and had to make some for us. It was super easy. I traced the… Read More »Making Fairy Post Boxes
I’ve been revisiting making rope baskets this week. I’ve made a few here and there, and have put a few in my shop (and need to restock). I love the meditative quality of stitching spirals. One of the baskets I made recently is a type of harvest basket. It’s large-ish and has comfortable handles for carrying over your arm or… Read More »The Link Between Driving and Baskets
“Mama, I want to sew.” “Mama, I want to cook something.” “Mama, can you show me how to ‘broider again?” “Mama, we’re bored!” Oh, those are words I really don’t like to hear! In this world with so much to learn and so many good things to do, boredom should never happen. They know that at the merest utter of… Read More »Learning to Weave
Once upon a time, there was a young blacksmith. Like many trades, blacksmiths learn more skills throughout all their lives, and so like all blacksmiths, he was still learning his trade, though he was much more at the beginning of the learning than at the ending. One day, this young blacksmith, Zach, wanted to give a birthday gift to a… Read More »A Satchel, a Blacksmith and a Story
Inspired by my friend, Tonya, the Littles and I made “May” books last week. It hit the creative spot for them. The books didn’t turn out quite like I had imagined, as I thought we’d fill them with all things about May, but they girls decided to fill them with anything they thought about that day. Perfect, yes? The little… Read More »Making books
Over the last year or so, I’ve been working on a couple of dolls here and there. There are so many amazing and talented doll makers online, and after looking at them I became almost obsessed with creating something with my own hands. Some of my first attempts were pretty simplistic and really needed some refining, but as they were… Read More »Cloth Dolls
I’ve been sewing a lot this week. Like, more than I have this whole year, a lot (if you follow me on Instagram, you’ll see a few hints of a little of what I’ve been making). And I’ve been loving every second of it. I’ve learned a few things while I’ve been at my task, and not just about the… Read More »Making Way