by Kelli Donley | Jun 13, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade
Remember that work in progress? After an update of buttons, a bit of interfacing ironed on the back of the embroidery to secure the stitches and a replaced tag (and reattached button bag), this gift is ready for a birthday party I’m attending later this week:...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 12, 2010 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
The weekend menu has focused on foods at hand — gobs of tomatoes and basil from the garden, a basket of peaches from a friend and a basket of figs from another friend. The transformation: Bruschetta with feta cheese on toasted whole wheat bread Peach cobbler And...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 11, 2010 | Community, Flora and Fauna
I didn’t take my camera to dinner… I had dinner last night at a friend’s house in a older section of Tempe. Imagine walking up to a garden gate to find a treasure on the other side. Peach trees overloaded with fruit, dogs lounging in the shade and...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 10, 2010 | Celebrate!
Did you know there is a group in Arizona called The Phoenix Fridas? They are a group of female artists inspired by Ms. Kahlo. I’m not keen to joining another group, nor have I been invited, but I do love their work. They’ve been displaying Frida-inspired...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2010 | Good to Great, Journal
I was watching “Julie & Julia” the other day when it dawned on me that the ever-so-remarkable Julia Child didn’t discover her fierce passion for cooking until she landed in Paris with little other to do than wander markets and make lovely meals...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 7, 2010 | Arizona
We’ve reached the point of the year when I become a crying, whiny mess of a Phoenician. This weekend the oven decided to go overachiever on us all, cranking it up to 110. Do you know what 110 feels like? It includes: prickly skin, a wet nape of the neck, make-up...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 5, 2010 | CAOK, Domestic Art, handmade
The making of a gift — in progress: \ \ Next: rhinestone buttons, label -k
by Kelli Donley | Jun 2, 2010 | Correspondence, Domestic Art, Handmade goods, Tutorial
What to do with those handmade cards you buy at the local coffee shop? Or order from Paper Source? Or buy in bulk from Etsy? (Or perhaps my favorite new local shop: See SawDesigns. Hello, adorable letterpress creations!) How about a fabric correspondence envelope,...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 2, 2010 | Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
Red velvet + cream cheese frosting for a birthday bowling party tonight -k
by Kelli Donley | Jun 1, 2010 | Journal
I celebrated the end of another lovely month with a fantastic Memorial weekend. By the numbers: 2500: yards swam 300: miles driven around town 200: pages read to finish “The Elegance of the Hedgehog,” which finished strong. The first 100 pages of this book...
