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A Little Birdie Told Me

by | Aug 13, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie

Thank you a thousand times over for your responses to the poll earlier this week. Thanks to your suport, the boutique will launch November 1. Also, t-shirts will be sold pre-order. We are working out the details. Have you ever had one of those chunks of life you know...

A Question or Two

by | Aug 11, 2009 | Domestic Art, Goals

Quick poll: 1. Would you be interested in supporing an Africankelli online boutique carrying a few select handmade items? 2. Would you consider buying an Africankelli t-shirt to benefit a charity of my choice? Please leave your comments below. To entice you to delurk,...

Frugalista Homestead

by | Aug 11, 2009 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Kitchen Talk

Matty took a juice bottle and transformed it into a sprinkler after spending countless hours outside in the heat watering the pumpkins. The boy is smart. If you had to pick a roommate, pick one who grew up in Africa. He is resourceful beyond belief. Plus, it is pretty...

Scrappy, Patchy and DONE

by | Aug 10, 2009 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Sew Along

Finny, I completed the first 6 patchwork placemats this weekend. Good thing because the bridal shower was Saturday afternoon. They almost weren’t completed. Why, you ask? Because I sewed them wrong sides together at 5 am on Saturday after working late on Friday...

SOF: Fishing with Mystery

by | Aug 9, 2009 | Faith, Media

This week’s Speaking of Faith is a re-run, an episode I actually remembered well. It aired last summer for the first time, when I was busy in the kitchen baking and dreaming of learning to fly fish. This year, I listened again with rapt attention — amazing...

Cookies are a Sometime Food

by | Aug 7, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Kitchen Talk, Sew Along

Got those Ginger Spa cookies baked last night. In a trifecta of efficiency, these will feed guests at a fundraiser tonight, go to a bridal shower tomorrow and if there are any leftover, potentially end up in a care package delivery for my grandparents too. They are...

Repurpose

by | Aug 6, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie, Sew Along

Dear Fin, Remember when I sewed new curtains for my craft studio before it became my guest room before it became Matt’s room? And then those curtains were changed out again because really? The green didn’t work for me. There was too much other stuff going...

Global Relief

by | Aug 5, 2009 | Africa, Arizona, Community, Happy Hippie

A friend from Botswana recently visited and brought me a little package of gourd seeds to plant in my garden. Wasn’t that thoughtful of him? I planted these with the giant pumpkins from two weeks ago and the garden is going bananas. The heat + lots of water + a...