by Kelli Donley | May 21, 2013 | Domestic Art, Good to Great, Happy Hippie, NJ + NYC
My new kitchen is full of color, and is my favorite room in the house. It is wacky, fun, and space-challenged, but all together perfect. I’m not working yet, and so each afternoon looks a bit like a scene from a 1950s television show. I usually wear a dress and...
by Kelli Donley | May 17, 2013 | Domestic Art, NJ + NYC
There are a few things that make a house feel like home. My mama’s quilts on the beds, and the back of the couch — some of them worn thin from more than a decade of decadent napping. My brother’s pottery on the bookshelves, wedged between stacks of...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 12, 2013 | Domestic Art
My friend Meg asked if I could sew her eldest son, Roscoe, a tooth fairy pillow. Specifically, he wanted a shark pillow. He loves everything shark, and can tell you in great detail the differences between say, a Great White and a Wobbegong. Hint: Wobbegong are his...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 26, 2013 | CAOK, Domestic Art
This week’s Calculated Act of Kindness: broncos baby hats for a friend expecting her second baby this year. Her 2 year old loved the big brother version. (I need to learn how to make pom poms.) ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 6, 2013 | CAOK, Domestic Art
A handknit infinity scarf for a friend across the pond. Calculated Acts of Kindness 2013 continues. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Jan 18, 2013 | Domestic Art, Handmade goods, Heirloom Homestead
I’m working through my current stash of fabric in an attempt to use what I have. I’ll be moving again sometime in the next few months — as it goes with renting — and I do not need to pack and haul all of these craft supplies. Yarn,...
