by Kelli Donley | Apr 4, 2011 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
Some aspects of cleaning up the pantry and using what I have are more fun than others. I put Finny’s Christmas gift — which included jam and this homemade pie filling — to good use this weekend. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 21, 2011 | CAOK, Domestic Art
I think giving a loaf of bread as a CAOK gift might be the most appropriate. Breaking of bread. Sharing of loaves. Feeding friends. Plus, homemade bread makes nearly everyone smile. This loaf when to a friend who is interviewing today for a giant job in New York that...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 14, 2011 | CAOK, Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie
A coworker gave me a garment that she wanted recycled. She’d had the gown custom made with Heather Bailey fabrics and was so sad the end result didn’t work. She didn’t want the fabric to go to waste. Could I make something of it? The Betty Draper...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 5, 2011 | Domestic Art, handmade
This is the sewing project I thought I’d never complete. Not because it was exceptionally difficult, but because I was nervous I wasn’t going to do it well. My mom, thankfully, finally talked me through finishing Matt + Mariah’s wedding quilt....
by Kelli Donley | Feb 15, 2011 | Domestic Art, Homebody, Kitchen Talk
I promised a friend recently that I would do a month-long “cleanse.” This included eliminating caffeine, alcohol, dairy and wheat from my diet for a month. Why I even bother to say I will try to do these sorts of things is beyond me. Is it that am so...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 3, 2010 | Adventathon, Celebrate!, Domestic Art
I made this knit stripped beanie as a birthday gift for my friend Mike. Tuck and I have been friends for years; I truly adore him and his wife. English has so many gaps. There should be a word to describe the type of friendship that requires no maintenance other than...
