by Kelli Donley | Sep 7, 2010 | Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
Spent Labor day doing anything but. Instead, we feasted. Lemon rosemary cookies, banana walnut bread, walnut pesto. Not to be greedy, but I’d like to order up another three-day weekend please. Now. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Sep 5, 2010 | Domestic Art, Homebody, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Juliann, Jennie and I got together yesterday to try out Juliann’s new pasta attachment on le KitchenAid. Several hours, many laughs and a couple of bottles of wine later… Delicioso! This was actually so much fun, it almost made me reconsider my...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 4, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade
I spent time this week recharging my creative batteries in the aisle of a giant corporate bookstore, surrounded by newly published guides to knitting, paper craft and sewing. I took many notes, including how to stamp with fabric paint + use iron on decals. These are...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 3, 2010 | Domestic Art, Journal, Media
I’ve been MIA this week, according to my dear Mini. I turned in my “final” edits for the novel after finding typos here and there in the first edition. Afterward, I thankfully pushed my laptop away for a bit. It’s been push push PUSH for quite...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 31, 2010 | Domestic Art, Sew Along
Finny, First, may I just wish you a belated birthday? How was it? I hope your package of birthday goodies from Arizona have arrived and that you were spoiled rotten with gin + tonics, fancy yarn, new gardening tools, running gear, time with your Bubba and time in...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 27, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade, Photography
A late birthday gift for my friend Jenny. I picked up a new lens this weekend — a 50 mm 1.4 something or another. It is a fixed lens, meaning you can’t turn it to zoom in and out. I know so little about photography other than what I like. It’s the je...