by Kelli Donley | Mar 1, 2010 | Domestic Art, Recipes, Sew Along
Okay Finny, the winner for the February project has to be KraftyKraut’s bat bag. Love the way she made it from a t-shirt and what in the world is the prop that’s holding it? KK — shoot me an email and I’ll send off your prize! Although a close...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 28, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade, Sew Along
Fin, By the hair on my chinny chin chin, I got both of these projects completed this weekend. To be honest, I loved the cauliflower recipe. I love veggies just about anyway you give them to me. I went to an international dinner party of sorts last night, hosted by a...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 24, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade
Used this handy little tutorial last night, during a much needed crafty meeting of the minds with Kara, to create a bit of accessory love. I’m thinking of making a string of these on a long ribbon belt to be worn with spring dresses, as shown in the link. But...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 19, 2010 | Domestic Art, handmade, Sew Along
Dear Fin, Okay, I have a big dirty secret to admit: there are times when I am so sick of sewing, I don’t look at my machine for months. When I left for Cancun December 15th, I tucked my machine and supplies away. They didn’t re-emerge until last night. I...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 15, 2010 | Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
The latest issue of Cook’s Illustrated featured a three-page spread on the author’s love of chewy brownies. She admitted boxed mix brownies are chewy and delicious and she didn’t see the point in making them from scratch. But, this being Cook’s Illustrated, getting it...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 9, 2010 | Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk, Recipes
My first trans-Atlantic trip was to Israel and Palestine in 1999-2000. I was on a journalism internship with the American Jewish Committee. We visited a variety of newspapers and got to see the majority of both countries within 3 weeks. It was a trip I won and the...