by Kelli Donley | Jun 16, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie
What to bring one of the sweetest little boys when visiting? Considering Mr. Roscoe has just about everything he could ever wish for, including a gaggle of adoring family, an African parrot and a kitty that regularly put up with his loving ways, perhaps something...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 15, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie
Bamboo handled totes are a perfect fashion note for summer. Last week, I decided to sew a few for girlfriends. With a few minutes to kill before a meeting, I headed into a thrift store to see if I could find any older bags with these handles to recycle for this...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 9, 2009 | Correspondence, Domestic Art, handmade, Journal, June Cleaver
I was the kid at summer camp who always came home with a stack of addresses and managed to write a dozen pen pal letters in the first week, chronicling life in suburban Arizona as though it was dramatically different from the other WASPY childhoods of my new friends. ...
by Kelli Donley | May 31, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Journal
Have you ever read the book, or seen the movie, “Como Agua Para Chocolate?” It’s one of those stories that stays with you for ages. Specifically, I love the thought of emotion being transferred into creative works — in this case, food. The main...
by Kelli Donley | May 23, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie, Sew Along
Dear Finny McFinberg, So, remember last weekend when I was bugging you to help me with some freezer paper/stencil/paint ideas for our embellished t-shirt May sew along project? You looked at me from the moon and responded, “Um, I just cut out some fabric and...
by Kelli Donley | May 22, 2009 | Domestic Art, Goals, handmade, Journal, Sew Along
The other day I mentioned I’d like to learn how to sew a dress. In my mind, this is the Everest of craft — creating something that fits and that I’d like to wear. The two wrap skirts I’ve conquered are hills in comparison, and considering the...
