by Kelli Donley | May 30, 2013 | Domestic Art, Heirloom Homestead, June Cleaver, NJ + NYC
Oh, hello there Mr. Nelson. Are you playing with your favorite toy — the Target Cupcake (of which we have purchased and destroyed dozens?) Wait? What’s that you say? You aren’t playing with your toy? You are trying to distract anyone from noticing...
by Kelli Donley | May 30, 2013 | Heirloom Homestead
What this house lacks in closets, it certainly makes up for in windows. There are big windows in every room – most of which give us a garden view. It is lovely to be able to have a view that overlooks our garden for a change, and I’m very grateful for it...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 21, 2013 | Colorado, Heirloom Homestead, Kitchen Talk
A friend’s husband showed up unexpectedly at my doorstep yesterday afternoon. He’d been up canyon on his bike when it had begun to snow. By the time he reached my house, going some 40 miles an hour down Clear Creek, he was blue. His hands were frozen and...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 22, 2013 | handmade, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead
I like making things for the second time much more than the first. And the third more than the second. There is such a learning curve with most creative projects. Also, I get a little obsessed. Once I want to do scrappy quilting, or bake the world’s best...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 20, 2013 | Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead, June Cleaver
Project: Table runner with cloth napkin set Next up: Denyse Schmidt patterns. I want to be less Little House on the Prairie with these projects and more avant-gard. ~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,...