by Kelli Donley | Jan 6, 2009 | Community, Good to Great, Journal
I spent this weekend with an Iranian family who moved to Phoenix three years ago. Their high school-aged daughter is enrolled in a program at the nonprofit I work with; I was assigned as her mentor several months ago. The objective of the program is to see refugee...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 5, 2009 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal
Rushing off to see if Tina has more in her Etsy shop. She recently sent me this beautiful scarf and I bought another for an upcoming birthday gift. I love the splash of color, the soft yarn and rocking the handmade. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Jan 4, 2009 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal
It was just a matter of time until I pulled out the sewing machine again. I took a two-week break to enjoy the holidays, sleep (and man, have I been sleeping) and spend time with friends. When Katie and I cooked together a couple weeks ago, she picked out a pattern...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 3, 2009 | Celebrate!, Correspondence, Domestic Art, Journal
I’ve been waiting for the last gifts to be gifted and received to post the projects I made for the holidays. Cigar Box turned Correspondence Kit for Colleen With much thanks to Kinchie for nudging me along to get this done and helping with the details! Tea Towel...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 2, 2009 | Journal, Media
Books: I gave up sometime during 2008 in blogging about the books I was reading. I’m not sure why, but I’m back on the media blogging motivation train. I just finished “Ask Now the Beasts” which came as a gift from a fellow blogger. It is a...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 1, 2009 | Domestic Art, Goals, Journal, Sew Along
Dear Fin, Did you ever think two years ago when we both fell head over seam ripper for Amy Butler’s In Stitches that we’d be here, organizing our third sew-along? Me either. But here we are and while there have been some bummer projects, for the most part...
