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Fly By Weekend

by | Nov 23, 2008 | Domestic Art, Get Fit, Goals, Journal, Kitchen Talk

Christmas card making More Portuguese sweet bread baking (although this time I ditched the raisins and instead added lemon zest. It was fantastic! I made the muffins for a potluck this afternoon and as a dry-run for Thanksgiving.) A bit of sewing too. Market bags and...

Roscoe and Eloise

by | Nov 23, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver

My friends Meghann and Scott were in town this weekend to celebrate their son Roscoe’s first birthday. Any excuse I can get to spend with Meg’s family — the Brennans — I take. They are such a fun, down to earth group and there is always a...

Zone

by | Nov 21, 2008 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver

I went more than a month without sewing and in the last four days have completed half a dozen projects. It is apparently feast or famine in my sewing world and this week I am dining at the creative buffet. I have to keep reminding myself to go to stop and go to bed;...

Tag! You are it.

by | Nov 20, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal

I love handmade tags for gifts. I think they often work much better than a card and use considerably less resources. I usually stamp sticky tags for the holidays but this year I thought I’d go with a parcel tag instead. I used this tag as my example —...

Craft Patriot

by | Nov 19, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver

I have been pretty diligent about not purchasing more art supplies for the last 6 months. I’ve created knitting projects from scrap, made journals with left over pieces of paper, and sewn myself silly with my stashed supply. However, the holidays bring a new...