more new winter gear, written 3 days ago, I treated myself to a new hat for this winter. I’ve long been an admirer of the hats at wildhagen, and when I just happened to be in the store on queen street recently I decided an investment in a good wool hat was a smart one. I spent quite awhile trying ...

Are You an Alien Too?, written 6 days ago, Dh showed this to me… and I could! It must be the alien in me. Are you an alien too? fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht

I accepted a dare, written 6 days ago, A couple of weeks ago my dear friend wrote that she picked some wild flowers and that she is sending them to me. Imagine my surprise when I returned from work one day and this greeted me: Of course I didn't have to look at the address to know that it was Norah'...

Tutorial Tuesday: Bowling Bunnies, written 4 days ago, yipes! are they aiming for us? This is a fun present idea made from two rather famous online freebie patterns. It was great, not too hard, didn't take long, (In fact- choosing the fabrics was the hardest part!) and such a great handmade holiday...

Ok i'll let you know where I was yesterday shall..., written 3 days ago, Ok i'll let you know where I was yesterday shall I? I went to Cardiff for the day and visited the Norwegian Sailor's Church in Cardiff Bay, where I had a very lovely cup of tea and a fairy cake. I've wanted to visit the Norwegi...

working out the kinks, written 4 days ago, In the past few weeks I've been struggling with a creativity rut of sorts. It's been creeping up on me slowly. I have a million ideas but they seem to be jumbled up in my head. It's been hard to figure out how to tie everything together. I think that's part...

Sisters Weekend, written 1 week ago, Thank you so much for the congrats on the new baby! Everyone is very excited. I'm off for the weekend to Las Vegas for a doctor's appointment. No terminal diseases, pregnancies or augmentations to report. I'll expand on it in...

Toot! Toot! Handmade Detroit ladies in the press, written 3 days ago, In case you missed Lish on Fox 2 last weekend, here is the clip. Four days later I still can’t stop watching it. Charles, you are a total cutie! Great job Lish! And make sure to pick up a Metro Times today to see our Carey a...

Beary Box Sketch# 3, written 2 days ago, It's already sketch# 3 at Beary Box and I don't see any of MY friends taking part! :p I'm not liking it! LOL You should know that BearyBox would like to give this week's winner a Clear Stamp Sets {Trims-n-Things} from Sassafras Lass. Anyway, here is ...

Cuteable finds from Twitter friends, written 2 days ago, I LOVE Twitter and I have ‘met’ many like minded people through it. Here are a few of the cute things I have found from fellow users...

busy busy!, written 2 days ago, I am feeling a lot like one of Santa's elves working away in my workshop on custom orders for Christmas! Right now my work table is filled with canvases in various stages of completion. I have a lot to get done before we leave on Wednesday for Florida for Thanksgiving...

A Unique Gift of Hope, written 3 days ago,

Ruby Stamp, written 1 day ago, My sister’s baby shower was almost 2 weeks ago.  It was so very nice but I forgot to take my camera, so no pictures.  I told her I would make her Thanks You cards and finally got them sent off this morning. I used the stamp I made for her invitation cards.  They ...

s t i l l, written 2 days ago, S t i l l is a flickr group where people post shots of still lifes. This week is body week, a still life that contains a body part, but is no portrait. These are my entries this week. Come...

more fun than you could shake a stick at, written 3 days ago, I have no idea what that phrase means. But I think I could have a lot of good fun with these beads. I love the old plastic jello containers they're in. Whoever collected and sorted all of these old beads sure loved jello. And I can ha...

Utah Boutique This Weekend, written 3 days ago, Tomorrow, Friday, starts off the weekend of fabulous Handmade shopping over at Tom & Lucy’s Art Shoppe. I’ve been busy working to get it all set up with my great friend and partner, Pamela. It’s been pretty crazy managing a boutique, I’ve n...

Forest Quilties - Fabienne Lunel, FRANCE, written 3 days ago, This is Fabienne's first Creative Swap, and my first participant from France! What lovely fabric work you have created for our swap, Fabienne -thank you for joining us. Fabienne typed up a description that she added to each of her quilti...

surrounded by, written 3 days ago, * Abby's wonderful prints. Their soft glow is really magical and they need proper frames, in due time. * Bright, jolt-y hits of colored fabric soon to be more pillow covers. I'm still on a bender. (Thanks for all your kind words on the gray one.) ...

Into the vortex, written 5 days ago, My parents are visiting us for an "early Thanksgiving" this week, and I have slipped into the proverbial rabbithole.   With my dad's presence, I seem to be teetering somewhere between adolescence and adulthood.    That's a topic that begs for more ex...

lost marbles, written 1 week ago, That's the name of the antique shop I finally made it to a couple of weeks ago: Lost Marbles. I really liked it and even better -- it's only about four blocks from our house. They have three+ levels of...