I received a request from a sweet customer who purchased both my swirly heart pattern and my swirly pumpkin pattern from my Etsy shop. She loved the style of both patterns and was hoping I could design a snowman version. I loved the suggestion, but with the busy-ness of my life
One of my favorite traditions at Christmas time is to make an ornament for each of my children. Originally we purchased ornaments each year, but over the last couple of years I’ve switched to giving them handmade ornaments, and I don’t think I’ll ever go back. I love the idea
In the days leading up to Christmas, I try to have a fun activity planned for each day. It helps build up the anticipation, while also releasing a little of the excitement that threatens to overwhelm my kids at each and every moment. One of my favorite ways to spend
Do you have an artist or maker in your life? You’d like to buy them a gift, but don’t really know what they’d like? Here’s a list of my tried and true suggestions.  These are things I use day in and day out and I absolutely love them.  I wouldn’t
In the last stages of my pregnancy with Edith, I was having severe problems with carpal tunnel and couldn’t work very long on my usual projects of choice. I could only handle knitting and intricate drawing for a few minutes at a time before my hands became painfully numb. Â So,
Remember the beautiful Sky Blanket that I began in January this year? Somehow I completely dropped the ball on that project. Â I wasn’t working on it every day, just listing on a page in my bullet journal what the weather was like each day, and then when I was in
I’m not sure if it’s because Spring has finally arrived (we’re ignoring the snowstorm that occurred at the end of last week) or if something is in the air, but I’ve got a serious case of Startitis. The definition, for those who don’t know:Â Startitis– the condition of wanting to start
Around this time of year my fingers start itching to be in the garden soil. I’ve had a long enough break since the busy fall season of harvesting, canning, freezing and slaving in the kitchen for hours that I’ve completely forgotten what exhausting, sweaty work it was. I start dreaming
    I fell in love with this sky scarf project by the amazing Lea Redmond when I first came across it years ago. The basic idea is that you knit a stripe on a scarf every day based on the weather. I even bought all the yarn and began
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a delightful and extremely active boy in your life. He’s curious and smart and if you ever turn your head for even a second he’s climbing the curtains or dumping flour all over the floor, or any other number of mess-producing activities. I
