With my favorite green leather (from an old skirt), a few inches of elastic, and some button thread I stitched together a little ring. The indentation left from my wedding band draws my eye too...
Yesterdays overwhelming outpouring of love and wisdom filled me with awe. My gratitude goes beyond words. The web of support that can be woven by women throughout the world has no bounds now t...
The past few months have been filled with the best and worst moments of my life. I’ve loved writing about the wonderful stuff, but the shadows behind the screen couldn’t be told until now. I’ve agoni...
Where have I been?Running up and down country roads. Up to 4 miles finally!Hard at work on my home- just finished painting our kitchen ceiling white. Bead board on the ceiling should be outlawed... a...
Many months ago, Elizabeth contacted me with an exciting sewing project... a collaboration of sorts on a custom gift for her good friend (and fellow Squamee) who had recently gotten marr...
Last week, we had several days in a row when our hens regular egg offerings diminished. Simultaneously, Sweetie kept disappearing. On Thursday, I found her behind the poppies sitting on a clutch of e...
Our last day on the book tour has such a sweet ending for someone like me. My lovely Wiley editor, Roxane, took reinvention to her daughters first grade class! All of the children made recycled Tyvek...
Were in the homestretch of the reinvention blog tour, and its been a wonderful journey! Im so grateful to everyone that has given their time, energy and love to my new book. From tour guides, to love...
Reinvention was written with the high hopes of inspiring others to seek out materials that needed rescuing. Ive teamed up with one of my favorite sewing sites: Sew, Mama, Sew! to create a challenge t...
Morning friends! My kitchen is seeing a lot of eggs these days. Custard is flowing and scrambles are a constant. Chives are at their peak right now and are perfect for throwing into everything, espec...
"What do you want for your Mama day?" asked my little girl."What would you really like to do on Mothers day, Mom?" asked that sweet and sensitive boy of mine.And this is what I said:T...
Sometimes we have to look at the big picture to fully understand the details. Surroundings play a huge role even when we cant see them. Learning to feel the whole picture when we cant fully see...
This week, our dear Maggie ended her broody period and began laying her first eggs for us. We are up to 5 a day- one each from Maggie, Henrietta, Junie, Bauky, and Sweetie. Weve been celebrating thei...
On the first weekend in May, I celebrated the launch of Reinvention. There were flowers and friends, books and good local food. Both Friday nights gallery night and the Saturdays party w...
Good morning... yawn. I think I could sleep for days. The combination of late night preparations leading up to my weekend at Ithacamade, coupled with the actual events has left me bleary eyed... but ...
Happy Sunday! Im finally back with the winners... my its been a full weekend! A big thank you for all of the wonderful and extremely loving comments that appeared with this giveaway... and that are f...
Want a fun project for this weekend? If you have a section of an old coffee sack on hand, youre ready to make this easy Burlap Peg Bag. This is not a project from reinvention... although it cou...
photo by Margie Oomen (resurrection fern)Good afternoon! Its getting quite busy around here, and I spent the morning with good friends preparing for this weekends local hoopla (details will be at the...
This is Dani. Shes a dear friend, a talented singer, my daughters first Montessori teacher, and a gorgeous soul. She also graces many of the pages of reinvention. This book was her first experience m...
Happy May Day! Welcome to the start of a new month and the celebration of my first book. I asked Meg, at Sew Liberated, to be the first stop for a reason. Weve been internet friends for several years...
Life has become increasingly surreal. Or maybe its just the opposite. This moment is so very real that the vividness of it has hit me with a clarity Ive never experienced before. So as I sign a stack...
This whole early publishing business has meant that many of us are experiencing the book for the first time simultaneously. I love, love, love that! Ive always felt that we were in this together... y...
Welcome to my new series: "a behind the scenes" peek into the writing and creating of my new book reinvention-sewing with rescued materials. I always love hearing the back story or gain...
Yesterdays storm took us all by surprise and as much as we enjoyed the excitement, Im carefully watching our frozen lilacs and clearing away fallen branches. Most of our magnolia and the front ...
The last few days have been filled with so much joy and excitement- its unbelievable... and so very welcomed! I will always remember it as the weekend that the book and chickens arrived. They seem to...
I took you and my iphone out with me to sit under the trees and open up one of the most exciting boxes of my life. I did it all on video! One take... its very REAL. But so far its stuck on my phone.....
And just like that, the boxes containing my books arrived yesterday. We were out late riding bikes and having a picnic dinner. I saw them sitting on the front porch when I pulled into the driveway. N...
I know its a bit quieter around here these days, but big things are brewing behind the scenes. BIG, I tell you! Lots of announcements and fun stuff is on the way. Why? Because book launch excitement ...
Hickorys regal manner inspired some royal attire early this morning. There was a little crown I made for Lulu perched perfectly upon his head. Hmmm... clever boy- if only we all had it so...
It was a girls weekend all the way! My daughter had her first sleepover with her best friend on Friday night. Total success! She and I had a sleep over with this lovely lady on Saturday. Total fun!Yo...
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