Ive started a new blog. And after 5 months of thinking, I finally decided on a great new name: annekata.com. Isnt that creative? I wanted to notify each of you personally who had left email addresses...
Today is a good time to say good-bye, because I believe my time on this blog has come to an end. I thought a break would do, but it really wont. For some time now, I seem to be doing less and le...
(c) www.zeno.orgSummer is here, school is over and blogging will need to take a back seat, until we fall into a new rhythm.Currently finishing up the book "Half a Sky", and looking for inspir...
(c) Les VerdinesFresh from my daughters Wizard of Oz performance, Ive been thinking about the definition of "home". What defines our experience of home. Is it a place? Friends? Or a feeling? ...
Mental break time. Couldnt resist. Ive never seen a Queen cover done quite like this. If this is any indication of Finlands creativity, my next road trip will include the European North. Enjoy your w...
A blue afternoon.Experimenting with blanket making. I like the idea of creating a "modular" blanket which doesnt need to be completely planned from start to finish like many quilts. Often ide...
illustration (c) Lena Corwin Did you know that only 3% of our apparel is produced in the United States nowadays? I knew the number was low, but 3%? Thats down from 90% in 1955 according to Elizabeth ...
Its hard to start a big project when its hot. All of my plans melted during the 100F heatwave weve been "enjoying" all week. Ill spare you my dear reader another whiny lament on why I hate th...
all images (c) Dorie MillersonIsnt it amazing how personal experience always depends on what we focus on at any given moment? According to the American philosopher William James: "Experience is n...
Guess whats been happening over the last week (and probably will for the next two). My life is now happening over the rainbow. Ive been the scarecrow, the wicked witch of the west, the lion and even ...
The image above is by Stephanie Sinclair, a phenomenal photojournalist known for being able to gain access and photograph difficult and delicate issues of gender and human rights issues all over the ...
Fiddleheads for dinner.Have you ever had fiddleheads? Theyre from a wild fern that grows in the American North-East and believe it or not, theyre edible. In fact more than edible. First boiled and th...
There are many interiors to love in the book "Russian House" by Ella Krasner, found through enhabiten, with the humble country dachas being my personal favorites:This dacha above is very much...
The curtains are hanging and Im really glad theyre finished, or at least hangable.From the inside. I think Ill sew a few more doilies on and cut the back away, the effect is quite nice I think.Off to...
Remember when I started these curtains and ended up somewhere in Spain?Isnt it frustrating when a project is started and not finished.....especially, when the beginning is just not that promising?&nb...
PINA - Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost - International Trailer from neueroadmovies on Vimeo."Pina" is tribute by Wim Wenders to the German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, who died o...
When the earthquake with its terrible devastation and radiation threat hit Japan last March, Japanese Fashion Week (JFW)was understandably canceled.Nevertheless, only eleven days later, one designer ...
While my family is visiting, theres no time to stitch or work on any creative endeavors. But that doesnt mean theres a shortage of inspiring thoughts and images.Here are a few of my favorite stitcher...
(c) www.annwoodhandmade.comBlogger has had some difficulties and has unfortunately lost my last post and several comments. My apologies for not jumping on this earlier, but I was out of town. This is...
(c) www.annwoodhandmade.comTomorro w Ill be leaving for my nieces Bat Mitzvah in New Hampshire and upon my return, my brother with his family will be visiting from Germany. Im so looking forward to ha...
Fred was born at the end of the 19th century and he loved to write postcards. How do I know? Well, I picked up 4 postcards written by Fred in 1913 and addressed to Mrs FF Barratt in Clarkson, NY. Wha...
Its been raining all month long here in upstate NY and there is flooding everywhere. Its mud, rubber boots and umbrella season. Even though an umbrella is always with me, I often end up like Gene Kel...
(Solve Sundsbo / Metropolitan Museum of Art) Tomorrow, May 4th the exhibit "Savage Beauty", organized by the Metropolitan Costume Institute will open in NYC celebrating Alexander McQueens inc...
It started while brushing my teeth yesterday morning. There were my curtains which have been bothering me for 3 years. Left behind in the house from previous owners they photograph actually quite nic...
Ive always been intrigued by the Brontë sisters. Five sisters, two of whom died in childhood and the others, all super talented writers before the age of 40. Here I am over 40 with no novel and no ex...
Remember the wispy knitting? The scarf is finally done and I thought that it might be fun to experiment with some sewing thread. With the large assortment of colors available, mak...
Style icon Ines de la Fressange has written a book: "Parisian Chic".The book is not yet mine, and may never be, but I was surely obsessed with it last week. Luckily my local book store carrie...
Spring break week is flying by. Some of you might have received a confused jumble of thoughts from me in your inbox last night when I pressed the wrong button at 1 in the morning. (The Save Now and P...
Its spring break and Im taking a few days off. Have a good weekend!
Juliana Santacruz Herrera found a fabulous way to deal with potholes in Paris. Not only would our winter battered streets in our town benefit tremendously from some colorful "repairs" o...
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