I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probably explanation is that I was made for another world. { c s lewis } { photo: fabric flower journal cove...
Happiness... not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour. { walt whitman } { photo: our girl, heading to college this fall, brings joy after joy to her mommy's heart....
Slight not what is near by aiming at what is far. { euripides } { photo: henny-hen eyeing my basil, the silly. }
A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred. { amy carmichael } { photo: quilt top, for our haiti project }
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. { corrie ten boom } { photo: the beginnings of something, not sure what :) }
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. { henry van dyke } { photo: stitched piece tacked to old maple }
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. { ralph waldo emerson } { photo: images from around the homestead }
Everything is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. { unknown } { photo: peony in flower garden, back in April }
Look for a lovely thing and you will find it. { sara teasdale } { photo: this year's strawberries made into jam }
The mere sense of living is joy enough. { emily dickinson } { photo: fun colors from the fabric store }
Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand. { mother teresa } { photo: shades of pale around the house }
May you seek after treasures of precious gold, and find them within the hearts of others. { mary summer rain } { today's photo: stitching by a sunny window }
Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. { t s eliot } { today's photo: wall of family photos in breakfast room, via instagram }
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. { michelangelo } { today's photo: shots from my herb garden via instagram }
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." { howard thurman } {today's photo: My hu...
Update: Diaries are all sold but I am planning to list more this weekend. Thanks so much for your interest! Like many of you I've been a keeper of quotes for a very long time. I have little jour...
I'm super excited to announce that Haiti by Hand is the next project for Craft Hope! Project Apron is now launched and ready to receive aprons for the women of Haiti. For complete details, plea...
I'm newly in this stop-hoarding-start-using mode in my creative life. Some items I can part with and be happy they've found a new life. Some not so much. My old tintypes are in the 'n...
Roses blooming on April first (a first)... Front door open and front porch reading... Greening of old maples... Old dogs and new fields... Sweet hens and an herb garden in need of tending... An old b...
I've been stitching some free-motion flowers for journals in progress. And thought I would share the steps for those who might be interested... The first couple of steps involve setting up your...
I woke with energy and motivation to go into my studio and make journals to put in my shop. But that changed when I went down to the kitchen, windows open and that spring breeze blowing in. I knew i...
My hands have been busy on this project and this one. Just the type of projects that provide the smallest scraps and remnants (you don't throw any of those away do you?). Perfect for making co...
I have been part of the quilting bee making quilts for the Haitian children. Opening boxes of beautiful fabrics, sorting, cutting. So many treasures that you have sent our way. We've made sta...
Does it make me a nerd if those two words are among my favorites in the English language? I venture out into all sorts of creative materials now and then, and love them all, but I always end up back...
For the longest time I've been wanting to make myself a fun little pin cushion. So I did, and I'm all happy about it. But as I was finishing that one, an idea for another flashed in my he...
"Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything." { 1 Peter 4:8, The Message } Happy Valentines Day, sweetie pies!
"It is in loving that we are loved." { from the prayer of saint francis } ************************** Just one more post in this series and then it's time to move on to something else. ...
"May you seek after treasures of precious gold and find them within the hearts of others." { mary summer rain } The above embroidery pattern is from pages 1 and 6 on my 50 Hearts embroide...
"The first duty of love is to listen." { paul tillich } Here I stitched a simple heart design onto scrap of old sweater, stitched that to a scrap of vintage linen, then stitched that to a s...
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." { g k chesterton } I'd like to share some of my favorite love quotes and thoughts over the next few days and weeks. And...
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