june at noon

I’m sure you’ll be happy to know I finished the tiny baby’s blanket that I had started on Wednesday. Baby is quite cozy now and sleeping much better, thank you. (Excuse the low lighting, but it would be rude to wake her by turning on the lights.) Our dollhouse is just a plain, wooden model [...]

My creative space has been buzzing with activity lately, as I’ve been putting the finish to a lot of projects that had stopped midway for one reason or another. I’ve also found a few minutes here and there to create a couple of small pieces for my daughter’s dollhouse. What you see there is the [...]

Well, hi there, friends! I’m back from my month’s break from regular blogging while I participated in the July habit project. I hope I didn’t bore you too much with it; I really enjoyed it myself! I have a bunch of crafty things to show off, some of them from all the way back in [...]

For the month of July I’ll be taking a little time off from regular blogging. Instead, I’ll be playing along with habit’s community participation project via their flickr pool. I’ll be posting to the pool as I feel inspired, but also here on my regular Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule. I hope you’ll enjoy the change of pace; [...]

I think Resurrection Fern’s covered stones are beautiful. They’re so small and simple-yet-complex and delicate. So I decided to try my hand at one. I started out fiddling with some doily patterns, but they weren’t right, and I finally said to myself, “You’ve been crocheting for 20 plus years. I’m pretty sure you could just [...]

I’ve finished two of three baby blankets now, one already gifted and the other wrapped up and waiting. I forgot to photograph the finished version of the blue blanket before I gave it away, but I took a moment to drape the purple one over a chair for a quick photo shoot, albeit in very [...]

I’m still making baby blankets. I know everyone gets lots of baby blankets, but I don’t think the store-bought ones can beat a thick, squishy, soft hand made version. I almost don’t want to give them away. (But I do, and I will.) I’ve got one more to go, and then it’s back to some [...]

I’ve got a few baby blankets to make for gifts, some belated, some imminent, so I’ve put away the embroidery for some crochet and knitting. Rather a nice change of pace. Also, it’s snowing bucket loads here today, so I don’t mind at all having a soft, thick blanket over my lap. I’m doing my [...]

Well, after an incredibly busy week and two very busy days, I am craving a return to normalcy. Normal sleeping and eating schedules, normal activities, just normal. We had a nice Christmas, a very full Christmas, and I love it that way, but I am exhausted! I received so many goodies—fabrics and floss and needles, [...]

In our family we have a grandmother who is very fond of birds. When I saw this project, I was inspired to create my own version of a crocheted twine bird feeder for Grandma. In fact, I liked it so much I made two! I started with the same premise as the original, but I [...]