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Oh, hi! I’m just admiring my pretty new temari pincushion. My mother-in-law got it for me for Christmas. Pretty, isn’t it? It’s from julie and co. Have a good weekend!

Last week I spent some time revamping the team blog for one of my Etsy teams, the Etsy NeedleArts Team (EtsyNEAT). It’s a place where we can build friendships, support each other, and help promote each other’s shops. The activity is already starting to pick up on the team. If you do hand stitching with [...]

It’s finally time to write down my goals for this year. I’ve done some reflecting on last year, and I’ve come to some definite conclusions. I feel like I have a real sense of where I’m headed (or where I’d like to head), and I feel sort of refreshed and bright and ready to start [...]

Happy holidays! While I’m taking some time away from blogland, I’ve got posts scheduled to run on my regular routine so that I can show you the Christmas gifts I wasn’t able to write about during the year. Enjoy, and I’ll see you on the flip side! A couple of years ago I saw a [...]

Happy holidays! While I’m taking some time away from blogland, I’ve got posts scheduled to run on my regular routine so that I can show you the Christmas gifts I wasn’t able to write about during the year. Enjoy, and I’ll see you on the flip side! Our immediate family has taken a liking to [...]

Happy holidays! While I’m taking some time away from blogland, I’ve got posts scheduled to run on my regular routine so that I can show you the Christmas gifts I wasn’t able to write about during the year. Enjoy, and I’ll see you on the flip side! At the end of the year I started [...]

At the beginning of the year I set a list of goals for myself. They weren’t fixed, must-be-done goals, but more of a fluid list of suggestions, ideas I’d like to try. So I thought today I’d sit down and review that list and see just how much I accomplished. Here are the goals (with [...]

Each year I like to have my kids make something creative as Christmas gifts for our immediate family members. This year we went with photo holders. (They were inspired by this post.) I bought simple wooden shapes and asked the huz to saw thin cuts into one side of each piece. Then the kids painted [...]

It was so exciting to see all the pieces come together for this weekend’s baby shower, and I was really pleased with the final result. Unfortunately, my photos turned out pretty crummy—the lighting was poor and for some reason most of my shots were blurry. I hope you’ll bear with me, though, so I can [...]

Over the weekend we did a little creative pumpkin decorating. It’s beginning to feel much more like Fall, so I felt the need to break out some spice-scented decor and buy gourds and squash to give the place a seasonal feel. I’m also starting working on some neck-warmers this week, as it appears we may [...]