june at noon

On Tuesday, having only days to spare, I decided my summer wardrobe needed a significant revamp before we leave for a vacation at the beach. I scrounged up some fabrics from my stash, as well as a couple of Hubby’s old shirts, and I’m whipping up all sorts of quick, no-pattern-just-wing-it, and intended-to-be stylish new [...]

After last week’s thoughts, I have been doing some more reflecting about who I am as a Maker of Things. I’ve mentioned before that part of this creative journey for me is about finding a sense of “self” in the artistic sense. That’s what I’m pondering this week in my creative space. A lot of [...]

A recent post by Michelle, with her kind words, reminded me that it might be time to get back to “normal” around here. You’ve maybe noticed that for some time now I’ve really changed my creative focus. I had been accumulating lists of projects I’d like to make for myself or the kids for ages, [...]

Don’t forget! There’s a sale going on in the shop! Just enter “MIDMAY” in the “message to seller” box at checkout and receive a 15% discount on the item price. There are still some goodies left, so check ‘em out! — — — — At some point over the last year I saw a tutorial [...]

After putting my sewing machine through its paces and then some, it’s time for some much-needed TLC. Sewing with felt and fake fur multiply the quantity of fuzzies building in all the little nooks and crannies, I’m sure, and I haven’t oiled the poor thing in … well, hmmm. So it’s out with my miniature [...]

These aren’t photos from my current creative space, because my current space is boring right now. It exists mostly on the computer as I catch up with some of that type of work. So how about a look at something that was in my creative space recently? Having realized just how easy it is to [...]

Usually when I play along with My Creative Space, I show you projects in progress, which I suppose is more in spirit with the theme of the game, but this time around I’ve got some finished pieces to show you. I had a small backlog of projects in need of finishing, and I’m relieved to [...]

What better way to ease back into blog world than by playing along with My Creative Space? One of the projects I’ve been working on during this little break involves piles and piles of felt and a rainbow of thread colors. What you see is the beginnings of felt play food for my daughter. (Though [...]

This week, beyond continued experimentation with watercolor painting and a still-on-the-needles baby blanket, I’ve been spending time playing catch-up with a miscellany of little things. You know, just tying up loose bits, putting a finish to small things that have just been sitting around waiting for me to get to them. One of those things [...]

This week’s creative space has a little more variety in it than I’ve seen of late. I’ve got one more baby blanket on the needles. (This is hopefully the last for a while, if my friends would just stop having babies!) There’s a trial-and-error, not-sure-I’m-going-to-go-through-with-this, experiment-type project. And there is, finally, a little experimentation in [...]