june at noon

Well, hello! I’m doing a rare Thursday pop-in to let you know I’m running a little sale in my shop to clear out some old items and make room for new. (Hopefully it will keep me motivated to make some new things, too!) Starting today and going through May 31, everything in the shop is [...]

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 [...]

My creative space last night and today has been a-bustle with shop update preparations—finishing, packaging, photo shoots, photo sorting and editing, writing…. I’ve got four sets of pretty sewing pins and a new redwork embroidery to list, along with some 5×7″ prints of my sewing pin photos. How’s that for productive? (For me, at least!) [...]

It feels a little odd to have missed my “usual” posting schedule by not writing a post yesterday. But I was so caught up in wrapping up some small projects that I just neglected to get to the computer. It probably enjoyed the break! So here I am, popping in late on a Tuesday night [...]

I mentioned I was working on a couple more “button ladies,” and I’ve just finished them. May I present Eva? She is number 4 in the “She Wore Buttons for Pearls” series. She is stitched with black perle cotton on a sand-colored linen and laced onto foam board. Eva is a bit of a daredevil, [...]

I’m happy to announce that my shop is finally stocked with some new items! That was a bit of a lapse between updates, wasn’t it? I’m really hoping that for the future I can keep up with putting at least two or three new things in the shop each week, and I’m aiming for Thursday [...]

Well, well, well. I’m thoroughly exhausted from last week. But it sure was fun! Thanks a million to everyone who supported the shop or participated in the blog happenings here during the Grand Opening Week. I enjoyed reading your responses to my “market research” questions throughout the week and am brimming over with ideas for [...]

Well, here we are at the final day of my Grand Opening Week! Thank you for visiting the shop and helping to kick start this new adventure! There’s still a little bit of time left for entering Wednesday’s giveaway, and if you haven’t picked up the free patterns, check out Tuesday’s and Thursday’s posts. And [...]

Thanks to everyone who has been participating in the excitement of my shop opening. It’s such a nice thing to be part of such a beautiful community. I don’t take that for granted for one minute! As part of my celebration, and as a “thank you” to you, I’m back to offer you my second [...]

Well, hello there! Are you enjoying my shop’s Grand Opening Week as much as I am? I don’t know if that’s possible! ;) Yesterday I took a bag full of packages to the Post Office. And today my creative space is all about the shop. (More spaces at kootoyoo.) I’m stamping little note papers to [...]