Monthly Archives: June 2011

One for the road!

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Holy Moly! I kinda dropped off the map, didn’t I? Well I’ve been busy busy picking up Andrew and Liam from the big airport (LAX – ugh! Usually we’re able to fly in and out of a smaller airport that’s much closer to home) after their big adventure. My Droid broke (thank GOD for my…

19 Years and Counting

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Today is my 19th wedding anniversary – and my husband is over half a continent away!  Andrew and my older son Liam spent a few days beginning the cleaning and organization that has to take place when parents move to nursing homes. It was a rough few days, and now they’re in Chicago taking in…

One Moment | Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

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So, the hubby and 14 year old Liam are back at his home in Indiana, cleaning out the garage. (One thing uncovered in the garage: 40 rusted, leaking cans of ETHER from the 1970′s!!! YIKES!) Logan and I have been hanging out here in California. What keeps coming around in my head is the “Coulda,…

Inspiration | Fennel Flowers

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I’ve been thinking a lot about my botanical sketches lately, I’d like to add some new flowers to my sketchbook. I was out in the backyard, photographing a couple of scarves, and lo and behold, the fennel flowers in our garden looked incredible. I thought I’d share them with you.

When the going gets tough…

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…the tough get organizing! My husband and older son are gone, back to his home in Indiana. His Dad had a stroke about a month ago, which means that both he and Andrew’s Mom, who has advanced Alzheimer’s, have both had to move to nursing homes. Andrew’s sister and brother have done a LOT of…

Introducing…the Convertible Tote!

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I’ve wanted to make a bag like this for a long time. Something lightweight, something that was not too tall, but COULD be taller if you needed it to. The convergence of summer vacation and Daisy Janie’s awesome Shades of Grey fabric and I finally had time to make a couple of prototypes! What I’ve…

One AHA! Moment

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If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, I think you know that I love making bags. One thing that really floats my boat is figuring out how to construct something so the bag can have the function that I want it to. Well, I’ve been ruminating on a certain type of bag for awhile…

Inspiration | Shades of Grey

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I know I’ve talked before about how inspiring Jan DiCintio is. Her choice of colors is impeccable, and her patterns begin as hand-draw images, which give me that evidence of the hand that I find so important. Her newest organic fabric line is called “Shades of Grey”: and I just LOVE it! Now – I…

Mid June Goals Check-in

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Well, I’ve been doing a bunch of web design, and lining up all sorts of  new things to do (some of which I’m gonna not blog about…shhh). I’m feeling like I’m finally in summer mode – not really sure what day it is, loving that I don’t have to leave the house, wahoo! I’ve also…

Collecting Color – LOTS of Color!

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My twitter pal Cyn of River Dog Prints has a bi-monthly meetup on color. Big surprise, color is something that rocks my world! I’m slowly recovering from the school year and (hopefully) entering a zone of creativity. What’s been helping me do this is a lot of dyeing for dyeing’s sake, rather than to make…

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