Mother's Day and Fabric Flowers

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! All the moms in our family decided on mimosas with brunch and take out Chinese for dinner topped off with the newest tradition between my Mom and I: evening walks with our dogs. I’m leash training my puppy. It’s an adventure and one definitely better with company. Not a bad way to [...]

Sunshine comes to Maine

Remember this post? I had great plans for the pieces of canvas that I painted on… and then I promptly misplaced them. Turns out they were buried in my basket of fabric. That basket seems like a vortex for all things losable. But it’s not fair to blame a basket.

So I made myself a little [...]

Invisible Zipper How-To

It’s been raining here the last few days but the sun is shining at our house! My roommate has grow lights up and the space heater on in our bathroom for a whole army of little seedlings. Watermelon, eggplant, brussel sprouts. Yum. Only two plants have been attacked by the puppies so far. We’re hoping to [...]

Stress sewing

I’m back home after a great time catching up with old friends. It’s always nice to know that even after years apart, it sort of seems like no time has passed at all. But this trip wasn’t all fun, it was also a job searching mission. It’s looking hopeful, which is comforting given the current job [...]

Spring Break trip = new clutch required

I’m heading down south for a job interview! And I’m also catching up with some college buddies that I haven’t seen for almost TWO YEARS!! If that doesn’t scream “new wallet” then I don’t know what does. I’ve been using this wallet for a while, but I finally got tired of my shady zipper installation and [...]