I have been in a frenzy of creativity recently, and all from my stash. It is always a mystery to me what brings on a creative flow and what causes a logjam, stopping it cold. Sometimes, ideas flow; sometimes they dry up. So what have I been up to? This is the project I mentioned [...]
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Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting, simple living, the compact on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A group of my friends and myself went to the offices of the Martingale printing company. They specialize in quilting books, and other craft books, and they are wonderful, but average $25-30 each. They give you a wonderful tour and show you all these wonderful quilts and other items on loan from the artist. It’s [...]
Wastefree Wednesday
Posted in crafting, simple living, Uncategorized on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that I waste most often our my small successes. It’s easy to brush them aside, thinking only about how much more needs to be done. When I do this, I minimize my current effort, often even erasing it from my mind as if it had never happened. This leaves me with [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting, sustainability on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working on using a lot of my fabric stash, but as a friend of mine says, all you get are smaller scraps!! That may indeed be true, but I am still working hard to shrink the total volume of fabric I own. And I’m feeling rushed! this is a really bad place to [...]
Meditative Monday
Posted in crafting, simple living on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love these 3 day weekends just like everyone else. I have recently used them as an opportunity to get together with friends. Today was a quilting day. 5 of us got together and worked on what ever our current projects were. It’s been a while since I’ve done this – the last 3 day [...]
Meditative Monday
Posted in crafting, simple living on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There is something delightful about removing the last of the Christmas decorations. It is like getting a new life, one swept clean of obligations and commitments, open for interpretation, interruption, and exploration. It isn’t of course. In days or even hours, our schedules will fill back up and we will be dashing about madly trying to [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting, green, sustainability on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since I’ve been doing some cleaning I thought I’d share some to the uses I’ve found for some of the stuff I’ve accumulated. It is always challenging because I have lots of great ideas, but will in fact only get to a few of them. Some of the fabric I have is too small to [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting, green, simple living on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just returned from a wonderful 5 days with some of my women friends at the beach. It is our habit to get away once a day to just relax and talk, eat some good food and craft a bit. Previously we had each done our own thing, knitting, beading, woodworking or just plain reading [...]
Sustainable Sunday
Posted in crafting, simple living on August 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And we’re off!! for a week at the ocean. It has taken all morning but the car is almost completely packed, and there is still room for us and the dogs, which is a small miracle, as F is taking all her beading supplies. This comprises of a luggage carrier stacked high with various totes [...]
Simply Sustainable Saturday and Sunday
Posted in crafting, simple living, sustainability, Uncategorized on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s August in Seattle and it’s raining. Visitors to our city marvel at the green. The lush parks and yards, the trees and gardens. What they don’t realize is that it is the rain that keeps us green. I love the rain. It forces me to go with the flow. I had planned a busy [...]
