Monthly Archives: December 2009

Happy new year!

2009 has been one of the best years of my life, hands down. The joy, confidence, happiness, and unlimited enthusiasm that came along with Charlotte has us floating about a million miles above the earth and, frankly, we don’t see ourselves coming down any time soon. Thanks to every one of you who supports the

It’s that time of year!

I don’t know exactly what it is about this time of year, but time manages to speed up even more than usual…and we already have a newborn, so we’re approaching warp speed here! Since most of my Christmas shopping and making began this weekend and needs to be done tomorrow (almost everything’s handmade or homemade

Custom albums for bridesmaid gifts + lotsa printing!

This week, I’ve been finishing up a beautiful stack (if I say so myself!) of custom 10″ x 10″ Coptic stitch photo albums that will be given as bridesmaid gifts. Each is covered with a Japanese paper - mostly chiyogami, and one katazome (stenciled) print. (Blue Plum Blossoms, Multicolored Blossoms and Rose Garden) (Dark Green

Handmade recommendations!

Well, our best laid plans to check out the Bust Craftacular on Sunday were foiled, but I still have a great batch of handmade recommendations to share with you. (Waiting in line with a two month old in 34 degree weather just wasn’t going to happen!) These are a few of my favorites - there

Children’s book recommendations

In the spirit of my post on Tuesday, I wanted to follow up my book recommendations for adults with a great assortment of children’s books. I’ll warn you, this one gets a little long - there are a lot of of favorites to share! There are so many books that I loved when I was