Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I finished something!
A year ago I told my husband that I’d reupholster his worn-out old office chair. “Really?” He asked. “You can do that sort of thing?” He knows I can sew, he just didn’t think that reupholstery was in my repertoire.
“Sure,” I said. “It’s easy.”
That was before I took [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah. That November project. It’s par for the course that I’m posting a follow-up in January.
I did finish the Christmas cards, and I got a start on the chair. A decent start, but that’s all. I didn’t even touch the scrapbook.
In December I put together an adorable papercraft snow [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged angcrapromo on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
November is “National Novel Writing Month”, or NaNoWriMo. I don’t have a novel in me write now (someday!) but I do have a bunch of craft projects. Therefore, I’m declaring it “AngCraProMo”. Angela’s Craft Project Month.
AngCraProMo will have a slightly different ethic than NaNoWriMo. With the writing exercise, the point is to just get writing. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I was a kid, I loved little boxes. I never had much to put in them, but I still liked having them. Now that I do lots of crafting, I have lots of little things to organize, and I wish I still had all those little boxes. (What happened to them?) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yup. I said I’d post each day for seven days, and I didn’t really do that, did I? I think this is indicative of my problem. Like my friend Beth says, “I never finish anyth”
I ran out of pictures I had on back log, and I haven’t done much pretty stuff this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged design, neighborhood on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This has nothing to do with crafts or finishing any projects, but it’s a tradition I think is incredibly sweet, and is beautifully designed.
We live along Victory Memorial Parkway in Minneapolis, a lush greenway designed to honor local soldiers and nurses who died in World War I.
Every Memorial Day, someone gets up before [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, kitties, sewing on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m working on Amy Butler’s layered skirt. Instead of using one of her (gorgeous) fabrics, I’m using a blue-grey calico I found at Crafty Planet. It has a very soft, old fashioned look I think will go nicely with the skirt’s frayed edges.
So, I’m sitting at the dining room table sewing, and I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I planted this peony bush just after Kurtis and I returned from our honeymoon. For two summers, it’s been a nearly tropical mass of shiny green leaves, but no flowers. I started to worry. Did I plant it too deep? Not deep enough? But sometimes living things just need [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged papercrafts on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Oh, boy. I have so many pictures I need to share. I’ve actually done a lot of stuff lately! To be completely up front, though, I have to admit I’m not doing very well with my original goal of finishing things I’ve already started. I keep buying stuff. I really [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We’ve done a lot of work in the yard over the past couple weeks
First, I planted strawberries (divided from a generous coworker’s garden) in the hot, sunny strip on the south side of the house. That spot gets unfiltered sun all day long, and so far the only things that I’ve [...]
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