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summer, where art thou?
oh my, where did the summer go? I blinked and it was gone, just like that. seeing it slip by made me especially sad this year because I knew it meant that I would be sending my 5 year old to Kindergarten FOR THE LAST TIME. I did it with Zoe when she was 5…
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Coco-NUTS!
Bobby Flay’s 6 Layer Toasted Coconut Cake Well, hello there! Don’t you look sweet and tasty? Why don’t you let me slip you out of that cumbersome glass domed lid. Aaaaaaaahhhhhh…. That’s better. ChompchompchompchompnumnumnumChompchompchompchompnumnumnum……… gulp.
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Xmas in July….
Hurry, Early Bird Xmas Shoppers!!! Sale ends the end of the month!!!! Love,
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on my needles…
I have been totally smitten with this pattern lately. I picture it all finished and blocked layed out over a crisp white bedspread, as a Coverlet. Oooh…ahhhhh…. A Bed spread may seem like an odd knit during the cusp of summer but someone’s Hubby likes it frigid in the bedroom at night. Bbbbrrrrrr….. This is…
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Living…
well hello there blog world! remember me??? no? oops. well, let me remind you… i’m the girl who pops in every once in a blue moon to share this and that with you and to see what you think. now do you remember? oh bother. anyway….what has been going on this whole time? well….life. you…
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Ten Years….
i carry your heart with me by e. e. cummings i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear no fate (for you are my fate,…
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“Thoroughly” New Knit Pattern!!!
I don’t know what it is but I’ve been craving romantic twenties fashion lately. The chic sophistication that screamed “empowerment” for women over 80 years ago still does it’s job in our modern world. “You’re a ‘Modern’?” “Thoroughly!” We certainly aren’t living with the same dated views and archaic expectations that were prominent in the…
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through the woods…..
Over the river and through the woods To Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow, O! Over the river and through the woods Oh, how the wind does blow. It stings the nose And bites the toes As over the ground we go.…
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Congratulations, Emma!
There were many great comments to choose from and I just couldn’t bring myself to decide on my own, so I drew a name randomly. Congrats, Emma! I hope this news makes your day a little brighter and makes a difference in your day! Thanks to all of you for entering! Hoping you all have…
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Small packages…
I received a special little something in the post over the summer and I am quite proud of myself for keeping it secret for this long! My very FIRST published pattern!!! A very proud moment for me. One that I hope to repeat many times over! 🙂 Of course this special moment would not be complete…